Tag: Research
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D&WR has bonus August/September issue in Chinese
The bi-annual IDA World Congress is one of the industry’s most important events and takes place in Tianjin, China on 20-25 October 2013.
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Saudi solar desalination push nears end of Phase 1
The first of three phases of the King Abdullah Initiative for Solar Water Desalination is expected to be operational by the end of this year, according to reports from Saudi Arabia.
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Nine desalination research projects share US$ 1.1 million
Seven laboratory-scale desalination research projects and two pilot projects are to share US federal funding worth more than US$ 1.1 million.
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WRRF seeks desalination IM&E mitigation methodology
The WateReuse Research Foundation has issued a request for proposals for development of a methodology for mitigating the dangers to aquatic life posed by seawater desalination plant intakes.
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Nanotube research could lead to point‑of‑use desalination
Membrane filtration using plasma-modified ultralong carbon nanotubes may lead to rechargeable point-of-use potable water purification appliances with superior desalination, disinfection and filtration properties according to a paper published in Nature Communications (4, article number: 2220) on 13 August 2013.
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WateReuse publishes DPR conference details
The WateReuse Association (WRA) has published the program and essential details of its Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) Speciality Conference to be held in November 2013.
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Wade Miller stepping down as WateReuse director
The executive director of the WateReuse Association and the WateReuse Research Foundation, G Wade Miller, announced on 8 August 2013 his resignation from the two organizations effective 31 March 2014.
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Kuwait signs desalination / reuse research agreement
The Kuwait Ministry of Water & Electricity announced on 7 August 2013 that it had just signed a US$ 5 million cooperation agreement with the Kuwait Scientific Research Institute to develop new desalination solutions.
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Woongjin backs Californian FO membrane‑maker
Korean membrane company Woongjin Chemical Company has signed an agreement with California startup Porifera Inc providing investment for the Silicon Valley company to develop, manufacture and commercialize forward osmosis (FO) membranes at high volume.
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Ceramic MD focus in one of three new WRRF reports
The WateReuse Research Foundation in the USA recently released three new reports, including one on direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) using ceramic membranes: