Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Illinois researchers identify ultra efficient membrane material
University of Illinois engineers have claimed to have identified a nanoporous material that could be deployed in desalination with greater efficiency promise than graphene.
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MIT researchers unveil groundbreaking desalination system
A research team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a desalination system that uses a powerful electric field acting on a stream of flowing water. The field pushes ions in the salty water to one side of the flow and fresh water to the other so the two streams can be readily separated.
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GE testing ice water desalination technology
Industrial conglomerate, GE, is testing a desalination system based on a salt and ice mixture that, according to the firm’s researchers, produces fresh water at 80% of the cost of conventional thermal desalination.
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Monterey slant well test back in action
California American Water has resumed operation of its test slant well following a halt in the well’s operation pending a coastal commission ruling.
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Abu Dhabi rejects more desalination despite growing water stress
Environment Policy and Planning at Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has rejected upping desalination as a means to counter growing water scarcity in the emirate, opting instead for conservation and reuse.
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Taiwan county seeks central backing for desalination expansion plan
Taiwan’s Penghu county magistrate, Chen Kuang-fu, has urged central government to back the county’s proposed expansion of its desalination capacity.
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Trinidad residents struggle as Point Lisas closes for maintenance
Trinidad’s water supplies will be placed under stress after the water and sewerage authority temporarily shuts down the Point Lisas desalination plant for maintenance creating a 10% shortfall in output.
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Texas town reclaims 4 Ml/d from treatment plant
A new membrane desalination plant at Horizon, Texas is reclaiming wastewater from an existing reverse osmosis treatment plant at more than 4 Ml/d.
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Kwazulu-Natal district consults on seawater desalination
The Ugu district municipality on South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal south coast is exploring the possibility of desalination amid a “dire” water shortage.
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South Africa’s Cape ponders desalination as water crisis grips
The provincial government of South Africa’s Western Cape is looking to water reclamation and seawater desalination as it considers its options for securing water amid a serious crisis.