Tag: Indirect Potable Reuse
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Australia failing to meet wastewater reuse targets
Australia is falling well behind in the targets it has set itself for wastewater reuse, according to a study carried out for the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population & Communities by Marsden Jacob Associates (MJA).
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UCLA water summit will look at desalination/reuse
Seawater desalination and wastewater reuse will be key topics at a one-day summit on the Future of Water in Southern California to be held by the University of California, Los Angeles, on 27 January 2012.
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WateReuse Foundation looking to test ERDs
Testing manufacturers’ claims about energy-reduction devices for seawater desalination is one of four requests for proposals that have been invited within the next 3-6 weeks by the WateReuse Research Foundation.
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San Diego IPR demo open to public tours
The public can now tour the City of San Diego’s Water Purification Demonstration Project, which is evaluating the feasibility of using advanced treatment technology to produce water that can be sent to San Vicente Reservoir and later distributed as potable water.
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Direct potable reuse to be debated at WRA symposium
The WateReuse Association has announced the program for its annual symposium, including a closing panel discussion entitled Direct Potable Reuse: Not a Pipe Dream Anymore?
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Australia has overinvested in desalination says government report
Australia has overinvested in desalination in recent years, says a draft report from the Australian Productivity Commission, published on 13 April 2011. One alternative it recommends is indirect potable reuse.
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Escondido moves towards indirect potable reuse
The City of Escondido in southern California, USA, could be about to follow neighbour San Diego in setting up an indirect potable water-reuse (IPR) scheme as part of a wastewater facility upgrade costing about US$ 200 million.
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LA utility tops US water bond risk says report
A report published on 21 October 2010 by Ceres and Water Asset Management alleges that few participants in the US water and electricity bond market — including investors, bond rating agencies and the utilities themselves — are accounting for growing water scarcity, legal conflicts and other threats in their analyses.
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San Diego IPR demonstration project held up
Approval of a contract with Camp Dresser & McKee (CDM) for construction of an indirect potable water-reuse demonstration project in San Diego failed to pass a meeting of the Californian city’s Natural Resources & Culture (NRC) committee on 16 June 2010.
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WERF guidance on indirect reuse contaminant removal
A new report from the Water Environment Research Foundation in the USA concludes that examining multiple barriers of drinking-water systems can help assure the absence of detectable levels of trace organic compounds in recycled water.