Tag: Municipal
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Tri-Tech planning forward-osmosis pilot plants
Chinese water and wastewater treatment company Tri-Tech Holdings announced on 13 May 2011 that its current plans include constructing and operating one or more forward-osmosis (FO) pilot units using technology licensed from Arizona-based Hydration Technology Innovations (HTI).
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Marin MWD wins but desalination EIR challenge looms
Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) won a ruling in March 2011 by a Marin superior court judge which keeps its option of a seawater desalination plant on track.
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China halfway to 1 million m³/d seawater desalination
China’s seawater desalination capacity now stands at 524,000 m³/d, according to Li Baochun, deputy director of the Tianjin Municipal Commission of Science & Technology, quoted in the People’s Daily.
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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.
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IDA Tianjin desalination/water-reuse forum set for April
Tianjin Municipal People’s Government and the International Desalination Association (IDA) will host the 2011 Desalination and Water Reuse International Forum in Tianjin, China on 6-8 April 2011. Its theme is Sustainable Solutions for the Future.
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District backs out of California’s GRIP water-reuse project
One of the three main partners in a US$ 210 million indirect potable water-reuse scheme in California’s San Gabriel Valley has walked away from the project.
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Marubeni takes 40% stake in Osmoflo
Marubeni Corporation of Japan has taken a 40% stake in Adelaide-based Osmoflo, Australia’s leading locally owned desalination company.
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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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High-visibility reuse demo awarded to APTwater
California-based APTwater, Inc has been awarded a contract to use its technology for a municipal water-reuse system for the City of Anaheim, California.
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CDA/EDS seeking Qingdao desalination abstracts by 15 March
Abstracts for the 2011 Qingdao International Desalination Conference in China (20-23 June 2011) must received by 15 March 2011 with final papers by 10 May 2011.