Tag: Wastewater Reuse
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Reuse irrigation cleared of antibiotic-resistance increase
Fears that antibiotic‑resistant bacteria are increased in the environment by the use of treated wastewater (TWW) for irrigation have been allayed by a study by researchers in Israel.
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Desalination / reuse part of large EIB loan to Spain
Desalination plants, water-reuse schemes and connections from them to water networks will be among schemes funded by a € 350 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to the Spanish government agency Acuamed.
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Western Australia’s GWR scheme moves nearer
Western Australia’s state government is to spend Aus$ 2.5 million (US$ 2.54 million) in 2012‑13 on preliminary design and investigation works to ensure that the Water Corporation is in a position to implement a groundwater replenishment scheme for Perth, should the trial be successful.
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VA Tech Wabag wins industrial reuse plant in Gujarat
Ultrafiltration (UF), reverse-osmosis (RO) and a membrane bioreactor (MBR) will all be part of a 32,420 m³/d effluent treatment and recycling plant to be built in India by Chennai-based VA Tech Wabag.
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West Basin adds water efficiency to reuse & desalination
West Basin Municipal Water District in southern California recently completed a Water Efficiency Master Plan that will double water savings from to 6 billion gallons (22,710 million m³) in 17 coastal Los Angeles cities by the year 2020.
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IDA World Congress exhibition booking open online
The International Desalination Association (IDA) announced on 11 June 2012 that the IDA World Congress 2013 exhibition application form and floor plan is now online.
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Dow to build RO membrane plant in Huzhou, China
A world-class manufacturing facility for Dow FilmTec™ reverse osmosis (RO) elements for desalination and water reuse is to be built in Huzhou, China, the Dow Chemical Co announced on 7 June 2012.
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New research on aquifer recharge for water reuse
Two reports have recently been published about research on the use of aquifer recharge as a method of wastewater reuse.
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Degrémont to run all Perth’s water and wastewater
France’s Degrémont, which built the first Perth desalination plant in 2006, is to operate and maintain all the Western Australian city’s water and wastewater assets for 10 years with a possible 5-year extension.
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Qatar’s GWSC to research MBRs for oil and gas water
The ConocoPhillips Global Water Sustainability Center (GWSC) in Qatar has been awarded a US$ 700,000 grant to research biological treatment of produced water from oil and gas using membrane bioreactors (MBRs).