Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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IDA redesigns website for online congress booking
The International Desalination Association announced on 27 March 2009 the launch of its redesigned website at www.idadesal.org. It has also opened online registration and hotel reservations for its 2009 World Congress in Dubai.
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RO/deionizer provides high-purity water
A high-quality water purification system incorporating carbon, reverse osmosis (RO) and continuous electrodeionization (CEDI) was introduced on 23 March 2009 by Siemens AG’s Industry Solutions Division, based in Warrendale, USA.
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Santa Cruz pilot desalination results in 3-4 months
The Water Department of the City of Santa Cruz (SCWD), California, USA, confirmed on 23 March 2009 that its year-long seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) pilot plant test will be ended in mid-April with a report due in June or July 2009.
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Giant pump facility will serve desalination and other sectors
Flowserve Corporation, USA, and Al-Rushaid Group, Saudi Arabia, announced in Dharan on 23 March 2009 the opening of what they claim is the largest pump manufacturing, repair and testing facility in the Middle East.
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Australia’s GHD to work on Carlsbad desalination
Australia’s GHD will work with US-based Butier Engineering on the US$ 300 million Carlsbad seawater desalination project in the USA. GHD announced on 16 March 2009 that the company will be providing oversight and independent assessment of the performance of the engineering procurement construction contractor and specialist knowledge and technical skills in sustainable water management practices.
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Australian govt conditionally approves Melbourne desalination plant
The seawater desalination plant which will supply up to 150 million m³/year of drinking water for Melbourne was given conditional approval by Australia’s environment minister Peter Garrett on 20 March 2009.
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GE and Singapore university agree to study low-energy desalination
New solutions for low-energy seawater desalination will be one area of research resulting from an agreement announced on 19 March 2009 between the National University of Singapore (NUS) and GE Water.
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Entropie wins Algerian MED desalination units
Sidem subsidiary Entropie has been awarded a contract by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the supply of three multiple-effect distillation (MED) desalination units with a net capacity of 3,600 m³/d each.
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AdVE desalination pilot plant approved for Laredo
A 50,000 gpd (190,000 L/d) advanced vapor compression desalination (AdVE) pilot plant is to be constructed and operated for the City of Laredo, Texas. The City Council has approved a US$ 1.6 million joint proposal by Terrabon LLC and the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES).
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Membrane research at new Irish center in US
Irish wastewater treatment company Bord na Mona is to open a US innovation center, which, as well as promoting the company’s products, will also undertake number of research initiatives in the areas of tertiary membrane treatment and phosphorus/nitrogen reduction.