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Melbourne desalination problems cost Suez € 237 million
February 7, 2012 4:00 pmCyclones and labour problems in 2011 at the Melbourne desalination plant in Victoria, Australia,
cost the Suez Environnement group a total of € 237 million, group CEO Jean-Louis Chaussade said
when the group's figures for the year were announced on 8 February 2012.
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QUA UF modules get NSF/ANSI certificate
February 6, 2012 4:00 pmPennsylvania-based membrane developer QUA has been awarded NSF/ANSI 61 certification by
NSF International for the manufacture of its Q-SEP® range of hollow-fiber ultrafiltration (UF)
modules.
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3rd Osmosis Membrane Summit set for Barcelona
February 6, 2012 4:00 pmNorwegian power company Statkraft, which is developing forward osmosis for energy, is organising
the 3rd Osmosis Membrane Summit on 26-27 April 2012 alongside the
European Desalination Society's conference and exhibition in Barcelona, Spain (23-26
April 2012).
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KAUST hosts EMS desalination/reuse school
February 6, 2012 4:00 pmThe European Membrane Society has announced a week-long Middle East school of membrane
technology at the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia.
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PureSafe delivers FRWS system to Alaska
February 6, 2012 4:00 pmPureSafe Water Systems Inc, based in Plainview, New York, has announced delivery of a mobile First
Response Water System (FRWS) to the Department of Military & Veterans Affairs of the US state of
Alaska.
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Pilot vapour-recompression plant tackles oil and gas water
February 5, 2012 4:00 pmA pilot project to treat produced water from oil and gas operations in southern Saskatchewan,
Canada, has been initiated by Purestream Technology of Salt Lake City, USA, using its advanced
vapour recompression (AVARA) system.
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Super-duplex ball valve for desalination launched
February 5, 2012 4:00 pm
A super-duplex stainless-steel ball valve for corrosive environments such as desalination and
reverse-osmosis has been introduced by Victaulic.
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Danfoss adds to RO high-pressure pump range
February 5, 2012 4:00 pm
Danish pump manufacturer Danfoss has added a higher capacity high-pressure pump to its APP
range for small and medium-sized reverse osmosis (RO) plants.
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Another legal blow for Monterey desalination alternative
February 4, 2012 4:00 pmCalifornia American Water's (Cal Am's) progress in developing an alternative desalination project for
California's Monterey Peninsula received yet another setback on 2 February 2012, when a judge
issued an amended ruling on the environmental impact report (EIR) originally published for the
abandoned Regional Desalination Project.
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EDR life-cycle costs same as for MF/RO says report
February 4, 2012 4:00 pmThere is very little difference in life-cycle costs for desalination of reused water between reverse
osmosis (RO) with microfiltration (MF) pretreatment and electrodialysis reversal (EDR).
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German UF developer InnoWa taken over
February 3, 2012 4:00 pmGerman hollow-fibre membrane developer InnoWa has been acquired by Stuttgart-based Mahle
Industry GmbH, a manufacturer of industrial filtration equipment.
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Four groups reported vying for Sydney desalination lease
February 2, 2012 4:00 pmNews agency Reuters reported on 1 February 2012 that at least four groups were in
line for the long-term lease of the Sydney desalination plant.
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H2O Innovation commissions pathfinding Indian membrane plant
February 2, 2012 4:00 pmCanada's H2O Innovation announced on 31 January 2011 that its
Indian joint venture, H2O Innovation India Ltd, had commissioned the
7,000 m³/d membrane water treatment system it had designed for Larsen & Toubro Heavy
Engineering (L&T) in Gujarat state.
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SWRO corrosion pre-conference workshop for CaribDA
February 2, 2012 4:00 pmA workshop on Understanding and Preventing Corrosion in Caribbean SWRO Plants will take place in
Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, on 19 May 2012, prior to the 2012 Conference of the Caribbean
Desalination Association (CaribDA).
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Australian workshop on desalination intakes and discharges
February 2, 2012 4:00 pmAn international workshop on intakes and discharges for seawater desalination is to be held by the
National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia is in Adelaide on 16-17 May 2012.
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American Water gets WRRF reuse management investigation
February 2, 2012 4:00 pmWateReuse Research Foundation has awarded a US$ 377,578 research contract to American
Water to develop best management practices to control potential health risks and other issues
associated with storage and distribution of reclaimed water.
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Danfoss announces new pump for RO applications
February 1, 2012 4:00 pm
Danfoss RO Solutions continues to build its range of dedicated high-pressure pumps for small and medium-sized reverse osmosis plants.
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Guinea desalination project changes hands
January 30, 2012 4:00 pmNevada-based Dhanoa Minerals Ltd is to acquire a 75% majority interest in a 5 MGD
(19,000 m³/d) seawater desalination project in the Republic of Guinea in West Africa.
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SDCWA confirms Carlsbad agreement 'by spring'
January 30, 2012 4:00 pmSan Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) in California confirmed on 26 January 2012
that a water purchase agreement for the Carlsbad seawater desalination plant would be available for
comment 'by this spring'.
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Judge tells Cal Am to produce Monterey plan
January 30, 2012 4:00 pmCalifornia America Water (Cal Am) has until the start of March to come up with a new plan for
providing water to the Monterey peninsula, according to a ruling by an administrative court on
25 January 2012.
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