Tag: Reverse Osmosis
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SWRO corrosion pre-conference workshop for CaribDA
A workshop on Understanding and Preventing Corrosion in Caribbean SWRO Plants will take place in Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, on 19 May 2012, prior to the 2012 Conference of the Caribbean Desalination Association (CaribDA).
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Control contract as GWRS expansion breaks ground
KDC Systems has been awarded a contract to install and/or integrate process control systems for the expansion of the membrane-based Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS) for Orange County Water District, which broke ground on 17 January 2012.
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Tender for Chennai RO water-reuse plant feasibility
Bids are due by 22 February 2012 for a prefeasibility study for a 45,000 m³/d membrane-based tertiary wastewater treatment plant in Chennai, India.
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CCD starts a new generation for reverse osmosis desalination
D&WR published an article in our August/September 2010 issue announcing Desalitech Ltd’s Closed Circuit Desalination. Since that time, the company has acquired the services of Rick Stover (ex Energy Recovery Inc and Oasys Water). Here, he outlines the development of CCD technology since our previous article. This article first appeared in the November/December 2011 issue…
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New Dubai base for Black & Veatch
Engineering company Black & Veatch (B&V) announced on 11 January 2012 that it has moved its Middle East office to a new location in Dubai, UAE.
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New RO desalination pretreatment membrane traps TEP
When desalination.tempurl.host announced in August 2011 that Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd of Japan had developed a membrane to trap transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in pretreatment prior to reverse-osmosis desalination, the item attracted a lot of visitors. D&WR, therefore asked Sumitomo for more information about the research and development of this membrane, which is capable of…
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Mann+Hummel acquire Brazilian RO/UF specialist
Brazilian membrane water treatment specialist Fluid Brasil has been taken over by Mann+Hummel, the German company announced on 9 January 2012.
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Vapour compression desalination plants for Indian oilfield
Texas-based MECO, which supplies desalination equipment to the offshore, pharmaceutical and military sectors, announced in December 2011 that it would be designing and constructing two vapour compression (VC) desalination plants for an oilfield off the Indian coast.
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Indian desalination conference set for February
The Indian Desalination Society (InDA) has published a brochure for its National Conference on Water Purification Technologies & Management (InDACON 2012).
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Measuring seawater and brine salinity in seawater reverse osmosis
In 2007 and 2008, Desalination & Water Reuse published a brace of articles on the subject of membrane fouling evaluation using the Silt Density Index and the Modified Fouling index. One of those authors addressed the IDA Congress in Perth in September 2011 on work she has been doing since then looking at salinity and…