Tag: Canada
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AWWA hosting low-pressure membrane webcast
Implementing Low-Pressure Membrane Plants – The Utility Perspective is the title of a webcast to be hosted by the American Water Works Association next Wednesday, 11 August 2010. The webcast will review critical steps in membrane plant design, pre-procurement and construction.
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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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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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Aquasource appoints new COO
Eric Dehouck has been named as the new chief operating officer of Aquasource, the ultrafiltration subsidiary of the Degrémont group.
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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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Water data analysis software updated
The latest release of AquaChem™ 2010 water data analysis software from Schlumberger Water Services is now compatible with a Hydro GeoAnalyst™ SQL Server ™ database, while based on Microsoft Access ™ database structure.
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GLV appoints new Christ Water chiefs
Canadian company GLV has moved to appoint new chiefs to Austria’s Christ Water Technology which it recently acquired in an uncontested takeover.
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Saltworks shows off its Thermo-Ionic desalination
Ben Sparrow and Joshua Zoshi, respectively CEO and president of Saltworks Technologies Inc, showed D&WR a working model of their Thermo-IonicTM desalination system at the recent International Desalination Association World Congress in Dubai.
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Makhzoumi elected IDA president for 2009-11
The International Desalination Association (IDA) announced on 12 November 2009 that Imad Makhzoumi had been elected its new president for 2009-2011.
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Canadian desalination innovation uses evaporation for energy
Two graduates from the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, have developed an innovative solar process for desalinating seawater. Their start-up company, Saltworks Technologies Inc, claims that the process can reduce electricity requirements by up to 80% and has the potential to cut the cost of desalinated water in half.