Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Biwater finishes first half of Changi performance tests
The first half of the Sembcorp Changi NEWater Plant (SCNP) in Singapore completed performance tests on 14 July, contractor Biwater AEWT told D&WR. No date has been set for plant commissioning, says Biwater.
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Desalination “part of Reclamation’s toolkit”, AMTA told
Commissioner of the US Bureau of Reclamation Mike Connor believes “desalination has to be part of the toolkit” that the bureau uses to address the issue of shrinking water resources in the western United States.
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Pump Engineering promotes Reau to international sales
Pump Engineering International, the US manufacturer of energy-recovery equipment for desalination announced on 10 July 2009 the promotion of Lindsay Reau as PEI’s international sales manager.
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New RO membranes reduce pretreatment need
Two new spiral-wound reverse-osmosis (RO) elements from Hydranautics will be on show next week at the American Membrane Technology Association’s 2009 conference and exposition in Austin, Texas.
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ERI wins ninth Algerian supply contract
UTE Cap Djinet, a consortium consisting of Spanish contractors Inima and Aqualia, has selected PX Pressure Exchanger energy-recovery devices from Energy Recovery Inc for a large desalination plant to be built in Algeria.
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Desalination designers need to note new salinity equation
Experts attending the 25th assembly of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) in Paris on 24 June 2009 recommended that the entire oceanographic community adopt the Thermodynamic Equation of Seawater and the use of Absolute Salinity.
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Marin County poll shows support for desalination
Opinion poll results released on 9 July 2009 by Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) in California, USA, showed 58% of consumers would support a desalination option in a multi-pronged approach to the district’s future water supply. This rose to 68% when more information was provided.
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New manager for Severn Trent’s Shanghai office
Severn Trent Services has appointed Will Li as operations manager responsible for overall operations in Severn Trent Water Technologies Co’s Shanghai office.
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Simple small UF water filter good for disaster relief
Ultrafiltration using Ultrason E 6029 p polyethersulfon resin manufactured by BASF is being used in a simple family water purification system made by Swiss company Vestergaard Frandsen.
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San Diego wastewater reuse demonstration to continue
San Diego City Council voted on 7 July 2009 to continue a $12 million wastewater indirect potable reuse demonstration project which would take purified sewage water from the North City Water Reclamation Plant and pump it into the San Vincente Reservoir to augment drinking water supplies.