Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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US govt to fund fracturing water treatment research
Membrane and desalination processes will be researched in some of the new projects selected by the US Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) for improving shale gas and coalbed methane (CBM) production.
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Karachi desalination plant recommissioned
Almost a year after it fell into disrepair, the Defence Housing Authority Cogen Power & Desalination Plant in Karachi, Pakistan, was recommissioned on 27 August 2009.
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Energy-recovery innovation in Hydranautics desalination software
The ability to model the use of an energy-recovery device (ERD) in the form of a work exchanger or pressure exchanger is a major new feature of IMSDesign 2009, the latest version of Hydranautics’ comprehensive membrane projection software, which allows the user to accurately design a reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination system.
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WRF funds American Water to research desalination pretreatment
New methodologies for optimizing pretreatment processes for reverse osmosis (RO) desalination are to be researched by American Water Works Company Inc, the largest investor-owned US water and wastewater utility company, under a grant from the Water Research Foundation.
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IDA members urged to vote for new board
The secretary-general of the International Desalination Association (IDA), Patricia Burke, has urged all IDA members to vote in the current election for the board of directors.
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NWRI publishes California recycling white paper
The US National Water Research Institute has published a white paper, cosponsored by WateReuse California, which highlights the need for more effort in advancing the use of recycled water in California.
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Membrane and desalination research reports published by NWRI
Short progress reports on the status of membrane and desalination research projects funded under the US National Water Research Institute’s graduate fellowship scheme for 2008-2009 have been published on the NWRI website.
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Changi wastewater reuse plant goes commercial
Stage 1 of the Sembcorp Changi NEWater Plant (SCNP) in Singapore has started commercial operations, according to a 26 August 2009 announcement from Black & Veatch, who provided full design engineering for the wastewater reuse plant along with construction support and commissioning services.
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S Australia government questions Billiton desalination EIS
Desalination discharge led the list of concerns raised by the South Australia government in its submission on 24 April 2009 to BHP Billiton’s environmental impact statement (EIS) related to its proposed expansion of its Olympic Dam mining operations.
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CaribDA, ERI and Dow back operator training
In co-operation with Energy Recovery Inc (ERI) and Dow Water & Process Solutions, the Caribbean Desalination Association is organising a two-day operator training program at the Westin Dawn Beach Resort in St Maarten on 17-18 September 2009.