Tag: Ion Exchange
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EDS course to cover ion-exchange membranes
The European Desalination Society has announced details of a course on ion-exchange membranes to be held in Genoa, Italy, on 4-6 June 2012.
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EDS desalination course dates for 2012 published
The European Desalination Society (EDS) has published dates for its series of courses for 2012, which will take place in February, April and June.
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How Saltworks has scaled up its desalination process
Saltworks was featured in D&WR after founders Ben Sparrow and Joshua Zoshi demonstrated a working, bench-scale desalination system powered by concentration gradients at the 2009 International Desalination Association (IDA) World Congress in Dubai. Many expressed skepticism about their suitcase demonstration kit, but, two years on, they are still here and doing fine. This article first…
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Dutch to build ceramic membrane demo plant in Singapore
PWN Technologies (PWNT) of the Netherlands is to build Singapore’s first ceramic membrane demonstration plant at Choa Chu Kang Waterworks.
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Israeli wastewater-electricity startup uses microbial fuel cell
An Israeli startup company producing wastewater-to-electricity technology has received investment from GE and other major global players in its latest funding round, announced on 28 June 2011.
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RO, IX and ceramic membranes in Veolia oilfield reuse contract
A 45,000 bpd (7,154 m³/d) produced-water reclamation facility is to be installed at the Arroya Grande oilfield in California by Veolia Water through a design-build-operate contract.
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WaterRF announces two initiatives on chromium-6
The Water Research Foundation (WaterRF) announced on 24 March 2011 that it was supporting two initiatives to advance the science surrounding hexavalent chromium (chromium-6) found in trace amounts in drinking water.
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EPA funding for Arlington Desalter’s biological denitrification
California’s Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) confirmed on 10 February 2011 that it had secured a US$ 528,000 federal grant in January for design work on a treatment system that uses naturally occurring bacteria to remove toxic contaminants, including perchlorate and nitrate, from drinking water.
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Montana developer gains patent for ion-exchange desalination process
An ion-exchange process for removal of salts from wastewater has been issued with a patent for its developer Drake Water Technologies Inc (DWT), of Montana, USA.
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USEPA chief briefs Senate on dangerous contaminants
Perchlorate, chromium-6 and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in drinking water were all discussed by the US Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator, Lisa P Jackson, in testimony before the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works on 2 February 2011.