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Draft term sheet approved for Carlsbad

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00

San Diego County Water Authority’s (Water Authority) board of directors approved key terms for purchasing water from Poseidon Resources’ proposed 50 MGD (189,250 m³/d) Carlsbad seawater desalination plant last week. Directors also agreed to add…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

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.

Conference Round-up

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00

AMTA executive director Ian Watson (RosTek) told WDR that attendance at last week’s annual conference and exposition was the best ever. He said that 730 delegates attended the three-day event, which was preceded by a one-day AMTA/SWMOA operator…

2010 officers named

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00

At a post-conference board meeting, AMTA selected the officers to serve on its executive committee. They
President: Peter Waldron
1st Vice President: Mehul Patel
2nd Vice President: Lynne Gulizia, Toray
Secretary: Karen…

Members recognized at banquet

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00

Stuart McClellan, AMTA director emeritus and chairman of its award committee, again handed out awards recognizing the Association’s distinguished membranologists, members and students. This year’s recipients
Recognition and Service…