Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Bureau barred from further water reclamation funding
The US Department of the Interior will not authorise any further Title XVI water reuse projects to receive support from the Bureau of Reclamation “at this time”, Michael L Connor, commissioner of the bureau told the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the US House of Representatives’ Natural Resources Committee on 21 July 2009.
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Poseidon signs two VPs and construction director
Three experienced US water industry personnel have joined Poseidon Resources, following the departure of Nikolay Voutchkov earlier this year, the company announced on 20 July 2009.
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Australians to demonstrate JetWater CSG treatment
EESTech Inc has awarded the exclusive Australian rights for its JetWater thermal desalination system to Australian water treatment company Impulse Hydro.
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JPL and CalTech to aid LA’s water/energy efficiency
The City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) with its managing institution, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are combining forces to establish Los Angeles as a powerhouse for demonstrated energy and water innovation.
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Catalunya’s president opens Barcelona desalination plant
The € 230 million El Prat de Llobregat desalination, which will supply Barcelona with 200,000 m³/d of potable water, was officially opened on 22 July 2009 by the president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, José Montilla, and Environment Minister Elena Espinosa.
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H20 wins UF and RO contracts in Canada and US
A contract to augment the capacity of the existing reverse osmosis system of the City of Las Animas, Colorado, is one of a number of recent contracts won by H2O Innovation Inc totalling Can$ 2.7 million (US$ 2.4 million).
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US export finance boost for water and energy projects
US exports for renewable-energy, water and nuclear-power projects approved after 1 July 2009 are eligible for a maximum repayment term of up to 18 years under export financing provided by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank).
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Furukawa and Glater enter AMTA Hall of Fame
Two very popular admissions to the American Membrane Technology’s Hall of Fame were announced at the association’s 2009 conference and exhibition in Austin, Texas, on 15 July 2009.
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UCLA’s mobile desalination test successful
Field trials during April and May 2009 of a small modular membrane-based water supply system by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), have proved that the plant can be used to test brackish water or seawater for use in a full-scale desalination plant.
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Flowserve wins three Calder orders in Spain
Flowserve Corporation announced on 9 July 2009 that it had received three orders for Calder energy-recovery devices for seawater reverse-osmosis desalination projects in Spain including the Campo de Dalais project, which will receive the recently upgraded DWEER units.