Volume 45, Issue no. 16
2.4 mg/L boron level proposed
Since 1998, the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality included a 0.5 mg/L boron guideline value. The basis for that… Continue reading
A possible hiccup in Carlsbad timeline
A plan that would relocate the Carlsbad Desalination Project on the currently proposed site could further delay construction of the 50 MGD (189,250… Continue reading
BWRO project provides upgrade roadmap
A brackish water RO (BWRO) system initially installed in 1995 will be upgraded to increase water production while improving the product water… Continue reading
Flowserve acquires Calder
Dallas-based Flowserve Corporation announced last week that it has acquired the privately held Calder AG of Switzerland. The move brings together two… Continue reading
High boron levels disrupt water supply
Excess boron levels in desalinated seawater have led to a ban on the use of tap water for drinking or food preparation in most of the city of Las… Continue reading
Largest SWRO plant receives financial closure
Financing is now in place for what will be the world's largest membrane desalination plant. The 500,000 m3/d (132.1 MGD) Mactaa SWRO to be located in… Continue reading
Norit X-flow to supply UF membrane to wastewater reaclamation facility
Norit X-Flow has been awarded a contract to supply 44 standardized UF membrane skids to Keppel Seghers for use on a 439 ML/d (116 MGD) wastewater… Continue reading
PEI and Toray announces new appointees
Pump Engineering (PEI) has named Ariel Sacerdoti as its chief operating officer. He had recently led Plymouth Management Company’s venture investment… Continue reading
Poseidon resources loses a resource
WDR has learned that Nikolay Voutchkov has recently resigned his positions as chief technology officer and corporate director of technical services… Continue reading
Reminder
AMTA will hold a technology transfer focused on membrane applications in the Chesapeake Region on 18-20 May in Baltimore, Maryland. Information is… Continue reading
Second desal plant in WA receives approval
Western Australia's second seawater desalination plant has received approval from the State's Environment Minister last week, indicating that the… Continue reading
SWRO fully operational
King Abdulaziz International Airport's (KAIA) 30,000 m3/d (8 MGD) SWRO facility in Jeddah, which began partial operation on 1 March, is now fully… Continue reading
Three desalination projects open for tenders
The UAE's Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) will receive tenders until this Thursday, 30 April, for the relocation of a 3 MIGD (3.6 MGD… Continue reading
World's largest IWPP hits snag
Plans to undertake the Ras Azzour project as an independent water and power project (IWPP) have apparently been scrapped and the project is now… Continue reading
