Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Conwed in feed spacer study
Plastic netting maker, Conwed, has provided its products for a study into options for developing and testing of feed spacers in reverse osmosis (RO) by numerical modelling, three- dimensional (3D) printing of feed spacers and experimental membrane fouling simulator studies.
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Australian state approves temporary desalination plant
Australia’s Queensland state government has approved a US$ 7 million temporary desalination plant to supply a community near Townsville on Palm Island with water for nine months.
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Far East trio size up Suez Canal zone for desalination
Singaporean company Hyflux, along with Japanese industrial giants, Mitsubishi Matoto, and Toyota Tsusho have started feasibility studies for power plants and water desalination facilities in East Port Said, Egypt.
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Private players are reshaping desalination says report
Private water companies are “reshaping global desalination” with nine of the top ten capacity additions in 2015 coming from private sector players according to market researcher Bluefield Research.
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South African desalination project comes under press fire
Water supplier for South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, Umgeni Water, is considering a proposal to build a seawater desalination plant on the Illovo River within the next five years to cope with growing demand in its Upper South Coast region.
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Free IDE webinar this month offers insight into giant reverse osmosis plant projects
IDE will be leading a free online seminar (webinar) this week; Overcoming The Hurdles of Mega-Sized RO Desalination Plants in partnership with D&WR.
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Scientists look to batteries to cut desalination costs
Researchers at the University of Illinois in the US are exploiting the technology used in rechargeable sodium ion batteries to develop what they claim could be a “new type of device to the desalination community”.
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Masdar graphene study bags Abu Dhabi research prize
A graphene desalination membrane research project was among six proposals from Abu Dhabi’s sustainable technology-focused university, the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, that each won a AED 2 million (US$ 500,000) Abu Dhabi Education Council Award for Research Excellence.
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US reuse to get US$ 23 million government injection
The US Bureau of Reclamation has unveiled plans this year to invest in water reuse and efficiency upgrades to the tune of US$ 23 million.
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Orange County reaffirms backing for Huntingdon plant
California’s Orange County board of supervisors has reaffirmed its support for a proposed US$ 1 billion desalination plant at Huntington Beach despite a forecast fall in anticipated water demand growth.
