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Recent News Stories
2nd water week a hard act to follow
Complete with its own theme song, 120 uniformed student 'volunteers', an all-girl bagpipe band, and dinner with the president, last week's… Continue reading
Arcadis acquires Malcolm Pirnie
Netherlands-based ARCADIS, an international consultancy, announced last week that it would merge with Malcolm Pirnie, a US-based environmental… Continue reading
Bi-national desal plant to be evaluated
San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for professional services to provide a feasibility evaluation and… Continue reading
Big Pipe versus Energy Recovery
Singapore’s 800,000m3/d Changi Wastewater Reclamation Facility was opened by the country’s prime minister Lee Hsein Loong last week, bringing total… Continue reading
Fouling monitor technology wins award
After receiving the Lee Kuan Yew award at the 2008 Singapore International Water Week, Andrew Benedek and his wife Diana Mourato-Benedek decided to… Continue reading
GE Water opens new technology facility
GE Water & Process Technologies has opened a new $10 million technology center in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The 7,500 m2 (80,000 ft2) facility will add… Continue reading
Hyflux releases second generation InoCep membrane
Singapore's Hyflux has announced the launch of the second generation of its InoCep hollow fiber ceramic membrane. The membrane, which is available… Continue reading
Koussai Quteishat joins ECO Consult as CEO
Koussai Quteishat, ex-Director of the Middle East Desalination Research Centre (MEDRC), has announced that he has joined ECO Consult as its CEO. The… Continue reading
Kruger Inc receives water filtration plant contract
The City of Watsonville, California has announced the award of a contract to provide a 2.5 MGD (9,462 m3/d) Metawater ceramic membrane filtration… Continue reading
New RO elements introduced
Dow Water & Process Solutions used last week's Singapore International Water Week as an opportunity to launch two new brackish water RO membrane… Continue reading
New, lower cost water supply sought
Proposals are being solicited by the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) from entities interested in developing potable water supplies on… Continue reading
Political differences delays completion of Torrevieja SWRO plant
One year ago this month, WDR reported that work on Spain's 240,000 m3/d (63.4 MGD) Torrevieja SWRO plant was "hindered by resistance resulting from… Continue reading
Read with caution - Part 2
Question: When is a contract not a contract? Answer: When it is a memorandum of agreement (MOA) or memorandum of understanding (MOU) between a… Continue reading
Siemens announces new Ionpure module
Electrodeionization (EDI) systems have a low tolerance of hardness, and most systems require feedwater levels of less than 0.5 mg/L as CaCO3. Siemens… Continue reading
Toray announces new water technology laboratory
Toray Industries has announced the establishment of a new water technology laboratory at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University's Environment… Continue reading
TriSep improves UF product line
TriSep has announced a new configuration for its submerged, spiral wound UF product line featuring an innovative feed spacer sheet that reduces… Continue reading
Videos describe membrane processes
Many desalination and reuse project websites offer videos to describe how the systems work and give an overview of the projects. The following links… Continue reading
