Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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New Toray tube size allows easier membrane replacement
Toray Membrane USA announced on 28 January 2009 the introduction of a 1.125 in (28.5 mm) product water tube for models of TMG20-400C and TMG20-430C reverse-osmosis (RO) low-pressure brackish-water desalination membrane elements.
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WRF issues two energy-related RFPs
The WateReuse Foundation announced on 27 January 2009 two new requests for proposals (RFPs) for research projects involving desalination and water reuse related to energy production and use.
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Mekorot looking for Ashdod investors
Private investors are being sought by the Israeli national water company Mekorot to take a 40% stake in the planned 274,000 m³/d Ashdod desalination plant, for which it has just been given full responsibility by the Israeli government.
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Befesa wins RO pilot plant in Tarragona
Spanish company Befesa Agua has won a construction contract for a reverse-osmosis (RO) pilot desalination plant to be built next to the L’Ampolla water treatment plant in Tarragona, Spain.
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PEI gets venture capital boost
Pump Engineering Inc (PEI), US manufacturer of pumps and turbocharger energy-recovery devices for reverse-osmosis desalination, announced on 26 January 2009 that it had closed a “multi-million dollar” equity investment deal with Plymouth Venture Partners (PVP) earlier in the month.
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MEDRC announces new director and deputy
Netherlands ambassador Ronald Mollinger was officially announced as the new director of the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) in Oman on 21 January.
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Sydney desalter construction reaches halfway point
Construction of Sydney’s 250,000 m³/d Kurnell seawater desalination plant is just over 50% complete, D&WR has been told by Sydney Water. The intake and outlet tunnels were completed in December 2008.
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Understanding microbes could increase MBR efficiency, conference told
A thorough understanding of the physiology of micro-organisms found in membrane bioreactors (MBRs) used in advanced wastewater treatment and water reuse would greatly improve the overall efficiency of these systems, a conference in Singapore was told on 23 January 2009.
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WRF seeks desalination and reuse funding proposals
The WateReuse Foundation on 21 January 2009 issued a request for preproposals for funding consideration under its 2009 Unsolicited Research Program, which funds researchers proposing projects designed to meet the future needs of the water reuse and desalination community.
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Hawkes Bay desalter on the move again
The Hawkes Bay desalination project in Pakistan took a step forward on 15 January 2009, when Sindh chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah presided over a meeting regarding the desalination plant for Karachi at the Chief Minister’s House.