Tag: Australia
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Desalination and reuse in Water Leaders’ Blue Paper
Key ideas from the Water Leaders Summit at this year’s Singapore International Water Week have been captured in the latest Water Week 2011 publications, Blue Paper and Solutions.
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Sommariva secures International Desalination Association presidency
Dr Corrado Sommariva, managing director of ILF Consultants Middle East, was elected president of the International Desalination Association on 5 September 2011, the first day of the IDA’s World Congress in Perth, Australia.
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Second Perth desalination plant opens early
The Southern Seawater Desalination Plant south of Perth was officially opened by Western Australia’s water minister, Bill Marmion, on 2 September 2011, three months ahead of schedule and within the Aus$ 955 million (US$ 1,013 million) budget.
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New research announced as Australian desalination centre opens
Funding for eleven new desalination research projects (see Research News for list) was announced when the Australian National Centre for Excellence in Desalination opened its Aus$ 5 million Desalination Research Facility and Desal Discovery Centre (NCEDA) at Murdoch University’s Rockingham campus near Perth.
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Aus$ 3.8 million announced for new Australian desalination research
The new Aus $3.8 million (US$ 4.03 million) federal funding for research announced at the opening of the new research centre by the Australian National Centre of Excellence includes eleven new projects involving eight Australian universities, plus other universities, companies and organisations across the world.
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Hatcher takes over as MD for Acciona in Australia
Simon Hatcher has been appointed managing director of Acciona Agua in Australia, effective 8 August 2011.
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Osmoflo wins industrial water-reuse project
Australia’s Osmoflo has won a tender to design, build, operate and maintain a Aus$ 5 million (US$ 5.3 million) water-recycling plant and reticulation system at the Nyrstar Port Pirie smelter north of Adelaide in South Australia.
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Australians win Cape Verde desalination agreement
A letter of intent involving a desalination plant with an initial capacity of 4,000 m³/d has been given to Water Resources Group (WRG) of Perth, Australia, from the Municipality of Santa Caterina in Cape Verde.
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Five newcomers voted onto IDA board
Five new faces are among the 21 members voted to serve on the board of the International Desalination Association (IDA) for 2011-13 as a result of the elections which closed on 13 August 2011.
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Adelaide Desalination: Part of solution to safeguard South Australia’s water supplies
South Australia’s government and SA Water are committed to providing reliable drinking water supplies for the future. As part of the state’s Water for Good plan to secure water for the future, the government is building a seawater desalination plant at Lonsdale, south of Adelaide, to ensure drinking water is available even in times of…