Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Evoqua to double production capacity at US plant
Evoqua Water Technologies is to double its capacity to produce its range of water treatment products at one of its main production facilities in the US.
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Papermaker ups water performance with Desalitech reverse osmosis
Arizona-based papermaker, Doubletree Paper Mills, said it has increased its purified water recovery by 20% at its Gila Bend plant since replacing its reverse osmosis water treatment system in 2014 with Desalitech’s ReFlex RO system. The modification has also cut wastewater output by almost two thirds and lopped 25 % off energy consumption said Doubletree.
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Norwegian desalination barge venture seeks Israeli expertise
Norwegian company, EnviroNor, is recruiting Israeli expertise to provide the water-processing technology necessary for its project to convert secondhand oil barges into floating desalination and wastewater treatment plants.
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Chilean mining firm strikes desalination deal with water protesters
Chilean copper mining company, Antofagasta, has struck a deal with demonstrators from the town of Salamanca in the Choapa River Valley who had been blocking access to its Los Pelambres mine in Chile, in protest against the mine’s consumption of water amid severe water scarcity in the region.
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Areva set to hand over desalination plant to Namibia
French nuclear group, Areva, is poised to hand over a desalination plant to the Namibian government, for an undisclosed sum according to the south west African country’s chamber of mines.
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On demand webinar: Membrane Cleaning – Best practice and recent innovations
here are some simple steps and chemistries that can be applied to improve cleaning and new innovations that are giving promising results. This webinar will cover:Steve Chesters – Managing Director Genesys International Ltd. Innovations in membrane cleaning• History & Perspective• Direct Osmosis on and off line• Case Study – Clay and iron removal Brewery RO…
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A grand conference is AMTA/ AWWA’s fourth
One thousand attendees turned up at Orlando, Florida for the fourth Membrane Technology Conference (MTC) hosted jointly by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) last week.
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San Diego hires MWH/Brown and Caldwell team to manage city’s US$ 2.7 billion drinking water
The city of San Diego, California has selected environmental engineering, consulting, and construction team, MWH/Brown and Caldwell, to manage and assist in the delivery of the city’s US$ 2.7 billion drinking water programme, Pure Water San Diego.
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Xylem wins major contract at Hong Kong’s Tai Po water treatment works
Water technology firm, Xylem has won a contact to provide clarification and filtration systems for an expansion of the Tai Po water treatment works in Hong Kong that will double its capacity to 800 Ml/d.
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Abengoa wins contract for Morocco desalination plant
Morocco’s National Power and Drinking Water Office (ONEE) has contracted Spanish desalination company, Abengoa, to construct a 100,000 m³/d plant, some 45 km from the city of Agadir.