Volume 44, Issue no. 9
2nd International Salinity Forum
The 2nd International Salinity Forum entitled Salinity, Water and Society“Global Issues will be held on 21 March“3 April at the Adelaide… Continue reading
A new modular UF rack design
inge AG is introducing a new modular UF rack design that will user fewer materials and require significantly less space than conventional systems… Continue reading
AMTA conference details announced
American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and its Southeast Desalting Association (SEDA) affiliate have finalized the program for what will be… Continue reading
Appointed as general manager and directors
Tampa Bay Water has appointed Gerald (Jerry) Seeber to succeed Jerry Maxwell as general manager of the utility. Seeber, a former city manager for… Continue reading
Approved contract for Acuamed
Spain’s Acuamed has approved tendering for a 15-year DBO contract on the 55,000 m3/d (14.5 MGD) Mijas SWRO plant in Andalucia, with the plant… Continue reading
Carlsbad hearing delayed
A 5 March Coastal Commission Revised Findings hearing to consider the Carlsbad SWRO plant’s coastal development permit’s revised findings and… Continue reading
Courts back desal plant construction
Audiencia’s Nacional court in Madrid has turned down the Valencian government’s request to halt Acciona’s construction on the 240,000 m3/d… Continue reading
Exporter of the Year
Based on 2006 export sales of more than $180 million - a 350 percent increase over the previous year - Aquatech International has been named Exporter… Continue reading
First contract for a MOT desal plant
Modern Water Plc has received its first contract for a manipulated osmosis technology (MOT) desalination plant. The 100 m3/d (26,420 GPD) plant will… Continue reading
Forward osmosis R&D sought
A list of Texas Water Development Board’s (TWDB) water-related research requests will be published in this week’s issue of the Texas Register and… Continue reading
MED plant commissioned
A 14,000 m3/d (3.7 MGD) desalination plant and 90 MW combined cycle power plant has been inaugurated for residents of Karachi’s Defense Housing… Continue reading
Nanotech membrane r&d accelerates
In 1867, James Maxell described an imaginary "observant and neat-fingered" creature that could sort individual molecules based on their energy… Continue reading
Nanotechnology Center of Excellence with IBM
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia announced it is establishing a Nanotechnology Center of Excellence in… Continue reading
Oldest operating desal plant
Last month, a 45-year old MSF plant in Qatar was decommissioned and this newspaper invited readers to help us locate the oldest desal plants still in… Continue reading
State water-war talks fail
On this past Friday, US Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne sent a letter to governors of the US states of Alabama, Georgia and Florida acknowledging… Continue reading
Windmill- driven RO system by Delft Hydraulics
Delft Hydraulics has reportedly been testing a prototype, windmill-driven RO system. Unlike most systems that use wind energy purchased from a grid… Continue reading