Tag: Wastewater Treatment
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USBF/MBR system allows Canadian wastewater reuse
A wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) expansion featuring an upward sludge blanket filter (USBF) combined with a membrane bioreactor (MBR) has been completed at Snug Cove on Bowen Island in British Columbia, Canada.
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Veolia funding recycled-water research in Queensland
Unitywater, a water distributor/retailer in Queensland, Australia, is working with researchers from the University of Queensland’s Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC) and Veolia Water to investigate new methods of purifying treated wastewater at its Caboolture Sewage Treatment Plant (STP).
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Big energy-savings as giant MBR opens near Seattle
What is claimed to be the world’s largest membrane bioreactor (MBR) installation was opened on 24 September 2011 at the Brightwater Wastewater Treatment Plant near Seattle in the US Pacific Northwest.
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UK piloting water-polishing using algae
The University of Bath in the UK is running a pilot plant with environmental innovation company Aragreen to demonstrate the effectiveness of algae as a water-polishing technology.
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STS wins Tianjin denitrification contract
Pennsylvania-based Severn Trent Services has received a contract to provide its Tetra® Denite® denitrification system for the Zhang Gui Zhuang Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Tianjin, China.
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November deadline for Singapore convention abstracts
A deadline of 15 November 2011 has been set for the receipt of abstracts for the Water Convention at the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) in July 2012.
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Research project proposals requested by WRRF
Two requests for proposals (RFPs) for research projects were issued by the WateReuse Research Foundation on 8 September 2011 under the Foundation’s Solicited Research Program and Feasibility Studies Program. Research contractors will be selected through a competitive process.
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Koch to introduce new MBR at WEFTEC
Koch Membrane Systems Inc (KMS) – one of two* notable absentees at the International Desalination Association’s World Congress exhibition in Perth – announced on 7 September 2011 that its latest Puron™ membrane bioreactor (MBR) filtration modules would be introduced at WEFTEC 2011 on 15-19 October 2011 in Los Angeles.
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Parkson appoints international business director
Water recycling and treatment specialist Parkson Corporation has named Dr Michael Lamminen to a new post of international business director to market the company’s lineup of cost-efficient and environmentally-sustainable technology around the world.
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MBR plant at heart of United Environtech contract in China
A 50,000 m³/d membrane-based wastewater treatment plant is to be built in Jiangsu Province, China, by United Envirotech of Singapore under a contract worth RMB 220 million (US$ 34.5 million).