Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Biodiversity offset schemes often fail to meet aims
Biodiversity offset schemes, similar to those implemented for desalination projects, do not always fully compensate for loss of habitat due to development, new research suggests.
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Amiad to supply RO prefiltration to new US carrier
Amiad has won a contract to supply automatic self-cleaning screen filters for the US Navy aircraft carrier John F Kennedy, the second of a new class of US carriers.
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Hot Standby Operation – Gold Coast Desalination Plant
Much political capital has been made in Australia over its implementation of a desalination programme that has seen the country construct six major seawater reverse-osmosis plants. In still-dry Western Australia, Water Corporation s two plants are seen as a boon. With full dams elsewhere, desalination plants have had to be mothballed. This article looks at…
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CDM to build US$ 86 million Monterey desalination plant
California American Water (Cal Am) has selected CDM Constructors Inc to design and build the desalination facility proposed as part of its US$ 320 million Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project.
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Pressure-exchanger court case goes to Hauge
The latest round of the “pressure-exchanger wars” between inventor Leif J Hauge, his company Isobarix Inc and energy-recovery equipment manufacturer Energy Recovery Inc (ERI) has gone in favour of Hauge.
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H2O Innovation completes Piedmont Pacific purchase
Canada’s H2O Innovation Inc announced on 5 December 2013 completion of the previously announced acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common stock shares of Piedmont Pacific Corporation of Oakland, California, for a total consideration of approximately Can$ 4.0 million (US$ 3.8 million).
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Florida state official urges more seawater desalination
Florida, which is about to become the third most populous state in the USA, has been urged by its agriculture commissioner, Adam Putnam, to invest more in seawater desalination to combat water scarcity.
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FEDCO moves to new Dubai sales and service center
Fluid Equipment Development Company (FEDCO) has relocated its Dubai sales and service office to a new facility during November.
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Modern Water set for first FO desalination plant in China
Modern Water is set to build a forward-osmosis (FO) desalination plant in Xugong Island, China, as a result of one of three deals signed by the UK company during a trade mission to China led by UK prime minister David Cameron.
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EIS filed for SWRO desalination plant for Chile fishery
An environmental impact study (EIS) has been filed by Seven Seas Water Chile SpA for the Bahía Caldera Desalination Plant in Chile’s Region III.