Tag: Environment
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Agency approves W Australian desalination plant
Western Australia’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on 13 February 2012 announced conditional approval for Grange Resources Ltd’s proposal to construct and operate the Cape Riche Desalination Plant.
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Another legal blow for Monterey desalination alternative
California American Water’s (Cal Am’s) progress in developing an alternative desalination project for California’s Monterey Peninsula received yet another setback on 2 February 2012, when a judge issued an amended ruling on the environmental impact report (EIR) originally published for the abandoned Regional Desalination Project.
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Santa Cruz desalination EIR scheduled for April
Santa Cruz City Council in California, USA, approved a fifth contract on 24 January 2012 with consultant Kennedy/Jenks for work on its proposed seawater desalination plant.
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More twists in Monterey desalination saga
In yet another twist to the troubled Monterey desalination project in California, a judge on 19 December 2011 ordered a new environmental impact review (EIR) for the plan.
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Cambria desalination study fails consistency test
The California Coastal Commission has called into question the future of the Cambria desalination project near San Luis Opispo by ruling that a US Army Corps of Engineers project to test soil and water near the proposed intake/outfall site is inconsistent with its habitat and coastline rules.
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Cautious thumbs-up for Red-Dead project feasibility
The large-scale conveyance of seawater from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea is technically possible and could deliver large amounts of desalinated water using conventional processes.
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RO plant commissioned for US military base
A reverse-osmosis (RO) drinking-water plant supplied by ThermoEnergy Corporation to a major US military base at an undisclosed location in the Africa/Middle East region was commissioned in early December 2011.
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Sembcorp reuse closes Chinese port-zone’s water loop
Singapore company Sembcorp today opens its first industrial water reclamation plant in China on 13 December 2011.
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Accused in Monterey desalination case pleads not guilty
The ex water-agency member at the centre of the hiatus in the Monterey desalination project in California pleaded not guilty last week when he appeared to answer charges that he accepted payment for work associated with the project and also for work he never did at all.
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IDA on road to Morocco in March 2012
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has announced the first event of its kind in the North Africa region, a conference on desalination and sustainability in partnership with the Societé Marocaine des Membranes et de Dessalement (SMMD).