Tag: Australia
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Australian reuse project wins US$ 10 million grant
The council for the Light region of South Australia has won a A$ 10.7 million (US$ 10 million) federal grant to complete funding for a “foundation” programme, the Gawler Water Reuse Project.
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Joint venture wins Perth groundwater replenishment contract
Western Australia’s Water Corporation has awarded a contract to design, construct, and commission a full-scale advanced water replenishment plant (AWRP) to a joint venture between CH2M Hill,and engineering company Thiess. The project will help secure Perth’s drinking water supplies through 2060
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Green energy firm plans frack water desalination
Australian renewable energy firm AGL plans to install a 2 Ml/d desalination plant to treat water produced during hydraulic fracturing (fracking) at its Gloucester coal-seam gas project.
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Osmoflo wins US$ 15m wastewater reuse contract
Water and wastewater firm, Osmoflo, has won a US$ 15 million contract for the design, construction and commissioning of a wastewater treatment plant in northern Western Australia to produce reclaimed water for use in irrigation.
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Australian advisor urges government desalination sell off
Australia’s Productivity Commission, in a recent report, has urged the country’s state and federal governments to sell off a swathe of infrastructure assets including desalination plant.
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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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GE to supply evaporator/ZLD technology for Italian oilfield
GE’s advanced evaporator and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technology is to be used to recycle up to 98% of produced water at six Total E&P Italia SpA oilwells in the Tempa Rossa field in the Basilicata region of southern Italy.
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Gulf red-tide early-warning system funding ‘soon’
A new early-warning system in the Gulf for harmful algal blooms (HABs), also known as red tides, using satellite imagery, remote sensing, and modeling could be one result of a conference on HABs held on 16‑17 April 2014 by the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC).
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AWA/NCEDA workshop on “big six” desalination plants
The Australian Water Association is holding a workshop, sponsored by the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination, on the “big six” Australian desalination plants.
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Mott MacDonald absorbs Australasian water specialist
The Mott MacDonald consultancy group has taken in AWT, a specialist water technology and consulting company based in New Zealand and Australia.