Tag: USA
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Santa Cruz council approves desalination study
The council of the City of Santa Cruz, California, authorized the city manager on 14 September 2010 to execute an agreement with Camp Dresser & McKee worth US$ 4,134,464 for preparation of plans and specifications for the city’s proposed seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plant.
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New R&D site, new scientists for HTI
Forward-osmosis membrane manufacturer Hydration Technology Innovations, LLC (HTI) has opened a new membrane research and development (R&D) facility in Corvallis, Oregon, USA, and hired two accomplished PhD scientists.
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IDA finalises Huntington Beach desalination energy conference topics
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has finalised the speakers and topics for its new-style conference Desalination: An Energy Solution, which is being held on 2-3 November 2010 in Huntington Beach, California, the city likely to host the USA’s next large desalination plant after Carlsbad.
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Huntington Beach revised desalination EIS approved
Council members of the City of Huntington Beach in California, USA, on 7 September 2010 approved a revised environmental impact study for the 50 MGD (189,000 m³/d) seawater desalination plant proposed by Poseidon Resources.
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AECOM wins membrane treatment plants in Florida
A 6 MGD (22,700 m³/d) membrane brackish-water treatment plant and a 3.5 MGD (13,250 m³/d) membrane water-reclamation facility are to be designed and built by AECOM Technology Corporation under a US$ 101 million design/build contract by the town of Davie, Florida, USA.
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EPA publishes CEC-removal studies database
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the USA has published Treating Contaminants Of Emerging Concern, an extensive review of recent literature on wastewater treatment technologies and their ability to remove a number of chemical contaminants of emerging concern (CECs).
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Veolia to run Hollister MBR wastewater plant
The City of Hollister in northern California, USA, has appointed Veolia North America to run its 2.1 MGD (80,000 m³/d) membrane bioreactor (MBR) wastewater treatment system under a US$ 100 million contract announced on 24 August 2010.
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San Diego’s IPR demonstration project now has web page
The City of San Diego, which could be the first city in the USA to use indirect potable water reuse for drinking water, has updated the reuse information on its website and added a page for the renamed Water Purification Demonstration Project.
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Papers called for AMTA-SEDA joint conference in Miami
A call has been issued for papers for the joint 2011 American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) annual conference and exposition with the Southeast Desalting Association (SEDA).
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Containerized membrane systems launched in California
Stan Lueck, whose company RODI Systems Corp has been selling membrane-based water treatment and desalination systems out of Aztec, New Mexico, USA, has become CEO of Desal America based in Moss Landing, California.