Volume 44, Issue no. 3
An unnecessary extravagance
This past week, In Touch magazine reported that pop singer Madonna spends $10,000 per month on bottled water. Hers is no ordinary water, it is… Continue reading
Desalter remediates contaminants
One hundred years of irrigated agricultural use and extensive regional dairy operations have led to high salinity and nitrate levels in the… Continue reading
Getting their money’s worth
Last week, forty-five years after it began operations, Qatar’s oldest desalination and power plant was decommissioned. When it began operations in… Continue reading
Global Water Award nominations
WDR readers stilll have two weeks to submit their nominations for the Global Water Awards. Nominations can be submitted using the form found at… Continue reading
Hydranautic's SWC5 received award
Hydranautics’ SWC5 RO membrane has received the 2007 Nikkei Keizai Shimbun Award sponsored by Nikkei–a Japanese economic daily. In addition to lower… Continue reading
Jobs: Statkraft – Pure Energy
Statkraft – Pure Energy: Head of Technology – Osmotic Power. Statkraft is one of the largest energy producers in Scandinavia and a leader in… Continue reading
Newly appointed officials
Nick Powell, former municipal sales vice president of Koch Membrane Systems, has announced that he has been appointed to manage Polypore… Continue reading
Pedal Power
A contest intended to inspire innovation using pedaling energy for useful purposes included two desalination entries from the 102 projects submitted… Continue reading
Project reaches financial close
Project Souk Tleta, a 200,000 m3/d (52.8 MGD) SWRO plant achieved financial closure last week. Algerian Energy Company (AEC) awarded a 25-year… Continue reading
Reuse project selects suppliers
The Luggage Point Alliance—a consortium of the Queensland State Government, CH2M HILL and Laing O’Rourke Ltd—has awarded Doosan Hydro Technology… Continue reading
South Gippsland's 40 hectares acquisition received go signal
The Planning Minister of Australia’s Victoria state government has given the green light to acquire 40 hectares (100 acres) of land on the South… Continue reading
SWRO consultant sought
Tipaza Myah SPA—the project company for the Fouka Desalination Project—has issued a call for tenders for an independent engineer to assist in the… Continue reading
Was there any doubt?
Two environmental organizations have joined forces last week and filed a lawsuit challenging the California Coastal Commission for its approval of… Continue reading
Water technology idol
The upcoming joint IDA/GWI conference will take a queue from one of the world’s most popular television series by holding a Water Technology Idol… Continue reading
White Paper published by NWRI
The National Water Research Institute (NWRI) has published a white paper entitled “Coupled Effects of Scaling and Colloid Deposition on the… Continue reading