Tag: USA
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WateReuse Foundation seeks research funding preproposals
Desalination and water reuse research projects can seek funding from the WateReuse Foundation under its 2010 Unsolicited Research Program announced on 26 January 2010.
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UF units from Innovative bound for Arizona and Haiti
Eight ultrafiltration (UF) drinking water treatment plants are to be provided by Innovative Water Technologies Inc (IWT) for the Central Arizona Project in remote locations throughout Arizona, USA. Units are also being sent urgently to Haiti.
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Stover becomes Oasys vice-president of engineering
Rick Stover, whose exit from Energy Recovery Inc (ERI) was announced last week, joined Oasys, the developer of Engineered Osmosis™ systems for desalination, energy and resource recovery, as vice- president of engineering, on 19 January 2010.
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Coquina Coast plumps for land-based desalination
An interesting comparison between land- and ship-based desalination systems has been revealed in the Final Recommended Project Report submitted by consultants Malcolm Pirnie for the Coquina Coast Seawater Desalination Alternative Water Supply Project.
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Patented vented RO seal-carrier introduced
US desalination membrane manufacturer Nitto Denko/Hydranautics has introduced a vented seal-carrier design for all reverse-osmosis membrane elements, which prevents pressure shocks to the element shell and reduces element burst risk.
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Work starts on Queensland desalination plant
Preliminary work is beginning at the start of 2010 for a desalination plant to serve the Agnes Water and Seventeen Seventy communities in Queensland, Australia.
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United Water and Degremont Infilco set up new research base
Two US subsidiaries of Suez Environnement launched a four-project research venture worth US$ 1.2 million to advance innovative efforts in providing safe drinking water and state-of-the-art wastewater treatment.
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Monterey desalination plant moves forward
Desalinated water could come to the Monterey coast of California “as soon as 2012”, according to the Marina Coast Water District.
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Stover quits ERI ‘to pursue other endeavours’
Dr Richard Stover, one of the key figures in the rise of Energy Recovery Inc in the last decade, has resigned from the company “to pursue other endeavours”.
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USEPA provides US$ 10 million for water/wastewater research
Water reuse research will be in one of the key areas to be funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which is giving US$ 10 million to Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) to evaluate new technologies to help utilities cope with aging and failing water and wastewater systems.