Tag: Chemicals
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Dubai cooling company deploys 3,000 m³/d RO plant
Emirates Central Cooling Corporation (Empower) in Dubai announced on 17 April 2012 that it was deploying reverse-osmosis technology in its plant at the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) to produce an average of 3,000 m³/d of polished water.
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Toshiba to research wastewater adsorbent in Singapore
Toshiba Corporation has set up an Aqua Research Centre in Singapore, its first water treatment research and development (R&D) centre located outside of Japan.
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Changes for Severn Trent Services in Spain
Severn Trent Services (STS) has set up a website for its Spanish subsidiary STS/Aplicor, which will henceforth be known simply as Severn Trent Services.
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Coating prevents biofilm on filter elements
FouleX is a new development from Boll & Kirch’s research and development designed to prevent the build-up of biofilm contamination on filter elements.
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Promotions and appointments announced by BWA
Two appointments affecting the European and Americas regions were announced by BWA Water Additives of the US on 2 April 2012, as well as two new vice-president positions.
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Arkema’s Arizona debut heralds water membrane push
The presence of Pennsylvania-based Arkema Inc, part of France’s leading chemical producer, at the AWWA/AMTA conference in Arizona in February 2012 was one of the first moves along its development expansion into the water treatment industry.
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Japanese anti-fouling RO chemical gets NSF certification
Tokyo-based Kurita Water Industries Ltd has obtained certification from NSF International for an anti-fouling reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination membrane treatment chemical, which can be used while the plant remains in production.
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IDE to hold workshop at key UNEP meeting in Kenya
Leading desalination company IDE Technologies will be presenting its Progreen™ reverse-osmosis desalination technology at the 12th Special Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC/GMEF) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Kenya on 20-22 February 2012.
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IDA releases program details for Morocco conference
The International Desalination Association released details on 19 January 2012 of the Program Highlights of the Desalination and Sustainability conference which will take place on 1-2 March 2012 in Casablanca, Morocco.
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PWT signs three new overseas distributors
Three new distributors in Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa have been signed up by Professional Water Technologies (PWT), the business unit of Canada’s H2O Innovation Inc.