Tag: Research
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New Singapore center will develop desalination/reuse solutions
GE and the National University of Singapore (NUS) are investing US$ 100 million in the Singapore Water Technology Center, which will seek new solutions for low-energy seawater desalination, water reclamation and more efficient water reuse.
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Dutch foundation and Hyflux agree on membrane research
A memorandum of understanding for research on advanced membrane separation technologies was signed on 23 June 2009 in Singapore between the Dutch Technology Foundation (STW) and Hyflux Ltd.
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Wabag teams with Chennai university on desalination/reuse research
VA Tech Wabag Ltd of India signed an agreement on 9 June 2009 with Anna University in Chennai for a joint research programme looking at new technologies related to water recycling, membrane desalination processes and reduction of sludge in wastewater reuse plants.
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US pilot study of desalination and reuse public acceptance
The WateReuse Association wants to create a model for how it can assist its members and others in increasing public acceptance of water reuse and desalination projects and announced on 9 June 2009 a new request for proposals (RFP) to conduct a pilot study.
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Victoria urged to set new reuse and desalination goals
A committee set up by the Victoria state government in Australia has recommended that enforceable water recyling and reuse targets at Melbourne’s sewage treatment plants should be raised to 50% by 2012 and 70% by 2015.
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Slow progress on water recycling in California
Only two of 26 recommendations made in 2003 by a California recycled-water task force have been fully addressed to date, while another nine have been partially implemented.
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Perth desalination plant’s impact “still uncertain”
The West Australia government’s Environmental Protection Authority has concluded that the significance of impacts to the marine environment from the discharge of brine by the Perth Metropolitan Desalination Plant is still uncertain and that the marine environment of Cockburn Sound continues to be under stress.
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Russians to cooperate on Jordan desalination
Desalination plants were included in a nuclear cooperation agreement signed on 22 May 2009 by Russia and Jordan, which also included power stations, research facilities and personnel training centres to be built in Jordan.
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Australia’s desalination centre sited at Murdoch University
Australia’s new National Centre of Excellence in Desalination is to be hosted by Murdoch University’s Rockingham campus as a result of a Aus$ 20 million (US$ 15.5 million) award from the federal government.
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WRF and PUB sign reuse and desalination research agreement
An agreement to cofund up to US$ 5 million worth of research on water reuse and desalination was signed on 18 May 2009 between the WateReuse Foundation (WRF) and PUB, Singapore’s national water agency.