Tag: Australia
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Water research hub launched in South Australia
A new Aus$ 50 million (US$ 41 million) water research institute will be established in South Australia to help secure and manage the state’s water supply.
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‘Finalisation’ works begin on Gold Coast desalination plant
Queensland’s Tugun desalination plant, on Australia’s Gold Coast, temporarily stopped producing water on 4 June 2010 to allow improvement works to occur.
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Flowserve valves for Perth 2 desalination plant
Flowserve Corporation announced on 3 June 2010 that it had received an order for plug valves for the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant in Western Australia. The order was booked in the fourth quarter of 2009.
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IDA confirms speakers for Huntington Beach
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has confirmed speakers for its first conference devoted exclusively to energy-efficiency in seawater desalination – Desalination: An Energy Solution, on 8-9 September 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Resort & Spa, Huntington Beach, California, USA.
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Siemens signs wind desalination MoU in Australia
Siemens Australia has announced a partnership with Windesal, a South Australia company using technology designed in Denmark, to develop clean technologies and wind-powered desalination plants.
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Melbourne desalination plant to have Hydranautics membranes
Nitto Denko/Hydranautics has been contracted to supply its SWC6 MAX and ESPA2+ membrane elements to the Victorian Desalination Project, currently under construction on the Bass Coast of Australia, near Wonthaggi.
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Philippine/Japanese consortium buys UU Australia
United Utilities Australia Pty Ltd, which is involved in several membrane-based desalination and water reuse projects in Australia, has been bought by a consortium including Manila Water of the Philippines and Mitubishi Corp and JGC Corporation of Japan.
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Hydranautics wins Adelaide membrane contract
Desalination membranes for the Adelaide desalination plant, located at Port Stanvac in South Australia, are to be supplied by Nitto Denko/Denko for both the first and second phases.
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Australia funds water study for coal-seam gas industry
The Australian government is spending up to Aus$ 3.88 million (US$ 3.61 million) on a water feasibility study for the Queensland coal-seam gas industry.
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Bundamba’s MegaMagnum elements star in new video
Koch Membrane Systems (KMS) has released a video showcasing its large area MegaMagnum spiral reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination elements