Tag: Wastewater Reuse
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Technology to beat fracking regulations
Altela Inc released data on 18 May 2011 showing that its treatment technology can treat wastewater from gas shale drilling to comply with Pennsylvania state regulations coming into force the next day.
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Water reuse in Sao Paulo agreement with Israel
Water reuse was near the top of a long list of issues for discussion when Israel’s minister of industry, trade and labor, Shalom Simhon, signed a technical cooperation agreement on 16 May 2011 with Sabesp, the water utility for the state of Sao Paolo, Brazil.
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California advanced treatment projects get Reclamation funding
The US Bureau of Reclamation has selected eight desalination/water reuse construction projects in California for funding under the WaterSMART Title XVI Water Reclamation & Reuse Program.
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WRF webcasts look at water reuse and the public
Two webcasts related to the way water reuse is seen by the general public have been announced by the WateReuse Research Foundation.
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Nine projects get Reclamation feasibility funding
The Camp Pendleton desalination project in California is one of nine advanced water treatment and reuse projects in three US states selected for feasibility-study funding by the Bureau of Reclamation.
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MBR plant part of new Muscat wastewater reuse program
Work has started in Muscat, Oman, on the Darsait Wastewater Treatment plant, part of the first phase of the Muttrah Water Reuse Project.
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Reuse plant eases Melbourne’s water demand
The Aus$ 48 million (US$ 52.6 million) recycled water plant in Altona, Australia, was commissioned on 19 April 2011 by Victoria state’s minister for water, Peter Walsh.
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ACWA wins two membrane-based projects in Saudi
Two separate contracts for membrane-based water and wastewater projects in Saudi Arabia have been awarded to ACWA Emirates LLC of Dubai.
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US Army launches Net Zero water, waste and energy initiative
The US Army identified six of its camps on 19 April 2011 to become “net zero” water installations – limiting consumption of freshwater resources and returning water back to the same watershed so as not to deplete annual water resources in that region in quantity and quality.
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Direct potable reuse report published by WateReuse
The WateReuse Research Foundation (WRF) has published a report identifying information and research required to promote direct potable reuse (DPR) – the introduction of purified water into a water-supply distribution system or a raw-water supply immediately upstream of a water treatment plant.