Tag: California
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New appointments for D&WR Editorial Board members
Two members of the Editorial Board of Desalination & Water Reuse have taken up new appointments.
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AMTA/SEDA 2011 joint desalination conference set for Miami Beach
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) will be holding its 2011 conference and exposition together with the Southeast Desalting Association in Miami Beach, Florida during 18-21 July 2011.
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Carlsbad water-purchase deal near to conclusion
The water-purchase contract between San Diego County Water Authority and Poseidon Resources Inc relating to the Carlsbad desalination plant in southern California could be tied up by the end of July.
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Water authority seeks to buy Carlsbad desalination water
The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) in California voted on 24 June 2010 to work on a contract with Poseidon Resources to purchase water from Poseidon’s Carlsbad Desalination Project.
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San Diego IPR demonstration project held up
Approval of a contract with Camp Dresser & McKee (CDM) for construction of an indirect potable water-reuse demonstration project in San Diego failed to pass a meeting of the Californian city’s Natural Resources & Culture (NRC) committee on 16 June 2010.
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Membrane antiscalant receives sodium benzoate infusion
Professional Water Technologies, the California-based business unit of H2O Innovation, has developed a new method of infusing its dendrimer antiscalant technology, developed for reverse-osmosis and membrane filtration markets, with sodium benzoate, a bacteriostatic and fungistatic preservative widely used in food and beverage applications.
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San Diego water-rate lawsuit threatens desalination subsidy
The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) board of directors on 10 June 2010 unanimously approved taking the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California to court over the 2011 and 2012 water rates MWD adopted in April.
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Marin voters could decide desalination future
Marin Municipal Water District in California will have to seek the permission of consumers to proceed any further with its investigations into the possibility of desalination, if a ballot later this year is successful.
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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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OC desalination slant-well testing to start
Testing of Phase 3 of the South Orange Coastal Ocean Desalination Project in Southern California will begin in the next few weeks, according to the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC), which held a public open day at the test site on Doheny State Beach on 12 May 2010.