Tag: Research
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Pacific Institute reports on intakes and brine disposal
A series of recommendations about the design of desalination intakes and outfalls has been published in a report by the Pacific Institute as part of its series on Key Issues For Seawater Desalination in California.
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Phase 2 of Qatar’s MD research concluded
Completion of the second phase of the joint evaluation of membrane distillation technology by Qatar’s ConocoPhillips Global Water Sustainability Center, Qatar Electricity & Water Co (QEWC) and Qatar University was celebrated on 27 November 2013.
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Desert community MD trial produces first water
First water was produced in mid-November 2013 by the membrane distillation plant set up in the Great Victoria Desert, Australia, by a team from the National Centre for Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA).
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2014 Oman conference to look at HABs and desalination
An international conference on Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) & Desalination is to be held in Muscat, Oman, in April 2014.
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ASTM seeking help with standard for turbidity monitoring
Standards body ASTM International is looking for input on development of a standard for determination of turbidity, including setting up a monitoring system.
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Two Saudi SWRO membrane contracts awarded to NanoH2O
Desalination membrane manufacturer NanoH2O Inc has won supply contracts for two seawater desalination projects in Saudi Arabia.
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ZLD trials at Alamogordo for KII/Suns River solar still
KII/Suns River has provided D&WR with more information about its extended work at the Brackish Ground Water National Research Facility (BGNDRF) in Alamogordo, New Mexico, during the next several months.
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Abstracts invited for WateReuse research conference
The WateReuse Research Foundation is accepting abstracts for the 18th Annual Water Reuse & Desalination Research Conference to be held in Las Vegas in 2014.
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US and UK funders combine for water research exchange
Research strategies, tools, and knowledge in the area of clean water are to be exchanged between researchers in the USA and the UK under a collaboration agreed between the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the US and the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the UK.
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American Water funded to investigate low DO in MBRs
The WateReuse Research Foundation has awarded a research grant to American Water to investigate the impacts of low dissolved oxygen (DO) conditions at a full-scale membrane bioreactor (MBR) water reuse plant.