Tag: Seawater
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UK seawater desalination may become necessary, says IMechE report
Seawater desalination may become necessary in the United Kingdom if precipitation does not provide sufficient water, according to a report Climate change: adapting to the inevitable published in February 2009 by the UK Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
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Gold Coast desalination plant starts at 33% capacity
The Gold Coast desalination plant in Queensland, Australia, began operating on 26 February 2009 at 33% capacity, producing more than 40,000 m³/d.
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Final go-ahead for Adelaide desalination plant
Adelaide’s 150,000 m³/d desalination plant was given the final go-ahead on 26 February 2009 by the South Australia state government.
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Adelaide size may be doubled as Acciona emerges in front
The consortium led by Spain’s Acciona Agua was announced as preferred bidder for the Adelaide desalination project on 19 February 2009, as Australian media reported that the capacity of the new plant was to be doubled from 150,000 m³/d to 300,000 m³/d.
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State budget cuts delay Carlsbad desalination approval
Cuts to the California state budget prevented officials of the San Diego County Regional Water Quality Control Board preparing recommendations regarding the proposed Carlsbad desalination plant for the board to vote on at a meeting on 11 February 2009.
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CH2M Hill poised for Kalba desalination mobilization
Civil work on the 3.0 MIGD (13,368 m³/d) Kalba seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant in the United Arab Emirates has almost been completed by the Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority (SEWA).
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Marin board takes desalination lead from Australia
“Look at Australia. I don’t want to be stupid,” said Alex Forman, chairman of the Marin Municipal Water District Board of Directors on 11 February 2009 after the board approved continuation of work towards a 5-15 MGD (19,000-57,000 m³/d) desalination plant sourcing San Francisco Bay.
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“Significant” impacts from Monterey desalination says draft report
Whichever of the three desalination-based proposals for future water supply on the Monterey peninsula in California is eventually implemented, there would be “significant and unavoidable” environmental impacts.
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Tests prove filter medium reduces SWRO desalination fouling
Research at the University of Sheffield in the UK is showing that that filters using Disruptor™ media invented by US company Argonide Corporation is a good solution for reducing the fouling of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes in seawater desalination plants.
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Block filter underdrain used at two large RO desalination plants
Tetra® LP Block™ filter underdrain systems for use in pretreatment filtration systems are being supplied to two desalination plants in North Africa and South America by Severn Trent Services.