Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Carreño to head IDE sales in South America
Desalination company IDE Technologies Ltd announced on 24 September 2012 the appointment of Orlando Carreño as its new regional director of sales and business development for South America.
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Water profiler will complete 18 tests in 5 minutes
A potable water profiling system that simultaneously tests for up to 18 disinfectant and infrastructure-critical analytes and parameters will be launched next year by e‑SENS Corporation, based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Seprotech to acquire Canadian consulting group
Canadian membrane water treatment and reuse provider Seprotech Systems Incorporated has reached agreement to acquire 100% of WESA Group Inc, a professional services company with eight North American offices and one in El Salvador.
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Monterey consultant can’t choose between projects
The Monterey Peninsula Regional Water Board (MPRWA) in California still has to decide between three competing seawater desalination projects for the area after its Technical Advisory Committee accepted on 17 September 2012 a report by consultants Separation Processes Inc of Carlsbad.
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Aquaporin eyes commercial membrane sales in 2013
Danish membrane treatment startup Aquaporin A/S is preparing for commercial sales of its Aquaporin Inside™ membranes by the end of 2013.
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Using UF to pretreat Chile’s SWRO mining desalination plants
Two desalination plants are described in this article to illustrate the use of ultrafiltration (UF) as pretreatment to seawater reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination in Chile. One plant (Gas Atacama) was commissioned in June 2011 and has since been operated successfully. A second plant is currently under construction. This article first appeared in the August/September 2012 issue…
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HTI’s Lambert gets IDE Americas command
Desalination contractor and system provider IDE Technologies Ltd announced on 12 September 2012 the appointment of Mark Lambert as chief executive officer of IDE Americas.
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UF/RO desalination pilot project for Dow/SWCC
The Dow Chemical Company and the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) of Saudi Arabia announced on 17 September 2012 a commercial agreement for research collaboration in desalination technologies.
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China patent for Aquaporin membrane technology
The State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China has issued a Notification on Grant of Patent Right to Aquaporin A/S’s patent application titled Membrane For Filtering Of Water, the company announced on 11 September 2012.
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Doosan donates SWRO plant to Vietnamese island
A 200 m³/d desalination facility has been donated to An Binh Island in Vietnam by Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co Ltd of South Korea.