Tag: USA
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AMTA and AWWA announce ward winners
The American Membrane Technology Association and the American Water Works Association recently announced the winners of four awards at this year’s Membrane Technology Conference & Exposition.
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H2O Innovation commissions its biggest ultrafiltration project
H2O Innovation has commissioned a 45,400 m³/d ultrafiltration (UF) project for the Clifton Water District, Colorado under a design and build project – its largest to date.
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Eight water groups press US government to up focus on reuse
The WateReuse Association has joined seven other water sector organisations in pressing the US Bureau of Reclamation to use some of its US$ 100 million in new drought funds to invest in water reuse.
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Conwed hits half a century
Plastic netting manufacturing giant, Conwed, hits 50 this year. Minneapolis-based Conwed has, since its launch in 1966, developed netting solutions for industrial and consumer products worldwide including, in recent years, desalination membranes.
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US water recycling research bodies to merge
US research bodies, Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) and the WateReuse Research Foundation (WRRF), have unveiled plans to merge both organisations.
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Water Planet wins produced water contracts
Water treatment technology firm, Water Planet, has won a contact to provide industrial wastewater treatment and reuse systems for two recycling centres in California, USA that could recycle oil and gas industry produced water at nearly 20 Ml/d.
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Fort forges ahead with reuse project
The first water reuse project in Oklahoma state is reported to be making headway at the US army’s post at Fort Sill.
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A small world
In the time it takes to get a couple of projects underway RWL Water has emerged as a global player in water treatment. The company s energetic chief, Henry Charrab , talks about the attractions of the small as well as agility and foresight in the face of risk and how he still hasn t…
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Global green group seeks to carve carbon emissions out of desalination
The Global Clean Water Desalination Alliance - H₂0 minus CO₂ initiative, launched at the current climate talks in Paris, has called on its 17-nation membership to use clean energy to power new desalination plants. The call was part of the alliance’s aim to tackle the water-energy nexus and climate change.
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Illinois researchers identify ultra efficient membrane material
University of Illinois engineers have claimed to have identified a nanoporous material that could be deployed in desalination with greater efficiency promise than graphene.