Author: Water. Desalination + reuse

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Until recently, very little information had been published about the effect of seawater desalination plants on the marine environment, overlooking, for instance, the discharge of chemicals in the reject brine.The plants at Ashkelon, Israel, and Perth, Australia, have been among the first to look at this aspect. This article looks at two working Israeli seawater…

MD desalination pilot successfully used with waste heat

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Results from an Australian trial to demonstrate the potential for a membrane distillation (MD) process to use waste heat from heavy industry to desalinate saline effluent have shown the system can produce high-quality water at temperatures as low as 30°C without an increase in greenhouse-gas emissions.

Qingdao desalination conference deadline extended

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in Desalination, Instruments & controls, Pretreatment/cleaning, Projects, Pumping, piping & storage, Water reuse

The China Desalination Association (CDA) has extended the deadline for submission of papers for its conference in Qingdao in June 2012 and made conference details available in English.

Webcast on indirect potable reuse research results

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A webcast presenting the results of a project to develop tools to evaluate indirect potable water reuse (IPR) is being held by the WateReuse Research Foundation on 12 April 2012.

Consolidated back with Rosarito desalination project

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Cayman Islands company Consolidated Water Co is back on board the Rosarito desalination project in Baja California, Mexico. The 100 MGD (375,000 m³/d) seawater plant is designed to supply drinking water demand on both sides of the US/Mexico border.

AMTA/WEF workshop set for Seattle in May

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The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) has announced that it will be holding a Technology Transfer Workshop in Seattle, Oregon, in May in cooperation with the Water Environment Federation (WEF).

Groups appeal Huntington Beach desalination permit

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Four environmental groups in California have appealed a decision by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board (WQCB) to grant a permit for the proposed Huntington Beach desalination plant proposed by Poseidon Resources.

Multinational consortium works on water-splitting prototype

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Scientists from Australia, Germany and the USA met in Wollongong in early March to move towards establishment of a global consortium to research effective strategies for water splitting.

Google reusing municipal effluent for cooling

Mar 16, 2012

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Information giant Google is reusing municipal wastewater to cool its data centre in Douglas County, Georgia, USA.

Oasys deal to treat Texas produced water with FO

Mar 16, 2012

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