Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Sorek desalination planned to be ahead of schedule
IDE Technologies told Desalination & Water Reuse on 20 June 2012 that it planning to be ahead of schedule in its construction of the Sorek desalination plant in Israel in joint venture with Hutchison Water.
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Pentair X-Flow wins UF order for Ghallilah desalination
Ultrafiltration (UF) membranes and skids are to be supplied to the 15 MIGD (68,000 m³/d) seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant at Ghallilah, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, by Pentair X-Flow.
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MINT can save membrane plants’ operating costs
A water quality monitoring system built up and commercialised by a spin-off company from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) could save membrane water treatment or desalination plants up to Sing$ 200,000 (US$ 157,000) per year.
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Monsoon filter launched for small seawater systems
A self-cleaning filtration system for small reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination systems that can remove 99.9% of particles >20 microns from seawater has been introduced by H2O Inc of Lafayette, USA.
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Reuse irrigation cleared of antibiotic-resistance increase
Fears that antibiotic‑resistant bacteria are increased in the environment by the use of treated wastewater (TWW) for irrigation have been allayed by a study by researchers in Israel.
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USEPA approval for alternative DO sensor methods
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has given approval for the rugged dissolved oxygen (RDO®) monitoring methods developed by Colorado‑based In-Situ® Inc.
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Electro-precipitation tech tackles oil/gas wastewater
Florida-based Latitude Solutions Inc has contracted with Harley Dome LLC to deploy the its proprietary Electro-PrecipitationTM water remediation technology at the Harley Dome Waste Water Facility in Westwater, Utah.
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SDCWA considered Carlsbad desalination size reduction
Some of the thinking of the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) about the ongoing negotiations over the purchase of water from the Carlsbad desalination plant were revealed at a special board of directors meeting on 14 June 2012.
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Desalination / reuse part of large EIB loan to Spain
Desalination plants, water-reuse schemes and connections from them to water networks will be among schemes funded by a € 350 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to the Spanish government agency Acuamed.
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Western Australia’s GWR scheme moves nearer
Western Australia’s state government is to spend Aus$ 2.5 million (US$ 2.54 million) in 2012‑13 on preliminary design and investigation works to ensure that the Water Corporation is in a position to implement a groundwater replenishment scheme for Perth, should the trial be successful.