Category: Pretreatment/cleaning
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AMTA receives US$ 150,000 from ADC dissolution
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) revealed on 28 February 2012 how it was going to use the US$ 151,000 donated to it by the Affordable Desalination Consortium (ADC) on its dissolution.
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High-performance antiscalant launched at Arizona event
A new high performance antiscalant, SpectraGuard™ 350, was launched on 27 February 2012 by Professional Water Technologies, the H2O Innovation business unit.
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Papers invited for 2013 AWWA/AMTA event
With the 2012 AWWA/AMTA Membrane Technology Conference under way this week in Phoenix, Arizona, a call for papers has been issued for next year’s event in Texas.
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Chinese desalination import ratio to fall, says report
Localisation of desalination products and systems in China is targeted to rise from 60% to 90% by 2020, according to market researchers Frost & Sullivan.
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EDS and SPE host joint oil/gas desalination workshop
The European Desalination Society is joining the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) to present a joint workshop on Desalination in the Oil and Gas Industry.
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India ‘to have 500 desalination plants by 2017’
India will have more than 500 desalination plants by 2017 in a market sector that is growing at 22%, according to a recently published market research report.
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China could desalinate 2.6 million m³/d by 2015
China aims to increase its seawater desalination capacity to 2.2-2.6 million m³/d by 2015, according to a statement released by the General Office of the State Council, China’s cabinet, on the central government’s website on 13 February 2012.
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EDS/Wetsus issues membrane conference call for papers
A deadline of 30 June 2012 has been set for abstracts for the eighth in the series of conferences on Membranes in Drinking & Industrial Water Production, which will take place at Leeuwarden in the Netherlands on 10‑12 September 2012.
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3rd Osmosis Membrane Summit set for Barcelona
Norwegian power company Statkraft, which is developing forward osmosis for energy, is organising the 3rd Osmosis Membrane Summit on 26-27 April 2012 alongside the European Desalination Society’s conference and exhibition in Barcelona, Spain (23-26 April 2012).
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Patents indicate ‘significant advances’ in desalination, says report
Significant advances are being made in decreasing the cost of desalination and increasing its energy efficiency, says a report on the patent landscape of desalination technologies just published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).