Tag: Water Reuse
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WRF issues desalination and reuse RFPs
The WateReuse Foundation in the USA issued two new Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for desalination and water reuse research projects on 1 April 2009:
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GE and Singapore university agree to study low-energy desalination
New solutions for low-energy seawater desalination will be one area of research resulting from an agreement announced on 19 March 2009 between the National University of Singapore (NUS) and GE Water.
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Membrane research at new Irish center in US
Irish wastewater treatment company Bord na Mona is to open a US innovation center, which, as well as promoting the company’s products, will also undertake number of research initiatives in the areas of tertiary membrane treatment and phosphorus/nitrogen reduction.
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New oil-water reclamation company appoints CEO
STW Resources Inc (STWRI), a new company tackling polluted oilwell fracture water for reuse, has appointed Eric D Pedersen to the position of CEO and chairman. Pedersen succeeds Gene Brock, who is returning to his role as president.
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WERF seeks risk-taking researchers with imagination
The US Water Environment Research Foundation, through the Paul L Busch Award, is offering US$ 100,000 to encourage researchers working in wastewater, water reuse, biosolids, stormwater, watersheds, and other areas “to use their imagination, take risks, explore new directions, and ultimately realize the possibilities inherent in their valuable work”.
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King Saud University seeks wastewater-reuse know-how
Dr Gerhard Schories, technical director of the Water, Energy & Land Use Management Department at ttz Bremerhaven, Gemany, has been appointed to the Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Chair for Water Research (PKC) at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
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Doyen of Japanese desalination retiring
Dr Totaro Goto, former managing director of the Water Re-use Desalination Center (WDRC) in Japan and a former member of the D&WR Editorial Board, is to retire from the center at the end of March.
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West Australia looks at five desalination options
The Water Corporation in Western Australia is looking at five options for desalination as part of its draft plan Water Forever: Directions for Our Water Future published on 9 March 2009 for public comment.
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AQWATEC opens onsite MBR wastewater reuse plant
The Colorado School of Mines (CSM) Advanced Water Treatment Center (AQWATEC) has opened a pilot-scale wastewater reuse facility in February 2009 on the US school’s campus in Golden.
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Membrane-based wastewater plant in US’s greenest condo
American Water’s Applied Water Management Group has completed design, procurement and construction of what is claimed to be the greenest high-rise residential condominium in the United States.