Tag: Seawater
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Hyflux bags desal contract at Iran’s SAKO mega-project
Hyflux International has won a contract to design, manufacture and supply a seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant in Iran.
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Video Q&A: Rodney Clemente, Energy Recovery
Energy Recovery global desalination vice president Rodney Clemente, explains how the company’s isobaric positive displacement, and centrifugal energy recovery devices, have helped to cut energy consumption in reverse osmosis plants around the globe.
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UT Austin develops hydrogels that desalt water with ambient sunlight
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, US, have developed a technology with gel-polymer hybrid materials that can desalinate water using ambient solar energy.
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Fluence secures first debt financing for desal project
Fluence has secured $48 million in debt financing from North American Development Bank (NADB) for a seawater desalination plant project in San Quintin, Mexico.
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JICA to loan $283 million for Chennai’s fourth desalination plant
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is to loan JPY 30 billion ($283 million) to build a seawater desalination plant in Chennai, India.
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Eleven firms vie to qualify for Al Ghubrah III desal project, Oman
Eleven international developers have submitted statements of qualification for Al Ghubrah III desalination plant project, Oman.
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Public consultation opens on Los Angeles’ first large seawater desalination project
West Basin Municipal Water District, California, US, has issued a draft environmental impact review (EIR) for a large size desalination plant.
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AMTA unveils annual gongs for membrane experts
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) has conferred its annual roster of awards for membrane specialists, include its Lifetime Service Award, Hall of Fame Awards, and Operator of the Year Award.
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Karnataka state, India, approves port city desalination project
The technical and economic feasibility of a new desalination plant for Mangaluru city in Karnataka, southwest India, has been approved by state authorities, reports Bangalore Mirror.
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Q&A: AMTA president Brent Alspach on why the need for membranes has never been more acute
In the week of the AMTA/AWWA Membrane Technology Conference 2018, in Florida, US, Brent Alspach, president of AMTA and director of applied research at Arcadis, outlines the water challenges and how current and in-development membrane-based treatments are addressing them.