Tag: Wastewater Treatment
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WaterMatch website launched to encourage water reuse
Engineering company CH2M Hill has launched a social networking site that promotes the beneficial reuse of municipal effluent for industrial and agricultural use at the local level.
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WERF awards Michigan State membrane researcher
The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) has given its Paul L Busch Award, its largest prize for a research project for water in arid areas, to Volodymyr Tarabara, associate professor of environmental engineering at Michigan State University.
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STS appoints new European business manager
Severn Trent Services announced on 21 October 2011 that Enric Cardoner is to be the new general manager for its Water Purification group in Europe.
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US to develop natural-gas wastewater standards
Over the coming months, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to begin the process of developing a proposed standard for wastewater discharges produced by natural-gas extraction from underground coalbed and shale formations.
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GE reveals two-year LEAPmbr demo results
Results from a two-year membrane bioreactor (MBR) demonstration project, unveiled by GE at the WEFTEC event in the USA on 17 October 2011, reveal the company’s new LEAPmbr technology considerably outperforms its existing MBR systems.
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Joint venture aims to treat Texas frac water
A joint venture to treat brackish/produced water sources has been set up in Texas by STW Resources Holding Corp and CK Investments Energy Company (CKI).
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Giant Mexican tuna cannery chooses MBR after pilot test
One of the world’s largest tuna canneries in Mexico is installing a full-scale MeurerMBR membrane bioreactor following a successful pilot test.
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GE allies with cleaning and sanitation company
Following a successful pilot program, GE and Diversey, a business unit of Sealed Air Corp, announced an alliance on 11 October 2011 to deliver water and energy-management services to Diversey’s cleaning and sanitation customers around the world.
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UV treatment firm expands global representatives
Ultraviolet water treatment specialist NeoTech Aqua Solutions has added three companies to its global network of representatives.
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United Envirotech buys Xinmin wastewater concession
Membrane treatment specialist United Envirotech Ltd (UEL) announced on 3 October 2011 that the group has exercised a call option to acquire the entire equity interest of Tongji Environmental (China) Pte Ltd, the holding company for Aton Environmental (Shenyang) Co Ltd, for RMB 34.03 million (US$ 5.34 million).