Tag: Seawater
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Giant Indian desalination scheme set to be ditched
A proposed US$ 600-million, 336 Ml/d seawater desalination project in Gurarat state, India, that was to be Asia’s largest, is reportedly set to be axed.
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Specialists team up to exploit sub seabed intake market
Sub seabed desalination plant intake company, Intake Works, has formed a partnership with specialist boring firm, Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD), to market sub seabed intakes for seawater desalination projects.
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Experts slam economics of seabed intake for giant US desalination project
A 250 Ml/d seawater desalination (SWRO) plant planned for Huntington Beach, California using sub seafloor intake pipes was “not economically viable at the Huntington Beach location within a reasonable time frame” according to a recent expert report. The findings could jeopardise the Huntingdon project because sub seafloor technology was pivotal to regulatory approval.
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STW and Sunstone join to market zero discharge technology
Water management firm, STW Water Process and Technologies, has expanded its role in its exclusive agreement with Sunstone Water Group to commercialize Sunstone’s patented wastewater effluent treatment technology to provide direct potable reuse (DPR) in municipal markets.
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Oman funds renewable desalination research
Oman has approved funding for research into harnessing renewable energy sources for water desalination in the sultanate.
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China ups daily desalt capacity by a billion cubic metres
China built 112 seawater desalination plants in 2014, with a total output of 927 Ml/d the State Oceanic Administration revealed recently in a report on seawater use during last year.
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Nine water purification projects bag US$ 1.49 million in funding
The US Bureau of Reclamation has selected nine projects to receive US$ 1.49 million under its Desalination and Water Purification Research programme.
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Scilly proposes floating intake solution to sediment challenge
The Scilly Isles’ council has submitted plans to the Marine Management Organisation for a new seawater intake for the islands’ St Mary’s desalination plant. A novel floating arrangement for the intake is designed to leave the seabed undisturbed to limit filter blockage by sediment.
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Indian state gives green light to desalination duo
India’s Tamil Nadu state government has given the go-ahead for two 60 Ml/d output seawater reverse osmosis desalination plants at Kuthiraimozhi in Ramanathapuram and Alanthalai in the port city of Tuticorin. They will supply more than 1,100 rural areas where provision of safe drinking water has been a long-standing challenge.
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Texas US$ 3.9 billion water funding plan gets green light
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has approved the inaugural round of funding from the US$ 3.9 billion State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT) ten-year financial assistance programme.