Category: Pumping, piping & storage
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Singapore’s PUB draws curtain on algae
Singapore’s national water agency PUB has for the first time installed silt curtains at the waters off Tuaspring and Singspring desalination plants, to protect them from damaging fouling of their reverse osmosis membranes by mounting levels of algae in the water.
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FCC Aqualia bags Chile deals
Water management company FCC Aqualia, has won two water supply and purification contracts in Chile’s mining and petrochemical industries worth a total of € 27 million (US$ 30.7 million).
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Texas county backs desalination grant application
Commissioners in Hays County, Texas have backed a grant application that would fund a central Texas group’ s proposed study into the feasibility of building a desalination plant to supply water to parts of Hays and Travis counties.
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Seeds scupper test well on day one
The discovery of seeds of an endangered flower at the site of a test slant well construction in north Marina, California, has halted the project on day one. California American Water (Cal Am) only recently won the right to proceed with the slant well test was after a lengthy court battle with owner of the…
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Urban surge drives 57% growth in Indian municipal water treatment market by 2018
Urban population growth in India will create huge demand for municipal water and wastewater treatment systems including desalination adding 57% to revenues over five years according to a recent report by market analyst Frost an Sullivan (F&S).
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Monterey slant well project gets grant to assess bacteria removal
US utility, American Water, has picked up more than US$ 200,000 in grant support from the WateReuse Research Foundation to assess pathogen removal during the collection of seawater for desalination through sub-surface slant wells.
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Geosyntec picked to lead subsurface intake study
West Basin Municipal Water District has selected a team led by engineering consultancy, Geosyntec, to study options for subsurface seawater intake for the district’s proposed 75,700-227,100 m³/d seawater reverse osmosis project.
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California’s West Basin water plans look to yes vote for bond
California’s West Basin Municipal Water District plans to up its water recycling capacity and push ahead with desalination research with funds from a US$ 7.12 billion water bond which is subject to a state referendum next month.
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California slant test gets US$ 1 million grant
Water utility, California American Water, has received a US$1 million grant from the state’s Department of Water Resources to help fund the company’s $4 million planned slant well test.
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Global desalination market to grow 9% a year
The global water desalination market is set to grow at nearly 9% a year to 2018 according a report by market researcher, TechNavio.