Tag: Microfiltration
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San Diego gives green light to potable reuse plan
San Diego’s city council has given the green light to the construction of a 415Ml/d facility for direct potable reuse of wastewater costing up to US$ 3.5 billion. The reverse osmosis recycling scheme is expected to meet as much as a third of San Diego’s daily drinking water requirement by 2035 making it the second…
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West Basin declares record year in recycled water output
West Basin Municipal Water District in California has declared fiscal year 2013-14 a record 12 months in recycled water production at its Edward C Little Water Recycling Facility. The plant produced 60,000 Ml of recycled water in the period.
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Membrane market growth to run until 2020
The fruits of growing research and development in forward osmosis for desalination are highlighted in a recent sector report as drivers of growth in the market for membrane separation technologies running to at least 2020.
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Singapore utility awards desalt deal to Chinese-led group
Singapore’s national water agency, PUB, has selected the BESIN-UEN consortium – led by China’s Beijing Enterprises Water Group (BEWG) – as the preferred bidder to construct the second reverse osmosis (RO) plant sited at Changi under a public/private partnership.
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Singapore picks builder for new water reclaim plant
Singapore’s water agency, the Public Utilities Board (PUB), has selected a consortium led by Bejing Enterprises Water Group and United Engineers as the preferred bidder for the Changi II plant under PUB’s Newater marque.
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Wigen to provide universal ultrafiltration system for Santa Barbara
Filtration system manufacturer, Wigen Water Technologies, has won a contract to supply ultrafiltration (UF) systems for the City of Santa Barbara’s El Estero wastewater treatment plant in a North American first.
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Water leads as membrane market to hit US$ 39.2 billion by 2019
The global membrane separation market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.8% from 2013 to reach US$ 39.2 billion in 2019 with water and wastewater leading the charge according to a recent report.
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Funding drive launches nine DPR research projects
Nearly US$ 3 million has already been allocated by the WateReuse Research Foundation to nine high-priority direct potable reuse (DPR) research projects and more new DPR research funding will be announced later this year.
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Heat-responsive gels used to coat MF/UF membranes
Applying thermoresponsive microgels to micro- and ultrafiltration (MF and UF) membranes can allow flow to be influenced by temperature variations, according to new research from RWTH Aachen University and DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials in Germany.
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Vial appointed business development manager by inge
Denis Vial has been appointed business development manager by German ultrafiltration (UF) membrane manufacturer inge GmbH, effective 1 March 2014.