Tag: Water Quality
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Contamination security white papers released in USA
New security technologies for detecting and monitoring water supplies could be developed as a result of a contamination warning system (CWS) demonstration pilot project in the USA undertaken by CH2M Hill and the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD).
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Carollo selected for Texas DPR health check
Carollo Engineers has been selected by the Texas Water Development Board to carry out detailed public health analysis of the first direct potable water reuse (DPR) facility in the USA.
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IDE/Clean Harbours tie-up aims at oil sands clean-up
Desalination designer and constructor IDE Technologies Ltd and US waste and wastewater specialist Clean Harbors today announced a joint research and development (R&D) program to increase the availability and reliability of mechanical vapor compression (MVC) evaporators for treating oil sands produced water in Alberta, Canada.
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Alabama institute to research fracking water treatment
Alabama-based Southern Research Institute is to develop, and demonstrate the performance of technologies that will advance shale‑gas hydraulic‑fracturing water treatment in order to produce National Pollution Discharge Elimination System quality water.
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ASTM to develop standard for fracking water quality
The US standards body ASTM International is to develop standards to be used by contract laboratories, water utilities and other requiring or developing methods for hydraulic fracturing in the oil & gas industry.
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Ion exchange + ceramic MF for UK water treatment plant
A water treatment plant using suspended ion-exchange (SIX) and ceramic microfiltration is to be built by the UK’s South West Water using CeraMac technology from PWN Technologies of the Netherlands.
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In-pipe monitor shows up flaws in DPD testing
Comparison of in-pipe water quality data in a desalination plant using a Intellisondes™ multi-parameter monitor, instead of subjecting grab samples to a photometer tablet (DPD) test, successfully identified what caused spikes in free chlorine.
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2015 World Water Forum will be held in South Korea
The World Water Council has announced that the next World Water Forum will be held in Daegu – Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea.
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Veolia to build Saudi Arabia’s largest UF/RO plant
The largest ultrafiltration (UF) and reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plant in Saudi Arabia is to be built for Marafiq, the country’s leading water and electricity services operator, by Veolia Water.
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Veolia in water-quality monitoring research partnership
French water giant Veolia Environnement and has initiated a research partnership with industrial microbiology specialist bioMérieux to develop an innovative monitoring system for drinking water quality.