Tag: Europe
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Acciona-led consortium to operate Barcelona desalination
Barcelona’s two seawater desalination plants will now be managed by a consortium led by Spanish desalination contractor Acciona Agua and the Brazilian bank BTG Pactual.
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Doug Barnes joins NanoH2O as operating chief
Doug Barnes has joined desalination membrane manufacturer NanoH2O as chief operating officer from digital display company Planar.
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Turks ‘strong interest’ in financing Gaza desalination
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), which is promoting the Gaza Desalination Facility in Palestine, says that the Turkish government has expressed its strong interest in supporting the project, and a financial commitment will be discussed with the prime minister in the coming weeks.
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Seagrass is important store of organic carbon
Designers of seawater desalination plants should take care their project does nothing to decrease the amount of seagrass in the vicinity, as the plant is an important store of carbon.
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MBR upgrade for Budapest suburb’s wastewater reuse
Membrane bioreactor (MBR) ultrafiltration technology is to be supplied to a suburb of Hungary’s capital, Budapest, by GE to expand a wastewater reuse system and improve water quality.
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Moore takes over engineering for Modern Water
Brian Moore has left Thames Water to become Modern Water’s new engineering manager as part of the UK membrane desalination company’s planned growth in its engineering department.
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Aquaporin eyes commercial membrane sales in 2013
Danish membrane treatment startup Aquaporin A/S is preparing for commercial sales of its Aquaporin Inside™ membranes by the end of 2013.
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EDS publishes dates for 2013 courses
The European Desalination Society has published dates for two courses in the first half of 2013.
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Melbourne desalination costs still hitting Suez
Cost overruns on the Victorian desalination plant in Melbourne are still hitting the bottom line of Suez Environnement, Europe’s second largest water company reported on 1 August 2012.
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Electrode desalination without an applied current
A group of European researchers have evolved a desalination technology by creating an ion adsorption/desorption cycle without using an applied cell voltage.