Tag: Desalination
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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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Small-scale desalination pump combines energy-recovery
A high-pressure pump innovation developed for energy-efficient reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination of sea water and brackish water will be shown at the Water Quality Association’s WQA – Aquatech USA conference in Chicago during 18-20 March 2009.
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Shutdown to follow full production at Gold Coast desalination plant
The Gold Coast seawater desalination plant in Australia began delivering water to the South East Queensland Water Grid at 100% capacity on 9 March 2009.
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Additional funding for Coquina Coast desalination plan
The board of the St. Johns River Water Management District voted on 10 March 2009 to boost its support of the development of the Coquina coast regional seawater desalination facility in Flagler County, Florida, USA.
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Doyen of Japanese desalination retiring
Dr Totaro Goto, former managing director of the Water Re-use Desalination Center (WDRC) in Japan and a former member of the D&WR Editorial Board, is to retire from the center at the end of March.
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US bill seeks major desalination research expansion
US Senate hearings began on 10 March 2009 into a bill on the relationship between energy and water which could have wide implications for desalination research, both in the US and internationally.
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West Australia looks at five desalination options
The Water Corporation in Western Australia is looking at five options for desalination as part of its draft plan Water Forever: Directions for Our Water Future published on 9 March 2009 for public comment.
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Construction starts on Durrat Al Bahrain desalination plant
Bahrain-based utility Energy Central Co (ECC)announced on 4 March 2009 that a groundbreaking ceremony has taken place at the Durrat Al Bahrain development, where the company is building a seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plant with an ultimate capacity of 32,000 m³/d.
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Wabag project in Iran proves nitrate-removal technologies
A three-year research project on nitrate-removal in Iran, including reverse-osmosis and ion-exchange desalination treatment, was successfully concluded in January 2009 by Vienna-based Wabag.
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Can buckyballs reduce desalination membrane biofouling?
The giant carbon molecule buckminsterfullerine (C60) or “buckyballs” has been found in research to hinder biofouling on membranes such as those used for desalination.