Tag: New Mexico
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ZLD trials at Alamogordo for KII/Suns River solar still
KII/Suns River has provided D&WR with more information about its extended work at the Brackish Ground Water National Research Facility (BGNDRF) in Alamogordo, New Mexico, during the next several months.
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Texas treatment company spins off frac water firm
A company called Green Hydro LLC has been spun off by Texas-based Advanced Hydro Inc to use desalination to address increasing demand for water use in hydraulic fracturing.
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Is evaporation the answer to inland concentrate disposal?
Increasing brackish water supplies and widening the reuse of wastewater by the use of membranes in the southwestern United States is running up against the limitation of concentrate disposal costs for inland sites. This article explores concentrate management and summarizes the current progress of ongoing research. This article first appeared in the May/June 2013 issue…
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What is the Alamagordo research facility for?
The Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility in New Mexico, USA, has provided and continues to provide a testbed for many different varieties of desalination, which could provide future directions for the technology. The facility’s manager, Randall Shaw, outlines the purpose of the center and the research currently under way. This article first appeared in…
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Nine desalination research projects share US$ 1.1 million
Seven laboratory-scale desalination research projects and two pilot projects are to share US federal funding worth more than US$ 1.1 million.
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UTEP team claims method for ridding effluent of EDCs
Additional use of ultraviolet (UV) light and chlorine can ultimately remove endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), according to research carried out at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), Texas, USA.
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Reclamation funds reuse in California and New Mexico
Five congressionally authorized water reclamation and reuse projects in California and New Mexico, USA, will receive cost-shared funding for planning, design and construction of their projects, following a Bureau of Reclamation announcement on 21 May 2013.
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HTI joins Stanford University board for ReNUWIt program
Forward-osmosis specialist Hydration Technology Innovations LLC (HTI), was recently selected to serve on the Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) of the Stanford University Engineering Research Center (ERC) for the USA’s Re-inventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt) program.
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Alamagordo completes first stage of RO project
The City of Alamagordo in New Mexico, USA, announced on 26 March 2013 that it had completed Phase 1 of its Westside Infrastructure Improvements Project, which will eventually include a 6 MGD (22,700 m³/d) desalination plant.
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Almogordo mobile desalination project in train
A mobile desalination facility to treat 4,000 acre-ft per year (af/y) (4.9 million m³/y) near Almogordo, New Mexico, moved closer to realisation when the City Commission approved an approach for a US$ 2.7 million loan/grant from the New Mexico Finance Authority on 1 November 2012.