Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Wetland unaffected by Yuma desalination discharge
The 2010-11 pilot operation of the Yuma desalination plant in Arizona near the Mexico border caused no significant environmental effect to the Ciénega de Santa Clara, the largest wetland on the Mexican portion of the Colorado River Delta, a research project has found.
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GE and memsys in joint MD development accord
Singapore-based membrane distillation (MD) specialist memsys clearwater Pte Ltd has entered into an agreement with GE to jointly develop the technology for the fast-growing oil and gas market.
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Sydney desalination plant may not restart for 3 years
Sydney’s 250,000 m³/d desalination plant is to be switched off on 1 July 2012 and may not be restarted for three years.
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Status and Prospects for Seawater Desalination in China
Through more than 50 years of research and development, China has made considerable progress in both desalination technologies and engineering projects. According to statistics from the China Desalination Association, at the end of 2011, 73 seawater desalting plants had been established, with a total seawater desalination output of 643,000 m /d. The capacity of those…
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Graphene can double desalination flux say MIT pair
The use of nanoporous graphene as a desalination material has received further research support, this time by two researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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Aus$ 3 million grant for reuse public-acceptance research
The Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence (AWRCE) announced on 25 June 2012 a Aus$ 3 million (US$ 3 million) for a research project to investigate and address the barriers to public acceptance of reusing water for augmenting drinking water supplies in the first large-scale collaboration of its kind.
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UNESCO-IHE announces membrane course in October
The UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft, Netherlands, is holding a short course on Membrane technology in drinking and industrial water treatment in October 2012.
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Spanish prominent in Al Ghubrah desalination bidders
Spanish companies are involved with five of seven bidders that have been invited by the Oman Tender Board to submit proposals for the Al Ghubrah Independent Water Project (IWP).
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WRRF webcast on reuse disinfection research results
The WateReuse Research Foundation is using a webcast on 12 July 2012 to highlight the results of a project investigating the occurrence of intestinal pathogens in recycled water and the effectiveness of disinfection.
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New MBR system and UF membrane from Hyflux
Singapore-based Hyflux Ltd will be unveiling a new energy-efficient membrane bioreactor (MBR) and a new ultrafiltration (UF) membrane at the Singapore International Water Week, which starts on 2 July 2012.