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Feedback from Singapore

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00

When Singapore organizes an event, they set a new standard by which all other conference organizers will be measured. By all accounts, last week’s International Water Week moved the bar up another notch. A press release that preceded the event…

Boron limit likely to increase

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00

From the Singapore International Water Week conference, public health expert Joe Cotruvo reports that the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Water Guidelines Committee has recommended that the boron drinking water value be revised to 2.4 mg/L. It is…

Energy costs impact pricing

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00

WDR caught up with Veolia Water Solutions CEO Jean-Michel Herrewyn after his return from Singapore to ask about a news story in which he was quoted as saying that Veolia was tripling desal prices to compensate for lower margins caused by an increase…

Low energy desal study funded

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00

Of the many news stories emanating from last week’s International Water Week conference, one of the most dramatic was the award of S$4 million ($2.93 million) of research funding to Siemens Water Technologies "to develop an innovative seawater…

Bigger, heavier elements easy-to-install

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00

As large-diameter membrane elements are being considered for more projects, questions have been raised about the increased difficulty of handling the larger, heavier units. WDR asked Antonia von Gottberg, Koch Membrane Systems’ technical director…

Carbon nanotube membrane update

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00

Two years ago, WDR reported that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL) had developed a carbon nanotube membrane with pore diameters less than 2 nanometers. Initial experiments focused on demonstrating the membranes’ higher permeability…

ERI shares to be listed on NASDAQ

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00

Energy Recovery’s (ERI) is scheduled to list its shares on the NASDAQ this Wednesday morning under the ticker symbol “ERII”.

Al-Khamis and Arroyo receives IDA Fellowship award

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00

Salah Ibrahim Al-Khamis of Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corp (SWCC) and Jorge Arroyo of Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) have been selected as recipients of the inaugural IDA Fellowship Award. The goal of the award program is to…

Dhekelia SWRO plant temporarily shut down for technical repairs

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00

In the midst of a water emergency exacerbated by a fourth year of drought, the 40,000 m³/d (10.6 MGD) Caramondani’s Dhekelia SWRO Plant in Cyprus had to be shut down for electrical repairs. Plant manager Olga Sallangos told WDR, "We had an…

Seven bidders reply to Port St. Lucie SWRO feasibility study

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00

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…

Rob Heilbronn and Mike Pankratz's new offices

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00

Rob Heilbronn formerly of Acciona and CH2M Hill, has reactivated his consultancy Water & Waste Solutions and is advising one of the potential bidding teams for the Melbourne SWRO project. He is based in Perth and can be contacted at…

Jobs for qualified professionals with knowledge in desalination

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00

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…

NamWater SWRO bids opened

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00

Four bidders have responded to Namibian Water’s (NamWater) call for EPC/O&M tenders for a SWRO facility in the central coastal city of Swakopmund. The project will consist of an initial production capacity of 15 million m³/yr (41.1 ML/d; 10.9 MGD…

BS-fueled desalination?

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00

A recent CNN report featured Segway inventor Dean Kamen’s latest creation: a vapor compression distiller that "only uses about 2 percent of the power required by traditional distillation systems." The system was enthusiastically endorsed by a CNN…

SWRO barges operational

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00

Jeddah’s water shortage should be eased somewhat with the commissioning of the first of two new barge-mounted SWRO plants. Each of the units can produce 25,000 m³/d (6.6 MGD), and were furnished by International Barges Company for Water Desalination…