Tag: Industrial
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Google reusing municipal effluent for cooling
Information giant Google is reusing municipal wastewater to cool its data centre in Douglas County, Georgia, USA.
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Oasys deal to treat Texas produced water with FO
Oasys Water has struck an agreement with Houston-based Select Energy Services, LLC (SES), a leading provider of engineered water solutions to the oil and gas industry, for exclusive use of its forward osmosis (FO) technology in the Permian Basin in West Texas and New Mexico, USA.
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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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Oil/gas sector MBR leads new H2O Innovation jobs
Supply of a membrane bioreactor (MBR) wastewater treatment and reuse system to an industrial user in the oil and gas industry in Alberta, Canada, was announced by H2 O Innovation Inc on 8 March 2012.
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Aqua-Chem announces Brazilian joint venture
Desalination equipment manufacturer Aqua-Chem announced on 8 March 2012 a strategic joint venture to manufacture and assemble in Brazil.
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City seeks to join South Bay reuse system
The City of Sunnyvale in California voted on 6 March 2012 to explore connecting its recycled water system to the South Bay Water Recycling (SBWR) system operated by the City of San Jose in partnership with the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD).
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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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Minister calls Melbourne desalination claim ‘frivolous’
A claim for a year’s project deadline extension and an Aus$ 1.3 billion (US$ 1.4 billion) loan by the builders of the Melbourne desalination plant was described as “frivolous” by the water minister of Victoria state, Peter Walsh on 24 February 2012.
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Voltea gets funding for two desalination applications
Dutch desalination innovator Voltea BV announced on 21 February 2012 that it had completed a € 4.5 million funding round to support the commercial rollout of its Capacitive Deionization (CapDI) technology.
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Veolia launches mobile UF unit in Europe
A mobile ultrafiltration (UF) unit from Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies now available in Europe for industrial water treatment. It is also available in North and South America.