Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Japanese duo bags Qatar power and water contract
Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has selected a Japanese consortium of Mitsubishi Corporation and Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), named K1 Energy, to build an electricity and water plant comprising a 590,000 m³/d desalination facility and a 2.4 GW gas-fired power station at Umm Al Houl, 20km south of the city of Doha.
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Osmoflo wins Australian port desalination deal
Desalination specialist, Osmoflo, has won a contract to build a desalination facility and supply water to Fortescue Metals Group at Port Hedland in Australia.
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Larger flowmeters speak volumes
The bigger the water distribution network the more costly any metering inaccuracy. But the bigger the meter, the greater the difficulty in ensuring its accuracy. The author explores the surety offered by various measures taken to calibrate large flow meters. This article first appeared in the issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.
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The word on the sheet: biofilm has a script
How could an understanding of the chemical language of microbes unlock the enigma of biofouling? Studies looking at the communications between bacteria that lead to the build up of biofoulant reveal opportunities to scramble the messages and possibly remove this thorn in the side of membrane desalination. This article first appeared in the May 2015…
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Less is more
Since developing an energy-saving reverse osmosis membrane to address the once inherent quality compromise, Dow Water & Process Solutions has used it to spearhead its foray into the burgeoning global brackish reuse market. D&WR spoke to Dow s Americas market lead, Felipe Pinto, to find where the business is coming from and going to. This…
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Acciona venture wins Qatar deals
Spanish desalination firm, Acciona Agua, has won two major desalination contracts in Qatar worth US$ 525 million as part of a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation and Toyo Thai Corporation.
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US government US$ 50 million boost applauded
The WateReuse Association said it “applauds” a recent pledge by US secretary of the interior, Sally Jewel, that the federal government will invest US$ 50 million in water reuse and conservation projects in 12 western states. The funding will comes from the Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSmart programme, which has provided about US$ 250 million in…
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H2O Innovation wins North American contracts worth US$ 3.6 million
H2O Innovation has bagged four new contracts worth a total of US$ 3.6 million with two each in the US and Canada. These new deals, the company reported, will maintain its sales backlog for water treatment projects at US$ 38.6 million excluding its Professional Water Technologies, Piedmont and H2O Innovation Maple businesses.
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Energy Recovery hires senior management duo
Pressure energy technology firm Energy Recovery has appointed Chris M Gannon as chief financial officer and Eric O Siebert as vice president of corporate strategy. Both appointments are effective from 8 June 2015.
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Ras Al Khair bags best desalination plant prize
The Ras Al Khair project in Saudi Arabia has won the “Desalination Plant of the Year” award at the 2015 Global Water Awards.