Category: Disinfection
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Comparing Desalination and Recycling for Water Supply Augmentation
The quest to secure new and durable supplies of potable water is being pursued in a growing number of regions of the world as existing supplies diminish and populations grow. The authors describe here a means to appraise options that accounts for all of the chief factors in any locality that might influence a decision…
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New technology and long-term reliability in process and potable water production
The Rabigh desalination plant in Saudi Arabia has outstripped its design output and water quality for nearly ten years. Designer of the plant s multiple effect distillation heart, Aquatech, sought at the outset to rein in operating costs while maintaining the plant s reliability and resilience. This article first appeared in the August 2014 issue…
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Innovative Technologies Implemented at Bahrain Petroleum Company to Treat Refinery Wastewater
The Bahrain Oil Refinery is located on the east coast of Bahrain, a few kilometers from the island of Sitra. The 267,000-barrels-a-day plant includes facilities for the primary treatment of process wastewater but more recently the company that operates the facility the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) has implemented innovative methods in secondary treatment. This article…
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Planned Texas inland desalination plant will be USA’s biggest
San Antonio Water System (SAWS) is constructing what will become the largest inland desalination plant in the USA. The plant will desalinate groundwater from the Wilcox Aquifer in southern Bexar County, Texas.
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Cyprus desalination to end drought pledges president
Cyprus’s sixth desalination plant plant, was inaugurated last week with a pledge from president Nicos Anastasiades that along with existing plants it would “guarantee that Cyprus will not face the problem of drought again.”
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Biwater wins reuse treatment plant contract in Morocco
UK contractor Biwater has been awarded a turnkey project to design and construct a new wastewater treatment plant in the city of Aourir, a tourist destination close to Agadir on Morocco’s Atlantic coast.
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Electrochemical desalination MoU signed in Singapore
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Singapore’s national water agency, PUB, and Evoqua Water Technologies to further develop electrochemical desalination technology was one of five MoUs signed during Singapore International Water Week, which ended on 5 June 2014.
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San Diego approval leads large SoCal water reuse surge
The board of the San Diego County Water Authority on 22 May 2014 approved support for the City of San Diego’s proposed large-scale water recycling project, Pure Water San Diego, which the water authority has identified as the region’s most likely next source of local supply.
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Oklahoma passes potable water-reuse implementation bill
The governor of the US state of Oklahoma, Mary Fallin, on 28 May 2014 signed Senate Bill 1187 making it possible for water agencies to implement potable water reuse projects.
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WateReuse launches video about urban water cycle
The WateReuse Research Foundation announces the release of The Ways of Water, an animated video that presents an overview of the many human interventions in the water cycle and looks at the benefits of some key water provision options including Direct Potable Reuse (DPR).