Tag: United Kingdom
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Mobile UF unit introduced in UK
A mobile ultrafiltration (UF) unit designed to treat water with suspended solids and organics with high fouling index has been introduced in the UK by ELGA Process Water.
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Ceramic membranes can reduce wastewater filtration costs
New ceramic membranes for water filtration and purification for use in industrial wastewater treatment processes are being developed by Morgan Technical Ceramics.
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Desalination/reuse in UK/Israel water agreement
Desalination, water reuse and use of renewable energy in desalination and water reclamation were included in an agreement signed on 21 December 2011 between British Water, which represents the UK water industry supply chain, and MATIMOP, the Israeli Industry Centre for Research & Development.
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Modern Water completes toxicity-monitor purchase
UK-based Modern Water plc announced on 9 December 2011 completion of its acquisition of Strategic Diagnostics Inc’s (SDIX) Water Quality division, including its Microtox® toxicity testing technology.
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Upgrade and options for ClydeUnion split‑case pump
ClydeUnion Pumps of the UK has improved the seal and bearing options and introduced standard steel-alloy variants for its Uniglide-e split-case pump.
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Solar panels commissioned at UK desalination plant
Thames Water in the UK at the end of July commissioned a 450 kW array of solar panels at its 150,000 m³/d Beckton brackish-water desalination plant as part of a bid to become Britain’s biggest on-site solar power producer and industrial user.
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Aquatech buys majority stake in Indian chemical provider
Desalination and water-treatment specialist Aquatech International, based in Pennsylvania, has made a majority strategic investment in India’s WEX Technologies Private Ltd, a provider of performance water-treatment chemicals and services.
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BWA changes hands once more
Desalination and water treatment chemical specialist BWA Water Additives has been sold for the second time in three years for around £ 185 million (US$ 300 million).
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Modern Water claims first FO commercial desalination contract
UK-based Modern Water has won what is believed to be the first ever forward-osmosis (FO) commercial contract for desalination, following its award of a UK£ 500,000 (US$ 810,000) contract for a 200 m³/d plant by Oman’s Public Authority for Electricity & Water (PAEW).
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Distributors the key to rapid growth
Genesys International seems to have been around much longer than the ten years they are celebrating in 2011. Based in the county of Cheshire, southwest of Manchester, UK, the company has steadily built its reputation as a developer, manufacturer and distributor of speciality chemicals for the desalination and membrane water treatment market. To mark the…