Category: Desalination
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March of continuous electrodeionization in ultra pure water use
Stringent boiler feedwater quality requirements arising from the advent of supercritical, high-pressure boilers has upped demands on water purification systems for steam generation significantly. And system designers still must contend with varying raw water characteristics dependent on location. The authors describe the challenges encountered at an oil industry site and the responses to them using…
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KSB Salino pressure centre is “world first” combination
Pump manufacturer, KSB, has claimed its recently launched pressure centre for reverse osmosis (RO) systems is a world first in combining four main components into a single, RO system.
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Nine water purification projects bag US$ 1.49 million in funding
The US Bureau of Reclamation has selected nine projects to receive US$ 1.49 million under its Desalination and Water Purification Research programme.
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Energy Recovery bags US$ 1 mlllion US deal duo
Flow energy technology firm, Energy Recovery, has won US$ 1 million in deals for desalination projects in California and Texas.
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Magnesium powered water purification wins patent
Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) has been awarded a US patent for its magnesium-powered water purification system which provides access to potable water in remote regions without the need to transport water supplies. It is particularly applicable to military use CTC claimed.
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MIT spinout cracks fracking water waste
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) spinout, Gradiant Corporation, is working toward making hydraulic fracturing (fracking) a water-neutral process, by making water reuse more economical. Fracking produces millions of litres of wastewater and much of it is discarded into deep injection wells, and clean water has to be purchased.
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IDA World Congress in California
A pivotal event in the global desalination and water reuse sector will be held at the US industry’s epicentre amid an historic drought when the 2015 IDA World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse convenes in San Diego, California at the end of August 2015. The “location, theme and timing could not be more appropriate,”…
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Aquarion in tie with mining cleantech player
Ottawa-based cleantech company, BluMetric Environmental, has teamed up with Swiss water technology firm, Aquarion, in a technology, business, and project development agreement with an industrial wastewater focus.
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Xylem bags Singapore UV deal
Water technology specialist, Xylem, has won a US$ 500,000 contract to supply a major municipal water reclamation facility with ultraviolet (UV) disinfection solutions.
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Energy Recovery wins deals totalling US$ 10.3 million in Asia and Middle East
Pressure energy technology specialist, Energy Recovery, has won US$ 10.3 million in project awards to install its PX Pressure Exchanger technology in desalination plants in Asia and the Middle East.