Tag: Brackish Water
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Yuma desalination plant restarted for pilot run
Representatives from the US Department of the Interior and three municipal water agencies gathered on 28 April 2010 to launch a one-year pilot run of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Yuma Desalting Plant.
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Canadian low-energy desalination gets government boost
Saltworks Techologies Inc’s low-energy desalination project is to receive up to Can$ 580,000 (US$ 577,000) from the Canadian government via Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC).
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El Paso to explore solar power for desalination plant
The City of El Paso Public Service Board voted on 10 February 2010 to explore the possibility of using solar power at the Kay Bailey Hutchison desalination plant in Texas, USA.
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New Mexico BWRO seeking waste revenue stream
Processing residual wastes from a proposed brackish-groundwater desalination plant in New Mexico, USA, could provide a revenue of around US$ 4.6 million/year, according to a preliminary engineer report just completed.
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EDS announces new desalination course
The European Desalination Society is to hold a course on Membrane Technology, Process and System Design in Genoa, Italy, on 3-5 March 2010.
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Pump Engineering takeover gives ERI turbine technology
Energy Recovery Inc, manufacturer of PX energy-recovery devices for the desalination industry, announced on 2 December 2009 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the equity interests of competitor Pump Engineering LLC, based in New Boston, Michigan.
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Dow to supply membranes for new Perth plant
Dow Water & Process Solutions is to supply FilmTec™ reverse osmosis (RO) elements for the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant (SSDP) outside Perth, Australia.
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Texas state funding wind-powered desalination pilots
The Texas Department of Rural Affairs (TDRA) is offering US$ 1.5 million to smaller local governments in the US state for brackish-water desalination demonstration projects using wind energy. Deadline for applications for the 2010 Desalination Fund is 29 January 2010.
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Three desalination workshops follow IDA World Congress
Three different aspects of desalination will be covered in workshops announced on 10 September 2009 by the International Desalination Association (IDA), which will follow its upcoming World Congress in Dubai.
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Energy-recovery innovation in Hydranautics desalination software
The ability to model the use of an energy-recovery device (ERD) in the form of a work exchanger or pressure exchanger is a major new feature of IMSDesign 2009, the latest version of Hydranautics’ comprehensive membrane projection software, which allows the user to accurately design a reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination system.