Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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China’s 2020 desalination plans could cause emissions surge
China’s 2020 ambition to produce drinking water at 3 million m³day from desalination threatens to increase carbon emissions through increased use of largely coal-fired power generation according to the World Resources Institute (WRI). The institute said the energy penalty could be offset by some 75% by greater use of water reuse.
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ACWA Power Barka signs desalination plant expansion deal in Oman
Power and water developer, ACWA Power Barka, has signed a water purchase agreement with Oman Power and Water Procurement Company and other deals for its 56,825 m³/d, phase 2 expansion of its existing water desalination plant at Barka, 65km north of the Oman capital, Muscat.
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Dutch researchers’ findings could treble yield of power from salinity gradients
Physicists at Utrecht University in The Netherlands have calculated that that energy producers theoretically could achieve a much higher yield when generating electricity by a version of so-called blue energy production – which harnesses the energy generated when saline and non-saline water mix. Conversely their findings suggest a much more efficient means for desalinating brackish water.
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Asia’s largest reverse osmosis plant begins operation
Asia’s largest reverse osmosis plant, with a capacity to produce 10 Ml/d, has recently been inaugurated in Pakistan’s drought-ridden Sindh province.
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Californian water district backs talks over new desalination project
Orange County Water District in California, USA has voted to enter into formal negotiations with Poseidon Water to secure a proposed seawater desalination project in Huntington Beach, California.
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GE reuse pack ends power plant’s drinking water use in cooling
A Pennsylvania power plant has ended its use of 6.5 Ml/d of drinking water in cooling after installing GE Power and Water’s advanced water reuse technology.
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Jersey plans desalination boost
Channel Island water utility, Jersey Water, is proposing a £6million extension to its 6 Ml/d, seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant at La Rosière, Corbiere, at the south-west corner of the island to cope with a “once in fifty years” severe drought.
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Australian study finds way to up value of desalination for farming
Scientists at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have found that the addition of nutrients could make desalinated water more financially attractive to farmers.
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Kuwait invites bids for Doha desalination plant as Az-Zour is 65% finished
Kuwait’s ministry of electricity and water plans to invite bids for the first phase of a new desalination plant at Doha. Separately, construction of the first phase of a US$ 1.4 billion power and water plant at Az-Zour is close to twp-thirds complete.
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UK utility ponders south coast desalination plant
UK utility, Southern Water, is considering the construction of a seawater desalination plant near the south coast city of Southampton.