Water. desalination + reuse

Microbial desalination demonstration plant launched for brackish water

MIDES consortium has inaugurated its first project demonstration site at the Aqualia Racons Brackish Water Desalination Plant in Denia, Spain.

US DoE announces solar thermal desalination prize

The US Department of Energy has announced a multi-stage prize competition designed to accelerate the development of low-cost desalination systems that use solar-thermal power to produce clean drinking water.

US National Alliance for Water Innovation selected to Lead Energy-Water Desalination Hub

The US Department of Energy has announced the selection of the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) to lead its Energy-Water Desalination Hub, intended to tackle water security issues.

US EPA releases draft National Water Reuse Action Plan for public comment

The draft National Water Reuse Action Plan highlights key actions that support consideration and implementation of water reuse across the water sector.

EWEC and ACWA Power sign water purchase agreement for world's largest RO desal plant

The $900 million Taweelah desalination IWP is expected to produce 909,200 cubic meters of water a day.

Biwater wins RO contract for Perris II Desalter in Southern California

Biwater Inc. has been awarded a contract to design, supply and supervise the installation and commissioning of a brackish reverse osmosis (RO) system for the Perris II Desalination Facility in the City of Menifee, Southern California.

Amine solvents (top phase) extracting water from hypersaline brines (bottom phase)[PHOTO CREDIT: ROBERT WINTON AND NGAI YIN YIP]

Researchers report new desalination technique for hypersaline brines

A Columbia Engineering team led by Ngai Yin Yip, assistant professor of earth and environmental engineering, claims to have developed a radically different desalination approach hypersaline brines, called: temperature swing solvent extraction (TSSE)

Swcc and Hyrec sign MOU to use Hyrec's concentration technology at SWCC plants

Saudi Arabia's Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) and Hyrec Technologies Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deploy Hyrec's Osmotically Assisted Reverse Osmosis (OARO) technology for Zero Liquid Discharge desalination in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.