Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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New lab methods to help utilities catch CECs
MWH Laboratories has introduced new methods allowing utilities across the US to proactively address anticipated chemical monitoring needs under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) third Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR3) anticipated to affect more than 4,800 public and private utilities across the country.
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AWWA hosting low-pressure membrane webcast
Implementing Low-Pressure Membrane Plants – The Utility Perspective is the title of a webcast to be hosted by the American Water Works Association next Wednesday, 11 August 2010. The webcast will review critical steps in membrane plant design, pre-procurement and construction.
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Twelve projects announced at Australian desalination centre opening
A project to apply wave energy to seawater desalination was one of 12 projects to receive awards from Australia’s National Centre of Excellence in Desalination (NCED) and announced at the centre’s opening on 23 July 2010.
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UF for Turkish steelworks supplied by inge
German ultrafiltration (UF) specialist inge watertechnologies AG has been chosen to provide the filter modules for a large seawater treatment plant that supplies water to a steelworks in the Turkish city of Iskenderun on the Mediterranean.
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3rd International Desalination Workshop set for Jeju
The European Desalination Society and the Center for Seawater Desalination Plant are organising the 3rd International Seawater Desalination Workshop in Jeju, South Korea, taking place on 3-6 November 2010.
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Desalination booming in Tunisia
Desalination in Tunisia took a major step forward in July with the award of the 50,000 m³/d Djerba seawater desalination contract to a consortium including Befesa of Spain, announced on 14 July 2010, and the launch of a tender for the supply of ten brackish-water desalination plants at the end of the month.
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SWMOA calls for papers for Vegas in February 2011
The South West Membrane Operator Association has scheduled its 2011 Annual Symposium for Las Vegas, Nevada, on 7-9 February 2011.
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SCMA warming up for September conference
The South Central Membrane Association (SCMA) is gearing up for its imminent 2010 Annual Conference & Membership Meeting, which will take place during 27-29 September 2010 on South Padre Island, Texas.
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Israel working on Gaza desalination plan – Lieberman
Israel’s foreign affairs minister, Avigdor Lieberman, said on 18 July 2010 that Israel was working on a plan to build desalination plants and water purification infrastructure, as well as power stations, in the Gaza Strip.
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Revised dates for IDA desalination energy conference
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has rescheduled its conference on Desalination: An Energy Solution, which was to have taken place in California in September, to 2-3 November 2010 at the same venue, the Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa, Huntington Beach.