Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Southern California salinity workshop report posted online
The Southern California Salinity Coalition (SCSC) has released the final report of the Salinity Management Study Update Workshop, held on 1 June 2012. is now available to download.
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GE wins oilsands evaporator contract in Alberta
GE’s water evaporation technology will treat de-oiled produced water, boiler and heat-recovery steam-generator blowdown and brackish makeup water for Sunshine Oilsands at its West Ells project in Ft McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
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UTEP team claims method for ridding effluent of EDCs
Additional use of ultraviolet (UV) light and chlorine can ultimately remove endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), according to research carried out at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), Texas, USA.
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MWH selected for 250 MGD Texas desalination study
MWH Global has been selected by the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) in Texas, USA, to carry out the feasibility study to assess the development of ocean water desalination of up to 250 MGD (950,000 m³/d) as a regional water supply, including the option of co-located power generation facilities.
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STS transfers NaClO generators to joint venture
Severn Trent Services has transferred its ClorTec® on-site sodium hypochlorite generation product line to Severn Trent De Nora, a joint venture to provide marine and offshore disinfection with Italy’s Gruppo de Nora.
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System for perchlorate in groundwater demonstrated
A demonstration system for the degradation of perchlorate, which minimises production of a secondary waste system such as that from ion‑exchange, has been installed at Aerojet General Corporation’s site near Rancho Cordova in California, USA.
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IDA chooses San Diego for 2015 World Congress
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has selected San Diego, California, USA, as the site for its 2015 World Congress.
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Renewable energy can bring desalination solution in MENA
The World Bank published a report in September 2012 on renewable energy in desalination in the Middle East and North Africa. The bank is currently working on organising a dissemination workshop, and D&WR will publish any further information on this on desalination.biz. What follows is an edited extract from the report’s summary, which paints a…
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Appeal court upholds Marin desalination EIR
A California state appeals court on 22 May 2013 backed the Marin Municipal Water District’s desalination proposal by overturning an August 2011 ruling that its environmental impact report (EIR) failed to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
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Japan funds desalination for four Fiji islands
The Water Authority of Fiji in the South Pacific announced on 29 May 2013 that four of Fiji’s outer islands will now be using desalination plants as an alternative water-supply source.