Tag: Seawater
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Minister calls Melbourne desalination claim ‘frivolous’
A claim for a year’s project deadline extension and an Aus$ 1.3 billion (US$ 1.4 billion) loan by the builders of the Melbourne desalination plant was described as “frivolous” by the water minister of Victoria state, Peter Walsh on 24 February 2012.
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Chinese desalination import ratio to fall, says report
Localisation of desalination products and systems in China is targeted to rise from 60% to 90% by 2020, according to market researchers Frost & Sullivan.
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Amiad provides prefiltration for Australian membrane projects
Two very different contracts for prefiltration equipment prior to membrane water treatment and desalination have been won by Amiad in Australia.
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IDA announces death of InDA founder
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has reported the death of India’s “water man” and founder of the Indian Desalination Association (InDA) Dr CH Krishnamurthy Rao.
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China could desalinate 2.6 million m³/d by 2015
China aims to increase its seawater desalination capacity to 2.2-2.6 million m³/d by 2015, according to a statement released by the General Office of the State Council, China’s cabinet, on the central government’s website on 13 February 2012.
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Agency approves W Australian desalination plant
Western Australia’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on 13 February 2012 announced conditional approval for Grange Resources Ltd’s proposal to construct and operate the Cape Riche Desalination Plant.
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Huntington Beach desalination project get NPDES permit
The Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board (SARWQCB) in California, USA, on 10 February 2012 unanimously approved an amended National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit for the Huntington Beach Seawater Desalination Project.
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Toray to supply membranes for Tuaspring desalination plant
Toray of Japan has won the order to supply reverse osmosis (RO) membrane elements to the Tuaspring Desalination Plant in Singapore.
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Chilean powerplant buys MVC desalination unit from IDE
Chilean power company Norgener (owned by AES Gener) has ordered an additional mechanical vapour compression (MVC) desalination unit from IDE Technologies to provide supplementary boiler-feed water to a powerplant in Tocopilla.
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Melbourne desalination problems cost Suez € 237 million
Cyclones and labour problems in 2011 at the Melbourne desalination plant in Victoria, Australia, cost the Suez Environnement group a total of € 237 million, group CEO Jean-Louis Chaussade said when the group’s figures for the year were announced on 8 February 2012.