Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Baytech leads € 5 million input into Germany’s inge
Bavaria-based inga watertechnologies AG announced a € 5 million increase in its capital on 7 July 2009 as a result of new investment.
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Salt stretching can have effect for desalination
Salt can be stretched. That is the unexpected discovery made by researchers at the US government’s Sandia Laboratory reported in the lab’s May Nano Letters (NW Moore et al, Nano Letters, 2009. DOI:10.1021/nl9004805).
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Some Gold Coast desalination issues still unresolved
A large number of non-compliance issues relating to the Gold Coast seawater desalination plant in Queensland, Australia, have been listed in a letter sent on 2 July 2009 by Keith Davies, CEO of WaterSecure, who are taking over the project, to the Queensland Department of Infrastructure & Planning.
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South Australia adopts state-wide desalination policy
A state-wide desalination policy to guide future proposals and a target to recycle up to 75 million m³ of stormwater are among 90 strategies outlined by the government of South Australia (SA) in a comprehensive plan to guarantee the state’s water security to 2050 and beyond.
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Desalination and reuse in California/New Mexico get funding
US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced on 1 July 2009 27 water reclamation and reuse projects in California and New Mexico identified by the Bureau of Reclamation to share in a total of US$ 134.3 million under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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Hadera desalination extension finance fixed
Financing worth US$ 80 million has been agreed for the 74,000 m³/d expansion of the Hadera reverse-osmosis desalination plant in Israel, IDE Technologies announced on 3 July 2009.
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Singapore’s NEWater reused wastewater passes latest test
The reclaimed wastewater from Singapore’s NEWater plants passed its 12th bi-annual drinking-water test by an independent international audit panel with flying colours during the country’s Water Week.
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Second Perth desalination plant starts in three weeks
Less than a week after getting federal government clearance, the contract for the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant was signed on 30 June 2009.
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Philippe Gervais appointed chairman of H2O Innovation
Canadian membrane water treatment specialist H2O Innovation Inc announced on 30 June 2009 that Guy Goulet was stepping down as chairman and ceasing to be a director of the company.
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Chinese Desalination Society joins unconventional-water seminar
A national seminar on Unconventional Water-Use Technology is to be held in Urumqi in Xinjiang province, China, from 5-9 August 2009 to discuss sea- and brackish-water desalination and use of flood water.