Tag: Wastewater Treatment
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Lahmeyer acquires IDP Consult of Philippines
German consulting group Lahmeyer announced on 15 June 2012 that it had acquired a majority interest in IDP Consult of the Philippines.
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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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ACWA appoints nanotechnology membrane specialist
UK water and wastewater specialist ACWA Services announced on 6 June 2012 that it has appointed a membrane nanotechnology specialist, Dr Oscar Hernandez-Ramirez as a chemical process engineer.
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Water Institute of Texas formed to combine research
Desalination processes and plant improvements, aquifer storage and recovery, and wastewater treatment are among the topics to be studied by researchers at the newly formed Water Institute of Texas (WIT) in San Antonio, USA.
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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).
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AMTA workshop to look at SCADA and PLCs
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) is to hold a technology transfer workshop on SCADA/Instrumentation & Controls for Membrane Facilities in Fairfax, Virginia, on 17‑18 July 2012.
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Oman water-reuse contract awarded by Haya Water
Oman’s Haya Water awarded a RO 26.7 million (US$ 69.6 million) contract on 21 May 2012 to Contractors Union Co to construct the second phase of a water-reuse project in Al Qurum and Madinat Al Ilam areas in Muscat Governorate.
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World Bank publishes report on Arab water reuse
Total water reuse in the Arab world is estimated at 2,170 million m³ per year, according to a report just published by the World Bank summarising the findings of the Expert Consultation Meeting on Wastewater Management in the Arab World, convened in Dubai in May 2011.