Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Lanxess launches two brackish-water RO elements
Two reverse-osmosis (RO) elements based on polyamide thin-film composite membranes have been launched by German chemicals company Lanxess.
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Registration open for WRRF research conference
The WateReuse Research Foundation (WRRF) announced on 27 March 2012 that registration is open for the 16th Annual Water Reuse & Desalination Research Conference to be held on 4-5 June 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay in San Diego, California.
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Egyptian SWRO plant to use ERI pressure exchangers
Egypt’s largest desalination plant being built at Marsa Matrouh is to be supplied with Pressure Exchanger (PX) energy-recovery devices by Energy Recovery Inc of California.
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Canada/Norway study of pretreatment for osmotic power
Pretreatment of fresh water for an osmotic power plant is to be studied by Canada’s Hydro-Quebec as part of a three-year agreement with Norway’s Statkraft to speed up the development of osmotic power.
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Pentair X-Flow UF pretreatment for Ashdod desalination
The giant Ashdod seawater reverse-osmosis desalination (SWRO) plant under construction in Israel is to have ultrafiltration (UF) pretreatment supplied by Pentair X-Flow.
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Support for indirect water reuse in Western Australia
Western Australia’s Water Corporation announced on 23 March 2012 that a survey it conducted had revealed that three out of four people support moving to a full recycling scheme.
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Drilling starts for SAWS brackish-water desalination
San Antonio Water System (SAWS) in Texas, USA, launched work on its 25 MGD (95,000 m³/d) brackish-water desalination system on 27 March 2012.
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SWMOA New Mexico/Colorado workshops in April
The Southwest Membrane Operator Association (SWMOA) is holding two membrane operator training workshops in New Mexico and Colorado in April 2012.
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SWCC and Dow to pursue joint R&D program
Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) signed a memorandum of understanding on 25 March 2012 with Dow Chemical Co to jointly pursue development of desalination technologies.
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Tri-Tech to aid ZLD status for Mexican steelworks
Beijing based Tri-Tech Holdings announced on 27 March 2012 the award of a contract to provide a preconcentrator mechanical vapour compression (MVC) evaporator system and final MVC concentrator for a Mexican steel plant.