Category: Water reuse
-
Illinois researchers identify ultra efficient membrane material
University of Illinois engineers have claimed to have identified a nanoporous material that could be deployed in desalination with greater efficiency promise than graphene.
-
Texas town reclaims 4 Ml/d from treatment plant
A new membrane desalination plant at Horizon, Texas is reclaiming wastewater from an existing reverse osmosis treatment plant at more than 4 Ml/d.
-
Microdyn-Nadir and Ovivo target US membrane bioreactor market
German filtration firm, Microdyn-Nadir, has struck a partnership with water treatment systems specialist, Ovivo USA, to service the US membrane bioreactor market with a combination of the German company’s membrane technology and Ovivo’s membrane bioreactor system (MBR) integration range.
-
LG Chem to supply eight desalination projects
LG Chem, has signed an US$ 8 million deal to supply reverse osmosis (RO) filters for eight seawater desalination projects in five nations from its newly constructed plant at Cheongju in South Korea’s North Chungcheong province.
-
Taiwan institute unveils low-pressure reverse osmosis membrane
Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has unveiled a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane technology which, it has claimed, can reduce energy consumption by up to 80% “without compromising the level and quality of filtration.”
-
Researchers claim membrane work will cut cost of desalination
Research engineers at the University of Virginia have developed upgrades to existing polymer membranes which they said may make desalination simpler and less expensive.
-
IDA seeks host for 2019 World Congress
The International Desalination Association is inviting bids to host the 2019 IDA World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse.
-
Plastics group ponders suppliers for 100 Ml/d desalination project
Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics Group is considering several major international suppliers for its NT$ 5 billion (US$ 150 million) project to build Taiwan’s first large-scale desalination plant. The 100 Ml/d facility will be constructed on the site of one of Formosa’s naphtha crackers at Mailiao, Yunlin County to alleviate the impact on the naphtha plant of…
-
IDA 2015 World Congress draws 1,700 delegates
More than 1,700 delegates from 63 countries attended the International Desalination Association’s (IDA’s) 2015 World Congress held in San Diego recently according to the association’s key metrics published this week. Awards for papers and presentations topped US$ 30,000.
-
PUB and Mitsubishi join to test water recycling technology
Singapore’s national water agency, PUB. has contracted Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation to build a demonstration-scale plant to test energy saving technologies that may be deployed at the proposed Tuas Water Reclamation Plant (WRP).