Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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More features added to Ultrameter II
The Ultrameter II, from Myron L Company in the USA, has been redesigned to include an LSI/hardness calculator, free-chlorine measurements and Bluetooth® data transfer.
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PWT develops three new membrane cleaning products
Professional Water Technologies (PWT), the California business unit of H2O Innovation Inc has developed three new membrane cleaners targeting the reverse osmosis (RO) and ultrafiltration/microfiltration (UF/MF) desalination and water treatment membrane markets.
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Bermuda-based group acquires 50% of Aqualyng China
Beijing Enterprises Water Group Limited (BEWGL) announced on 9 April 2010 that it had acquired a 50% equity interest in Aqualyng China Limited. Norway-based Aqualyng Holding AS, which has many years of experience in design, construction and installation of seawater desalination facilities, holds the other 50%.
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Netanyahu steps into Ashdod desalination argument
Prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has ordered Israel’s national water authority, Mekorot, the Finance Ministry and the Infrastructure Ministry to submit proposals for a cost-effective desalination plant in Ashdod within 30 days, according to Israel National News (Arutz Sheva).
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Canadian low-energy desalination gets government boost
Saltworks Techologies Inc’s low-energy desalination project is to receive up to Can$ 580,000 (US$ 577,000) from the Canadian government via Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC).
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Nine projects to be launched by WateReuse Foundation
A project to ensure that the technology used to reclaim wastewater is fit for purpose was one of nine approved by the WateReuse Foundation’s Board of Directors at its meeting on 16 March 2010.
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Polymer brush layer is key to new fouling-resistant membrane
A new class of fouling-resistant reverse-osmosis (RO) membranes has been announced by the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) which are claimed to have low mineral-scaling propensity and high permeability.
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IBM joins in Saudi solar desalination initiative
Saudi Arabia’s solar powered desalination initiative, announced in January, is now to involve the ultra-high concentrator photovoltaic (UHCPV) and nanomembrane desalination technologies being jointly developed by IBM and the King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST).
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China is researching desalination of sea ice
Chinese scientists believe that ice in the Bohai and Yellow seas could become an important alternative freshwater source, according to the Chinese Xinhua news agency.
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Membrane ‘summit’ will precede AMTA conference
The 2nd Osmosis Membrane Summit will precede this year’s annual conference of the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) in San Diego.