Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Yuma pretreatment lime sludge could make concrete mix
The US Bureau of Reclamation announced on 21 September 2011 that its Yuma area office in Arizona is entering into a cooperative research and development agreement with Envirock Inc to explore whether sludge from the Yuma desalination plant can be used in a new “green” concrete mix formulation.
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Doosan signs 68,000 m³/d MED desalination contract
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction is to build a 68,000 m³/d multi-effect distillation (MED) desalination plant in the Yanbu region of Saudi Arabia.
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Bitumen producer using GE evaporation technology
GE’s produced-water evaporation technology has been chosen for Phase 1 of the Algar Lake Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) project near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, which will produce 5,000-6,000 barrels/d of bitumen.
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UK piloting water-polishing using algae
The University of Bath in the UK is running a pilot plant with environmental innovation company Aragreen to demonstrate the effectiveness of algae as a water-polishing technology.
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PWT further extends its sales effort
Stella Lanphear has joined chemical supplier and membrane forensics provider Professional Water Technologies (PWT) from Pepsi-Cola as regional sales manager.
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STS wins Tianjin denitrification contract
Pennsylvania-based Severn Trent Services has received a contract to provide its Tetra® Denite® denitrification system for the Zhang Gui Zhuang Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Tianjin, China.
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New CFO for Amiad Water Systems
Amiad Water Systems, which recently changed its name from Amiad Filtration Systems, announced on 20 September 2011 the appointment of Amir Harel as chief financial officer with effect from 3 October 2011, replacing Rivka Kalmanzon.
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NASA, space flight, water recycling and forward osmosis
For manned space vehicles and especially for the International Space Station, America’s National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) has had to invent and adapt many technologies. Not least among these are those aimed at life support and water supply in particular. In developing these, forward osmosis (FO) is playing a prominent part. NASA Research in…
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Carlsbad water purchase agreement one step closer
Carlsbad City Council in California voted on 13 September 2011 to approve an agreement with San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) concerning water from the Carlsbad Desalination Project.
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Singapore desalination pressure-vessel contract for ROPV
Pressure-vessel producer ROPV announced on 12 September 2011 that Hyflux had awarded the company a contract to supply pressure vessels to the Tuaspring Desalination Plant, Singapore’s second and largest seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant.