Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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FO range launched for municipal and industrial users
Forward-osmosis (FO) membrane manufacturer Hydration Technology Innovations LLC (HTI) has launched a branded OsMem™ family of high-performance FO membranes and modules for municipal and industrial customers.
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Doosan wins giant Ras Azzour desalination plant contract
Doosan Heavy Industries of South Korea has won a US$ 1.46 billion contract to supply the Ras Azzour desalination plant in Saudi Arabia, which, at a capacity of 228 MIGD (1,036,500 m³/d), will be the largest in the world.
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Giant SMBR wastewater reuse plant passes proving test
One of the largest submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) wastewater treatment plants in the world, ACWA MBR’s flagship Al Ansab plant in Muscat, Oman, has successfully gone through its proving process.
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CapDI desalination gets commercial roll-out financing
Desalination startup company Voltea Limited announced on 31 August 2010 that it has completed a € 3.6 million financing round to support the commercial roll-out of its breakthrough Capacitive Deionization (CapDI) technology.
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Colgate Palmolive joins Mexico’s water reuse initiative
The Mexican national water agency Conagua has signed an agreement with Colgate Palmolive for the manufacturer to join the country’s Initiative for Saving and Efficient Use of Water.
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Three desalination plants for south Tunisia in 2011
The Tunisian government announced on 30 August 2010 that Société Nationale d’Exploitation et de Distribution des Eaux (SONEDE), the national water agency, had developed a plan for the creation in 2011 of three water desalination plants in the Gabes region at a total cost of more than TND 14 million (US$ 9.4 million).
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Deadline for IDA World Congress 2011 abstracts announced
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has issued a call for papers for the IDA World Congress 2011 on Desalination & Water Reuse. This biennial event will be held during 4-9 September 2011 at the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre in Western Australia.
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Adelaide plant delayed by four months
The Adelaide desalination plant is four months behind schedule, South Australia’s minister for water, Paul Caica, announced on 28 August 2010.
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SwissINSO moves to Lausanne science hub
SwissINSO Holding Inc, a company dealing in the application of solar-power to water purification/desalination and heating/cooling of buildings, is moving to Switzerland’s prestigious Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Science Park, the Swiss Silicon Valley.
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AECOM wins membrane treatment plants in Florida
A 6 MGD (22,700 m³/d) membrane brackish-water treatment plant and a 3.5 MGD (13,250 m³/d) membrane water-reclamation facility are to be designed and built by AECOM Technology Corporation under a US$ 101 million design/build contract by the town of Davie, Florida, USA.