Tag: Research
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WRRF issues RfP for industrial reuse research roadmap
The WateReuse Research Foundation (WRRF) has issued a request for proposals on a project to analyse current industrial reuse and develop a research roadmap for the foundation.
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MWH selected for 250 MGD Texas desalination study
MWH Global has been selected by the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) in Texas, USA, to carry out the feasibility study to assess the development of ocean water desalination of up to 250 MGD (950,000 m³/d) as a regional water supply, including the option of co-located power generation facilities.
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IDA chooses San Diego for 2015 World Congress
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has selected San Diego, California, USA, as the site for its 2015 World Congress.
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Renewable energy can bring desalination solution in MENA
The World Bank published a report in September 2012 on renewable energy in desalination in the Middle East and North Africa. The bank is currently working on organising a dissemination workshop, and D&WR will publish any further information on this on desalination.biz. What follows is an edited extract from the report’s summary, which paints a…
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Fibre-optic sensor to warn of membrane fouling
A water-quality sensor for desalination plants, which uses fibre-optic nanotechnology, has been developed by researchers from the ECU Electron Science Research Institute at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia.
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Mega-ton project symposium set for Tokyo in November
A symposium is to be held in Japan in November 2013 centred on the Mega-Ton Water System, a national research program to develop sustainable water treatment technologies, including large-scale desalination, that have a low environmental load and are energy-saving and low in cost.
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HTI joins Stanford University board for ReNUWIt program
Forward-osmosis specialist Hydration Technology Innovations LLC (HTI), was recently selected to serve on the Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) of the Stanford University Engineering Research Center (ERC) for the USA’s Re-inventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt) program.
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IDA invites Channabasappa scholarship applications
Applications have been invited by the International Desalination Association for its Channabasappa Memorial Scholarship, which seeks to encourage engineers and scientists to further their education in subjects related to desalination and water reuse.
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Aquatech shale-gas treatment center opened
The formal opening of a central water treatment center set up for shale gas producers in Pennsylvania by local company Aquatech took place on 18 April 2013.
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EDS calls for 2014 Cyprus conference papers
The European Desalination Society has issued a call for papers and opened exhibition booking for its conference on Desalination for the Environment, Clean Water & Energy to be held in Limassol, Cyprus, on 11-15 May 2014.