Tag: Brackish Water
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New tech to drive 9.5% annual desalination growth – report
By 2020, the annual supply of water from desalination will have reached 54 billion m³, according to a report released on 17 March 2009 by Lux Research.
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US bill seeks major desalination research expansion
US Senate hearings began on 10 March 2009 into a bill on the relationship between energy and water which could have wide implications for desalination research, both in the US and internationally.
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Membrane retrofit enables feedwater switch
Use of Dow’s latest fouling-resistant desalination membrane technology successfully enabled a Dutch industrial water treatment plant to switch its feedwater from a river estuary to municipal sewage effluent.
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Workshop on membrane water technologies set for March
A workshop on alternative water resources, such as brackish-water desalination and wastewater reuse is being organised in Thessaloniki, Greece on 5 March 2009 by the Center for Research and Technology Hellas and the Berlin Centre of Competence for Water.
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New Toray tube size allows easier membrane replacement
Toray Membrane USA announced on 28 January 2009 the introduction of a 1.125 in (28.5 mm) product water tube for models of TMG20-400C and TMG20-430C reverse-osmosis (RO) low-pressure brackish-water desalination membrane elements.
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Befesa wins RO pilot plant in Tarragona
Spanish company Befesa Agua has won a construction contract for a reverse-osmosis (RO) pilot desalination plant to be built next to the L’Ampolla water treatment plant in Tarragona, Spain.
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Oceanside looks to upgrade its RO plant
Oceanside, the Californian city that is home to major membrane manufacturer Hydranautics, is thinking about further desalination of brackish groundwater, if it can get federal funding for it.
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Cooling water system can treat brackish water
Lower quality brackish or surface water sources and even recycled wastewater can be treated to a standard suitable for makeup water needs using a new Advanced Cooling Solution introduced by GE Water & Process Technologies.
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New desalination capacity up by 39% in first half of 2008
Newly contracted desalination capacity has risen in the first six months of 2008 by 39%, according to the International Desalination Association (IDA). This comes on top of a 43% growth during 2007.
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UTEP awarded $ 2 million for desalination research
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in the USA has received $ 2 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) to establish a desalination and water management research program.