Tag: Water Reuse
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San Diego IPR demonstration project held up
Approval of a contract with Camp Dresser & McKee (CDM) for construction of an indirect potable water-reuse demonstration project in San Diego failed to pass a meeting of the Californian city’s Natural Resources & Culture (NRC) committee on 16 June 2010.
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UF/MBR wastewater reuse technology developed in UK
UK company Aquabio, which has specialised in industrial water reuse since 1998, uses its own crossflow membrane bioreactors (MBRs) as the ‘core’ process in a trio of wastewater treatment alternatives utilising ultrafiltration (UF).
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GE signs up for Indian industry wastewater reuse partnership
GE and Ramky Enviro Engineers, the Indian environment and waste management organization, have signed emergency water and industrial wastewater treatment agreements specifically designed to address India’s industrial wastewater treatment and recycling needs.
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Sustainable Réunion wastewater plant to use MF
Microfiltration will be used as part of a modern wastewater treatment plant on the island of Réunion to be built under a concession awarded by the Réunion North Interdistrict Community to a consortium led by Veolia Water.
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WRF becomes WRRF
The WateReuse Foundation announced a change of name to the WateReuse Research Foundation at its research and desalination conference in Tampa, Florida, USA on 24 May 2010
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Forward osmosis takes another forward step
Commercialization of a high-performance forward-osmosis (FO) membrane, as a next step towards the introduction of disruptive, lower cost desalination and water reuse technology, was announced on 10 May 2010 by Oasys Water Inc of Cambridge, USA.
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Large wastewater expansion in Qatar to use UF
Indian engineering and construction company Larsen & Toubro announced on 11 May 2010 that its business unit had secured a contract for Doha South Sewage Treatment Works, Qatar, involving ultrafiltration technology.
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Philippine/Japanese consortium buys UU Australia
United Utilities Australia Pty Ltd, which is involved in several membrane-based desalination and water reuse projects in Australia, has been bought by a consortium including Manila Water of the Philippines and Mitubishi Corp and JGC Corporation of Japan.
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NEWater plant No 5 opened in Singapore
Singapore’s fifth and largest NEWater wastewater reuse plant was officially opened by Singapore’s senior minister, Goh Chok Tong, on 3 May 2010.
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MD plant to be used for contaminant removal trials
Membrane distillation (MD) is to be used by IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and the Royal Institute of Technology, both in Stockholm, Sweden, for removal of a large range of contaminants in water and wastewater, notably pharmaceuticals, and also desalination discharges.