Tag: Recycling
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First water in April 2011 for Adelaide desalination plant
South Australia’s Adelaide desalination plant remains on track to produce first water in April 2011, according to the Water For Good Annual Statement 2010 released by water minister Paul Caica on 23 November 2010.
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Australia urged to recycle more water for urban supplies
Greater use of recycled water in Australia’s water supplies was called for on 29 November 2010 by James Cameron, acting CEO of the National Water Commission (NWC).
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VA Tech bags Indian power water treatment contract
VA Tech Wabag Limited, based in Chennai, India, has received an order for total water management of the Kakatiya and Rayalaseema thermal power projects under a balance of plants package as part of a consortium with APGENCO. The Wabag portion involves around INR 2900 million (€ 47 million).
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LeChevallier takes WRF research chair from January
Dr Mark LeChevallier of American Water has been appointed chair of the Research Advisory Committee of the WateReuse Research Foundation from 1 January 2011.
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West Basin district dedicates desalination demo facility
California’s West Basin Municipal Water District is nearing completion of its new desalination demonstration facility, following formal dedication of the plant on 12 November 2010.
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LA utility tops US water bond risk says report
A report published on 21 October 2010 by Ceres and Water Asset Management alleges that few participants in the US water and electricity bond market — including investors, bond rating agencies and the utilities themselves — are accounting for growing water scarcity, legal conflicts and other threats in their analyses.
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Bundamba wastewater reuse plant passes second quality test
The second Water Quality Report for the Bundamba Advanced Water Treatment Plant in Queensland, Australia, has confirmed the excellent quality of the purified water it produces and proved that the water is safe to add to the drinking supply, says government agency WaterSecure
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Australian authority moves to secure desalination future
Gosford City & Wyong Shire Councils’ Water Authority in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, is working with the two councils for approval of initial site works for the proposed Toukley Desalination Plant.
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Reclamation Bureau’s water recycling and reuse funding criteria published
The US government’s Bureau of Reclamation published on 15 October 2010 the funding criteria under its Title XVI – Water Recycling & Reuse Program for two new funding opportunity announcements in fiscal year 2011.
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Twelve sewer-mining wastewater-reuse plants in Sydney
The government of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has awarded a water-recycling licence to Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies to build a recycled water plant at the Aus$ 500 million (US$ 490 million) Darling Quarter development.