Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Mine wants state desalination plant despite OK for own project
Namibian mining company, Rössing Uranium, has restated its preference for procuring water from national water utility, Namwater, despite having completed a feasibility study of its planned desalination plant north of Swakopmund.
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Sohar desalination plant problems could cost US$ 1.8 million
Sohar Power Company (SPC) has said its water desalination plant will be brought back to full capacity by 20 June following earlier operational problems that will cost between OMR 0.7 million (US$ 1.82 million) and OMR 1.4 million, depending on the outcome of remedial actions, the company said in an online statement.
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Italy’s De Nora bags Severn Trent’s electrochlorination arm
UK-based electrochlorination firm Severn Trent and Italy’s Industrie De Nora have agreed the sale of Severn Trent’s Water Purification business to De Nora.
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Rio Tinto mine mulls building Namibian desalination plant
Rio Tinto’s Rossing Uranium mine in Namibia is planning an environmental impact study for its proposed water desalination plant.
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Energy Recovery ships gear to Oman for Sur project
Pressure energy technology firm, Energy Recovery, has shipped the components for a US$ 1 million desalination plant project in Sur, Oman in partnership with French desalination company, Sidem.
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Orange County officials nod towards Huntingdon deal
Orange County water officials have moved toward buying water from Posiedon’s proposed giant desalination plant at Huntingdon Beach.
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Energy Recovery trials its pump-guarding fracking system
Liberty Oilfield Services is to conduct trials of Energy Recovery’s Vor Teq hydraulic pumping system for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) at US well sites. The system is based on Energy Recovery’s PX Pressure Exchanger technology which is deployed in more than 15,000 desalination installations worldwide according to Energy Recovery.
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Dubai invites bids for turnkey solar-powered reverse osmosis desalination project
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has issued a tender inviting bids for the design, installation and testing and commissioning of a pilot photovoltaic-powered pumping and reverse osmosis water desalination system.
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Doosan picks up prize for zero liquid system
Doosan Hydro Technology was among the winners of the 2015 David W York Water Reuse Project of Year Award for its part in the city of Palm Coast’s zero liquid discharge (ZLD) plant at Citation Boulevard, Florida.
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Oil and gas player commissions produced water treatment plant
Encana Oil and Gas has designed and commissioned a reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plant to treat produced water from its oil sand wells in the Moneta Divide, Wyoming. It has since sold the plant along with all its Moneta Divide assets to Aethon Energy.