Volume 44, Issue no. 12
60 percent water rate price increased
As the 5 MGD (18,925 m3/d) Taunton River Desalination plant nears completion, the city of Brockton, Massachusetts looks set to impose a 60 percent… Continue reading
Diversion project will use Membranes
A new diversion project will be constructed to provide a sustainable way for the City and County of Santa Fe to access surface water supplies and… Continue reading
EOIs for DBO consultant sought
Requests for expressions of interest (EOI) for firms interested in designing, building and operating (DBO) a 17.5 MGD (66,238 m3/d) BWRO and… Continue reading
Highest ranked firms for Red Sea-Dead Sea Conveyance Study
WDR has learned that the highest ranked firms for the $15.5 million World Bank’s Red Sea“Dead Sea Conveyance Study are France’s Coyne et… Continue reading
Membrane prices dip
West Basin Municipal Water District (WBMWD) reclaims over 30 MGD (113,550 m3/d) of secondary effluent at its El Segundo water reclamation facility… Continue reading
Opening the desal debate
Desalters have been a bit slow taking our message to the public. While most of us have assumed that producing fresh water from the sea was a great… Continue reading
Saehan = Woongjin
Korean membrane manufacturer Saehan Industries has changed its name to Woongjin Chemical, as it becomes part of Korea’s Woongjin Group. The change… Continue reading
Santa Cruz SWRO pilot study begins
Santa Cruz, California started up a 72,000 gpd (272 m3/d) SWRO pilot study last week to determine the process feasibility, environmental impact and… Continue reading
SWRO capacity to be doubled
A consortium led by FCC’s Aqualia has won a contract worth €56.4 million ($89 million) to double production capacity of the Tordera SWRO to… Continue reading
SWRO energy use benchmarked
After two years of testing, the Affordable Desalination Collaboration (ADC) has completed the next phase of their research that profiled the… Continue reading
UF membrane pioneer wins Water Prize
Singapore’s inaugural Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize has been awarded to Canadian researcher, Andrew Benedek, the founder and former CEO of Zenon… Continue reading
Updates on people of desalination world
After 40 years with Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), Dr. Nabil Nada has announced that he will join ACWA Power Projects… Continue reading
USTDA funds desal feasibility study
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is soliciting proposals from firms interested in studying the feasibility of a desalination plant for the… Continue reading
Waste-heat Source to be studied
Trinidad and Tobago’s Power Generation Company (PowerGen) is exploring an option to develop a 25 to 40 MIGD (30 to 48 MGD) seawater desalination… Continue reading
Water rate increased to pay Kurnell SWRO plant
An independent pricing tribunal recommended increasing water rates for an average Sydney, Australia household by 13 percent - or approximately A$95… Continue reading