Water. desalination + reuse

US EPA releases draft National Water Reuse Action Plan for public comment

The draft National Water Reuse Action Plan highlights key actions that support consideration and implementation of water reuse across the water sector.

EWEC and ACWA Power sign water purchase agreement for world's largest RO desal plant

The $900 million Taweelah desalination IWP is expected to produce 909,200 cubic meters of water a day.

Biwater wins RO contract for Perris II Desalter in Southern California

Biwater Inc. has been awarded a contract to design, supply and supervise the installation and commissioning of a brackish reverse osmosis (RO) system for the Perris II Desalination Facility in the City of Menifee, Southern California.

Amine solvents (top phase) extracting water from hypersaline brines (bottom phase)[PHOTO CREDIT: ROBERT WINTON AND NGAI YIN YIP]

Researchers report new desalination technique for hypersaline brines

A Columbia Engineering team led by Ngai Yin Yip, assistant professor of earth and environmental engineering, claims to have developed a radically different desalination approach hypersaline brines, called: temperature swing solvent extraction (TSSE)

Swcc and Hyrec sign MOU to use Hyrec's concentration technology at SWCC plants

Saudi Arabia's Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) and Hyrec Technologies Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deploy Hyrec's Osmotically Assisted Reverse Osmosis (OARO) technology for Zero Liquid Discharge desalination in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

New research published on selective ion exchange membranes

Laura Paltrinieri and co-workers developed a method to prepare functional membranes based on covalent incorporation of a functionalised monomer

US Govt to facilitate $6bn in funding for water infrastructure projects

The US EPA has submitted a draft Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Applications for Credit Assistance under theWater Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Program.

Fluence and partners win $74M desalination contract in Egypt

Fluence Corporation Limited says a partnership between its Egyptian joint venture The International Co. for Water Services & Infrastructure (IWSI) and Hassan Allam EPC has been awarded a $74M EPC contract to design and construct a 40,000 m3/day seawater desalination plant, with capacity for future expansion to 80,000 m3/day.