Tag: Water Reuse
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US govt funded 323 million m³ of water reuse in 2011
The US government has provided about US$ 231 million in federal funding for water reclamation and reuse projects since 2009, according to the latest report on the WaterSmart Program by the Department of the Interior.
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Project seeks to generate electricity/ammonia from urine
Work began in September 2012 at Wetsus, the Dutch centre of excellence for sustainable water technology, on a project funded by the European Union to generate electricity and recover ammonia from urine.
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WateReuse to look at storage for direct water reuse
A request for proposals was issued on 10 October 2012 by the WateReuse Research Foundation for development of recommendations for optimising storage systems for direct potable water reuse.
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Large RO membranes at heart of Scottsdale expansion
The 7.1 MGD (26,900 m³/d) expansion of the City of Scottsdale’s Water Campus Advanced Water Treatment (AWT) plant in Arizona, USA, is now fully operational creating a total of 20 MGD (75,700 m³/d) of reused wastewater.
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Nanomaterials for safer water reuse – Clarke Prize lecturer
Nanomaterials offer opportunities to develop next generation applications for drinking water disinfection and safer water reuse – this is the message that Dr Pedro Alvarez of Rice University will present in his 2012 Clarke Lecture in California on 2 November 2012.
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Papers called for 2013 reuse research conference
The WateReuse Research Foundations has issued a call for papers for its 17th Annual Water Reuse & Desalination Research Conference on 6‑7 May 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Dixon named CEO for Seven Seas Water
Robert D Dixon, formerly vice-president with Air Products & Chemical Inc, has been name CEO of Seven Seas Water Corporation, Florida-based specialists in the supply of potable, ultra-pure and reuse water.
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Veolia wastewater treatment lowers PPCPs and phosphorus
Veolia Water North America chose the Water Environment Federation’s annual WEFTEC conference in Chicago to release a study on 3 October 2012 showing successful removal of pharmaceuticals and phosphorus from wastewater using its Actiflo® Carb technology.
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X-Flow commissions Chinese produced-water projects
Three water-reuse projects for oilfields in China that use Pentair X-Flow ultrafiltration (UF) membrane technology have been commissioned recently.
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California considering CEC monitoring in water reuse
The California State Water Resources Control Board is to consider adding monitoring of constituents of emerging concern (CECs) to its requirements for recycled water at its board meeting on 16 October 2012.