http://desaldata.com/countries/26 en-uk http://desaldata.com/news/23610 Seven firms responded to an RFP for consultants interested in conducting a feasibility study for a SWRO facility for the City of Port St. Lucie, Florida. The bids were evaluated and ranked in the following order: Tetra Tech, Reiss Engr, Hatch Mott…

]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 http://desaldata.com/news/23610 http://desaldata.com/news/23612 Degrémont, a Suez Environnement subidiary and leading expert in water treatment, operates in more than 70 countries with a staff of 4,700 and 2007 sales of €978 million. We are historically a groundbreaker in reverse osmosis desalination with…

]]> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 http://desaldata.com/news/23612 http://desaldata.com/news/23523 Faced with having to meet consent decree discharge requirements by December 2010, the City of Santa Paula has chosen to replace its wastewater treatment plant-originally constructed in 1939-with the latest in membrane technology. While the existing…

]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 http://desaldata.com/news/23523 http://desaldata.com/news/23528 Who said desalination is expensive? An Associated Press story last week compared the annual per capita cost of various brands of bottled water to the cost of drinking tap water. The results were: Dasani, $2,321; Poland Spring, $1,610; Evian, $2,467…

]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 http://desaldata.com/news/23528 http://desaldata.com/news/23531 American Water Pridesa is actively seeking a qualified Facility Manager for its 25 MGD Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Facility in Gibsonton, FL. The successful candidate shall possess demonstrated experience within the drinking water treatment…

]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 http://desaldata.com/news/23531 http://desaldata.com/news/23516 NRG Energy has applied to the California Energy Commission to build a 540-megawatt power plant west of Interstate 5 on the south shore of Agua Hedionda The new plant would be on NRG’s 95-acre ocean-view property, where it owns and operates…

]]> Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 http://desaldata.com/news/23516 http://desaldata.com/news/23511 Officials in Flagler and elsewhere in Central Florida are one step closer to figuring out just how they might be able to pull drinking water from the sea, and how much it will The board of the St. Johns River Water Management District agreed…

]]> Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 http://desaldata.com/news/23511 http://desaldata.com/news/23513 Pump Engineering Inc. has secured a deal which will see a group of US private equity investors take a majority stake in the company. Although PEI’s revenues are doubling every year, the injection of capital will help support future growth, and will…

]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 http://desaldata.com/news/23513 http://desaldata.com/news/23483 One of the earliest, landmark SWRO projects-moth-balled and partially dismantled after its initial startup in 1992-is being re-evaluated to determine its role in the City of Santa Barbara’s long-term water supply Santa Barbara’s 6.7 MGD (25,360…

]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 http://desaldata.com/news/23483 http://desaldata.com/news/23487 Hawaiian Electric Company’s new 110 MW simple-cycle power plant will be powered by locally grown biofuel feedstock and will supply power to the state’s largest industrial park on the island of Oahu. Although the plant will use potable water for…

]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 http://desaldata.com/news/23487 http://desaldata.com/news/23491 Post-treatment of desalinated water supplies were the topic of a workshop held at the University of Central Florida (UCF) last week. Sponsored by AwwaRF, the workshop was conducted to gather information as a part of a research project entitled…

]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 http://desaldata.com/news/23491 http://desaldata.com/news/23496 Poseidon Resources has announced the appointment of Scott Maloni as a company vice president located in California with responsibilities including California-based business development and corporate communications. He was formerly vice president of…

]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 http://desaldata.com/news/23496 http://desaldata.com/news/23507 A study by Duke University researchers says that reverse osmosis (RO) desalinated water has a different chemistry that will bring changes to the environment, according to a June 9 Duke University news Avner Vengosh, associate professor of…

]]> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 http://desaldata.com/news/23507 http://desaldata.com/news/23474 Massive pumps suck 25 million gallons of sea water from Tampa Bay every day, squeezing out the salt as the water travels through microscopic holes in 10,000 The filters reach the ceiling of a two-story building, and the noise of the water…

]]> Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 http://desaldata.com/news/23474 http://desaldata.com/news/23475 The St. Johns River Water Management District Governing Board voted Tuesday to provide $2.5 million to develop a detailed plan for a regional desalination The district is partnering with Flagler, Marion and St. Johns counties, Dunes…

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