Tag: Research
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Israeli water venture-capital firm signs up with GE
A strategic collaboration to help commercialize innovative water technologies was agreed on 1 December 2010 by Kinrot Ventures, an Israeli venture capital company specializing in forming and growing water companies, and multisectoral giant GE.
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Colorado desalination system produces hydrogen as well
A bioelectrochemical systems (BES) to concurrently desalinate salt water, produce hydrogen gas and potentially treat wastewater is being developed at the University of Colorado Denver, USA.
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Australia’s first groundwater replenishment trial launched
Western Australia’s water minister, Graham Jacobs, launched Australia’s first Groundwater Replenishment Trial on 30 November 2010, which research indicates may be cheaper than desalination.
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IDE desalination seminar trains Jordanians and Palestinians
Thirty participants from Palestine and Jordan completed a week-long desalination seminar in Israel in early November 2010.
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PUB and NEDO sign wastewater R&D letter of intent
Singapore’s national water agency, PUB, and the New Energy & Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) of Japan signed a letter of intent on 15 November 2010 to collaborate on research and development projects in the area of used water treatment.
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LeChevallier takes WRF research chair from January
Dr Mark LeChevallier of American Water has been appointed chair of the Research Advisory Committee of the WateReuse Research Foundation from 1 January 2011.
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West Basin district dedicates desalination demo facility
California’s West Basin Municipal Water District is nearing completion of its new desalination demonstration facility, following formal dedication of the plant on 12 November 2010.
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Desalination and reuse RFPs issued by WRF
The WateReuse Research Foundation announced three new requests for proposals on 28 October 2010, two related to desalination and one to grey water reuse.
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PUB and Kemira to collaborate on water/wastewater R&D
Finland’s Kemira Oyj and PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, announced on 27 October 2010 a Memorandum of Understanding for a strategic alliance to conduct water and wastewater research and development.
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Spain joins Middle East Desalination Research Center
Spain has joined the Middle East Desalination Research Centre (MEDRC) after a signing ceremony in Madrid on 27 October 2010.