Tag: Municipal
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Coquina Coast plumps for land-based desalination
An interesting comparison between land- and ship-based desalination systems has been revealed in the Final Recommended Project Report submitted by consultants Malcolm Pirnie for the Coquina Coast Seawater Desalination Alternative Water Supply Project.
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Norit in Chinese wastewater reuse success
A Norit & GreenTech Engineering consortium has been officially awarded the contract for the design, procurement, installation and start-up of the 180,000 m³/d Qinghe Municipal Wastewater Reuse Project in Beijing, China, Norit announced on 18 December 2009
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Cascal buys Caribbean desalination businesses from Veolia
Cascal NV, a subsidiary of the UK-based Biwater water and wastewater group, announced on 15 December 2009 the acquisition of three Caribbean desalination businesses from Veolia Water North America.
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Chinese MBR reuse plant to be built by BTO contract
A membrane bioreactor wastewater reuse plant is to be built by Tri-Tech Holding Inc under a $2 million build-transfer-operate (BTO) contract for the Dongli Economic Development Area in Tianjin Municipality in northern China.
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Christ/Eimco merger starts in December
The process of combining Christ Water Technology AG (CWT) with Canadian company GLV Inc’s water treatment group, Eimco Water Technologies (EWT), will commence early in December 2009 after the management of GLV announced on 17 November 2009 that it had acquired 80.5% of the voting shares of in a voluntary takeover bid.
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MWD approves Carlsbad desalination water subsidy
The directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) on 10 November 2009 voted to approve a seawater desalination program (SDP) agreement with the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) and nine local retail agencies.
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Orange County issues RFP for desalination pilot-plant operation
The Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) in California, USA, issued a request for proposals on 23 October 2009 for professional engineering services for the South Orange Coastal Ocean Desalination Project – Phase 3. Deadline is 19 November 2009.
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Mumbai desalination study deadline extended
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) in India has extended until 15 November 2009 its tender deadline for a techno-economic feasibility study for a desalination plant in Mubai, according to a local website.
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Lawsuit filed against Marin County desalination proposal
A lawsuit to protect San Francisco Bay and the citizens of Marin County “from the harmful effects of desalination” was filed in the Marin Superior Court on 21 September 2009 by a number of opponents including an environmental group.
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WERF guidance on indirect reuse contaminant removal
A new report from the Water Environment Research Foundation in the USA concludes that examining multiple barriers of drinking-water systems can help assure the absence of detectable levels of trace organic compounds in recycled water.