Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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BHEL and GE tie up Indian treatment/desalination pact
India’s Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has signed a manufacturing associate agreement with GE to jointly engineer and supply membrane-based water treatment and desalination equipment for the Indian market.
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EPA issues second list of endocrine disruptors
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published on 17 November 2010 a second list of chemicals for which it intends to issue test orders under the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP).
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Dow desalination membrane gives better 2nd-pass rejection
A low-energy reverse osmosis (RO) desalination membrane launched on 17 November 2010 is claimed to achieve better rejection from second-pass systems and reduce operating costs.
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IDE desalination seminar trains Jordanians and Palestinians
Thirty participants from Palestine and Jordan completed a week-long desalination seminar in Israel in early November 2010.
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Deadline soon for InDA Congress abstracts
Abstracts for the Indian Desalination Association (InDA) Congress – InDACON 2011 – must reach the association by 1 December 2010.
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PUB and NEDO sign wastewater R&D letter of intent
Singapore’s national water agency, PUB, and the New Energy & Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) of Japan signed a letter of intent on 15 November 2010 to collaborate on research and development projects in the area of used water treatment.
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Berlin venue for next GWI/IDA water summit
Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan will be the guest speaker at the next Global Water Summit organized by Global Water Intelligence and the International Desalination Association, which will be in Berlin, Germany, on 18-19 April 2011.
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South Florida funds 19 alternative water projects
Desalination and water reclamation plants were among 19 alternative water supply projects for which South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) approved funding assistance worth US$ 3.45 million on 10 November 2010.
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VA Tech bags Indian power water treatment contract
VA Tech Wabag Limited, based in Chennai, India, has received an order for total water management of the Kakatiya and Rayalaseema thermal power projects under a balance of plants package as part of a consortium with APGENCO. The Wabag portion involves around INR 2900 million (€ 47 million).
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LeChevallier takes WRF research chair from January
Dr Mark LeChevallier of American Water has been appointed chair of the Research Advisory Committee of the WateReuse Research Foundation from 1 January 2011.