Category: Pretreatment/cleaning
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Parkson and MIOX take on OSG disinfection market
Florida-based water engineers Parkson Corporation and disinfection specialists MIOX Corporation announced on 28 April 2011 the formation of a new partnership to develop the market for on-site generation (OSG) disinfection systems.
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A sustainable antiscalant for RO processes
One of the common complaints leveled at the desalination industry by environmentalists is discharges of brine from plants contain additional amounts of chemicals required to reduce scaling and biofouling. Carboxymethyl inulin (CMI) is an environmentally friendly antiscalant which has proven to be cost-effective in RO processes and therefore could have a positive contribution to addressing…
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Online registration available for IDA Perth congress
The International Desalination Association has announced that online registration is now available for its September 2011 World Congress in Perth, Australia.
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Go-ahead for 113,500 m³/d Orange County GWRS expansion
Orange County’s world-renowned membrane-based Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) in California is to be expanded by another 30 MGD (113,500 m³/d) following approval by the board of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) on 30 March 2011.
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Branson to address IDA Perth congress in September
Sir Richard Branson, famous for his achievements as an entrepreneur and founder of the international brand Virgin, is to be keynote speaker at the World Congress of the International Desalination Association in Perth.
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China to cut industrial water use per unit output
Water used for China’s industry will be reduced by 7% this year and by 30% by 2015 against unit output, Zhou Changyi, director of energy conservation, told a conference in Nanjing on 28 March 2011.
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Solvent-extraction desalination unveiled at MIT
Yet another desalination innovation is on its way from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – researchers have developed a membrane-free, solvent-extraction method to remove salt from seawater that works at low temperatures.
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China halfway to 1 million m³/d seawater desalination
China’s seawater desalination capacity now stands at 524,000 m³/d, according to Li Baochun, deputy director of the Tianjin Municipal Commission of Science & Technology, quoted in the People’s Daily.
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Low-maintenance seawater dechlorination monitor introduced
California-based Electro-Chemical Devices (ECD) has introduced the Model DCA-23 Seawater Dechlorination Analyzer, a low maintenance measurement solution that requires no chemicals to monitor seawater chlorine levels accurately in a wide range of industrial process and municipal water treatment applications.
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APTwater and Air Products sign worldwide marketing agreement
California water treatment company APTwater Inc and industrial gas supplier Air Products have signed a joint marketing agreement that broadens collaboration and use of APTwater’s patented HiPOx® process technology for advanced water treatment projects worldwide.