Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Boca Raton wastewater reuse system to be extended
The city of Boca Raton in Florida, USA, is to expand its In-City Reclamation Irrigation System (IRIS) from 7-8 MGD (26,500-30,000 m³/d) to 17.5 MGD (66,000 m³/d) during the next five years. Bidding is currently under way.
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Adelaide to get Aus$ 62 million water reuse project
The federal Australian government and South Australia (SA) state will invest Aus$ 62.6 million (US$ 41.3 million) in a project to supply 1.6 million m³/year of treated wastewater to new housing developments in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, where a large desalination contract is also due to be let in March 2009.
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Aquatech gets new Ex-Im Bank support
Desalination and water-reuse system manufacturer Aquatech International of Canonsburg, USA, has been given a US$ 37 million renewal of its loan facility from the US Export-Import Bank.
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CH2M Hill poised for Kalba desalination mobilization
Civil work on the 3.0 MIGD (13,368 m³/d) Kalba seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant in the United Arab Emirates has almost been completed by the Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority (SEWA).
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Marin board takes desalination lead from Australia
“Look at Australia. I don’t want to be stupid,” said Alex Forman, chairman of the Marin Municipal Water District Board of Directors on 11 February 2009 after the board approved continuation of work towards a 5-15 MGD (19,000-57,000 m³/d) desalination plant sourcing San Francisco Bay.
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Water reuse and conservation research bill passed in US
The US House of Representatives on 11 February 2009 passed a bill by Utah Democrat Jim Matheson to create new research programs into how to conserve water, use it more efficiently and reuse wastewater.
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“Significant” impacts from Monterey desalination says draft report
Whichever of the three desalination-based proposals for future water supply on the Monterey peninsula in California is eventually implemented, there would be “significant and unavoidable” environmental impacts.
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Tests prove filter medium reduces SWRO desalination fouling
Research at the University of Sheffield in the UK is showing that that filters using Disruptor™ media invented by US company Argonide Corporation is a good solution for reducing the fouling of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes in seawater desalination plants.
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Block filter underdrain used at two large RO desalination plants
Tetra® LP Block™ filter underdrain systems for use in pretreatment filtration systems are being supplied to two desalination plants in North Africa and South America by Severn Trent Services.
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Environment review released for West Australia’s 2nd desalination plant
Western Australia’s Water Corporation released an environmental review of its proposed Southern Seawater Desalination Plant at Binningup on 3 February 2009 following approval by the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts.