Tag: Australia
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Researchers reconsider osmotic power prospects
Researchers at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia claim to have demonstrated sound prospects for harnessing the energy created in salinity gradients – where, for example, freshwater meets the sea. Earlier studies failed to provide convincing indications that the vast theoretical potential of this renewable source of power could realise an economical return.
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IDA 2015 World Congress draws 1,700 delegates
More than 1,700 delegates from 63 countries attended the International Desalination Association’s (IDA’s) 2015 World Congress held in San Diego recently according to the association’s key metrics published this week. Awards for papers and presentations topped US$ 30,000.
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Population surge to reinstate mothballed desalination
Population growth in the Gold Coast region of Queensland, Australia, could lead to the reinstatement of a controversial, mothballed seawater desalination plant at Tugun from summer 2020.
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IDA World Congress in California
A pivotal event in the global desalination and water reuse sector will be held at the US industry’s epicentre amid an historic drought when the 2015 IDA World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse convenes in San Diego, California at the end of August 2015. The “location, theme and timing could not be more appropriate,”…
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Grundfos reforms in bid to double Asia Pacific revenues
Danish pump manufacturer, Grundfos, has unveiled an organisational restructure in its Asia Pacific operations where it is looking to “double revenues over the next five years.” The reshuffle will “improve customer service, enhance organisational efficiency, and drive the next phase of growth in the Asia Pacific.”
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Researchers desalinating greenhouse uses unexplained bubble physics
Researchers at Murdoch University, Australia, have designed a small-scale greenhouse that deploys desalination technology based on an “unexplained” bubble formation phenomenon to bring food production to remote regions with high-salinity groundwater.
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Xylem trials pumps with Australia’s Unitywater
Water technology company, Xylem, has been working with one of Australia’s largest water services and sewerage services providers to reduce significantly energy consumption and eliminate blockages at a number of its wastewater pump stations.
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Masterclass webinar to look at combining reuse and desalination using forward osmosis
Award-winning researcher, Gaetan Bandin, will present the next Desalination and Water Reuse Masterclass Webinar on 30 June looking at opportunities and challenges for forward osmosis and pressure assisted osmosis (PAO) to combine water reuse and desalination.
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Australian utility left seeking wastewater dump site as locals object
Australian utility, Water Corporation, remains without an alternative dumping site for wastewater from its desalination system in Denmark, Western Australia after its original choice of a temporary site was thrown out by the local community.
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Osmoflo wins Australian port desalination deal
Desalination specialist, Osmoflo, has won a contract to build a desalination facility and supply water to Fortescue Metals Group at Port Hedland in Australia.