Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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California to promote reuse and streamline permitting
In the future, most new water in California will come from a combination of improved conservation and water use efficiency, conjunctive use (coordinated management of local surface and groundwater), recycled water, drinking water treatment, groundwater remediation, and desalination.
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Ceramic membranes target challenging MF and UF tasks
A range of ceramic membrane modules was launched at the Aquatech exhibition in Amsterdam by Qua®, a spinoff of Aquatech International of Pennsylvania.
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Two Saudi SWRO membrane contracts awarded to NanoH2O
Desalination membrane manufacturer NanoH2O Inc has won supply contracts for two seawater desalination projects in Saudi Arabia.
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Detailed design finished for wave-energy desalination
Australian wave-energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Ltd announced on 31 October 2013 the completion of the detailed design of its wave‑powered desalination pilot plant.
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ZLD trials at Alamogordo for KII/Suns River solar still
KII/Suns River has provided D&WR with more information about its extended work at the Brackish Ground Water National Research Facility (BGNDRF) in Alamogordo, New Mexico, during the next several months.
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Texas treatment company spins off frac water firm
A company called Green Hydro LLC has been spun off by Texas-based Advanced Hydro Inc to use desalination to address increasing demand for water use in hydraulic fracturing.
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US energy company get rights to Chinese membranes
L & L Energy Inc, a US-based company with coal operations in China, announced on 31 October 2013 that it has secured rights to advanced membrane-osmosis technologies from the R&D Center for Membrane Technology (CMT) at Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU) to support its clean energy initiatives in China.
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Barka SWRO desalination extension in final commissioning
ACWA Power Barka SAOG reported to the Muscat Securities Market on 27 October 2013 that it was in the final stages of commissioning its 10 MIGD (45,400 m³/d) Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination Expansion Project in Oman.
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Abstracts invited for WateReuse research conference
The WateReuse Research Foundation is accepting abstracts for the 18th Annual Water Reuse & Desalination Research Conference to be held in Las Vegas in 2014.
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US and UK funders combine for water research exchange
Research strategies, tools, and knowledge in the area of clean water are to be exchanged between researchers in the USA and the UK under a collaboration agreed between the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the US and the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the UK.