Tag: Research
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IDA extends deadline for Fellowship applications
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has extended the deadline for applications for its 2014-15 Fellowship Programme, giving candidates until 31 January, 2015 to apply.
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More than nine in ten Chinese have water worries
Nearly all Chinese city dwellers are concerned about the country’s issues with water supply and pollution according to a poll by water technology firm, Xylem in partnership with China Water Net.
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Beijing to get megatonne desalination plant by 2019
Beijing neighbouring province, Hebei, has unveiled plans for a giant water desalination project scheduled for completion by 2019.
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Beijing to get megatonne desalination plant by 2019
Beijing neighbouring province, Hebei, has unveiled plans for a seawater desalination project scheduled for completion by 2019.
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Grundfos bags US$ 1.1 million grant for wastewater treatment research
Singapore has awarded pump and water technologies company, Grundfos, a S$1.4 million (US$ 1.1 million) grant to develop a wastewater filtration technology which the company says can “significantly reduce” capital investment and operational costs for wastewater treatment.
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Reverse osmosis to drive US membrane demand to $6.2 billion in 2018
Water and wastewater industry demand for membranes will drive a 7.9%-a-year increase in US demand to reach US$ 6.2 billion by 2018 with reverse osmosis membranes surging 8.6% a year according to report by market research firm, The Freedonia Group.
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Monterey slant well project gets grant to assess bacteria removal
US utility, American Water, has picked up more than US$ 200,000 in grant support from the WateReuse Research Foundation to assess pathogen removal during the collection of seawater for desalination through sub-surface slant wells.
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Renewables advocate takes chair in desalination at Murdoch University
Murdoch University’s School of Engineering and IT has appointed Professor Wendell Ela as the inaugural chair of desalination and water treatment. He is an advocate of the use of renewable energy for desalination and has developed small solar desalination systems for remote Navajo communities in USA.
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China opens laboratory to drive forward osmosis development
A pairing of leading players in China’s water and petrochemicals industries have launched a venture to develop forward osmosis in seawater desalination that they claim will: “open up a new way for zero liquid discharge (ZLD) in seawater desalination of seawater resources with low energy consumption.”
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Membrane market growth to run until 2020
The fruits of growing research and development in forward osmosis for desalination are highlighted in a recent sector report as drivers of growth in the market for membrane separation technologies running to at least 2020.