Tag: Wastewater Treatment
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Oman’s submerged membrane bioreactor proves itself
Membrane bioreactors are a very attractive option in the Middle East, where acute water scarcity means countries are increasingly looking to reserve expensive desalinated water solely for potable use. ACWA MBR’s Al Ansab submerged membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment plant in Muscat, Oman, one of the biggest of its kind in the world, has recently undergone…
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AMTA lists tech transfer and AWWA events
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) has fixed dates for technology-transfer workshops this year including a joint event with the South West Membrane Operators Association (SWMOA),
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Large MBR plant opens in Oman next week
Oman’s Haya Water plans next week to officially open the Al Ansab water treatment plant, which has a large membrane bioreactor (MBR) at its heart and is the main part of the Bausher Water Reuse Project.
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UF and NF development target for Mann & Hummel
German membrane filtration specialist Mann & Hummel is setting up a second research laboratory in Singapore, where its water division is based, to support production and sales on-site.
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Ontario signs advanced water research MoU with Singapore
Advanced clean water research and development is to be undertaken under a strategic alliance between PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, and the Government of Ontario, Canada.
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Giant Turkish landfill leachate plants use UF and MBR
On 17 August 2010, Norit X-Flow and ISTA (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Environmental Protection & Waste Materials Valuation Industry) celebrated the handover of a notable wastewater treatment project: the treatment of leachate from the Istanbul landfill in Odayeri and Kömürcüoda. The installation has become the largest membrane leachate plant in the world and involves the most…
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Montana developer gains patent for ion-exchange desalination process
An ion-exchange process for removal of salts from wastewater has been issued with a patent for its developer Drake Water Technologies Inc (DWT), of Montana, USA.
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Chinese industrial wastewater job won by United Envirotech
Singapore-based United Envirotech Ltd, a membrane-based water and wastewater treatment company, announced on 8 February 2011 that it had signed a transfer-operate-transfer agreement with the management committee of the Nanpu Economic Development Zone in China to provide a 80,000 m³/d wastewater treatment plant and a 40,000 m³/d wastewater recycling plant.
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Industry Interview:
How IDE uses innovation to stay ahead of the fieldThe recent EuroMed conference in Tel Aviv organized by the European Desalination Society provided an ideal chance for the industry to meet the key players in the burgeoning Israeli desalination industry on their home ground. D&WR editor Robin Wiseman spoke to Avshalom Felber, CEO of IDE Technologies about technology and how his company kept at…
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Seprotech appoints new CEO and president
Ottawa-based Seprotech Systems Inc, developer of CrystalBlue™ membrane-based water recycling systems, announced a new chairman and CEO on 27 January 2011,