Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Large wastewater expansion in Qatar to use UF
Indian engineering and construction company Larsen & Toubro announced on 11 May 2010 that its business unit had secured a contract for Doha South Sewage Treatment Works, Qatar, involving ultrafiltration technology.
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Philippine/Japanese consortium buys UU Australia
United Utilities Australia Pty Ltd, which is involved in several membrane-based desalination and water reuse projects in Australia, has been bought by a consortium including Manila Water of the Philippines and Mitubishi Corp and JGC Corporation of Japan.
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OC desalination slant-well testing to start
Testing of Phase 3 of the South Orange Coastal Ocean Desalination Project in Southern California will begin in the next few weeks, according to the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC), which held a public open day at the test site on Doheny State Beach on 12 May 2010.
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Desalination affected by California powerplant ruling
The powerplant with which California’s new 189,000 m³/d Carlsbad seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) plant is co-located has been ordered to cease once-through cooling by 2017. The Huntington beach powerplant, site of another proposed desalination plant, has been given until 2020.
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Jordan Red Sea project developer ‘will be announced in May’
Following evaluation of 30 letters of interest in the massive Red-Dead water transfer and desalination project, Jordan’s Ministry of Water & Irrigation will announce the qualified bidder to serve as the master developer this month, according to the Jordan Times on 11 May 2010.
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AquaSwiss to market IDE’s MED technology in MENA and SE Asia
Desalination system manufacturer IDE Technologies announced on 4 May 2010 that it had signed a technology transfer agreement with AquaSwiss AG, a Switzerland-based provider of advanced water solutions
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Fujairah II desalination pipework supplied by German firm
Pipework for the Fujairah II Independent Water & Power project in Qidfa, Oman, has been supplied by a family-owned German supplier, H Butting GmbH & Co.
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CCC to rule on Cambria desalination plant studies
California Coastal Commission (CCC) staff have advised the commission at its meeting this week to agree to a US Army Corps of Engineers proposal to test a beach in the Cambria region, near San Luis Obispo, for use as beach wells for a desalination plant.
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Solar desalination unit launched in Switzerland
A solar membrane desalination unit being developed by SwissINSO Holding Inc has been installed prior to a 6-8 month field test, the company told a launch event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 22 April 2010
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Strong pump-head feature of new high-pressure pump
Featuring a duplex stainless steel discharge manifold for extra durability, the new 6801 triplex plunger pump introduced by Cat Pumps (UK) has the ability to deliver fluids at pressures up to 480 bar (7,000 psi) and flows up to 57 L/m.