Desal Data News

Sydney desal plant now at full tilt

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00

Six months after it began supplying water to up to 1.5 million Sydneysiders, Sydney’s desalination plant has passed all of its performance tests and is operating at full capacity, the government
The plant at Kurnell, in Sydney’s southern…

DHL wins forwarding contract for Australia's largest desalination plant

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00

DHL Global Forwarding has been named the logistics partner for the Victoria Desalination Project. The company will be responsible for delivering approximately 60,000 revenue tonnes of material and equipment to construct Australia’s largest seawater…

Marin board approves own desalination measure

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00

Marin officials have approved a measure for the November ballot that would require voter approval before a desalination plant is
The Marin Municipal Water District voted for the measure on Monday. It will compete with another desalination…

Tim Dyer appointed as Chief Technology Officer at ERI

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00

Energy Recovery, Inc (ERI) has appointed Tim Dyer as chief technology officer to manage all engineering and R&D activities. He had previously been the company’s chief scientist and can be contacted at tdyer@energyrecovery.com.

The IDA has re-scheduled the dates for its International Energy Conference

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00

The IDA has re-scheduled the dates for its International Energy Conference in Huntington Beach, California to 2-3 November. Information is available at www.idadesal.org.

Libya’s El Zulal has announced that it has signed a sales and marketing agreement with Hitachi

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00

Libya’s El Zulal has announced that it has signed a sales and marketing agreement with Hitachi to distribute Hitachi’s MBR product offering in Libya.

Research project launched by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology have launched a $1.5 million research project to find ways of reducing fouling and scaling in multiple integrated membrane systems, which…

New pilot-scale testing and research facility in National Centre for Excellence in Desalination at Murdoch University’s Rockingham campus is expected to be operating by September 2011

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00

Australia’s National Centre for Excellence in Desalination at Murdoch University’s Rockingham campus in Western Australia held its official groundbreaking ceremony late last week. Professor David Doepel, Murdoch’s Deputy Vice Chancellor of…

Orange County Groundwater Replenishment (GWR) System

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00

Water & Wastes Digest, in affiliation with AMTA, will host a webinar reviewing the 70 MGD (264,950 m³/d) Groundwater Replenishment (GWR) System in Orange County, California, on Thursday, 29 July. The webinar facilitator will be Mehul Patel, the…

Wastewater membrane Guidebook

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00

The Guidebook to Membrane Technology for Wastewater Reclamation is Balaban Desalination Publications’ second membrane guidebook published by a team of membrane professionals. The book was assembled by Mark Wilf and provides a comprehensive look at…

New ceramic mf, uf membrane offered

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00

Denmark’s Copenhagen Membrane Technology A/S (CoMeTas) used Singapore International Water Week as its opportunity to introduce a new line of ceramic MF and UF membrane products for the RO pretreatment and produced water markets. The company, which…

12,000 m d of MED capacity available

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00

Dubai-based PROJECX reports that it has seven MED distillation units still available from a total of 11, two-effect units it acquired from a former client in the United Arab Emirates. According to PROJECX managing director Alistair Munro, nine of…

Tender for SWRO plant released

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00

Grupo Mexico’s Southern Copper Corporation has issued a tender for the EPC construction of a 20,000 m³/d (5.3 MGD) SWRO for its $934 million Tía Maria copper mine project in Peru’s Atacama Desert. The project’s scope includes the seawater…

Mining project moves ahead with SWRO

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00

Chilean copper miner Minera Candelaria, a joint venture between Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (60) and Sumitomo (40) has issued invitations to bid a 29,800 m³/d (7.9 MGD) SWRO to be installed at Punta Padrones port. The project will convey the…

Fujairah to desalt even more seawater

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00

Singapore-based Sembcorp Utilities has signed a memo-randum of understanding (MOU) with Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) to develop and build 136,000 m³/d (36 MGD) of additional SWRO plant capacity under a 40:60 partnership known as…