Tag: Wastewater Reuse
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Perth groundwater replenishment project gets go-ahead
The Western Australia state government announced on 1 August 2013 that it was adopting groundwater replenishment with reused municipal and industrial wastewater to help secure Perth’s water supplies.
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Ceramic MD focus in one of three new WRRF reports
The WateReuse Research Foundation in the USA recently released three new reports, including one on direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) using ceramic membranes:
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WateReuse RfP seeks to establish fail-safe DPR plants
The WateReuse Research Foundation (WRRF) has issued a request for proposals to develop design, operational and response practices to work towards a fail-safe operation for a direct potable reuse (DPR) wastewater plant.
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IDE/Clean Harbours tie-up aims at oil sands clean-up
Desalination designer and constructor IDE Technologies Ltd and US waste and wastewater specialist Clean Harbors today announced a joint research and development (R&D) program to increase the availability and reliability of mechanical vapor compression (MVC) evaporators for treating oil sands produced water in Alberta, Canada.
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WERF seeking proposals for water resource‑recovery
The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) in the USA is issuing requests for proposals (RFPs) for research to further understanding of the recovery of macro-nutrients, energy and water from wastewater.
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Australia’s MAK Water buys Clearmake for expansion
Australian reverse-osmosis desalination manufacturer MAK Industrial Water Systems has acquired Queensland-based Clearmake Water Treatment & Recycling Solutions as part of a national expansion strategy across Australia.
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Escobar appointed as editor-in-chief of IDA journal
Dr Isabel Escobar of the University of Toledo, Ohio, USA, has been appointed by the International Desalination Association (IDA) to succeed Dr Jim Birkett as editor-in-chief of the IDA Journal of Desalination & Water Reuse.
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Alabama institute to research fracking water treatment
Alabama-based Southern Research Institute is to develop, and demonstrate the performance of technologies that will advance shale‑gas hydraulic‑fracturing water treatment in order to produce National Pollution Discharge Elimination System quality water.
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ASTM to develop standard for fracking water quality
The US standards body ASTM International is to develop standards to be used by contract laboratories, water utilities and other requiring or developing methods for hydraulic fracturing in the oil & gas industry.
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Details published of AMTA/SCMA Texas workshop
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) has released details of the technology transfer workshop it is holding in Texas in September in conjunction with the South Central Membrane Association.