Tag: Australia
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Metito lands Bechtel SWRO desalination in Australia
Dubai-based Metito has landed two new seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants in Australia and is currently nearing completion of one in Qatar.
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“First water” video for Victorian desalination plant
The Aquasure consortium building the much delayed Victorian desalination plant for Melbourne, Australia, has released a video to celebrate the production of first water on 30 June 2012.
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Wave energy for Perth southern desalination plant?
Australian wave-energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Ltd (CWE) announced on 5 July 2012 that it had been advised by West Australia’s Water Corporation that it wished to move forward on discussions for up to 2MW of renewable energy supply for the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant on an exclusive basis.
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Mike Dixon awarded IDA 2012 Fellowship Award
Dr Mike Dixon, research and development (R&D) engineer for South Australian (SA) Water Corporation’s Adelaide Desalination Project has been named by the International Desalination Association’s 2012 Fellowship Award.
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What are the options for disposal of old RO membranes?
Where do old desalination and water treatment membranes go to die? In Australia, as in many other countries, the option for membrane disposal is landfill, which due to the materials composing membrane modules is a very unsustainable practice. A research project funded by the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination has been looking at alternatives.…
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GHD appointed OE for Huntington Beach desalination
Consultant GHD is to lead a multi-disciplinary team serving as owner’s engineer (OE) for the 50 MGD (189,000 m³/d) Huntingdon Beach desalination project in California, USA.
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Sydney desalination plant may not restart for 3 years
Sydney’s 250,000 m³/d desalination plant is to be switched off on 1 July 2012 and may not be restarted for three years.
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Aus$ 3 million grant for reuse public-acceptance research
The Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence (AWRCE) announced on 25 June 2012 a Aus$ 3 million (US$ 3 million) for a research project to investigate and address the barriers to public acceptance of reusing water for augmenting drinking water supplies in the first large-scale collaboration of its kind.
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Spanish prominent in Al Ghubrah desalination bidders
Spanish companies are involved with five of seven bidders that have been invited by the Oman Tender Board to submit proposals for the Al Ghubrah Independent Water Project (IWP).
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Western Australia’s GWR scheme moves nearer
Western Australia’s state government is to spend Aus$ 2.5 million (US$ 2.54 million) in 2012‑13 on preliminary design and investigation works to ensure that the Water Corporation is in a position to implement a groundwater replenishment scheme for Perth, should the trial be successful.