Tag: Research
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MEDRC course on seawater RO desalination
The Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) is holding a course on Pretreatment for Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plants at its Training Facility in Muscat, Oman, on 7-9 April 2013.
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US Navy orders another new desalination prototype
A new prototype advanced desalination system is to be built for the US Office of Naval Research (ONR) by Louisiana-based MECO. The ONR coordinates, executes and promotes the science and technology programs of the US Navy and Marine Corps.
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Nanotech underscores Chicago/Negev research MoU
A research partnership to create new water production and purification technologies for water-scarce regions has been agreed between the University of Chicago (UChicago), USA, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel.
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WRRF launches two new water reuse projects
The WateReuse Research Foundation announced two new research projects at the end of February 2013, one looking at direct and one at indirect water reuse.
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West Basin looks to hire out its desalination test facility
West Basin Municipal Water District in southern California, which is running towards the end of its seawater desalination testing period, is looking to rent out its Ocean Water Desalination Demonstration Facility to manufacturers and other parties interested in making use of its setup.
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Researchers review low and renewable energy desalination
A comprehensive review of some of the latest thinking in low and renewable energy desalination systems was provided on 25 February 2013 at a workshop staged prior to the AMTA/AWWA Membrane Conference in San Antonio, Texas.
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Registration opens for WateReuse research conference
The WateReuse Research Foundation has opened registration for its 17th Annual Water Reuse & Desalination Research Conference to be held in Phoenix, Arizona, on 6-7 May 2013.
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Napolitano seeks to reauthorize US desalination act
A bill, HR 745, to reauthorize the 1996 Water Desalination Act was introduced in the US House of Representatives by California representative Grace Napolitano on 15 February 2013.
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Concentrate disposal reference report published by WRA
The WateReuse Association has published a report that it hopes will function as a knowledge base on desalination concentrate disposal for regulators, consultants and engineering companies involved in municipal desalination concentrate management.
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IWA looks at organic matter in treatment and reuse
The International Water Association (IWA) is holding a specialist conference with the Australian Water Association (AWA) in Perth in October 2013 on natural organic matter (NOM), which will look at its effects on water treatment and reuse, and desalination.