Tag: Wastewater Treatment
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Innovation conference part of new Amsterdam water week
Amsterdam’s biennial Aquatech exhibition, the leading water exhibition in Europe, has been subsumed into an International Water Week like those in Stockholm and Singapore.
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Israeli wastewater-electricity startup uses microbial fuel cell
An Israeli startup company producing wastewater-to-electricity technology has received investment from GE and other major global players in its latest funding round, announced on 28 June 2011.
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Spanish water investment to hit € 1.2 billion this year
Desalination and water reuse projects are likely to be among the new water infrastructure projects worth € 700 million due to be tendered by Spain’s Ministry for Environment & Rural & Marine Affairs (MARM) in the second half of 2011.
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China’s Tri-Tech acquires Wisconsin desalination provider
Desalination and wastewater treatment provider J&Y International Inc, based in Wisconsin, USA, was acquired by subsidiaries of Tri-Tech Holding Inc of China on 9 June 2011.
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Canada’s largest MBR plant will have GE membranes
A 36,000 m³/d expanded membrane bioreactor will be at the heart of an upgraded wastewater treatment plant for the city of Brandon in Manitoba, Canada.
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Degremont-Marubeni JV wins Doha wastewater reuse extension
Qatar’s Public Works Authority has awarded a € 65 million contract for expanding the Doha West membrane-based wastewater treatment and recycling plant to a joint venture of France’s Degrémont and Japan’s Marubeni Corporation.
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Amiad filters provide pretreatment in Brazilian UF reuse project
Disc filters are to be supplied by Amiad Filtration Systems Ltd to protect ultrafiltration membranes in the Aquapolo tertiary wastewater treatment and reuse project in São Paulo, Brazil.
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WERF seeking research funding pre-proposals by July
The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) has invited pre-proposals by 14 July 2011 for funding of up to US$ 530,000 dollars (in total) under its Unsolicited Research Program.
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Dutch government funding CapDI development for reuse
The development of the Capacitive Deionisation (CapDI) desalination system for wastewater recycling is to be funded specifically for agricultural use by a € 1.2 million order for Voltea BV awarded on 26 May 2011 by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure & the Environment (MIE).
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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.