China
Country’s largest SWRO to be expanded
Just as the country's largest thermal desalination plant is commissioned (previous story), Singapore's Hyflux has announced that it is set to… Continue reading
Country's largest MEDs commissioned
Fredi Lokiec, IDE Technologies' executive vice president, has confirmed that the first of four new distillers has been commissioned at State… Continue reading
Toray Industries acquires BlueStar
Toray Industries has announced a joint venture with China BlueStar to produce, sell, import and export water treatment membrane products. The… Continue reading
Muni effluent recycled 2X in power plant
Beijing's Gaojing Power Plant initially relied on a surface water supply for its cooling tower and boiler makeup water when it was constructed more… Continue reading
Desal project financing closes
Befesa Agua has completed the financing to design, build and operate the 100,000 m3/d (26.4 MGD) Qingdao desalination plant in China's northeastern… Continue reading
Asia
Singapore made industry news by hosting International WaterWeek in June and continuing to draw more research partners to its shores. A MOU was signed… Continue reading
SWRO project to get go-ahead
Caofeidian Industrial Zone's administration committee is scheduled to sign a framework agreement with Aqualyng Holding AS for a new seawater… Continue reading
2009 Conference Calendar
15 - 16 January (USA): The Multi-State Salinity Coalition will hold the annual Salinity Summit entitled Water and Energy, Finding the Balance in Las… Continue reading
Dow's UF membrane to supply in Shanxi DaTong Cogen Plant
China's ShanXi DaTong Cogen Plant has selected Dow Water Solutions' UF membrane for an RO pretreatment application. In last week's issue, WDR… Continue reading
UF membrane gets NSF approval
When it acquired China's Omex Environmental in mid-2006, Dow Water Solutions' Ian Barbour predicted the low-pressure membrane market would soon… Continue reading
