Category: Disinfection
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BOT Desalination Projects and their Financing in a Nutshell
Financing doesn’t need be a barrier to your project. Discover how IDE can help you overcome the obstacles to the implementation of BOT schemes.
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Review of global green energy shows solar pv is on the rise
The world now adds more renewable power capacity than it does fossil fuel capacity each year, with 147 GW of renewable energy capacity added in 2015.
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Welcome to Water Planet
It’s 9am in California and Eric Hoek is speaking from his car. Fresh from dropping his two pre-schoolers off for the day, the former UCLA engineering professor turned CEO is ready to concentrate on his other ‘babies’ – the two divisions of Water Planet, the water tech company he started with private investment following his…
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Boost for San Angelo water reuse plan
Plans for a water reuse project in San Angelo, Texas, received a boost this week, with local council staff given the green light to take the next step in seeking funding for the project.
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Forward osmosis: mainstream or margins?
The authors have taken a look at findings in a recent BlueTech report tracking the prospects for forward osmosis as a player in conventional desalination and water reuse applications. This article first appeared in the February 2016 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.
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Cool stuff and hotspots
Aquatech managing director, Devesh Sharma, tells how economic slowdown isn t necessarily reflected in water demand. And he explains how he is putting faith in technology so clients reap the benefits. This article first appeared in the February 2016 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.
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Santa Barbara OK for desalination site clean up
The city of Santa Barbara has approved expenditure of US$ 2.3 million to clean up soil contamination at the site of its re-started US$ 55 million desalination plant.
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Don’t let climate uncertainty stymie desalination investment says risk expert
Water and wastewater utilities must view climate change as a “disruptive opportunity” and not allow uncertainty to stymie investments in desalination and other resilience measures according to a UK risk management expert. Climate change created a business opportunity where “the most resilient will have an implicit lead over their competitors,” the expert told a recent…
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A clean sweep: analysis of a foulant remover
This article first appeared in the December 2015 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.
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The big push
UK-based researchers have developed a reverse osmosis desalination system that they say promises to meet the challenges in providing freshwater to the millions worldwide who lack access to it. The research leader explains how his team has addressed the dilemma of cutting energy demand while upping recovery. This article first appeared in the December 2015…

