Tag: Seawater
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Consolidated chooses ERI for Red Gate replacement
Consolidated Water Co Ltd has chosen Energy Recovery Inc’s PX devices to replace the existing DWEER energy-recovery technology in a refit for the Red Gate desalination plant on Grand Cayman Island.
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Israel’s giant Hadera desalination plant inaugurated
Israel’s president, Shimon Peres, inaugurated the 275,000 m³/d Hadera desalination plant, the largest reverse-osmosis plant in the world at present, on 16 May 2010.
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Philippine/Japanese consortium buys UU Australia
United Utilities Australia Pty Ltd, which is involved in several membrane-based desalination and water reuse projects in Australia, has been bought by a consortium including Manila Water of the Philippines and Mitubishi Corp and JGC Corporation of Japan.
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OC desalination slant-well testing to start
Testing of Phase 3 of the South Orange Coastal Ocean Desalination Project in Southern California will begin in the next few weeks, according to the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC), which held a public open day at the test site on Doheny State Beach on 12 May 2010.
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Desalination affected by California powerplant ruling
The powerplant with which California’s new 189,000 m³/d Carlsbad seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) plant is co-located has been ordered to cease once-through cooling by 2017. The Huntington beach powerplant, site of another proposed desalination plant, has been given until 2020.
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Jordan Red Sea project developer ‘will be announced in May’
Following evaluation of 30 letters of interest in the massive Red-Dead water transfer and desalination project, Jordan’s Ministry of Water & Irrigation will announce the qualified bidder to serve as the master developer this month, according to the Jordan Times on 11 May 2010.
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Fujairah II desalination pipework supplied by German firm
Pipework for the Fujairah II Independent Water & Power project in Qidfa, Oman, has been supplied by a family-owned German supplier, H Butting GmbH & Co.
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CCC to rule on Cambria desalination plant studies
California Coastal Commission (CCC) staff have advised the commission at its meeting this week to agree to a US Army Corps of Engineers proposal to test a beach in the Cambria region, near San Luis Obispo, for use as beach wells for a desalination plant.
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Solar desalination unit launched in Switzerland
A solar membrane desalination unit being developed by SwissINSO Holding Inc has been installed prior to a 6-8 month field test, the company told a launch event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 22 April 2010
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New Jakarta RO desalination plant will open in December
A 5,000 m³/d seawater desalination plant is to be opened in Jakarta, Indonesia, in December 2010. The US$ 5.72 million reverse-osmosis facility will be at the Ancol Dreamland Park to provide clean water for its residential complexes and theme parks in the north of the city.