Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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AWA to hold membrane fouling master class
Membrane fouling is to be the subject of a master class to be held by the Australian Water Association (AWA) in November 2012.
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Electrode desalination without an applied current
A group of European researchers have evolved a desalination technology by creating an ion adsorption/desorption cycle without using an applied cell voltage.
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Foundation identifies future imperatives for water utilities
Seven key imperatives have been identified by the Water Research Foundation (WRF) in the USA in a report published on 11 July 2012 to help water utilities understand better what the future may hold.
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AMTA elects Patel as president for 2012/13
Mehul Patel of the Orange County Water District was elected president of the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) for 2012/13 at the association’s board meeting in Fairfax, Virginia, on 18 July 2012.
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How pharmaceuticals accumulate in reuse recharge basins
Research in Arizona has thrown more light on what happens to pharmaceutically active compounds (PACs) in reused wastewater which is used for groundwater aquifer recharge via a recharge basin.
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Veolia supplies RO desalination to Mauritania mine
A 1,500 m³/d reverse-osmosis (RO) brackish-water desalination plant has been supplied to a mine in Mauritania by Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa, with a heat-exchanger to cool the water.
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First Middle East desalination job for Abengoa
Spanish contractor Abengoa has been contracted by ACWA Power International Company to to build a 10 MIGD (45,000 m³/d) desalination plant in Barka, Oman.
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SWMOA seeks papers for 2013 San Diego symposium
The Southwest Membrane Operator Association (SWMOA) has made a call for papers for its 2013 Annual Symposium in San Diego, California, on 22-24 April 2013.
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Decentralised RO desalination plants serve Indonesian rural areas
Danish pump/reverse-osmosis company Danfoss launched its small-scale desalination unit, the Watercube 2, in 2009. The mini-plant was built round Danfoss pumping and energy‑recovery technology. The company then spun off this technology into a new company AqSep, which removed the attractive packaging and relaunched the machine as the WM9000E. The new model has a very functional…
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Aquatech providing ZLD tech for Mississippi powerplant
Zero-liquid-discharge (ZLD) water and wastewater treatment facilities are to be provided by Aquatech for a 582 MW integrated-gasification combined-cycle powerplant in Kemper County, Mississippi.