Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Desalination and reuse in Water Leaders’ Blue Paper
Key ideas from the Water Leaders Summit at this year’s Singapore International Water Week have been captured in the latest Water Week 2011 publications, Blue Paper and Solutions.
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Microfiltration elements to tackle challenging waters
New microfiltration elements based on HYDRAcap® Max technology have been introduced by Nitto Denko/Hydranautics to treat highly challenging waters.
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SWRO membrane joins NanoH2O’s product line
The addition of a new seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) membrane to NanoH2O’s high-flux high-rejection QuantumFlux product line was announced at the IDA Congress on 5 September 2011.
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Sommariva secures International Desalination Association presidency
Dr Corrado Sommariva, managing director of ILF Consultants Middle East, was elected president of the International Desalination Association on 5 September 2011, the first day of the IDA’s World Congress in Perth, Australia.
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Second Perth desalination plant opens early
The Southern Seawater Desalination Plant south of Perth was officially opened by Western Australia’s water minister, Bill Marmion, on 2 September 2011, three months ahead of schedule and within the Aus$ 955 million (US$ 1,013 million) budget.
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New research announced as Australian desalination centre opens
Funding for eleven new desalination research projects (see Research News for list) was announced when the Australian National Centre for Excellence in Desalination opened its Aus$ 5 million Desalination Research Facility and Desal Discovery Centre (NCEDA) at Murdoch University’s Rockingham campus near Perth.
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Aus$ 3.8 million announced for new Australian desalination research
The new Aus $3.8 million (US$ 4.03 million) federal funding for research announced at the opening of the new research centre by the Australian National Centre of Excellence includes eleven new projects involving eight Australian universities, plus other universities, companies and organisations across the world.
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Ministry reported to have rejected Chile desalination EIS
The Ministerio del Medio Ambiente (Environment Ministry) in Chile has apparently rejected the environmental impact study (EIS) produced by Suez subsidiary Agbar Chile for an 86,000 m³/d desalination plant in Northern Region III.
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Hatcher takes over as MD for Acciona in Australia
Simon Hatcher has been appointed managing director of Acciona Agua in Australia, effective 8 August 2011.
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DWEER ERDs chosen for Singapore desalination plant
Singapore’s new 318,200 m³/d Tuaspring seawater desalination plant will use DWEER™ devices to recover energy from the high-pressure brine stream of the reverse-osmosis process.