Tag: Health
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New desalination / water-reuse reports from WRRF
Six research reports were announced on 17 July 2012 by the WateReuse Research Foundation covering water reuse and desalination topics.
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Massive health grant aids Chino desalters expansion
California’s Western Municipal Water District announced on 28 June 2012 that it had received a “monumental” US$ 51 million grant from the state’s Department of Health towards the US$ 130 million expansion of the Chino desalination plants.
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IDA issues call for Tianjin World Congress papers
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has issued a call for papers for its World Congress 2013 – Desalination: A Promise for the Future which will take place in China.
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WRRF webcast on reuse disinfection research results
The WateReuse Research Foundation is using a webcast on 12 July 2012 to highlight the results of a project investigating the occurrence of intestinal pathogens in recycled water and the effectiveness of disinfection.
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Reuse irrigation cleared of antibiotic-resistance increase
Fears that antibiotic‑resistant bacteria are increased in the environment by the use of treated wastewater (TWW) for irrigation have been allayed by a study by researchers in Israel.
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Water-reuse bill to be debated in California assembly
A bill to completely revise California’s water-reuse legislation was passed for its third reading on 25 May 2012 and will come up on the floor of the state assembly this week.
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Final draft of San Diego water-reuse scheme published
The City of San Diego, California, has published the final draft of its Recycled Water Study – the culmination of a two-year process to develop a new vision for water reuse in the San Diego region.
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NRDC report urges control and reuse of fracking wastewater
The US Environmental Protection Agency and individual states should ban or more strictly regulate the discharge of shale gas wastewater (SGW) from hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to publicly owned treatment works (POTWs). They should also update pollution control standards for centralised waste treatment facilities (CWTs) that accept SGW.
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NSF/JWPA developing iodine water filtration protocol
A joint protocol to evaluate the ability of certain water filtration products – such as reverse osmosis – to reduce iodine (including radioactive iodine) from drinking water currently being completed by NSF International and the Japan Water Purification Association (JWPA).
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QUA UF modules get NSF/ANSI certificate
Pennsylvania-based membrane developer QUA has been awarded NSF/ANSI 61 certification by NSF International for the manufacture of its Q-SEP® range of hollow-fiber ultrafiltration (UF) modules.