Tag: Water Treatment
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IDE/Clean Harbours tie-up aims at oil sands clean-up
Desalination designer and constructor IDE Technologies Ltd and US waste and wastewater specialist Clean Harbors today announced a joint research and development (R&D) program to increase the availability and reliability of mechanical vapor compression (MVC) evaporators for treating oil sands produced water in Alberta, Canada.
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United Envirotech to acquire Singapore membrane-maker
Singapore’s United Envirotech Ltd (UEL) is to acquire its own membrane manufacturing capability by spending S$ 293.4 million (US$ 231 million) on a 100% stake in Memstar Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Memstar Technology Ltd, also of Singapore, plus certain assets.
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H2O Innovation unveils MF/UF rack and packaged MBR
Canada’s H2O Innovation Inc has introduced a module rack design for microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) membranes, which will accommodate modules made by other manufacturers.
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Australia’s MAK Water buys Clearmake for expansion
Australian reverse-osmosis desalination manufacturer MAK Industrial Water Systems has acquired Queensland-based Clearmake Water Treatment & Recycling Solutions as part of a national expansion strategy across Australia.
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Alabama institute to research fracking water treatment
Alabama-based Southern Research Institute is to develop, and demonstrate the performance of technologies that will advance shale‑gas hydraulic‑fracturing water treatment in order to produce National Pollution Discharge Elimination System quality water.
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Ion exchange + ceramic MF for UK water treatment plant
A water treatment plant using suspended ion-exchange (SIX) and ceramic microfiltration is to be built by the UK’s South West Water using CeraMac technology from PWN Technologies of the Netherlands.
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Nuverra/Haliburton accord on produced-water treatment
Nuverra Environmental Solutions Inc, which until mid-May 2013 was known as Heckmann Corporation, announced on 15 July 2013 that it has entered into an agreement with Halliburton to advance the treatment and recycling of produced water to be reused in the hydraulic fracturing process.
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Quinn to lead STS regional treatment operations
Severn Trent Services has appointed UK mechanical engineer Lawrence Quinn as vice president, regional operations for water treatment technologies.
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Singapore trial proves ceramic-ozone synergy
Since September 2011, PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, has been testing a new ceramic membrane treatment technology as a filter for removal of suspended matter and biological pathogens. After 18 months of testing, PUB is now exploring whether ceramic membrane filtration can be included as an option in the design to upgrade Choa Chu Kang…
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2015 World Water Forum will be held in South Korea
The World Water Council has announced that the next World Water Forum will be held in Daegu – Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea.