Tag: Research
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California district probes impact of possible giant desalination plant
California’s West Basin Municipal Water District board of directors has voted to begin an environmental impact report as part of its research towards the construction of a seawater desalination facility in the South Bay.
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IDA World Congress in California
A pivotal event in the global desalination and water reuse sector will be held at the US industry’s epicentre amid an historic drought when the 2015 IDA World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse convenes in San Diego, California at the end of August 2015. The “location, theme and timing could not be more appropriate,”…
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Experts list focus areas for world water
Low-energy seawater desalination, network asset management, and energy efficiency in wastewater treatment were among global focus areas in technology identified by more than 300 water technology experts at a recent international summit.
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CH2M reuse promotion drive picks up Stockholm prize
Colorado-based service and engineering company, CH2M, has won the 2015 Stockholm International Water Institute’s (SIWI’s) Stockholm Industry Water Award, for developing and advancing methods to clean water and increasing public acceptance of recycled water.
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Masterclass webinar to look at combining reuse and desalination using forward osmosis
Award-winning researcher, Gaetan Bandin, will present the next Desalination and Water Reuse Masterclass Webinar on 30 June looking at opportunities and challenges for forward osmosis and pressure assisted osmosis (PAO) to combine water reuse and desalination.
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Six Chinese firms sign Venezuelan desalination deal
The Venezuelan government has signed agreements with six Chinese companies to install water desalination plants at coastal sites in the Latin American country.
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Florida’s wastewater reuse capacity up 52% since 2000
Wastewater reuse capacity in Florida has grown 52% since 2000, reaching 6,600 Ml/d in 2014 placing the state at the forefront of US wastewater reuse adoption according to market analyst Bluefield Research.
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Miami-Dade’s US$ 13 billion plans pull in punters for PPP
Miami-Dade County has become the most attractive public private partnership (PPP) opportunity in the US with players chasing US$ 13 billion in water and wastewater projects according to market analyst Bluefield Research.
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Singapore’s PUB draws curtain on algae
Singapore’s national water agency PUB has for the first time installed silt curtains at the waters off Tuaspring and Singspring desalination plants, to protect them from damaging fouling of their reverse osmosis membranes by mounting levels of algae in the water.
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Melbourne researchers’ anti fouling membrane claim
Researchers from the Melbourne School of Engineering at the University of Melbourne have developed what they claim to be an anti fouling microfiltration system that outstrips existing technology on energy efficiency with negligible compromise on performance.