Tag: Research
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Nine projects to be launched by WateReuse Foundation
A project to ensure that the technology used to reclaim wastewater is fit for purpose was one of nine approved by the WateReuse Foundation’s Board of Directors at its meeting on 16 March 2010.
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Polymer brush layer is key to new fouling-resistant membrane
A new class of fouling-resistant reverse-osmosis (RO) membranes has been announced by the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) which are claimed to have low mineral-scaling propensity and high permeability.
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IBM joins in Saudi solar desalination initiative
Saudi Arabia’s solar powered desalination initiative, announced in January, is now to involve the ultra-high concentrator photovoltaic (UHCPV) and nanomembrane desalination technologies being jointly developed by IBM and the King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST).
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China is researching desalination of sea ice
Chinese scientists believe that ice in the Bohai and Yellow seas could become an important alternative freshwater source, according to the Chinese Xinhua news agency.
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WRF launches an RFP for reuse system framework
The WateReuse Foundation (WRF) made a new Request for Proposals (RFP) on 31 March 2010 for a research project to provide a Framework for Informed Planning Decisions Regarding Indirect Potable Reuse and Dual Pipe Systems (WRF-09-02).
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June deadline for WERF award submissions
The deadline is 1 June 2010 for submissions for the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) Paul L Busch award.
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Filtech 2011 papers deadline set for July 2010
A call for papers for the conference at Filtech 2011, the international exhibition of filtration and separation technologies, has been issued with a deadline of 5 July 2010.
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Ion polarization at heart of new desalination research
A new desalination method using ion-selective membranes has been reported in Nature Nanotechnology by four researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Pohang University of Science and Technology (PUST), Korea.
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Concentrate disposal guidance from WRF/WERF research
A cooperative research effort, led by the WateReuse Foundation and co-funded by the Water Environment Research Federation, is providing utility managers and others with needed guidance and resources for addressing concentrate disposal issues.
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Pilot MBR to treat refinery wastewater
The Petroleum Environmental Research Forum (PERF) has selected Siemens Water Technologies to provide a Petro membrane bioreactor (MBR) pilot unit to test the viability of the technology in treating refinery wastewater.