Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Is nuclear desalination better value than RO?
Despite public concerns, the low energy costs and convenience of nuclear evaporation desalination make it the preferred option, according to a paper just published by an Indian-Italian team.
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Cadagua to get 75,800 m³/d Moroccan desalination plant
Spain’s Cadagua has been given a letter of intent for award of a 75,800 m³/d desalination plant in the Jorf Lasfar industrial complex in Morocco, 100km south of Casablanca.
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Technology to beat fracking regulations
Altela Inc released data on 18 May 2011 showing that its treatment technology can treat wastewater from gas shale drilling to comply with Pennsylvania state regulations coming into force the next day.
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Water reuse in Sao Paulo agreement with Israel
Water reuse was near the top of a long list of issues for discussion when Israel’s minister of industry, trade and labor, Shalom Simhon, signed a technical cooperation agreement on 16 May 2011 with Sabesp, the water utility for the state of Sao Paolo, Brazil.
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US$ 400 million funding agreed for Sorek desalination
The consortium building the Sorek seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plant in Israel announced on 23 May 2011 that it has entered into agreements to obtain US$ 400 million in project financing to construct and operate the plant.
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California advanced treatment projects get Reclamation funding
The US Bureau of Reclamation has selected eight desalination/water reuse construction projects in California for funding under the WaterSMART Title XVI Water Reclamation & Reuse Program.
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WRF webcasts look at water reuse and the public
Two webcasts related to the way water reuse is seen by the general public have been announced by the WateReuse Research Foundation.
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Amiad disc filters in Chennai desalination pretreatment
Arkal disc filtration technology made by Amiad Filtration Systems has been selected as part of the pretreatment system for the seawater desalination plant currently being built for the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewage Board on India’s east coast.
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Website opened for Monterey desalination project
The desalination plant for the Monterey Bay Regional Desalination Project will start construction in the second quarter of 2013, if the newly opened website for the project is to be believed.
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Olympic Dam desalination EIS released by BHP Billiton
The desalination plant in South Australia to feed BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mining development moved a step closer when the company released the final supplementary environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the project on 13 May 2011.