Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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US water reuse and supply project gets US$ 2 million
The US National Science Foundation announced on 29 July 2009 the award of US$ 2 million to Professor Kevin Lansey, head of the department of civil engineering and engineering mechanics and four of his colleagues at the University of Arizona(UA) to research water reuse and supply systems.
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West Basin desalination demo could begin next year
Construction could begin in 2010 on the Ocean-Water Desalination Demonstration Project at Redondo Beach near Los Angeles, California, the West Basin Municipal Water District announced on 30 July 2009.
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US$ 2.9 billion Melbourne desalination contract goes to Degremont group
The Suez/Degremont-led consortium Aquasure has been awarded the contract to build the 150 million m³/year seawater desalination plant for Melbourne, Australia.
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Larger desalination Pressure Exchanger launched by ERI
The largest PX Pressure Exchanger to date was launched on 30 July 2009 by Energy Recovery Inc, the California-based manufacture of energy-recovery equipment for desalination plants.
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DRACE wins Melbourne recycling design contract
City West Water, the water supply company for Melbourne, Australia, has awarded Spanish contractor DRACE medioambiente, in joint venture with Tedagua, an Aus$ 36.5 million (US$ 30.4 million) design contract for a water recycling system.
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Al Dur desalination financing tied up
Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC) and GDF Suez announced on 26 July 2009 completion of the limited recourse financing of the US$ 2.1 billion Al-Dur Independent Water & Power Producer (IWPP) project , which includes a 218,000 m³/d seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plant as well as a 1,240 MW combined-cycle gas-turbine power plant.
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Befesa closes Quindao desalination finance
Spanish contractor Befesa announced on 23 July 2009 that its subsidiary Befesa Water has closed financing for the design, construction and operation over 25 years of a 100,000 m³/d seawater desalination plant in Qingdao, China.
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Study starts on salinity reclamation of W Australian river
Mitigation measures such as desalination and diversion could be proposed for the Collie river basin in Western Australia as a result of an independent review of possible strategies for salinity recovery, which has just been started by consultants KPMG and Worley Parsons.
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Commission to investigate Antiguan desalination repayment
The chief justice of New South Wales, Australia, James Jacob Spigelman, is to head a commission of inquiry in Antigua into the repayment by the government of Antigua & Barbuda of a US$ 29.75 million loan from Japanese desalination supplier IHI to the Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA), the government announced on 24 July 2009.
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Cameron heads international sales for H2O Innovation
Canadian membrane water treatment company H2O Innovation Inc announced on 24 July 2009 the appointment of Ian B Cameron to the newly created position of director of sales – international.