Tag: Seawater
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Lamberts Bay seawater desalination goes to Veolia
A 1,700 m³/d seawater desalination plant, upgradeable to 5,000 m³/d, is to be built in Lamberts Bay in South Africa for the Cederberg Municipality by Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa.
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Desalitech secures another US$ 5 million funding
Desalitech, provider of Closed Circuit Desalination (CCD™) reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination technology, announced on 11 June 2013 that it secured an additional US$ 5 million equity funding from Liberation Capital and its institutional investors.
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Soquel Creek quits CalDesal over Santa Cruz project
The Soquel Creek Water District in California, USA, which is partnering the City of Santa Cruz in a proposed seawater desalination project, has voted to leave CalDesal, the California pro-desalination lobby group.
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Enhanced UF module design launched by Dow
An efficient ultrafiltration (UF) module design that is intended to provide high-quality water while reducing overall system costs has been launched by Dow Water & Process Solutions.
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MWH selected for 250 MGD Texas desalination study
MWH Global has been selected by the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) in Texas, USA, to carry out the feasibility study to assess the development of ocean water desalination of up to 250 MGD (950,000 m³/d) as a regional water supply, including the option of co-located power generation facilities.
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STS transfers NaClO generators to joint venture
Severn Trent Services has transferred its ClorTec® on-site sodium hypochlorite generation product line to Severn Trent De Nora, a joint venture to provide marine and offshore disinfection with Italy’s Gruppo de Nora.
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IDA chooses San Diego for 2015 World Congress
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has selected San Diego, California, USA, as the site for its 2015 World Congress.
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Japan funds desalination for four Fiji islands
The Water Authority of Fiji in the South Pacific announced on 29 May 2013 that four of Fiji’s outer islands will now be using desalination plants as an alternative water-supply source.
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Santa Cruz desalination EIR comment deadline in July
The draft environmental impact report (EIR) for the 2.5 MGD (9,500 m³/d) seawater desalination plant for the greater Santa Cruz area in California, USA, which was released on 13 May 2013, will be available for public comment until 15 July 2013.
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Reclamation funds reuse in California and New Mexico
Five congressionally authorized water reclamation and reuse projects in California and New Mexico, USA, will receive cost-shared funding for planning, design and construction of their projects, following a Bureau of Reclamation announcement on 21 May 2013.