Tag: USA
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AMTA to bid for 2015 IDA World Congress
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) has told D&WR that it will be bidding to stage the International Desalination Association (IDA) World Congress in 2015.
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New AMTA/AWWA convention set for Las Vegas in 2014
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) has announced that it has reached an interim agreement with the American Water Works Association (AWWA) to renew their combined desalination and water treatment membrane event for 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Napolitano seeks to reauthorize US desalination act
A bill, HR 745, to reauthorize the 1996 Water Desalination Act was introduced in the US House of Representatives by California representative Grace Napolitano on 15 February 2013.
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Aquatech to set up Pennsylvania oil & gas facility
Aquatech International Corp has been granted a permit to operate a central treatment facility for regional shale gas producers in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA, using its MoSuite™ set of technologies.
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Mojave desert utility to build twin MBR plants
Two identical membrane bioreactor plants are being planned by the Victor Valley Water Reclamation Authority (VVWRA) on the edge of the Mojave desert east of Los Angeles, USA.
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Concentrate disposal reference report published by WRA
The WateReuse Association has published a report that it hopes will function as a knowledge base on desalination concentrate disposal for regulators, consultants and engineering companies involved in municipal desalination concentrate management.
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Fox to lead Seven Seas business development
Ian Fox is leaving AES Corporation to become senior vice president, international business development for Florida-based Seven Seas Water Corp, desalination, water and wastewater treatment specialists.
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WRA completes IPR risk assessment project
The project set up by the WateReuse Association to look at the risks involved in indirect potable water reuse (IPR) and storage has completed its third and final part and a report has now been published.
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Huntingdon Beach desalination water cost estimated
Poseidon Resources estimates the cost of drinking water produced at its proposed 189,000 m³/d Huntington Beach facility in southern California to be US$ 1,424/acre-ft (US$ 1.15/m³) in January 2013 dollars.
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ERD comparison tool developed by WateReuse project
A tool to allow engineers to evaluate commercially available energy-recovery devices (ERDs) for reverse-osmosis (RO) systems has been developed under a research project funded by the WateReuse Research Foundation.