Tag: Water Quality
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3rd International Desalination Workshop set for Jeju
The European Desalination Society and the Center for Seawater Desalination Plant are organising the 3rd International Seawater Desalination Workshop in Jeju, South Korea, taking place on 3-6 November 2010.
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USEPA tightens monitoring rule for TC in drinking water
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on 17 June 2010 that it is proposing to revise the 1989 Total Coliform Rule to incorporate improvements recommended by a federal advisory committee.
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Micropollutants web database launched in Texas
The Texas Tech University Center for Water Law and Policy Center has launched the Micropollutants Clearinghouse (www.micropollutants.org), a website that provides an online, publically accessible, research resource on the legal, regulatory, institutional, policy and related scientific aspects of micropollutants in freshwater systems.
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CCC to rule on Cambria desalination plant studies
California Coastal Commission (CCC) staff have advised the commission at its meeting this week to agree to a US Army Corps of Engineers proposal to test a beach in the Cambria region, near San Luis Obispo, for use as beach wells for a desalination plant.
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IDA announces nine new Gulf task force members
The importance now being accorded to the environment by the desalination industry was emphasized on 22 April 2010 when the International Desalination Association (IDA) announced the addition of nine distinguished scientists to its Gulf regional task force and an environmental symposium in Bahrain in December 2010.
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Desalination health and environment book to be published in June
A book on the health and environmental impacts of desalination is to be published by CRC Press in collaboration with the World Health Organization on 25 June 2010.
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More features added to Ultrameter II
The Ultrameter II, from Myron L Company in the USA, has been redesigned to include an LSI/hardness calculator, free-chlorine measurements and Bluetooth® data transfer.
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Membrane ‘summit’ will precede AMTA conference
The 2nd Osmosis Membrane Summit will precede this year’s annual conference of the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) in San Diego.
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June deadline for WERF award submissions
The deadline is 1 June 2010 for submissions for the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) Paul L Busch award.
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Modesto water quality project gets Siemens MBR equipment
Equipment for a 12.6 MGD (47,700 m³/d) membrane bioreactor (MBR) system is to be supplied to City of Modesto, California, USA, by Siemens Water Technologies for the Jennings Road Water Quality Control Facility.