Tag: USA
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WateReuse RFP seeks to advance DPR take‑up
The WateReuse Research Foundation has issued a request for proposals under its Solicited Research Program and Feasibility Studies Program for a communication plan for promoting direct potable reuse (DPR).
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IDE in talks with Hawaii desalination plant proposer
Desalination designer and builder IDE Technologies has confirmed to D&WR that it has been talking with billionaire Larry Ellison, who is proposing to build a 2.5 MGD (9,500 m³/d) seawater desalination plant on the island of Lanai.
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Nuverra/Haliburton accord on produced-water treatment
Nuverra Environmental Solutions Inc, which until mid-May 2013 was known as Heckmann Corporation, announced on 15 July 2013 that it has entered into an agreement with Halliburton to advance the treatment and recycling of produced water to be reused in the hydraulic fracturing process.
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Quinn to lead STS regional treatment operations
Severn Trent Services has appointed UK mechanical engineer Lawrence Quinn as vice president, regional operations for water treatment technologies.
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UTA-Marburg desalination research paper published
A paper on the technique termed Electrochemically Mediated Seawater Desalination, now being developed as the WaterChip™ by US start-up company Okeanos Technologies, was published on 16 June 2013 in the journal Angewandte Chemie (Wiley).
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West Basin studies distribution of desalinated water
Southern California’s West Basin Water District is conducting a study on how ultra-pure water, made through seawater desalination, could be introduced into existing tap water distribution systems.
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Wastewater reuse in new USEPA-Singapore agreement
The US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has signed an agreement with Singapore’s national water agency, PUB, to collaborate on sustainable urban water management, including water reuse and resource recovery from wastewater.
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Governor signs bill to implement Texas water plan
A bill signed by the governor of the state of Texas, USA, on 28 May 2013 will help promote innovative water reuse and conservation in the state as it implements the State Water Plan.
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New Dow factory meets growing particle filter demand
On 3 April 2013 , Dow Water & Process Solutions announced the opening of a commercial-scale manufacturing facility for the Tequatic Plus fine particle filter in Menlo Park, California, which is designed to meet growing demand for its line of F-50, F‑75 and F‑150 models. This filter can be used in pretreatment before reverse osmosis…
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Singapore and Tianjin next IDA Academy venues
Singapore is the venue for the next course in the schedule of the International Desalination Association (IDA) Academy.