Tag: Recycling
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Gujarat state to go for solar desalination
The Indian state of Gujarat is to develop solar-based desalination along its coasts on a large scale and in a cost-effective manner, the state’s chief minister Shri Narendra Modi announced on 22 March 2011.
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Consultant sought for Wichita water reuse project
Wichita Public Works & Utilities (WPWU) in Kansas, USA, has issued a request for proposals for professional services related to a 250 million gallons a year (2,600 m³/d) water reuse project.
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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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More desalination and reuse potential in Western Australia
Western Australia’s Water Corporation is considering up to three seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plants along the southern coast of its area, known as Lower Great Southern, as part of a potential portfolio of water resources for the next 30 years.
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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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Membranes can recover water from flue gases
Improved gas-separation membranes could be used to capture water from factory flue-gases, according to 10 years’ research and testing under the leadership of the energy services firm KEMA, in collaboration with the European Membrane Institute at the University of Twente and a number of Dutch utilities.
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Water-reuse education centre opens in Sydney
The Water Recycling Education Centre was been officially opened on 21 February 2011 in the St Marys suburb of Sydney, Australia, by water minister Phillip Costa today in St Marys, adding to the community education resources of Sydney Water.
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Two desalination/reuse research RFPs issued by WRF
The WateReuse Research Foundation announced on 23 February 2011 two requests for proposals (RFPs) for research related to desalination and water reuse under the foundation’s Solicited Research Program and Feasibility Studies Program.
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Hyflux Libyan desalination contracts could be delayed
Singapore-based desalination contractor Hyflux said on 23 February 2011 that its projects in Libya could be delayed due to the political uncertainty in the country, according to Reuters.
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IDA releases more detail of Portofino conference
Abstracts of four “notable” papers for the the International Desalination Association’s (IDA) Desalination Industry Action For Good conference in Portofino, Italy, in May were sent out by the association on 18 February 2011.