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Peak Oil News - Saudi Arabia To Use Solar Energy for Desalination ...

27 Jan 2010 19:01:10 PST

Written by Leanan
Saudi Arabia's national science agency announced a new initiative to build solar-powered desalination plants to reduce water and energy costs by 40 percent, Arab News reports. “Desalination is our strategic choice to supply an adequate ...

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New in the Market: Desalination of sea water

27 Jan 2010 14:22:00 PST

Written by gowshan
Thirst for fresh water will come to an end by the introduction of desalination of sea water in India. This is the world's first low temperature desalination plant built with the technology developed by National Institute of Ocean ...

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Desalination leaves a bad taste | Gladstone News | Local News in ...

24 Jan 2010 08:00:00 PST

AGNES WATER identity Maggie Behal said not only is water from desalination plants.

Original story at gladstoneobserver.com.au .

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Cronkite News Service » State water official: Desalination an ...

21 Jan 2010 15:19:24 PST

Written by CNS
Smith said officials are looking, among other options, at partnerships with states to fund desalination plants in California or Mexico under agreements that would allow Arizona and its partners to draw more water from the Colorado River ...

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Russia sets up water treatment membrane development project

18 Jan 2010 16:00:00 PST

The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (Rusnano) is to finance a project for producing nanostructured membranes and separation modules for water treatment in various industries. - Desalination & Water Reuse news centre.

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Desalination may not come to Mumbai's rescue

27 Dec 2009 10:59:52 PST

Daily News & Analysis Most of the civic engineers are not betting on the realisation of sea water desalination plants. Chief minister Ashok Chavan had announced plans to set the ... and more »

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Desalination news and blogs - February 27, 2010

27 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Desalination news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Rim Country Gazette: Desalination expensive but necessary for Arizona -- by Jim Keyworth from Desalination Blogs
• Carlsbad desalination gets US$ 530 million public loan -- from Desalination Blogs
• Saudi Arabia To Use Solar Energy for Desalination Plants -- by Brett Walton from Desalination Blogs
• Saudi Arabia Launches Initiative For Water Desalination By Solar ... -- by paul from Desalination Blogs
• Sydney desalination tests in final stages -- from Desalination Blogs
• Vacuum Pump Fpr Desalination - ChE Forums -- from Desalination Blogs
• NanoH2O to Change the Economics of Desalination : Greentech Media -- by info@greentechmedia.com from Desalination Blogs
• Desalination of the sea water -- from Desalination Blogs
• Congressional Research Service: Desalination – status and federal ... -- by Aqua Blog Maven from Desalination Blogs
• MBR/IFAS reuse technology could be used at Chinese jewellery site -- from Desalination Blogs

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Can nuclear solve the global water crisis?

20 Dec 2009 09:45:39 PST

Water has also been desalinated using nuclear reactors in India and Japan. The problem with desalination is that it is very energy intensive. ... Desalination plant doubtsGladstone Observer all 2 news articles »

Original story at Telegraph.co.uk .

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Better than gold: Desalination efforts are ready to go forward in Tularosa

18 Dec 2009 23:12:58 PST

In the meantime, customers in rural areas of Otero County pay for desalinated water by the gallon in small stores for coffee, tea and juicers because the ...

Original story at Alamogordo Daily News .

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Better than gold: Desalination efforts are ready to go forward in ...

18 Dec 2009 20:36:04 PST

Written by Alamogordo Daily News By Joan E. Price, For the Daily News
TULAROSA - In a historical effort to clean saline water sources for municipal use, costs have skyrocketed for the technologies that would do the cleaning.

Original story at Alamogordo Daily News .

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Water woes may not end even next year

17 Dec 2009 12:40:53 PST

Daily News & Analysis The BMC has already started framing laws to encourage the reuse of waste water for non-potable purposes. Desalination options are being explored too. ... and more »

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Technology Review: Sun-Assisted Desalination

16 Dec 2009 21:00:00 PST

A Canadian startup has built a pilot desalination plant in Vancouver that uses a quarter of the energy of conventional plants to remove salt from seawater. The process relies on concentration gradients, and the natural tendency of ...

Original story at MIT Technology Review .

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Desalination is grabbing eyeballs

11 Dec 2009 11:49:19 PST

Daily News & Analysis The water desalination process is expected to cost Rs50-60 per 1000 litres, the official said."The water generated from the desalination plants at Chennai ... Desalinated water for high-end consumersIndian Express all 2 news articles »

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Desalination breakthrough creates jobs, cleaner energy

08 Dec 2009 18:15:58 PST

Village Voice (blog) And when they are done with the water, it can go back into the river, in a state purer even than drinking water. “Recent water restrictions from the ... Aquatech Launches movap(TM), the Gas Shale Wastewater Mobile Evaporator UnitPR Newswire (press release)

Original story at Water and Wastewater .

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VSEP A Key Component Of The WateReuse Foundation's Desalination Project Of The Year

05 Oct 2009 03:25:00 PDT

Situated in the rolling hills of Northern California's Capay Valley, Cache Creek Casino Resort is a model of sustainability. Owned and operated by the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, the tribe has made harmony with the land a top priority in all aspects of its resort operations. Naturally, that...

Original story at Water Online .

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Desalination plant changes OK'd; opponents vow suit ...

17 Sep 2009 02:00:00 PDT

Environmental groups haven't given up their effort to derail the proposed ocean-water desalination plant in Carlsbad, telling the City Council, after it approved project changes Tuesday night, that they'll sue.

Original story at San Diego Union Tribune .

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Water Resources Supplement: Desalination draws private sector

07 Jun 2009 18:28:59 PDT

The resolution also resulted in the formation of a new public entity, the Water and Electricity Company (WEC) as the sole purchaser of the desalinated water and electricity produced and there was government credit support in the form of purchase ...

Original story at TMCnet .

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Desalination cost

30 Apr 2009 15:10:14 PDT

Qatar “We could even bring it down to less than $0.50 per cubic metre.” Seawater desalination provides over 99% of Qatar's municipal water demand. The first seawater desalination plant in the country was commissioned in 1953, with a capacity of 56mn cu m.

Original story at Gulf Times .

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More breaking news: Desal exec gets to call Peter Gleick by his first name!

11 Apr 2009 10:13:36 PDT

Written by Jared Simpson
For background, please read my 3/16 post, Desalination: No silver bullet in the Middle East and the comment by Desalter--John Tonner of Water Consultants International (WCI)--and my response: Breaking news: Company that builds desalination plants defends desalination! Therein I...

Original story at Waterblogged .

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Breaking news: Company that builds desalination plants defends desalination!

10 Apr 2009 12:08:56 PDT

Written by Jared Simpson
Your link to the referenced NatGeo article is broken. Pity I would have loved to read who the so-called “experts” were that think that way about desalination plants. Most desalination plants are good environmental citizens, properly regulated and diligently operated where ever they ar...

Original story at Waterblogged .

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Desalination issues swirl around Otero County

04 Mar 2009 23:03:57 PST

NM In ocean desalination plants, two parts of salt water are needed to produce one part drinkable water and some of the groundwater in New Mexico is much saltier. More than one year ago, the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce water committee received an ...

Original story at Alamogordo Daily News .

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Desalination issues swirl around Otero County - Alamogordo Daily News

04 Mar 2009 20:29:06 PST

Written by Alamogordo Daily News By Joan E. Price, For the Daily News
The cost of new wells is $1 million to $2 million, D'Antonio points out and then, after the artesian effect of deep pumping is depleted, pumping and construction of desalination plants will require heavy energy needs. ...

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Desalination plant bidders pass preliminary stage

21 Dec 2008 00:47:52 PST

Israel - The Soreq desalination plant will have a 100 million cubic meter a year capacity, making it one of the world's largest desalination plants. ...

Original story at Globes .

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Hawaii Governor Signs Ocean Thermal Energy Deal

05 Dec 2008 10:15:10 PST

Written by nick2
The drop off from the big island is so steep that they don’t have to go far from shore to reach 1700 feet. However, the salt water is not desalinated at 1700 feet. Ocean thermal energy conversion plants could provide islanders with much-needed power, as well as desalinated water.

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LLNL Spinoff Porifera Uses Carbon Nanotube for Desalination

09 Nov 2008 15:29:21 PST

Written by nick2
Yep. Yeppers. Yup. Someone did. Now the press release below does not mention the industrial production method that they are using. But it does say that an LLNL spinoff called Porifera is going to be making carbon nanotube membranes for water purification. The first benefit that is touted is the...

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Waterblogged.info’s desalination update!

19 Oct 2008 15:09:48 PDT

Written by Jared Simpson
Seawater Greenhouse: Another commercial venture that uses a passive distillation method to desalinate ocean water and produce mini-climates for horticulture. The Perth, Australia reverse osmosis desalination plant: The largest in the Southern hemisphere and when at total capaci...

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