Tag: Canada
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USBF/MBR system allows Canadian wastewater reuse
A wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) expansion featuring an upward sludge blanket filter (USBF) combined with a membrane bioreactor (MBR) has been completed at Snug Cove on Bowen Island in British Columbia, Canada.
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Bitumen producer using GE evaporation technology
GE’s produced-water evaporation technology has been chosen for Phase 1 of the Algar Lake Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) project near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, which will produce 5,000-6,000 barrels/d of bitumen.
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How Saltworks has scaled up its desalination process
Saltworks was featured in D&WR after founders Ben Sparrow and Joshua Zoshi demonstrated a working, bench-scale desalination system powered by concentration gradients at the 2009 International Desalination Association (IDA) World Congress in Dubai. Many expressed skepticism about their suitcase demonstration kit, but, two years on, they are still here and doing fine. This article first…
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Five newcomers voted onto IDA board
Five new faces are among the 21 members voted to serve on the board of the International Desalination Association (IDA) for 2011-13 as a result of the elections which closed on 13 August 2011.
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Acciona Agua commissions Fouka desalination in Algeria
The commissioning of the Fouka seawater desalination plant in Algeria, which reached full operational capacity in July, was announced by Acciona Agua on 8 August 2011.
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Clairet promoted by H2O Innovation
Guillaume Clairet has been promoted by membrane water-treatment company H2O Innovation Inc to the newly created position of vice president, strategic business development.
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New contracts end H2O Innovation’s year strongly
Canada’s H2O Innovation Inc is to supply membrane nanofiltration (NF) water supply systems to two municipalities in Canada and expand an existing system in a third, among contracts totaling Can$ 8 million (US$ 8.25 million) announced on 6 July 2011.
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Modern Water claims first FO commercial desalination contract
UK-based Modern Water has won what is believed to be the first ever forward-osmosis (FO) commercial contract for desalination, following its award of a UK£ 500,000 (US$ 810,000) contract for a 200 m³/d plant by Oman’s Public Authority for Electricity & Water (PAEW).
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Canada’s largest MBR plant will have GE membranes
A 36,000 m³/d expanded membrane bioreactor will be at the heart of an upgraded wastewater treatment plant for the city of Brandon in Manitoba, Canada.
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Ovivo to be ‘selective’ about desalination projects
Releasing its fourth quarter financial results on 9 June 2011, Canadian water/pulp and paper group GLV Inc reported progress in its Ovivo water treatment group, formed when the company took over Christ Water Technology AG in 2009, but expressed reservations about its desalination operations.