Tag: Seawater
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Agreement signed for memsys MD use in sugar industry
Memsys of Singapore/Germany has signed an exclusive global agreement with Concord Enviro of India for use of its membrane distillation (MD) system to treat molasses wastewater from the sugar industry.
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ADWEA issues RfP for Mirfa power and desalination
The Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority (ADWEA) last week issued a request for proposals from prequalified bidders for its build‑own‑operate extension of power generation and reverse osmosis (RO) water desalination at Al Mirfa.
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Sixteen bid for Texas seawater desalination qualification
The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) in Texas, USA, has received 16 responses to its request for qualifications issued in April 2012 for a feasibility study of a major seawater desalination project to supply the river basin with a fresh source of water.
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Adelaide desalination plant’s standby savings challenged
Putting the Adelaide seawater desalination plant into standby mode will not reduce the amount SA Water’s customers pay by anything like the Aus$ 100 million (US$ 103 million) per year that has been claimed, says a report by the Essential Services Commission of South Australia (ESCOSA) released on 16 October 2012.
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EDS publishes desalination courses line-up for 2013
Five courses for the first half of 2013 have been announced by the European Desalination Society (EDS). All except one will be staged in Genoa, Italy.
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Pretreatment adaptation for Namibian SWRO plant
A 400 m³/d seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plant in Walvis Bay, Namibia, is to be upgraded under a contract announced at the end of September by Aqua Services & Engineering (ASE).
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Can polymer replace titanium in thermal desalination?
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology & Advanced Materials in Bremen, Germany, have developed a heat-conducting polymer composite tube which they believe will soon be replacing titanium in thermal desalination plants.
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Turks & Caicos SWRO goes to Aqua‑Chem
A contract for the supply and installation of a 300,000 GPD (1,135 m³/d) seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant the Turks Caicos Islands in the Caribbean has been awarded to Aqua‑Chem Inc.
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Low-temp distillation system uses waste/renewable energy
A patented low-temperature cost-effective distillation process for seawater desalination has been introduced by Swiss company Watersolutions AG.
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New Carlsbad HQ for Poseidon Resources
Poseidon Resources, the company developing the Carlsbad seawater desalination plant has moved its West Coast headquarters from downtown San Diego to the city of Carlsbad.