Tag: United Kingdom
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UBS identifies companies with high water-supply risk
Water-intensive companies with high exposure to risk to their supplies of water are analysed in one of the Q-Series® reports available from investment bank UBS AG.
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Ras Az Zawr to have DAF/DMF pretreatment from Enpure
Pretreatment for the reverse osmosis (RO) section of the world’s largest seawater desalination plant at Ras Az Zawr (or Ras Azzour) in Saudi Arabia is to be by dissolved air flotation (DAF) and dual-media filtration (DMF).
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Flu pandemic response could harm water quality
An international research team has found that existing plans for antiviral and antibiotic use during a severe influenza pandemic could reduce wastewater treatment efficiency.
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Spatz joins board of Voltea Inc
The former chairman and CEO of Osmonics Inc, Dean Spatz, has joined the board of Voltea, the UK developer of capacitive deionization (CapDI) desalination.
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Nanotechnology safety research awards in USA and UK
Teams of researchers in the USA and the UK have been awarded a total of $12 million by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to support innovative research on the safety of nanotechnology.
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UK water nano group to be launched at February workshop
The programme has been announced for a UK nanotechnology for water event to be held at University College London (UCL) on 15 February 2011, which will provide an official launch for the EcoNano Focus Group.
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150,000 m³/d Thames estuary BWRO plant opens in London
To maintain the supply-demand balance within London, a 150,000 m /d reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination facility has been constructed to treat brackish water abstracted from the estuary of the river Thames. The plant is located on the north shore of the river at Beckton, east London, and was opened on 2 June 2010. The plant was…
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Scottish company wins order for North Sea RO units
Aberdeen-based Monitor Systems Scotland has won a contract to supply six 50 m³/d reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination units for three North Sea offshore platforms operated by TAQA Bratani, owned by Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PSJC.
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Seawater SS filter firm seeks pilot project partners
A stainless-steel filter specifically designed for the extremely corrosive environment of seawater and estuary water has been developed by Cross Manufacturing Co of the UK.
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Fazel joins Genesys as senior chemist
Max Fazel has joined UK desalination membrane chemicals manufacturer Genesys International in October as senior research chemist, based at the UK company’s Middlewich factory.