Tag: Water Reuse
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Report lists important factors in indirect water reuse
Utilities considering “purple pipe” non-potable water-reuse schemes should be aware of a number of important factors which could influence their decision, an upcoming report from the WateReuse Research Foundation (WRRF) will say.
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Bay Area desalination decision is only 9 months away
As the search for an acceptable regional desalination project in California’s Monterey peninsula spirals into an ever more confusing vortex of half-thought-out projects, court cases, name-calling and blame-laying, further north in the state, another regional desalination project is taking shape. The Bay Area Regional Desalination Project (BARDP) is a partnership formed by the San Francisco…
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Technical glitch forces IDA congress abstract extension
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has extended the deadline for receipt of papers for its 2013 World Congress in China due to technical difficulties in receiving abstracts.
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CH2M Hill reports to USEPA on industrial water use
Water reuse is one of a number of trends for water usage in American industry identified in a report just published by engineering company CH2M Hill for the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA).
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Loans for Texas town proposing direct potable reuse
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) on 20 September 2012 approved loans totalling US$ 12 million to the City of Brownwood from the Texas Water Development Fund to finance wastewater system improvements, including possible direct potable wastewater reuse (DPR).
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Testing starts on new French wastewater membrane
Testing has started on the first fibres to be developed under the French NEOPHIL project, which aims to develop a hollow-fibre membrane for urban wastewater treatment and reuse and set up a producing industry in France.
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Seprotech to acquire Canadian consulting group
Canadian membrane water treatment and reuse provider Seprotech Systems Incorporated has reached agreement to acquire 100% of WESA Group Inc, a professional services company with eight North American offices and one in El Salvador.
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Aquaporin eyes commercial membrane sales in 2013
Danish membrane treatment startup Aquaporin A/S is preparing for commercial sales of its Aquaporin Inside™ membranes by the end of 2013.
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Multi-barrier approach needed for Cryptosporidium – WRA
A multi-barrier approach will be needed in water reuse to guard against Cryptosporidium and Giardia occurrence and consequent health risks, says a new research report published by the WateResearch Association.
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Health risks from IPR ‘unlikely to be significant’ – study
The concentrations of residual contaminants in highly processed wastewaters in the USA that could be used for planned indirect potable reuse are, in general, so low that that it is unlikely that there would be any significant risks to health.