Tag: Chlorine
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MF/RO plant may be Santa Clarita salt solution
A microfiltration/reverse-osmosis (MF/RO) advanced wastewater treatment plant is one of several options being considered by the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District (SCVSD) in California, USA, to deal with excessive chloride levels in the wastewater it discharges to the Santa Clara River from its two treatment plants.
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Chlorine can increase AOC in desalination – study
Addition of chlorine or antifouling chemicals in desalination pretreatment can increase levels of assimilable organic carbon (AOC) and accelerate problems, according to the results of a study presented at the 26th Annual WateReuse Symposium in Phoenix, USA, on 12 September 2011.
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Australians win Cape Verde desalination agreement
A letter of intent involving a desalination plant with an initial capacity of 4,000 m³/d has been given to Water Resources Group (WRG) of Perth, Australia, from the Municipality of Santa Caterina in Cape Verde.
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Low-maintenance seawater dechlorination monitor introduced
California-based Electro-Chemical Devices (ECD) has introduced the Model DCA-23 Seawater Dechlorination Analyzer, a low maintenance measurement solution that requires no chemicals to monitor seawater chlorine levels accurately in a wide range of industrial process and municipal water treatment applications.
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Bundamba wastewater reuse plant passes second quality test
The second Water Quality Report for the Bundamba Advanced Water Treatment Plant in Queensland, Australia, has confirmed the excellent quality of the purified water it produces and proved that the water is safe to add to the drinking supply, says government agency WaterSecure
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IDA publishes program for Gulf desalination and environment seminar
The International Desalination Association has published details of program sessions and topics for its seminar on Desalination and the Gulf: The Relationship between the Environment and Meeting the Region’s Water Needs, which will take place in Bahrain on 6-7 December 2010.
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Ionizable hydrophobes behind new IBM desalination membrane
US computer giant IBM, Tokyo-based Central Glass and the King Abdul Aziz City for Science & Technology (KACST) unveiled a novel desalination membrane technology at the World Water Forum in Turkey on 16 March 2009.
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Intelligent analyser gets two new models
Two new versions of its Rosemount Analytical Model 1056 analyser have been announced by Emerson Process Management.
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Nanocomposite membranes promise cost-reduction
Presented as one of the emerging technologies at the recent IDA financial conference in London, NanoH2O Inc is committed to developing a new generation of advanced membrane materials to greatly reduce the cost of desalinated water. Based on pioneering nanotechnology research at the University of California, Los Angeles, NanoH2O’s focus is on the synthesis of…
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New membrane material resistant to chlorine
Sulphonated copolymers are being used as membrane material in new research which is claiming improved resistance to chlorine under funding provided by the US Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation-Partnerships for Innovation Program.