Tag: Research
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Fluor to build Dow’s RO membrane factory in Saudi Arabia
Fluor Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Dow Chemical Company to build Dow’s reverse osmosis (RO) membrane manufacturing facility in Jubail Industrial City II in Saudi Arabia.
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WateReuse launches video about urban water cycle
The WateReuse Research Foundation announces the release of The Ways of Water, an animated video that presents an overview of the many human interventions in the water cycle and looks at the benefits of some key water provision options including Direct Potable Reuse (DPR).
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Action under e-COST to tackle water reuse microbiology
Action to answer critical questions about the microbiology of water reuse is to be undertaken through European multidisciplinary network e-COST (European Cooperation in Science & Technology).
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June deadline for Paul L Bush award nominations
The Water Environment Research Federation (WERF) in the USA is seeking nominations for the Paul L Busch Award for research that will lead to practical solutions for water quality problems.
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NanoH2O confirms its acquisition by LG Chem
Desalination membrane manufacturer NanoH2O confirmed on 12 May 2014 the finalization of its sale to Korea’s LG Chem on 30 April 2014.
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Graphene frameworks ‘can make desalination 100x faster’
New computational research on graphene sheets is showing that, when oxidized sheets are linked together as graphene oxide frameworks (GOFs), they can be used as a tunable desalination membrane.
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Deadline soon for NWRI-AMTA Fellowship applications
Only one month remains before the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and the National Water Research Institute (NWRI) close applications for the NWRI-AMTA Fellowships for Membrane Technology.
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Heat-responsive gels used to coat MF/UF membranes
Applying thermoresponsive microgels to micro- and ultrafiltration (MF and UF) membranes can allow flow to be influenced by temperature variations, according to new research from RWTH Aachen University and DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials in Germany.
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Solar mobile desalination plant inaugurated in Egypt
The Egyptian State Information Service reported that a mobile water desalination plant powered by solar energy was inaugurated in Marsa Matrouh governorate on 18 April 2014.
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Gulf red-tide early-warning system funding ‘soon’
A new early-warning system in the Gulf for harmful algal blooms (HABs), also known as red tides, using satellite imagery, remote sensing, and modeling could be one result of a conference on HABs held on 16‑17 April 2014 by the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC).