Category: Disinfection
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Desalination with distinction
IDE Technologies (IDE) designed and operates three of the largest seawater reverse osmosis desalination plants in the world each with a cost per cubic metre of produced water among the lowest globally. This it accomplished despite a fourfold variability in the electricity price and demanding regulatory limits on boron, chloride and sodium concentrations. The key…
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Is low temperature the next hot prospect?
Membrane-based desalination has been the lead technology set in recent years but Thermal Purification Technologies thermal process could tick boxes for sustainability and cost with a system that uses low-quality heat to produce high purity water. So with a big hitter in Metito as its strategic partner with even bigger backers including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,…
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Santa Barbara gets OK for desalination restart
A California state board has approved a permit to allow the city of Santa Barbara to restart its seawater desalination plant.
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Judge rules against US water district bid to halt test slant well
A Santa Cruz county judge has ruled against the Marina Coast Water District’s bid to halt California American Water (Cal-Am) in its continuing construction of a test desalination slant well in Marina.
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Masdar city, Masdar Institute, Laborelec, and Degrémont to collaborate in renewable-powered desalination project
Abu Dhabi university, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, has unveiled recently its research collaboration with three leading energy and clean technology corporations in a research project supporting the development of a full-scale, completely solar-powered, seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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India’s IVRCL sells Chennai desalination plant to Utilico FZC
Infrastructure firm, IVRCL, has agreed to sell its Chennai desalination plant to Dubai-based water and waste company, Utico FZC.
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Grundfos bags US$ 1.1 million grant for wastewater treatment research
Singapore has awarded pump and water technologies company, Grundfos, a S$1.4 million (US$ 1.1 million) grant to develop a wastewater filtration technology which the company says can “significantly reduce” capital investment and operational costs for wastewater treatment.
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Contractor strength drives investment grade rating for Carlsbad bonds
Credit rating agency, Fitch, has assigned an investment grade ‘BBB-‘ rating to bonds issued for the under-construction Carlsbad desalination plant and associated networks in California.
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Caribbean desalination expansion completes tests
The Desalination company of Trinidad and Tobago (Desalcott) has recently completed a performance test of its expanded Point Lisas seawater reverse osmosis plant.
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Hazen and Sawyer appoints Boysen as associate
Environmental engineering consultancy, Hazen and Sawyer, has appointed Buddy Boysen, formerly of Water Standard, as an associate. He is based in Houston, Texas.