Category: Water reuse
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Aquarion buys Hager + Elsaesser
Water treatment firm Aquarion Group has acquired German water technology company Hager + Elsaesser (H+E) for an undisclosed sum.
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Masdar picks four firms to test new desalination techniques
Abu Dhabi clean energy company, Masdar, has selected four international water technology firms to test techniques that could reduce the energy intensity of desalination and lead to a large renewably powered water purification station.
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GE and Saudi Aramco launch $200k technology competition
General Electric and Saudi Aramco have launched a $200,000 challenge to improve the energy efficiency of seawater desalination.
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New system uses 80% less energy than reverse osmosis researchers claim
Scientists at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) have devised a forward osmosis system which they claim could reduce the energy used in desalination for irrigation by up to 80 per cent.
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Dow and Veolia system wins ultrafiltration deal for new Total floating oil production unit
Dow Water and Process Solutions and Veolia Water Technologies are to provide ultrafiltration technology for Total’s new Moho Nord offshore floating deep water oil production unit off the Republic of the Congo coast.
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Australian cutback leaves desalination centre seeking funds
The government funding round for which the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA) was preparing a proposal has been suspended pending a review, which will take till March 2015.
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Toyobo desalination membrane plant opened in Rabigh
The ACWA-Toyobo joint venture in Saudi Arabia, Arabian Japanese Membrane Company LLC (AJMC), opened its reverse-osmosis membrane production facility in Rabigh on 29 May 2014.
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Texas Desalination Association plans September conference
The Texas Desalination Association is hosting its second annual conference Texas Desal 2014: Best Practices and Emerging Technology on 11-12 September 2014 in Austin, Texas.
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Woongjin America changes name to TCK Membrane America
Woongjin Chemical America Inc, which makes both spiral-wound and hollow-fibre desalination and water treatment membranes, has changed its name to TCK Membrane America Inc.
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Ceramic membrane coating uses DNA to make pores
A ceramic membrane technology, which uses DNA to create the holes in the membrane, is to be one of the technologies presented at the Launchpad For Innovation on Day 1 of the Singapore International Water Week (1-5 June 2014).