Tag: Electrodialysis
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Low-cost desalination development gets EPA funding
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded more than US$ 79,000 from its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to Okeanos Technologies LLC of Covington, Kentucky, to develop a low-cost desalination system.
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EDS/Wetsus issues membrane conference call for papers
A deadline of 30 June 2012 has been set for abstracts for the eighth in the series of conferences on Membranes in Drinking & Industrial Water Production, which will take place at Leeuwarden in the Netherlands on 10‑12 September 2012.
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EDS course to cover ion-exchange membranes
The European Desalination Society has announced details of a course on ion-exchange membranes to be held in Genoa, Italy, on 4-6 June 2012.
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New desalination research projects get Reclamation funds
Seven new projects under the Desalination & Water Purification Research (DWPR) Program have been awarded funds by the US Bureau of Reclamation, commissioner Michael L Connor announced on 31 October 2011.
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Wetsus seeks out breakthrough water innovations
Wetsus is a not-for-profit foundation located in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. It is a facilitator for trendsetting expertise development and has the ambition to become the European Union (EU) centre of excellence in water treatment technology. Among its 25 research themes are several desalination projects including Electrospray Desalination, Salt Removal via Ionic Liquids and Seawater Preatreatment…
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Siemens ED-CEDI desalination demo achieves 1.8 kWh/m³
Siemens chose this week’s Singapore International Water Week to announced the conclusion of its low-energy seawater desalination project involving a combination of electrodialysis (ED) and continuous electrodeionization (CEDI).
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EPA funding for Arlington Desalter’s biological denitrification
California’s Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) confirmed on 10 February 2011 that it had secured a US$ 528,000 federal grant in January for design work on a treatment system that uses naturally occurring bacteria to remove toxic contaminants, including perchlorate and nitrate, from drinking water.
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BHEL and GE tie up Indian treatment/desalination pact
India’s Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has signed a manufacturing associate agreement with GE to jointly engineer and supply membrane-based water treatment and desalination equipment for the Indian market.
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Saudi EDR plant to be retrofitted as RO
A project to retrofit the first stage of the existing electrodialysis-reversal plant at Quayiah Water Treatment Plant in Saudi Arabia into a 2,500 m³/d reverse-osmosis unit has been won by Technology Experts Co (TE) of Riyadh.
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Biwater wins Pt Hueneme desalination contract
Biwater AEWT Inc announced on 30 September 2009 that it had been awarded a contract to design and supply a membrane desalination system for the City of Port Hueneme in California, USA. The new system will deliver a total of 1 MGD (3,785 m³/d) of high-quality drinking-water when completed.