Volume 44, Issue no. 9

2nd International Salinity Forum

3 March 2008

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

3 March 2008

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

3 March 2008

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

3 March 2008

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

3 March 2008

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

3 March 2008

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

3 March 2008

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

3 March 2008

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

3 March 2008

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

3 March 2008

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

3 March 2008

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