Author: Water. Desalination + reuse

The introduction of membrane technologies including reverse osmosis, electrodialysis reversal, ultrafiltration, microfiltration and membrane bioreactors has transformed the approach water treatment. For the second time, the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) is combining its annual conference and exposition (18-21 July 2011) with its Florida-based affiliate, the Southeast Desalting Association (SEDA). The AMTA president ponders where…

Iron miners looking at 137,000 m³/d S Australia desalination plant

Jul 12, 2011

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A series of iron ore mines to be sited at Broken Hill, South Australia, by the Braemar Iron Alliance is going to require a 137,000 m³/d desalination plant sited 300 km away on the Upper Spencer Gulf close to Port Germein, 220 km north of Adelaide.

LG Electronics forms water treatment JV with Hitachi

Jul 11, 2011

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South Korea’s LG Electronics and Japan’s Hitachi are to establish a joint venture in October 2011 to expand into the water and wastewater treatment industries initially in Korea.

IDA releases advance program for Perth congress

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

The International Desalination Association has announced the release of the Advance Program for the IDA World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse, Desalination: Sustainable Solutions for a Thirsty Planet, during 4 – 9 September 2011 in Perth, Australia.

Improved UF membrane, aeration behind new GE MBR

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Improvements to GE’s ZeeWeed membrane, tank redesign and a new aeration system are behind the new membrane bioreactor (MBR) introduced by the company during last week’s Singapore Water Week.

Giti to head APTwater North American sales

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Ali Giti, recently responsible for overseeing North America sales at Severn Trent has joined APTwater Inc as vice president of North American sales, the California-based supplier of water/wastewater treatment technologies announced on 6 July 2011.

NSF approval for green RO antiscalant

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in Pretreatment/cleaning

CarboxyMethyl Inulin (CMI) has received standard certification from NSF International and the American National Standards Institute allowing Carboxyline® 25-40 UP to be used as a reverse-osmosis antiscalant in drinking water production in the US.

Ashdod desalination plant gets financial approval

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