Tag: California
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GE and Aramco launch desalination energy challenge
GE ecomagination and Aramco Entrepreneurship launched a worldwide open technology challenge on 15 April 2014 to speed up efforts to improve the energy-efficiency of seawater desalination.
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LA district renews reuse plant contract with United Water
Los Angeles West Basin Municipal Water District has renewed its contract with United water for the next five years to operate and maintain the Edward C Little Water Recycling Plant including four satellite plants.
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Carollo to evaluate restarting Santa Barbara desalination
The City of Santa Barbara, California, has selected Carollo Engineers to complete a three-phase evaluation for the reactivation of the city’s Charles Meyer seawater desalination plant.
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California board offers low-interest water‑reuse finance
California’s Water Resources Control Board (WRCB) has approved new low-interest financing terms for water-recycling projects that can be completed within three years of governor Jerry Brown’s drought declaration on 17 January 2014.
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Desalitech and Veolia tie up Mexican MoU
Desalitech Inc has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies to bring advanced cost‑effective high‑recovery water solutions to Mexico and additional countries worldwide.
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LG sees NanoH2O takeover as “new growth engine”
LG Chem, part of Korea’s LG electronics group, is proposing a takeover of desalination membrane maker NanoH2O for US$ 200 million, according to a filing made to the Korea Exchange on 14 March 2014.
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Brochure available for SWMOA’s Sonoma symposium
A brochure for the Annual Symposium of the Southwest Membrane Operator Association (SWMOA) with a complete program and registration details is now available from the association.
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H2O Innovation updates Piedmont Pacific acquisition
Its recent acquisition of Piedmont Pacific means that Canada’s H2O Innovation Inc is now supplying flexible pipe couplings to some of the largest desalination plants under construction in the world.
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APTwater Rochem relaunched under Ultura brand name
Ultura™ is the new name for APTwater Rochem, the California-based membrane technology business that last year bought out the remainder of the Sepro membrane business from its Japanese partner.
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Arizona wants DPR/seawater desalination plan to start now
An immediate start on work to prepare for direct potable water reuse and seawater desalination is proposed by the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) in a report recently published by the US state’s government.