Tag: Pretreatment
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Yuma pretreatment lime sludge could make concrete mix
The US Bureau of Reclamation announced on 21 September 2011 that its Yuma area office in Arizona is entering into a cooperative research and development agreement with Envirock Inc to explore whether sludge from the Yuma desalination plant can be used in a new “green” concrete mix formulation.
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Chlorine can increase AOC in desalination – study
Addition of chlorine or antifouling chemicals in desalination pretreatment can increase levels of assimilable organic carbon (AOC) and accelerate problems, according to the results of a study presented at the 26th Annual WateReuse Symposium in Phoenix, USA, on 12 September 2011.
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IDE claims ‘green’ first with RO desalination system
A different pretreatment filtration technology and a new membrane cleaning system are at the heart of IDE ProGreen™, a technology claimed by IDE Technologies to be the first green reverse-osmosis (RO) system for water desalination.
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Aus$ 3.8 million announced for new Australian desalination research
The new Aus $3.8 million (US$ 4.03 million) federal funding for research announced at the opening of the new research centre by the Australian National Centre of Excellence includes eleven new projects involving eight Australian universities, plus other universities, companies and organisations across the world.
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Australians win Cape Verde desalination agreement
A letter of intent involving a desalination plant with an initial capacity of 4,000 m³/d has been given to Water Resources Group (WRG) of Perth, Australia, from the Municipality of Santa Caterina in Cape Verde.
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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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Bill to update US Desalination Act introduced
A bill to fund US government research and development projects into desalination was introduced into the US House of Representatives on 27 July 2011 by California Democrat representative Grace F Napolitano.
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Brochure online for SEDA Fall Symposium
The Southeast Desalting Association (SEDA) now has the brochure online for its Fall Symposium, titled Membranes: That’s Where Water is Headed, on 23- 25 November 2011 in Clearwater, Florida.
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Dutch to build ceramic membrane demo plant in Singapore
PWN Technologies (PWNT) of the Netherlands is to build Singapore’s first ceramic membrane demonstration plant at Choa Chu Kang Waterworks.
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Scholarship announcement soon from Australian desalination research centre
Australia’s National Centre of Excellence in Desalination (NCED) is set to announce its second round of PhD Supplementary Scholarships on 21 June 2011, having assessed 13 applications.