Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Acciona lands 100,000 m³/d SWRO plant at Al Jubail
Spain’s Acciona Agua in consortium with Saudi Arabia’s BinLaden Group has been awarded the contract for the 100,000 m³/d SWRO-4 desalination plant at Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
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Brackish desalination studied for Oklahoma aquifer
The Central Oklahoma Water Resources Authority (COWRA) in the USA is currently working with local company Guernsey Engineering and California’s Separation Processes Inc to do a feasibility study and pilot project to use brackish water from the Garber Wellington aquifer which underlies 3,000 sq miles (7,700 km²) of central Oklahoma.
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Technical glitch forces IDA congress abstract extension
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has extended the deadline for receipt of papers for its 2013 World Congress in China due to technical difficulties in receiving abstracts.
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Groundwater‑use big contributor to sea-level rise
Unsustainable groundwater use contributed 48 mm to the amount the global sea-level rose between 1951 and 2000, according to Japanese research published recently on human contributions to sea-level change.
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CH2M Hill reports to USEPA on industrial water use
Water reuse is one of a number of trends for water usage in American industry identified in a report just published by engineering company CH2M Hill for the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA).
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Carlsbad desalination water price will be US$ 1.65‑1.86/m³
The Water Purchase Agreement for the proposed Carlsbad seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plant in California was released on 27 September 2012 by the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA).
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Installed desalination growth slowed in 2011‑2012
Installed desalination capacity around the world rose by only 9% last year to reach 78.4 million m³/d, according to the latest data published by the International Desalination Association (IDA) and Global Water Intelligence (GWI).
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Almagordo operation success for solar-still technology
KII Inc and its Suns River brand announced on 21 September 2012 the successful start-up and operation of its patented solar-still technology to produce safe water for human uses.
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Loans for Texas town proposing direct potable reuse
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) on 20 September 2012 approved loans totalling US$ 12 million to the City of Brownwood from the Texas Water Development Fund to finance wastewater system improvements, including possible direct potable wastewater reuse (DPR).
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Testing starts on new French wastewater membrane
Testing has started on the first fibres to be developed under the French NEOPHIL project, which aims to develop a hollow-fibre membrane for urban wastewater treatment and reuse and set up a producing industry in France.