Tag: Research
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IDA appoints Awerbuch as Academy dean
The International Desalination Association (IDA) on 28 May 2012 named Leon Awerbuch the interim dean of the IDA Desalination Academy, which will offer its first courses in conjunction with the 2012 Singapore International Water Week (1-5 July 2012).
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WRA seeking proposals for potable reuse web tool
The WateReuse Association has issued a request for proposals to develop an online web tool to make documents related to potable reuse studies more accessible to potential project sponsors.
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NF desalinated water ‘improves marginal agriculture’
Agricultural experiments conducted at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel consistently show that irrigation with desalinated water promotes a higher productivity of resources such as water and inorganic fertilizers per unit of marketable yield compared with current practices.
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Low-cost desalination development gets EPA funding
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded more than US$ 79,000 from its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to Okeanos Technologies LLC of Covington, Kentucky, to develop a low-cost desalination system.
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WRRF to webcast results of water-reuse language research
Results from a recent WateReuse Research Foundation (WRRF) study about the language and context used to convey potable reuse projects to the public are to be disseminated via a webcast on 14 June 2012.
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Funding for 10 new NCEDA desalination projects announced
Australia’s parliamentary secretary for sustainability and urban water, Senator Don Farrell, announced ten new innovative desalination research projects which will benefit from the 4th funding round for the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA).
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Papers called for IDA’s 2013 World Congress
A call for papers was issued on 14 May 2012 by the International Desalination Association (IDA) for its 2013 World Congress Desalination: A Promise for the Future.
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West Basin seeking powerplant site for desalination plant
Two power companies are in talks with Southern California’s West Basin Municipal Water District over the 20 MGD (75,700 m³/d) desalination plant planned by the district.
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Morillon to direct MEDRC training
Michel Morillon, former CEO and CTO of the 80,000 m³/d Sur seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant project in Oman, has joined the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) as director of training.
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Membrane-distillation patent awarded to NJIT professor
A researcher at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been awarded a patent for direct-contact and vacuum membrane distillation technology.