Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Pacific Institute reports on desalination energy use
The Pacific Institute has published the next instalment of its series on Key Issues For Seawater Desalination in California, this time looking at energy requirements and associated greenhouse gas emissions for desalinated water.
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South Australian town to get new desalination plant
South Australia’s water minister, Ian Hunter, announced on 1 May 2013 that a brackish-water desalination plant to deliver improved water quality to the town of Hawker, in the Flinders Ranges 100km north of Port Augusta, had been approved for construction.
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HTI joins Stanford University board for ReNUWIt program
Forward-osmosis specialist Hydration Technology Innovations LLC (HTI), was recently selected to serve on the Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) of the Stanford University Engineering Research Center (ERC) for the USA’s Re-inventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt) program.
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UF plant donated to South African community
Johannesburg-based VWS Envig has donated an ultrafiltration package plant to the Eendekuil community in the Western Cape, South Africa.
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Desalination considered for Texas PTA/TEP plant
Desalination is among the possible options to source water for M&G Group’s purified terephthalic acid / polyethylene terephthalate (PTA/TEP) plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA.
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Grant moves wave-energy desalination pilot forward
Work is now starting on the wave-energy desalination demonstration pilot plant being undertaken by Carnegie Wave Energy on Garden Island off the west coast of Australia.
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Chinese visitors for West Basin water-reuse plant
California’s West Basin Municipal Water district announced on 26 April 2013 that earlier in the month it had received a visit from a group of public and private administrators from China interested to learn about water recycling facilities and the management experiences of US enterprises in wastewater treatment.
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MottMac buys up South African engineering firm
Johannesburg-based engineering specialist PD Naidoo & Associates has been acquired by global engineering firm Mott MacDonald.
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SEDA Spring Symposium brochure available for download
The Southeast Desalting Association (SEDA) has a brochure available for its 2013 Spring Symposium to be held at Delray Beach, Florida.
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SCMA conference has an eye to the weather
The contribution that membrane desalination and water treatment can make to combating the extreme weather conditions prevalent in the southern United States will provide a focus for the 2013 Annual Conference of the South Central Membrane Association (SCMA).