Tag: Salinity
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Researchers report new desalination technique for hypersaline brines
A Columbia Engineering team led by Ngai Yin Yip, assistant professor of earth and environmental engineering, claims to have developed a radically different desalination approach hypersaline brines, called: temperature swing solvent extraction (TSSE)
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UN urges desalination industry to improve on brine
The United Nations has called on the desalination industry to clean up its act on brine as the number of desalination plants worldwide continues to climb.
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IDE wins brackish water desal plant contract in Israel
IDE Technologies has won a project to build and operate a brackish water reverse osmosis (BWRO) plant in Emek Hamainot, Israel.
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World-first study of brine outfall shows minimal impacts
A first-of-its-kind study of the impacts to marine life of a desalination plant’s brine outfall into the ocean has found that the effect on the local ecology is minimal.
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IDE Technologies ‘breaks recovery limits’ for BWRO brine
IDE Technologies has introduced new system MAXH2O, which is designed to improve recovery rates in brackish water reverse osmosis (BWRO) brine.
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Pakistan election debate spotlights desalination
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has promised to prioritise investments in desalination plants as part of its election manifesto 2018, as popular concern over water scarcity grows.
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US DoE awards $21 million for solar desalination projects
The US Department of Energy has unveiled funding of $21 million for 14 projects to advance solar-based thermal desalination technologies.
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GMVP opened the SWRO-PRO pilot plant of recovering the salinity gradient energy
GMVP recently opened the SWRO-PRO pilot plant at Nambu wastewater treatment plant located in Korean port city of Busan. The pilot is used to demonstrate the technical feasibility of PRO (pressure retarded osmosis) to recover the salinity gradient energy.
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Q&A: Peter Nicol, CH2M global market director, on Brazil’s reuse policy
Peter Nicol, global market director for CH2M, outlines how the firm is helping to develop Brazil’s action plan for a national water reuse policy
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Jordan’s first SWRO opens for business
The opening of the first seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant in Jordan marks a jumping off point for the country from which it can continue to develop a desalination programme, including the much-anticipated Red Sea-Dead Sea project.
