Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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H2O MBR plants for California and Colorado
H2O Innovation has sold its first membrane bioreactor (MBR) systems into California and Colorado, using its Bio-Brane™ technology.
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SWCC privatization ‘on track’, says governor
The governor of Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), Fehied F Alshareef, issued a statement on 13 October 2009 saying that the SWCC privatization and restructuring implementation program remained on track, and that there was no intention to cancel or postpone it.
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Seawater desalination plant for Chilean iron ore project
Chile’s iron and steel producer CAP announced at the beginning of October 2009 that it will spend US$ 140 million to build a seawater desalination plant in Punta Totoralillo.
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Wave-powered desalination plant to produce bottled water
The Texas General Land Office has granted the first-ever state offshore wave-energy lease to Texas-based Renew Blue Inc (RBI), who will use ocean water and waves to produce 3,000 gal/day (11,350 L/d) of bottled desalinated water.
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EIR completed for Foix desalination plant in Spain
The environmental impact report for the Foix desalination project in the Catalunya province of Spain has been completed and submitted to the supervisory committee.
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PEI wins giant Magtaa energy-recovery contract
Hyflux Ltd has selected HTCAT TurboChargers from Pump Engineering Inc (PEI) as the energy-recovery technology for the 500,000 m³/d seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) plant at Magtaa on the Mediterranean coast of Algeria.
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‘New paradigm’ need for CECs, US workshop finds
The need for a new paradigm for water and wastewater treatment, which prioritizes chemicals (or chemical classes) with similar modes/mechanisms of action for further evaluation, was a principal conclusion of a workshop held in California, USA, in April 2009, the results of which have just been published.
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Shivsu supplies desalination plants in Oman and Egypt
Indian OEM Shivsu Canadian Clear International Ltd has become the first Indian company to successfully install desalination water plants, worth Rs 50 crore (US$ 11 million), for the Oman and Egypt governments.
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WRF issues requests for two reuse proposals
The WateReuse Foundation (WRF)is seeking responses by 19 November 2009 to two new Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for water-reuse research projects.
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WERF forum goes virtual
On 8 December 2009, the US Water Environment Research Federation’s 5th Research Forum will go virtual, available on your PC or laptop. The event will cover the latest on wastewater, stormwater and water quality research, and is free to WERF subscribers.