Tag: Texas
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Texas county opens up brackish desalt project
The San Antonio Water System (SAWS) in Texas, US has begun a ten-year phased brackish water desalination programme that will provide the county with potable water at over 150 Ml/d.
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A grand conference is AMTA/ AWWA’s fourth
One thousand attendees turned up at Orlando, Florida for the fourth Membrane Technology Conference (MTC) hosted jointly by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) last week.
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Texas city advances on reuse
The Texas, USA city of Weatherford is progressing with plans to reuse treated wastewater, which would save the city significant sums of money according to the Weatherford utility board.
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Texas county backs desalination grant application
Commissioners in Hays County, Texas have backed a grant application that would fund a central Texas group’ s proposed study into the feasibility of building a desalination plant to supply water to parts of Hays and Travis counties.
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IDE opens shop in Texas
IDE Technologies has furthered its expansion in the US with a new office in Texas headed up by newly appointed regional director of sales, Mark Ellison.
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BP bags stake in Saltworks
Oil and gas giant, BP, has taken a stake in Canadian water treatment company, Saltworks Technologies, through its technology investment arm BP Ventures.
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Palo Pinto passes desalination plan
With water supplies for the Texas city of Mineral Wells dwindling, Palo Pinto county has approved, as part of its drought contingency plan, the construction of a US$ 6.1 million reverse osmosis desalination plant to treat water from the Brazos river.
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Reverse osmosis to drive US membrane demand to $6.2 billion in 2018
Water and wastewater industry demand for membranes will drive a 7.9%-a-year increase in US demand to reach US$ 6.2 billion by 2018 with reverse osmosis membranes surging 8.6% a year according to report by market research firm, The Freedonia Group.
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Hazen and Sawyer appoints Boysen as associate
Environmental engineering consultancy, Hazen and Sawyer, has appointed Buddy Boysen, formerly of Water Standard, as an associate. He is based in Houston, Texas.
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New Mexico mulls new rules to allow water reuse for oilfield drilling
State environmental regulators in New Mexico are considering a proposed rule that would allow the reuse of produced water in oilfield drilling operations.