Tag: Reverse Osmosis
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New San Francisco wastewater reuse project relocated
San Francisco’s Westside Recycled Water Project, which will reuse up to 4 MGD (15,140 m³/d) of secondary effluent, will no longer be built in the city’s historic Golden Gate Park.
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Sydney desalination plant cuts production to 45,000 m³/d
Australia’s Sydney Water announced on 29 February 2012 that it was cutting back production at the 250,000 m³/d Sydney desalination plant from the already reduced rate of 90,000 m³/d to 45,000 m³/d, the minimum amount to keep the plant running.
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IDA announces final academy details for Singapore
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has announced details of its inaugural set of courses and faculty for the new IDA Desalination Academy, which will officially be launched in conjunction with the 2012 Singapore International Water Week.
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Japanese anti-fouling RO chemical gets NSF certification
Tokyo-based Kurita Water Industries Ltd has obtained certification from NSF International for an anti-fouling reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination membrane treatment chemical, which can be used while the plant remains in production.
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High-performance antiscalant launched at Arizona event
A new high performance antiscalant, SpectraGuard™ 350, was launched on 27 February 2012 by Professional Water Technologies, the H2O Innovation business unit.
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Papers invited for 2013 AWWA/AMTA event
With the 2012 AWWA/AMTA Membrane Technology Conference under way this week in Phoenix, Arizona, a call for papers has been issued for next year’s event in Texas.
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New IDA president seeks desalination sustainability
D&WR interviews Corrado Sommariva, new president of the International Desalination Association (IDA), who was elected at the IDA World Congress in Perth, Australia, in September 2011. This article first appeared in the February-March 2012 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.
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Minister calls Melbourne desalination claim ‘frivolous’
A claim for a year’s project deadline extension and an Aus$ 1.3 billion (US$ 1.4 billion) loan by the builders of the Melbourne desalination plant was described as “frivolous” by the water minister of Victoria state, Peter Walsh on 24 February 2012.
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Voltea gets funding for two desalination applications
Dutch desalination innovator Voltea BV announced on 21 February 2012 that it had completed a € 4.5 million funding round to support the commercial rollout of its Capacitive Deionization (CapDI) technology.
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Jack August to give AWWA/AMTA keynote speech
Dr Jack L August Jr, historian and executive director of the Barry Goldwater Center for the Southwest and visiting scholar in legal history at Snell & Wilmer LLP will be keynote speaker at the AWWA/AMTA Membrane Technology Conference & Exposition, which opens in Pheonix, Arizona, next week.