Tag: Reverse Osmosis
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Wetland unaffected by Yuma desalination discharge
The 2010-11 pilot operation of the Yuma desalination plant in Arizona near the Mexico border caused no significant environmental effect to the Ciénega de Santa Clara, the largest wetland on the Mexican portion of the Colorado River Delta, a research project has found.
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Sydney desalination plant may not restart for 3 years
Sydney’s 250,000 m³/d desalination plant is to be switched off on 1 July 2012 and may not be restarted for three years.
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Status and Prospects for Seawater Desalination in China
Through more than 50 years of research and development, China has made considerable progress in both desalination technologies and engineering projects. According to statistics from the China Desalination Association, at the end of 2011, 73 seawater desalting plants had been established, with a total seawater desalination output of 643,000 m /d. The capacity of those…
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Graphene can double desalination flux say MIT pair
The use of nanoporous graphene as a desalination material has received further research support, this time by two researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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Spanish prominent in Al Ghubrah desalination bidders
Spanish companies are involved with five of seven bidders that have been invited by the Oman Tender Board to submit proposals for the Al Ghubrah Independent Water Project (IWP).
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Sorek desalination planned to be ahead of schedule
IDE Technologies told Desalination & Water Reuse on 20 June 2012 that it planning to be ahead of schedule in its construction of the Sorek desalination plant in Israel in joint venture with Hutchison Water.
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Pentair X-Flow wins UF order for Ghallilah desalination
Ultrafiltration (UF) membranes and skids are to be supplied to the 15 MIGD (68,000 m³/d) seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant at Ghallilah, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, by Pentair X-Flow.
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Monsoon filter launched for small seawater systems
A self-cleaning filtration system for small reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination systems that can remove 99.9% of particles >20 microns from seawater has been introduced by H2O Inc of Lafayette, USA.
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SDCWA considered Carlsbad desalination size reduction
Some of the thinking of the San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) about the ongoing negotiations over the purchase of water from the Carlsbad desalination plant were revealed at a special board of directors meeting on 14 June 2012.
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VA Tech Wabag wins industrial reuse plant in Gujarat
Ultrafiltration (UF), reverse-osmosis (RO) and a membrane bioreactor (MBR) will all be part of a 32,420 m³/d effluent treatment and recycling plant to be built in India by Chennai-based VA Tech Wabag.