Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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India to set up low-temperature distillation desalination at power plant
A new low-temperature thermal desalination (LTTD) plant is being set up at a lignite-fired power station in southern India.
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Metito backs low-temperature distillation to challenge lead desalination technologies
Dubai-based water technology firm, Metito, is set to make a “significant investment” in clean-tech company Thermal Purification Technologies (TPTec), to develop TPTec’s patented low-temperature distillation (LTD) technology. Metito claims LTD could displace existing membrane and thermal desalination technologies.
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Xylem extends UV disinfection series to bigger flows
Water technology company, Xylem, has launched expanded its series of Wedeco Spektron ultraviolet (UV) disinfection systems for drinking water to accommodate the needs of mid-to-high flow rate plants.
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Monterey slant well project gets grant to assess bacteria removal
US utility, American Water, has picked up more than US$ 200,000 in grant support from the WateReuse Research Foundation to assess pathogen removal during the collection of seawater for desalination through sub-surface slant wells.
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Renewables advocate takes chair in desalination at Murdoch University
Murdoch University’s School of Engineering and IT has appointed Professor Wendell Ela as the inaugural chair of desalination and water treatment. He is an advocate of the use of renewable energy for desalination and has developed small solar desalination systems for remote Navajo communities in USA.
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Tunisia poised to tender for Sfax desalination plant
Tunisia’s national water company, Sonede, is poised to launch a tender for the construction of its 150,000 m³/day desalination plant at the coastal city, Sfax in May 2015.
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San Diego gives green light to potable reuse plan
San Diego’s city council has given the green light to the construction of a 415Ml/d facility for direct potable reuse of wastewater costing up to US$ 3.5 billion. The reverse osmosis recycling scheme is expected to meet as much as a third of San Diego’s daily drinking water requirement by 2035 making it the second…
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Advisor ups Santa Barbara desalination restart cost by 25%
The city council of Santa Barbara in California may need to add to its planned water rates increase to cover the cost of a restart to the city’s mothballed desalination plant according to acting water advisor, Josh Haggmark. He issued his warning after upping his US$ 32 million September estimate of the cost of re-booting…
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Scaling-up and piloting of pressure-retarded osmosis
When Statkraft abandoned its pilot pressure retarded osmosis project it took much of the momentum out of the industry s then accelerating progress. This was despite the reported successes of Japan s giant Mega-ton project. The authors here outline the chief challenges and the prevalent views of the future among leading figures in the industry.…
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Cutting the costs of corrosion in seawater desalination with shut-off butterfly valves
Lower cost materials and coatings used in addition to corrosion-resistant valve designs both urged on by preferences in plant construction contracts have reduced the capital and operational costs of valves used in membrane and thermal seawater desalination. The design of the valve too has a significant role to play in keeping a rein not only…