Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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BWA changes hands once more
Desalination and water treatment chemical specialist BWA Water Additives has been sold for the second time in three years for around £ 185 million (US$ 300 million).
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Intensive short desalination course from UNESCO-IHE
An intensive short course on Membrane Technology in Drinking & Industrial Water Treatment has been announced by UNESCO-IHE).
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Video download available about Koch UF system
A video about the new hollow-fiber ultrafiltration (UF) system recently introduced by Koch Membrane Systems (KMS) was launched on 21 June 2011.
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Modern Water claims first FO commercial desalination contract
UK-based Modern Water has won what is believed to be the first ever forward-osmosis (FO) commercial contract for desalination, following its award of a UK£ 500,000 (US$ 810,000) contract for a 200 m³/d plant by Oman’s Public Authority for Electricity & Water (PAEW).
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Olympic Dam supplementary EIS satisfies opposition leader
South Australia’s opposition leader, Isobel Redmond, was quoted on 20 June 2011 in the Australian media as being “satisfied” that the Olympic Dam desalination plant will not cause any damage to the local environment, including the area’s giant cuttlefish population.
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Hydranautics to supply osmotic-power developer Statkraft
Desalination membrane manufacturer Nitto Denko/Hydranautics has signed an agreement with Norwegian osmotic-power developer Statkraft for the development and supply of membranes for osmotic power.
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Cooling water: CapDI cuts chemicals and consumption
Among the many innovative desalination and reuse technologies being tried out in the field at present, Capacitive DeIonization is one that has yet to feature in D&WR in a big way. In 2004, Unilever scientists began evaluating CapDI as a built-in water-softening device for domestic washing-machines. Voltea was founded in 2006 to exploit the technology…
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Samoa first to draw from Japanese solar/desalination fund
Samoa on 17 June 2011 became the first country to access a Japanese fund set up for solar power generation and seawater desalination or a combination of both.
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KMS signs distributor for Italy
Koch Membranes Systems (KMS) announced on 17 June 2011 that it had signed a distribution agreement for Italy with Univar Inc, a US global chemical distributor.
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Spanish water investment to hit € 1.2 billion this year
Desalination and water reuse projects are likely to be among the new water infrastructure projects worth € 700 million due to be tendered by Spain’s Ministry for Environment & Rural & Marine Affairs (MARM) in the second half of 2011.