Tag: Seawater
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Low-cost desalination development gets EPA funding
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded more than US$ 79,000 from its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to Okeanos Technologies LLC of Covington, Kentucky, to develop a low-cost desalination system.
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West Basin seeking powerplant site for desalination plant
Two power companies are in talks with Southern California’s West Basin Municipal Water District over the 20 MGD (75,700 m³/d) desalination plant planned by the district.
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Sydney Desalination Plant leased for US$ 2.3 billion
The New South Wales state government in Australia accepted on 10 May 2012 a binding offer for refinancing the Sydney Desalination Plant (SDP) from a consortium of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) and Hastings Funds Management.
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Morillon to direct MEDRC training
Michel Morillon, former CEO and CTO of the 80,000 m³/d Sur seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant project in Oman, has joined the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) as director of training.
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Azerbaijan beginning Caspian Sea desalination
Azerbaijan has begun a project for desalination of seawater from the Caspian Sea, a government minister said on 4 May 2012.
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US$ 10.6 million grant for water-reuse schemes
The US Bureau of Reclamation announced on 4 May 2012 the selection of seven projects in the Mid-Pacific Region to receive more than US$ 10.6 million in WaterSMART Title XVI water recycling and reuse funding.
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Panglisch heads inge’s research department
Dr Ing Stefan Panglisch joined inge GmbH (now part of BASF) in Greifenberg in mid-April to head up the research and development department.
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Overview of Santa Cruz desalination project published
A new two-page factsheet on the proposed desalination project for the Californian City of Santa Cruz and Soquel Creek Water District (SCWD) has been published by the agencies.
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License sought for seawater desalination plant in Chile
White Mountain Titanium Corporation announced on 26 April 2012 that it has applied for an access license to draw seawater for a planned desalination plant in Chile.
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Ocean water-cycle intensity increasing, say researchers
A new study of the ocean’s changing salinity confirms that the water cycle is intensifying quickly under global warming – twice as fast as climate models have been predicting.