Tag: Seawater
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Sumitomo consortium wins Al Ghubrah desalination
The contract for the Al Ghubrah Independent Water Project (IWP) in Muscat, Oman, has been awarded to a consortium of Sumitomo Corporation of Japan, Malakoff Corporation Berhad of Malaysia and Cadagua SA of Spain.
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DAF/UF pretreatment stems Kuwait red tide
Pentair X-Flow reported on 8 November 2012 that the combination of dissolved air flotation (DAF) and pressurized inside-out ultrafiltration (UF) pretreatment at the Shuwaikh Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Desalination Plant has proved efficient at treating seawater with high turbidity and can reliably operate during red tides.
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Siemens to sell its water treatment/desalination business
German giant Siemens is to sell its water treatment business known as Siemens Water Technologies, which is active predominantly in the North American market.
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Santa Cruz desalination vote ballot passed
One of the many local ballots that took place alongside the US presidential election ended with a large majority of Santa Cruz voters in California winning the opportunity of a future vote on whether to look at a desalination plant for the city’s water supply.
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OPWP seeks consultant for two desalination projects
The Oman Power and Water Procurement Company SAOC (OPWP) has invited specialized companies to submit offers for supervisory consultancy services for the Ghubrah IWP and Barka I water projects, both of which involve desalination plants.
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Acciona-led consortium to operate Barcelona desalination
Barcelona’s two seawater desalination plants will now be managed by a consortium led by Spanish desalination contractor Acciona Agua and the Brazilian bank BTG Pactual.
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Second Isobarix ER unit installed in Mexico
Isobarix has installed its second commercial XPR energy-recovery unit for Memco Sistemas de Separacion SA de CV, who operate several seawater reverse-osmosis plants at resorts in Cancun and Los Cabos, Mexico.
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Melbourne desalination plant now two-thirds operational
The performance test for the second treatment line at the Victorian seawater desalination plant in Melbourne, Australia, was successfully completed on 26 October 2012.
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Biofouling agent finds success in seawater RO desalination plant
Since Kurita Water Systems introduced a new slime control agent for membranes at the International Desalination Association congress in Dubai in 2009, the company has been using the chemical in many different commercial reverse-osmosis plants throughout the world, where it has proved to be quite effective. This article discusses the agent’s advantages for RO systems…
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SWRO pump/ER system to be launched by KSB
A new compact pump/energy-recovery device for reverse-osmosis (RO) seawater desalination is to be introduced early in 2013 by KSB AG of Germany.