Tag: USA
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Small-scale desalination pump combines energy-recovery
A high-pressure pump innovation developed for energy-efficient reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination of sea water and brackish water will be shown at the Water Quality Association’s WQA – Aquatech USA conference in Chicago during 18-20 March 2009.
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New oil-water reclamation company appoints CEO
STW Resources Inc (STWRI), a new company tackling polluted oilwell fracture water for reuse, has appointed Eric D Pedersen to the position of CEO and chairman. Pedersen succeeds Gene Brock, who is returning to his role as president.
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WERF seeks risk-taking researchers with imagination
The US Water Environment Research Foundation, through the Paul L Busch Award, is offering US$ 100,000 to encourage researchers working in wastewater, water reuse, biosolids, stormwater, watersheds, and other areas “to use their imagination, take risks, explore new directions, and ultimately realize the possibilities inherent in their valuable work”.
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Seccua and Hydranautics agree to co-operate
Ultrafiltration (UF) manufacturer Seccua GmbH and desalination membrane provider Nitto Denko/Hydranautics have signed a co-operative agreement to jointly develop new markets as well as to expand Hydranautics’ product range with 4 in (100 mm) UF modules supplied by Seccua.
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Additional funding for Coquina Coast desalination plan
The board of the St. Johns River Water Management District voted on 10 March 2009 to boost its support of the development of the Coquina coast regional seawater desalination facility in Flagler County, Florida, USA.
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US bill seeks major desalination research expansion
US Senate hearings began on 10 March 2009 into a bill on the relationship between energy and water which could have wide implications for desalination research, both in the US and internationally.
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AQWATEC opens onsite MBR wastewater reuse plant
The Colorado School of Mines (CSM) Advanced Water Treatment Center (AQWATEC) has opened a pilot-scale wastewater reuse facility in February 2009 on the US school’s campus in Golden.
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Membrane-based wastewater plant in US’s greenest condo
American Water’s Applied Water Management Group has completed design, procurement and construction of what is claimed to be the greenest high-rise residential condominium in the United States.
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Can buckyballs reduce desalination membrane biofouling?
The giant carbon molecule buckminsterfullerine (C60) or “buckyballs” has been found in research to hinder biofouling on membranes such as those used for desalination.
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Water-reuse funding may be used to counter drought
The US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on 26 February 2009 called on the Bureau of Reclamation to explore ways in which funds recently appropriated to Reclamation under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act for water reuse and other water projects might be used to help stretch California’s water supplies in the coming months.