Tag: Wastewater Reuse
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CH2M Hill reports to USEPA on industrial water use
Water reuse is one of a number of trends for water usage in American industry identified in a report just published by engineering company CH2M Hill for the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA).
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Loans for Texas town proposing direct potable reuse
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) on 20 September 2012 approved loans totalling US$ 12 million to the City of Brownwood from the Texas Water Development Fund to finance wastewater system improvements, including possible direct potable wastewater reuse (DPR).
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Testing starts on new French wastewater membrane
Testing has started on the first fibres to be developed under the French NEOPHIL project, which aims to develop a hollow-fibre membrane for urban wastewater treatment and reuse and set up a producing industry in France.
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Seprotech to acquire Canadian consulting group
Canadian membrane water treatment and reuse provider Seprotech Systems Incorporated has reached agreement to acquire 100% of WESA Group Inc, a professional services company with eight North American offices and one in El Salvador.
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Partners sought for breakthrough microbial fuel-cell trials
A researcher at Oregon State University (OSU) in the USA is currently discussing with several companies potential collaboration over the development of a microbial fuel cell, which the university claims can produce 10-50 times more electricity from wastewater by volume than most other approaches.
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Multi-barrier approach needed for Cryptosporidium – WRA
A multi-barrier approach will be needed in water reuse to guard against Cryptosporidium and Giardia occurrence and consequent health risks, says a new research report published by the WateResearch Association.
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Health risks from IPR ‘unlikely to be significant’ – study
The concentrations of residual contaminants in highly processed wastewaters in the USA that could be used for planned indirect potable reuse are, in general, so low that that it is unlikely that there would be any significant risks to health.
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Texas moves towards direct potable reuse
The US state of Texas has taken a step towards direct potable water reuse (DPR) with the Texas Water Development Board awarding a study project to Alan Plummer Associates Inc, consultants based in the state.
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Aquatech system reuses Indian auto-plant effluent
A contract to provide a membrane-based effluent recycling system for an automotive manufacturing facility located in North India’s National Capital Region (NCR) has been awarded to Aquatech.
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WRRF seeks info on Legionella in water-reuse
The WateReuse Research Foundation (WRRF) has issued a request for proposals for carrying out its project Development of a Risk Management Strategy for Legionella in Recycled Water Systems (WateReuse-12-05).