Tag: Water Quality
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Papers invited for Singapore Water Week
Papers have been invited by 15 November 2009 for the 3-day conference during 29 June – 1 July 2010 that is one of the flagship events for the Singapore International Water Week.
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Three desalination workshops follow IDA World Congress
Three different aspects of desalination will be covered in workshops announced on 10 September 2009 by the International Desalination Association (IDA), which will follow its upcoming World Congress in Dubai.
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MD developer seeking US powerplant partners
Swedish membrane distillation (MD) manufacturer Scarab AB is seeking US powerplant operators to allow it to demonstrate the technology’s ability to convert waste streams to feedwater using waste heat from turbines and engines.
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Marin board approves 5-15 MGD desalination plant
The board of the Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) in California, USA, approved on 19 August 2009 a 5 MGD (19,000 m³/d) desalination plant expandable to 15 MGD (57,000 m³/d) as one of its potential future water supply sources.
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Bulk-water textbook models ripped up by new research
New research using high-powered x-rays has revealed that the textbook molecular model of bulk water at ambient conditions is incorrect.
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West Basin desalination demo could begin next year
Construction could begin in 2010 on the Ocean-Water Desalination Demonstration Project at Redondo Beach near Los Angeles, California, the West Basin Municipal Water District announced on 30 July 2009.
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Study starts on salinity reclamation of W Australian river
Mitigation measures such as desalination and diversion could be proposed for the Collie river basin in Western Australia as a result of an independent review of possible strategies for salinity recovery, which has just been started by consultants KPMG and Worley Parsons.
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Poseidon signs two VPs and construction director
Three experienced US water industry personnel have joined Poseidon Resources, following the departure of Nikolay Voutchkov earlier this year, the company announced on 20 July 2009.
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Simple small UF water filter good for disaster relief
Ultrafiltration using Ultrason E 6029 p polyethersulfon resin manufactured by BASF is being used in a simple family water purification system made by Swiss company Vestergaard Frandsen.
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San Diego wastewater reuse demonstration to continue
San Diego City Council voted on 7 July 2009 to continue a $12 million wastewater indirect potable reuse demonstration project which would take purified sewage water from the North City Water Reclamation Plant and pump it into the San Vincente Reservoir to augment drinking water supplies.