Tag: Seawater
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Carlsbad desalination mitigation plan for wildlife approved
The California Coastal Commission has unanimously approved Poseidon Resources’ proposal to restore coastal wetlands in south San Diego County’s Otay River floodplain as part of the Carlsbad desalination project.
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CDA/EDS seeking Qingdao desalination abstracts by 15 March
Abstracts for the 2011 Qingdao International Desalination Conference in China (20-23 June 2011) must received by 15 March 2011 with final papers by 10 May 2011.
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Doosan to build world’s largest MED desalination unit
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has signed an agreement with the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) in Saudi Arabia to co-build what will be the world’s largest single multi-effect distillation (MED) desalination unit.
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Fluid dynamics secret to pressure-booster record
At the EuroMed conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, in October 2010, those on the FEDCO booth at the exhibition were all wearing big smiles. The reason was the performance achieved by the company s turbocharger energy-recovery device (ERD) for the Jeddah III seawater reverse-osmosis desalination project. A condition of the contract was that the ERD…
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Bahrain MoU signed for wind-powered desalination technology
Wind-powered desalination technology is to be promoted in Bahrain under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed on 31 January 2011 between Jade Consultancy of Bahrain and Synlift Systems GmbH of Germany.
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FEWA tenders Al Ghalila SWRO desalination plant
A tender notice for a desalination plant at Al Ghalila, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, was issued on 27 January 2011 by the Federal Electricity & Water Authority.
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MIT membrane start-up completes funding round
The conclusion of an initial round of funding for Clean Membranes Inc, a start-up company based in Lexington, USA, will permit progress on development of a new generation of non-fouling membranes usable for sea and brackish water desalination.
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Oil-removal membrane-distillation process being developed
A patented membrane-distillation process is to be enhanced to allow treatment of oil-contaminated water using a Sing$ 400,000 (US$ 312,000) grant from the Environment & Water Industry Programme Office in Singapore.
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IDA to host desalination session at Algiers conference
The International Desalination Association will be holding a special session entitled Desalination For A Better World at the First International Seminar on Water, Energy and Environment (ISWEE’11) which is being held in Algiers, Algeria, on 1-3 March 2011.
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Sorek desalination construction under way
Construction of the Sorek seawater desalination plant in Israel was begun on 16 January 2011 by SDL Desalination Ltd, a consortium led by IDE Technologies with Hutchison Water.