Tag: USA
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Berman joins D&WR/IDA online symposium team
Tom Berman, research professor emeritus of the Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Israel, who is a leading expert on biofouling and transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in reverse osmosis, has been added to the speakers for the International Online Symposium on Pretreatment for Seawater Reverse-Osmosis Desalination.
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Alamagordo completes first stage of RO project
The City of Alamagordo in New Mexico, USA, announced on 26 March 2013 that it had completed Phase 1 of its Westside Infrastructure Improvements Project, which will eventually include a 6 MGD (22,700 m³/d) desalination plant.
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Finn Helmer appointed CEO of LiqTech International
Denmark’s LiqTech International Inc, manufacturer of silicon carbide membrane filtration technologies, announced the appointment of Finn Helmer as its new CEO on 27 March 2013.
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Florida city breaks ground on brackish RO project
The Florida city of Tarpon Springs broke ground on 25 March 2013 on a 5 MGD (19,000 m³/d) reverse-osmosis Alternative Water Supply Project.
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WateReuse Association develops ERD comparison tool
A spreadsheet tool to evaluate commercially available energy-recovery devices (ERDs) used in desalination or treatment of brackish water, seawater and wastewater effluent has been developed under a WateReuse Association (WRA) project just reported.
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Suez shake-up leaves Debon in charge of Degrémont
French desalination and water/wastewater contractor Degrémont is part of a reshuffle within parent company Suez Environnement that divides all operating activities under four deputy CEOs.
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LiqTech ties up oil & gas agreement with FMC
Denmark’s LiqTech International Inc announced on 25 March 2013 that it had entered into an agreement with US oilfield equipment and services company FMC Technologies Inc for the use of LiqTech’s silicon-carbide membrane technology for oil & gas applications.
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UK MBR specialist acquired by US filtration group
UK membrane bioreactor company Aquabio Limited was acquired by US industrial filtration specialists Freudenberg group on 1 March 2013.
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Dow collaborates on non-mechanical filter products
Dow Water & Process Solutions (DW&PS) has entered into a collaboration agreement with Ahlstrom Corporation to use the Finnish company’s Disruptor® technology for drinking water applications.
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Canadian municipalities buy nanofiltration systems
Nanofiltration drinking water production systems are to be supplied to two Canadian municipalities, Waterville and Eastman in Quebec, by H2O Innovation.