Tag: Microfiltration
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Rain – but desalination still needed in Tuvalu
Though rain fell in the drought-stricken islands of Tuvalu and Tokelau in the last week of October 2011, the Red Cross maintained that the region still faced water shortages.
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Microfiltration elements to tackle challenging waters
New microfiltration elements based on HYDRAcap® Max technology have been introduced by Nitto Denko/Hydranautics to treat highly challenging waters.
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Membrane developed to trap TEP in desalination pretreatment
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd of Japan has developed a membrane to trap transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in pretreatment prior to reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination.
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Future advancements and acceptance of membrane technologies
The introduction of membrane technologies including reverse osmosis, electrodialysis reversal, ultrafiltration, microfiltration and membrane bioreactors has transformed the approach water treatment. For the second time, the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) is combining its annual conference and exposition (18-21 July 2011) with its Florida-based affiliate, the Southeast Desalting Association (SEDA). The AMTA president ponders where…
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Details of AMTA/SWMOA joint workshop published
A brochure is now available on the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) website for the joint AMTA/Southwest Membrane Operator Assocation technology transfer workshop in Sacramento, California, on 27-29 September 2011.
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Pall’s Cortland plant ships 500th membrane system
Pall Corporation’s plant in Cortland, USA, achieved a milestone on 6 June 2011 by completing and shipping its 500th Pall Aria™ municipal water system. The company is a leading supplier of standardized membrane water treatment systems to municipalities and industry.
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Parsons selected for California water-reuse expansion
California’s West Basin Water District has awarded its largest ever water-reuse contract to Pasadena-based Parsons Corporation on a design-build basis.
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Go-ahead for 113,500 m³/d Orange County GWRS expansion
Orange County’s world-renowned membrane-based Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) in California is to be expanded by another 30 MGD (113,500 m³/d) following approval by the board of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) on 30 March 2011.
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Orange County loses widely respected lab director
Orange County Water District (OCWD) in California announced on 21 March 2011 that Steve Fitzsimmons, director of its Advance Water Quality Assurance Laboratory, who had been a key figure in water quality testing for Water Factory 21 and gaining credibility for the Groundwater Replenishment System, died on 3 March 2011.
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Finance agreed for Camarillo regional desalter studies
Two water districts and two – possibly three – cities in southern California have agree to finance studies for a regional brackish-water desalination plant to be located near Camarillo.