Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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KPMG wins Ghubrah IWP preparatory contract
Consulting services for development of the Ghubrah Independent Water Project (IWP) in Oman are understood to have been won by KPMG, according to the Oman Daily Observer on 30 March 2011.
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USEPA puts cooling-water intake rules out for comment
Proposals concerning large-volume water intakes, such as those for power plants or factories, were issued for public comment by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on 29 March 2011.
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China to cut industrial water use per unit output
Water used for China’s industry will be reduced by 7% this year and by 30% by 2015 against unit output, Zhou Changyi, director of energy conservation, told a conference in Nanjing on 28 March 2011.
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Seafront lab for Indian desalination research
A desalination research laboratory is to be part of a seafront research facility to be set up in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh by India’s National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
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Vacuum-driven MD breakthrough promised by memsys
Vacuum-driven membrane distillation (MD) delivers high flux and true multi-effect distillation with very good energy recovery. The process runs at low temperature levels and is fully modular. This article describes the background of the development of the memsys company, membrane distillation, its specific advantages and potential applications, current and planned demonstration plants, and MD s…
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Water rights row could delay Western Australia desalination plant
A row over water rights in the north-west of Australia could lead to delay in the construction of the West Pilbara Seawater Desalination Plant, despite assurances in February 2011 from Western Australia’s (WA) state government that the project was on track.
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Florida lab wraps up red-tide research project
The longest and most cohesive scientific study looking at how humans are affected by the “red tide” phenomenon in Florida, USA, was officially completed on 24 March 2011.
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WaterRF announces two initiatives on chromium-6
The Water Research Foundation (WaterRF) announced on 24 March 2011 that it was supporting two initiatives to advance the science surrounding hexavalent chromium (chromium-6) found in trace amounts in drinking water.
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Data-management software introduced by desalination designer
Java-based software focused on data management and exchange for desalination and water treatment projects and plants has been developed by Dr Victor Dvornikov, who is employed by IDE Technologies.
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Desalination firms among Israel delegation to southern California
Two desalination companies were among a delegation of leading Israeli water technology suppliers that shared their innovative water technologies with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) and its member public agencies in Los Angeles on 24 March 2011.