Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Aqualyng set up Indian desalination joint venture
India’s Earth Water Group (EWG) announced on 25 November 2012 that it was in the advanced stages of forming a joint venture (JV) with Norway’s Aqualyng to set up desalination plants of 10,000-100,000 m3/d in Indian coastal areas over the next three years.
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Degrémont wins brackish-water contracts in Riyadh
Suez Environnement subsidiary Degrémont has been awarded two contracts worth EUR 40 million to supply reverse-osmosis (RO) brackish-water desalination plants at 14 sites in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Reynolds to lead CH2M Hill in MENA and India
Chartered engineer Neil Reynolds has been appointed regional managing director for CH2M Hill’s operations in Middle East/North Africa (MENA) and India.
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ERI denies ‘takeover target’ story
Energy Recover Inc (ERI), US manufacturer of desalination energy-recovery devices, denied on 20 November 2012 that it was a takeover target, following a report on Bloomberg Business Week based on a telephone interview with ERI’s CEO, Tom Rooney.
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WRRF ozone research in December webcast
The findings of three recent studies sponsored by the WateReuse Research Foundation on the use of ozone in water reclamation, including membrane fouling control, is to be the subject of a webcast in December 2012.
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Desalination possible for brackish W Texas aquifer
Desalination of brackish groundwater may be one option to meet projected increasing water shortages projected for the Trans-Pecos region in West Texas, USA, according to the report of a pilot study recently published by the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB).
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Biofouling report follows up 30-year-old research
The WateReuse Association has published a report on research into the use of preformed chloramines to remove biofouling from seawater membrane surfaces.
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Prosep win Australian offshore contracts
Montreal-based ProSep Inc announced in early November that its majority owned South Korean joint venture ProSep Kolon Co Ltd had been awarded two contracts for seawater filtration and mercury removal for liquid natural gas platforms off the coast of Australia.
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MIAC confirmed as IDA affiliate in China
The Membrane Industry Association of China (MIAC) is the latest affiliate to join the International Desalination Association (IDA).
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Offshore desalination simplifies permitting – WateReuse
Mobile vessel and platform-based offshore desalination systems could mitigate impacts related to source water supply and concentration management, thereby simplifying the permitting process, according to a new report from the WateReuse Association.