Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Super vessel takes a bow
The most interesting exhibit at the recent American Membrane Technology Association convention in Florida was probably on the ROPV stand. The Chinese company launched the Super Vessel pressure-vessel, which will be pilot tested in the USA in the coming months and marketed globally by Enceladus Water Group.
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Suez/Doosan to build 450,000 m³/d Abu Dhabi plant
French energy giant GdF Suez won a construction contract and a 20-year power and water purchase agreement in July for the Shuweihat 2 power generation and seawater desalination plant in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Shuweihat 2 is a greenfield, natural gas-fired installation that will deliver 1,500 MW of electricity and 454,610 m³/d of water.
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Hawkes Bay plant still awaiting go-ahead
Though it has signed a contract in June with the Karachi Water & Sewerage Board, Norwegian supplier Aqualyng is still waiting for official steps by the Sindh Provincial Government before it can start the 114,000 m³/d Hawkes Bay reverse-osmosis plant which will supply potable water for Karachi.
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Studies start for Jordan’s first desalination plant
Jordan’s first desalination plant is expected to be operational by 2010, supplying the port city of Aqaba with 10 million m³/year, Aqaba Water Company (AWC) announced in August. The AWC has signed an agreement with Bank Muscat to study siting a plant on Aqaba’s southern coast to desalinate Red Sea water.
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Carlsbad gets approval from Coastal Commission
The California Coastal Commission (CCC) finally approved the Carlsbad seawater desalination plant near San Diego at the beginning of August.
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Siemens seeks 50% reduction in desalination energy
Siemens Water Technologies is using a Sing$ 4 million (US$ 2.9 million) from Singapore’s Environment & Water Industry Development Council (EWI) to develop an innovative seawater desalination technology, which it claims could cut energy consumption by at least 50% compared with existing desalination technologies.
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New membrane material resistant to chlorine
Sulphonated copolymers are being used as membrane material in new research which is claiming improved resistance to chlorine under funding provided by the US Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation-Partnerships for Innovation Program.
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CDM establishes technical centre in Singapore
CDM announced in June the establishment of a global Technical Centre for Integrated Water Management and Urban Planning to be based in Singapore. The new centre will promote the application of advanced planning and simulation models, decision software and geospatial information systems for improved understanding and management of sustainable urban environments.
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Qatar project to improve brine disposal
Chemical engineers at the University of Texas A&M at Qatar are leading a new $400,000 project with Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) that will develop a new process for water desalination that yields zero liquid discharge. The new process, announced in June, would treat brine reject with lime and aluminum to yield solid waste…