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Tuesday, Dec 15
Spring Conference Calendar - Water Desalination Report
Spring Conference Calendar Water Desalination Report (subscription) 23-24 February (Texas USA): The US EPA will sponsor a conference providing an overview of brackish groundwater desalination technologies and economics in ...
SWCC issues new RFP for Ras Azzour IWPP - Water Desalination Report
SWCC issues new RFP for Ras Azzour IWPP Water Desalination Report (subscription) A failure to secure IWPP funding for Saudi Arabia's 1 million m3/d (270 MGD) and 2400 MW Ras Azzour power and desalination plant earlier this year has ...
Large-diameter membranes to be use in Israel's SWRO desalination projects - Water Desalination Report
Large-diameter membranes to be use in Israel's SWRO desalination projects Water Desalination Report (subscription) Although the Israeli Water Authority may be considering the membranes for Soreq, Mekorot is understood to be reluctant to use the large-diameter membranes ...
Nanotube membranes R&D is funded - Water Desalination Report
Nanotube membranes R&D is funded Water Desalination Report (subscription) The portable unit must be capable of desalting enough drinking water for more than 100 soldiers per day. Based on the demo, DARPA could elect to fund a ...
Boron guideline value selected - Water Desalination Report
Boron guideline value selected Water Desalination Report (subscription) The new limit has been based on a human health perspective, however some seawater desalination plants may set product water limits at 0.5 mg/L or lower to ...
Tuesday, Sep 1
Workshops for desalination and membrane technology - Water Desalination Report
Workshops for desalination and membrane technology Water Desalination Report (subscription) A pre-conference workshop entitled 'Desalination 101' will be held on 13 September in conjunction with the WateReuse Symposium in Seattle, Washington. ...
Monday, Jun 15
Sid Loeb remembered - Water Desalination Report
Water Desalination Report (subscription), UK Professor Loeb, the co-inventor of the RO membrane, passed away this past December (WDR volume 44 Number 55). Miriam Balaban, who spoke at the event, told WDR, "It was a heartwarming evening in the memory of Sid - the man and scientist - in his ...
Still more Unsubstantiated hype - Water Desalination Report
The enthusiastic announcements describe initial results that meet expectations "with high volumes of fresh water being produced from salt water input" for the unit, which "will use far less energy than traditional desalination plants. ...
Study to set project positioning strategy - Water Desalination Report
An increasing number of communities are now considering recycled/reclaimed water and desalination as alternative water supply sources. However, community perceptions vary widely, and misconceptions can lead to the opposition of a beneficial project. ...
GHG reduction plan submitted - Water Desalination Report
Last week, Poseidon Resources submitted its Energy Minimization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan to the State Lands Commission (SLC) for the proposed Huntington Beach Desalination Plant. According to Poseidon, the plan provides an accounting of the ...
EU to finance new SWRO plant - Water Desalination Report
A procurement notice has been issued for the design and construction of a seawater desalination plant in northern Cyprus on Morphu Bay, west of Nicosia. The seawater RO facility will have a drinking water production capacity of 23000 m3/d (6 MGD) and ...
Monday, Jun 8
Doosan Hydro receives two BWRO desalination projects - Water Desalination Report
Tampa-based Doosan Hydro Technology has been awarded two brackish water desalination projects. The projects include a three-train, 6.75 MGD (25550 m3/d) BWRO project for the Coral Springs (Florida) Improvement District scheduled for startup in 2010, ...
SA Government to back out in BHP desalination project - Water Desalination Report
The South Australian Government has reportedly decided not to invest in a seawater desalination plant planned by BHP Billiton for Point Lowly, north of Adelaide. It had planned to take 80 ML/d (21 MGD) of the 200 ML/d (53 MGD) Olympic Dam SWRO plant's ...
Water & Gasoline vs Platinum & Gold - Water Desalination Report
WDR argues that $2000 per acre-foot should not be considered unreasonable because "there are no satisfactory, competitively-priced alternatives" and while acknowledging that seawater desalination is energy intensive, argues that "the energy ...
World's largest hybrid on schedule - Water Desalination Report
According to Alain Soubies, Veolia's construction manager, more than 85 percent of the civil works is now complete, and work is well underway on the mechanical portions of both the thermal and membrane portions of the Fujairah 2 seawater desalination ...
Monday, Jun 1
Power supply options considered - Water Desalination Report
Water Desalination Report (subscription), UK We have listened to the local community, and underground power is our preferred option to power the desalination plant as it will have the least impact on landowners, farmers and other people living and working in the area. ...
Permit Extension Sought - Water Desalination Report
Poseidon Resources has requested a one-year extension on its coastal development permit application from California's Coastal Commission for the Carlsbad desalination plant. The application was approved in November 2007 with prior to issuance and prior ...
Monday, May 18
Is Hard water Healthy? - Water Desalination Report
It was produced as part of the effort to develop the Desalination for Safe Water Supply guidance document that has not yet been published, but is available on the World Health Organization (WHO) website. The projects were organized and managed for WHO ...
Desalter hangs a shingle - Water Desalination Report
After having departed Poseidon Resources as its chief technology officer in April, Nikolay Voutchkov has established a company offering independent technical advisory services. The firm - Water Globe Consulting - will be based in Stamford, Connecticut. ...
SWRO group re-launched with new focus - Water Desalination Report
A private equity group with resort development experience has provided the capital for Global H2O Investments, a San Diego-based company focusing on seawater desalination projects. The company will focus on build-own-operate (BOO) projects with ...
SoCal SWRO study presented - Water Desalination Report
A draft feasibility study for a new, seawater desalination plant was presented to San Diego County Water Authority's (SDCWA) board last week. The study was done by RBF Consulting, and is a follow-up to a 2005 pre-feasibility analysis that considered ...
Poseidon two for two last week - Water Desalination Report
A WQCB staffer previously told WDR that the matter would have to be reviewed when, and if, the desalination plant operates as a standalone facility as expected when the power plant is decommissioned. Luster estimated that under a best-case scenario, ...
Monday, May 11
Low tech wins Technology Idol - Water Desalination Report
This year's winner was the UK–based DTI-r, for its dRHS subsurface irrigation technology that allows the use of brackish water to grow crops and trees in the desert. According to Mark Tonkin, DTI-r's chief technology officer, the process uses a 'novel ...
Desal & Reuse consultants sought - Water Desalination Report
The successful bidders will act on wasa's behalf and will be responsible for the planning and project management services during the implementation of the utility's water reuse and seawater desalination initiatives. The desal program entails the ...
Mine expansion proposes SWRO - Water Desalination Report
The natural salinity levels are 38000 to 42000 mg/L, and are approximately the same as those measured 25 years ago, despite the high levels of natural evaporation, which the report says are equivalent to the effect of 318 desalination plants. ...
Tuesday, May 5
IDA awards 2 fellowships - Water Desalination Report
SWCC maintains 30 desal plants at 15 locations, producing almost 20 percent of the world's desalinated water. SWCC also has more than 29 pump stations and 4100 km (2562 mi) of pipelines to distribute the desalted water. Applications are now being ...
World's largest IWPP begins production - Water Desalination Report
The $3.4 billion project won the 2008 Global Water Award for the Desal Deal of the Year for the Suez Energy/ACWA Power consortium that undertook it. The plant will deliver 2500 MW of electricity and 800000 m3/d (211 MGD) of desalinated seawater using ...
IWPP + financial crises = EPC - Water Desalination Report
In fact, a competing offer by a Suez/Marubeni consortium actually had a lower water tariff of $0.97/m3 ($3.67/kgal), but their higher power cost swung the deal in Sumitomo's favor. The Saline Water Conversion Corp (SWCC) appears likely to take over the ...
Membrane Pretreatment for SWRO - Water Desalination Report
As reported in last week's issue, the Water Corporation has received State Government environmental approval to build and operate the 50 GL/yr (36.2 MGD) Southern Seawater Desalination Project (SSDP) south of Perth. The project also requires a separate ...
Winners Announced in Zurich - Water Desalination Report
Distinction: Mukhaizna Water Treatment Facility, Oman - "The global importance of the Mukhaizna treatment facility cannot be underestimated." Winner: Beckton (London) Desalination Plant - "Taking desalination to a new level of environmental commitment. ...
Sunday, Apr 26
Second desal plant in WA receives approval - Water Desalination Report
Western Australia's second seawater desalination plant has received approval from the State's Environment Minister last week, indicating that the Government was satisfied that the environmental impacts could be appropriately managed. ...
Largest SWRO plant receives financial closure - Water Desalination Report
Financing is now in place for what will be the world's largest membrane desalination plant. The 500000 m3/d (132.1 MGD) Mactaa SWRO to be located in Oran, in western Algeria, was awarded to Singapore's Hyflux in March 2008 at a total water cost of ...
SWRO fully operational - Water Desalination Report
The project was delivered under a 20-year BOOT contract at a water cost of SR2.92/m3 ($0.78/m3; $2.95/kgal) by Qatarat Saqia Desalination Company Ltd, a special purpose company whose shareholders include SETE Technical Services, Aquatech International, ...
High boron levels disrupt water supply - Water Desalination Report
Excess boron levels in desalinated seawater have led to a ban on the use of tap water for drinking or food preparation in most of the city of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands. The ban, introduced early last week, "follows recommendations from the ...
Poseidon resources loses a resource - Water Desalination Report
Over the last 12 years, Voutchkov has been instrumental in the implementation of all Poseidon projects, including the Tampa Bay Water Desalination Plant and the SWRO plants currently under development in Carlsbad and Huntington Beach, California. ...
World's largest IWPP hits snag - Water Desalination Report
Water Desalination Report (subscription), UK It was to have had a production capacity of 1 million m3/d (264 MGD) of desalinated water delivered at a levelized tariff of $1.10/m3 using a hybrid MSF/SWRO arrangement. It was also to have produced up to 1000 MW of electric power at a tariff of ...
Monday, Apr 20
San Diego judge stops arguments against Carlsbad desalination plant - Water Desalination Report
San Diego's Regional Water Quality Control Board (WQCB) has closed the public hearing on the Carlsbad desalination plant and said it will not receive new evidence or testimony, ending the public debate over the 50 MGD (189250 m3/d) SWRO project. ...
BWRO modules to install to Marafiq Yanbu desalination plant - Water Desalination Report
SETE business development officer Anthony Raftopoulos told WDR that the modules would employ Toray hollow fiber membranes and would have a combined production capacity of 25200 m3/d (6.7 MGD). The new RO modules will produce high quality process water ...
BWRO project schedule updated - Water Desalination Report
Although the schedule for the City of Hialeah's new brackish water desalination plant has been delayed, drilling on a test production well is now underway, and the project is moving forward. Water quality data obtained from the well will be used to ...
Desal intakes get a reprieve - Water Desalination Report
The language contained in an amended version of the bill has been softened somewhat last week, and it now appears that open intakes for stand-alone membrane desalination plants would be exempted from the bill. However, it still seems that thermal ...
SWRO testing moves to 2nd stage - Water Desalination Report
A seawater desalination pilot study at South Padre Island's Laguna Madre Water District (LMWD) has completed the installation, startup and optimization of the six-month test. With Stage 1 of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) test ...
Monday, Apr 6
Fêted project abruptly terminated - Water Desalination Report
Meanwhile, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has extended the bid deadline for the Hassyan P2 power & water plant for a third time. Bids for the 455000m3/d (120MGD) MSF desalination plant are now due in September and an award is not expected ...
State's water emergency worsens - Water Desalination Report
Department of Water Resources (DWR) director Lester Snow advised Governor Schwarzenegger that the water supply situation in the state has not improved enough to make up for the previous drought years. The news followed reports that the water content of ...
Monday, Mar 30
EIR comment period extended - Water Desalination Report
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has extended the public comment period on a draft EIR for a proposed desalination plant by two weeks. Comments on the draft EIR for California American Water's (CalAm) proposed Coastal Water Project ...
Speaking of red tides… - Water Desalination Report
Federal Electricity and Water Authority's (FEWA) Ghalilah desalination plant in Ras Al Khaimah was temporarily shut down last week following a red tide outbreak on the UAE's western coast. The 13750 m3/d (3.6 MGD) SWRO facility was shut down last ...
Buoys will gather red tide data - Water Desalination Report
Last week, the first of two water quality monitoring buoys was launched off Redondo Beach as part of West Basin Municipal Water District's seawater desalination demonstration project. A second, purpose-built monitoring buoy will be launched about half ...
Monday, Feb 16
Poseidon ownership not an issue - Water Desalination Report
Even if such a move were to happen, it would be unlikely to have much impact on Poseidon or any of its desalination projects under development. Poseidon's management maintains a majority position in the company, while Citi holds less than a 15 percent ...
