Tag: Water Treatment
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Nano-composite arsenic-removal technology commercialized
Exclusive rights to commercialise the Nano-Composite Arsenic Sorbent (N-CAS) technology that will improve the ability to remove arsenic from contaminated water supplies were signed to Water Technology Group Inc of Harvard, USA, by the US Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory on 30 January 2009.
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Workshop on membrane water technologies set for March
A workshop on alternative water resources, such as brackish-water desalination and wastewater reuse is being organised in Thessaloniki, Greece on 5 March 2009 by the Center for Research and Technology Hellas and the Berlin Centre of Competence for Water.
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Befesa wins RO pilot plant in Tarragona
Spanish company Befesa Agua has won a construction contract for a reverse-osmosis (RO) pilot desalination plant to be built next to the L’Ampolla water treatment plant in Tarragona, Spain.
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Sydney desalter construction reaches halfway point
Construction of Sydney’s 250,000 m³/d Kurnell seawater desalination plant is just over 50% complete, D&WR has been told by Sydney Water. The intake and outlet tunnels were completed in December 2008.
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Understanding microbes could increase MBR efficiency, conference told
A thorough understanding of the physiology of micro-organisms found in membrane bioreactors (MBRs) used in advanced wastewater treatment and water reuse would greatly improve the overall efficiency of these systems, a conference in Singapore was told on 23 January 2009.
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Land acquired for Adelaide plant
The South Australia state government and the Mobil oil company reached agreement on 23 December 2008 on the sale of the land at Port Stanvac for Adelaide’s desalination plant.
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Toray sets up Chinese manufacturing joint venture
An agreement was reached in late November 2008 between Toray Industries Inc and China Blue Star & BS group to establish a new joint company for water treatment in Beijing.
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Reuse milestone for West Basin district
West Basin Municipal Water District (WBMWD) in California, USA, produced its 100 billionth gallon of reused wastewater in November 2008.
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Siemens still sees water industry growth ahead
Siemens continues to see favorable prospects in its water business despite the current economic downturn, according to Jens Wegmann, CEO of the Industrial Solutions Division and responsible for the water business at Siemens.
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ZLD power-station job for Aquatech
Aquatech International Corporation has announced an order from Gemma Power Systems for the Colusa Power Station in Maxwell, California, USA.