Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Purification plant donation may slow Sri Lankan kidney disease spread
A recently commissioned reverse osmosis water purification plant donated by water treatment company Puritas will help to curb the spread of chronic kidney disease in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka according to the plant owner. Some 400,000 people in the region are understood to be currently affected with the disease.
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Aquarion sets up in Russia
Swizerland-based water systems company, Aquarion Group, has established a Russian operation, Aquarion Russia, to focus on providing water and wastewater treatment to industrial customers in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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Innovative Flow Analysis Method for High Loading Rate DAF
Dissolved air flotation (DAF) is a well established method for removing suspended solids from wastewater that is gaining ground in the pretreatment of seawater for desalination. The authors describe a method for analyzing the flow of water in DAF to inform better design of DAF tanks. This article first appeared in the August 2014 issue…
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Comparing Desalination and Recycling for Water Supply Augmentation
The quest to secure new and durable supplies of potable water is being pursued in a growing number of regions of the world as existing supplies diminish and populations grow. The authors describe here a means to appraise options that accounts for all of the chief factors in any locality that might influence a decision…
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New technology and long-term reliability in process and potable water production
The Rabigh desalination plant in Saudi Arabia has outstripped its design output and water quality for nearly ten years. Designer of the plant s multiple effect distillation heart, Aquatech, sought at the outset to rein in operating costs while maintaining the plant s reliability and resilience. This article first appeared in the August 2014 issue…
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Innovative Technologies Implemented at Bahrain Petroleum Company to Treat Refinery Wastewater
The Bahrain Oil Refinery is located on the east coast of Bahrain, a few kilometers from the island of Sitra. The 267,000-barrels-a-day plant includes facilities for the primary treatment of process wastewater but more recently the company that operates the facility the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) has implemented innovative methods in secondary treatment. This article…
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Spain’s Inexa to build Arab shipyard desalination plant
Bahrain’s Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard company (Asry) has awarded a US$ 8.6 million contract to Gulf Marketing House for the completion and upgrading of a reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant at Asry’s yard in the Bahrain capital, Manama. Under the build-operate-transfer deal Spanish engineering firm, Inexa, will construct the plant.
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Chemical giants strike Shanghai reuse deal
Bayer Material Science and Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical (SCAC) have entered into a preliminary agreement for the reuse of wastewater from Bayer’s polycarbonate production in Shanghai.
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Hinman to take chair at CH2M Hill
President and chief executive officer of engineering consultant CH2M Hill, Jacqueline Hinman, will take up her new appointment as chairman of the board at the company on 18 September.
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Water leads as membrane market to hit US$ 39.2 billion by 2019
The global membrane separation market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.8% from 2013 to reach US$ 39.2 billion in 2019 with water and wastewater leading the charge according to a recent report.