Tag: Chemicals
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‘New paradigm’ need for CECs, US workshop finds
The need for a new paradigm for water and wastewater treatment, which prioritizes chemicals (or chemical classes) with similar modes/mechanisms of action for further evaluation, was a principal conclusion of a workshop held in California, USA, in April 2009, the results of which have just been published.
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WERF guidance on indirect reuse contaminant removal
A new report from the Water Environment Research Foundation in the USA concludes that examining multiple barriers of drinking-water systems can help assure the absence of detectable levels of trace organic compounds in recycled water.
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S Australia government questions Billiton desalination EIS
Desalination discharge led the list of concerns raised by the South Australia government in its submission on 24 April 2009 to BHP Billiton’s environmental impact statement (EIS) related to its proposed expansion of its Olympic Dam mining operations.
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NASA approves space-station wastewater reuse
In a giant leap for wastewater reuse, NASA, the US federal space agency, gave the green light on 20 May 2009 to the Expedition 19 astronauts aboard the International Space Station to drink reused wastewater from the station’s new recycling system.
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Milwaukee research to look at pharmaceuticals in water
Groundbreaking research into pharmaceuticals, such as endocrine disruptors, in the water environment, and how to remove them, is to be undertaken at the Great Lakes WATER Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.
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Adelaide size may be doubled as Acciona emerges in front
The consortium led by Spain’s Acciona Agua was announced as preferred bidder for the Adelaide desalination project on 19 February 2009, as Australian media reported that the capacity of the new plant was to be doubled from 150,000 m³/d to 300,000 m³/d.
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Tender issued for Israel’s largest desalination plant
The tender has been issued for Israel’s largest ever desalination plant. The 411,000 m³/d plant will be in the Soreq region south of Tel Aviv close to the Mediterranean.
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RO chemical projection programme revised
A fully revised and extended chemical calculation programme giving the designer a full reverse-osmosis (RO) plant chemical consumption picture in one package has been launched by Avista Technologies.
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BWA Additives acquired by Bahrain bank
United International Bank BSC, an investment bank headquartered in Bahrain, announced at the end of September 2008 its acquisition of the UK-based BWA Water Additives, a leading water treatment solution provider from Close Brothers Private Equity Ltd.
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Water diagnosis in minutes on the way
Dr David Garman, president of the International Water Association, told the IWA’s World Water Congress in Vienna in September that researchers for Environmental Biotechnology CRC (EBCRC) in Australia, where Garman is executive director, have developed a diagnostic platform that can produce diagnostic results in minutes that normally take 24 to 48 hours.