Tag: Research
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Aus$ 3 million grant for reuse public-acceptance research
The Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence (AWRCE) announced on 25 June 2012 a Aus$ 3 million (US$ 3 million) for a research project to investigate and address the barriers to public acceptance of reusing water for augmenting drinking water supplies in the first large-scale collaboration of its kind.
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WRRF webcast on reuse disinfection research results
The WateReuse Research Foundation is using a webcast on 12 July 2012 to highlight the results of a project investigating the occurrence of intestinal pathogens in recycled water and the effectiveness of disinfection.
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Reuse irrigation cleared of antibiotic-resistance increase
Fears that antibiotic‑resistant bacteria are increased in the environment by the use of treated wastewater (TWW) for irrigation have been allayed by a study by researchers in Israel.
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ACWA appoints nanotechnology membrane specialist
UK water and wastewater specialist ACWA Services announced on 6 June 2012 that it has appointed a membrane nanotechnology specialist, Dr Oscar Hernandez-Ramirez as a chemical process engineer.
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WA university eyeing geothermal energy for desalination
The University of Western Australia (UWA) announced on 6 June 2012 that researchers at the university will investigate the use of geothermal energy to desalinate groundwater in Western Australia (WA).
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Water Institute of Texas formed to combine research
Desalination processes and plant improvements, aquifer storage and recovery, and wastewater treatment are among the topics to be studied by researchers at the newly formed Water Institute of Texas (WIT) in San Antonio, USA.
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New research on aquifer recharge for water reuse
Two reports have recently been published about research on the use of aquifer recharge as a method of wastewater reuse.
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Qatar’s GWSC to research MBRs for oil and gas water
The ConocoPhillips Global Water Sustainability Center (GWSC) in Qatar has been awarded a US$ 700,000 grant to research biological treatment of produced water from oil and gas using membrane bioreactors (MBRs).
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X-Flow UF modules to treat Saudi hospital wastewater
Pentair X-Flow’s Airlift™ MBR Megablock ultrafiltration (UF) system is treat 8,000 m³/d of hospital wastewater at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Water-reuse bill to be debated in California assembly
A bill to completely revise California’s water-reuse legislation was passed for its third reading on 25 May 2012 and will come up on the floor of the state assembly this week.