Tag: Australia
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IDA releases advance program for Perth congress
The International Desalination Association has announced the release of the Advance Program for the IDA World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse, Desalination: Sustainable Solutions for a Thirsty Planet, during 4 – 9 September 2011 in Perth, Australia.
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Low-impact solutions sought by new Australian research hub
Delegates to the International Desalination Association s World Congress in Perth, Australia, in September will be able to kick off their attendance with a visit to Murdoch University for the opening of the country s new National Centre of Excellence in Desalination. The centre features Australia s first desalination edulab and modular pilot-scale testing facility,…
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Leading desalters to address AWA university meeting
In conjunction with the University of Adelaide, the Australian Water Association is presenting two lectures at the university in the evening of 27 July 2011 from leading desalination figures on Desalination: Future Directions for Australia’s World Class Facilities.
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Australian government to fund stormwater reuse
The government of Australia has invited funding applications by 7 December 2011 for support of stormwater harvesting and reuse projects.
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Intakes opened for Adelaide desalination project
Commissioning is now closer for the Aus$ 1.824 billion (US$ 1.905 billion) Adelaide Desalination Project, after the 1.4 km intake began taking in seawater last week.
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Graphite oxide improves sand filtration fivefold, say researchers
In a discovery which could have implications for desalination pretreatment, a research team divided between Rice University, USA, and Monash University, Australia, has found a way of transforming sand with nanotechnology to make it five better at filtering water.
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Olympic Dam supplementary EIS satisfies opposition leader
South Australia’s opposition leader, Isobel Redmond, was quoted on 20 June 2011 in the Australian media as being “satisfied” that the Olympic Dam desalination plant will not cause any damage to the local environment, including the area’s giant cuttlefish population.
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Scholarship announcement soon from Australian desalination research centre
Australia’s National Centre of Excellence in Desalination (NCED) is set to announce its second round of PhD Supplementary Scholarships on 21 June 2011, having assessed 13 applications.
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Perth desalination expansion could swap for reuse project
The water minister of Western Australia, Bill Marmion, was quoted in the Australian media on 27 May 2011 as saying that the expansion of the Southern Seawater desalination plant may be indefinitely delayed in favour of more water reuse.
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Olympic Dam desalination EIS released by BHP Billiton
The desalination plant in South Australia to feed BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mining development moved a step closer when the company released the final supplementary environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the project on 13 May 2011.