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Desalination
Desalination: - [Desalinization] (1) Removing salts from ocean or brackish water by using various technologies. (2) Removal of salts from soil by artificial means, usually leaching. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Desalination:: |
San Diego Union Tribune,The most significant conditions address how to compensate for fish and small marine organisms that will be killed in the desalination process,
A New Day for Desalination? - 04 Aug 2008
The Plank on TNR.com,One of the most common questions in the realm of water security is, what are the main barriers to dramatically expanding desalination?
Port Stanvac desalination pilot plant up and running - 04 Aug 2008
Adelaidenow,ADELAIDE'S $1.1 billion desalination plant is on schedule for completion in three years following the opening of the pilot plant at Port Stanvac this
City to Consider Paying for Study on Restarting Desalination Plant - 04 Aug 2008
Noozhawk,Santa Barbara’s water desalination plant, which cost $34 million to build, has been dormant since 1992, after officials used it for only a couple of months.
Aquatech Awarded Pretreatment System Contract at Sandy Creek ... - 04 Aug 2008
RedOrbit,4 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquatech International Corporation, a leader in the field of desalination, water reuse, and zero liquid discharge, was awarded a
What to do about water - 04 Aug 2008
Globes,It should be noted that treated wastewater will be less saline within five years because of desalination, and the treated wastewater will be of a quality
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. Schedules Second Quarter Conference ... - 04 Aug 2008
CNNMoney.com (press release)Ltd. (Nasdaq: CWCO), which develops and operates seawater desalination plants and water distribution systems in areas where naturally occurring supplies of
Experts to study Coast desal sites - 04 Aug 2008
Sunshine Coast Daily,Councillor Chris Thompson said desalination was an expensive way to produce water and the cost of powering a plant would rise exponentially as electricity
Pump uses less energy to desalinate water - Aug 2, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,As the company told potential investors in its prospectus, "growth in the market for new total desalination capacity should increase by approximately 13
Seven county mayors endorse desalination plant - Aug 1, 2008
San Diego Union Tribune,...“Seawater desalination will provide a drought-proof water supply,� Sanders said, noting he has declared a water emergency and called on residents to reduce
Abu Dhabi : New power and desalination project for GDF SUEZ in the ... - Jul 31, 2008
Al-Bawaba,GDF SUEZ has won the contract and signed for 20 years the Power and Water Purchase agreement for the Shuweihat 2 power generation and seawater desalination
Proper process would reveal the deception in desal - Aug 3, 2008
The Age,Both related directly or indirectly to the proposed Wonthaggi desalination plant. The first said "Tenders for the $3.1 billion desalination plant closed
San Diego-Area Mayors Endorse Desalination Plant - Aug 1, 2008
RedOrbit,1--SAN DIEGO -- A proposed $300 million desalination plant in Carlsbad got a political boost Thursday, a week before a critical hearing before the
Salty solution to desalination - Jul 31, 2008
spectroscopyNOW.com (subscription),NMR spectroscopy has been used to assist in the development of chlorine-resistant membranes for use in water desalination plants. The new membrane materials
Carlsbad Desalination Plant Close To Reality - Jul 31, 2008
KGTV, 10News.com,SAN DIEGO -- The mayors of seven cities in San Diego County Thursday called on the California Coastal Commission to give final approval to a desalination
New Chlorine-tolerant Desalination Membrane Hopes To Boost Access ... - Jul 23, 2008
Science Daily (press release)...“If we make the desalination process more efficient with better membranes, it will be less expensive to desalinate a gallon of water, which will expand the
Desalination Could Get Cheaper with New Membrane Breakthrough - Jul 31, 2008
EcoGeek,With fresh water less and less at the ready, desalination technology ideas are gaining popularity. Researchers at the University of Texas as Austin and
ERI’s PX Technology Contracted for the Largest Membrane ... - Jul 30, 2008
Business Wire (press release),The Tianjin Dagang Newspring Desalination Plant will be located along China’s north eastern border in a coastal city near the capital city of Beijing.
Kuwait- Securing water - Aug 3, 2008
Middle East North Africa Financial Network,Increasing desalination capacity will therefore be a priority, though this remains an energy intensive process. Other alternatives - such as a plan mooted
S KOREA'S DOOSAN HEAVY WINS US$795 BLN DESALINATION PLANT BID - Jul 30, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),...(KSE:034020), South Korea's biggest maker of power equipment, said today that it has won a deal to build a desalination facility for 807 billion won
Researchers Race to Make Desalination Eco-Friendly While There's ... - Jul 30, 2008
Newswise (press release)Newswise — There's one way Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego researchers see the future of desalination in California going.
Climate change hits water-deprived Cyprus (Feature) - Aug 2, 2008
Monsters and Critics.comIt is also trying to build two desalination plants which have been on the drawing board for years. But despite the cuts, the tourism sector, the island's
Govt searches for desal plant sites - Aug 2, 2008
ABC Online,The Queensland Government says it is moving to the next stage of looking for sites for a new desalination plant. Six potential sites in the state's
Local Stories by Local People - Aug 1, 2008
Santa Barbara Edhat,19) a staff proposal --already blessed by the City Water Commission-- for a study to figure out how to revive the dormant Charles Meyer Desalination
Desalination Made Simpler - Jul 29, 2008
MIT Technology Review,Desalination may help relieve such water-stressed populations by filtering salt from abundant seawater, and there are more than 7000 desalination plants
MMWD should be clear on need for desalination - Jul 29, 2008
Marin Independent-Journal,Marin Municipal Water District Director Alex Forman says customers in Central and Southern Marin can avoid the need for a costly desalination plant simply
'Desalination' Company Gets A Sweet Reception - Jul 28, 2008
Investor's Business Daily (subscription)Observers say the company can play a crucial role, helping desalination plants cut their energy use and thus making the process of producing clean water
Nine arrested in desalination plant showdown - Jul 14, 2008
NEWS.com.au,NINE protesters were arrested in an angry confrontation with police near the site of Victoria's $3 billion desalination project yesterday.
Desalination plant not included in $500000 climate change review - Jul 18, 2008
The Age,But The Age believes the review will not investigate several environmentally contentious Government projects such as the proposed desalination plant near
Desalination not so bad - Jul 28, 2008
Yorke Peninsula Country Times,SIR — I feel your correspondent Greg Curnow (Your View, 22-7-08) is unnecessarily apprehensive about the environmental consequences of desalination.
Saudi's SWCC records 3.3pc rise in desalinated water - Aug 1, 2008
Khaleej Times,SWCC attributed the increase to the completion of the reconstruction programme for the desalination units at the fourth desalination plant in Jeddah
THE GREAT THIRST Oceans of water - Jul 28, 2008
Los Angeles Times,Although desalination is costly and energy intensive, it should be part of our long-term strategy. It's easy to understand why so many of us,
Ashkelon desalination plant leaches iron into sea - Jul 27, 2008
Globes,Desalination plants not only consume large amounts of energy and use up expensive coastal land, it turns out that they also pollute the sea.
Barge-mounted sea water desalination plant commissioned - Jul 8, 2008
Hindu,Mumbai: The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has commissioned a barge-mounted sea water desalination plant for technology demonstration.
Developers Get Permit For Desalination Plant - Jul 25, 2008
Beach Times,When operational the desalination plant will take sea water and produce up to 1.5 million gallons of drinking water a day. The private desalination plant
SWCC to be phased out as part of privatization - Jul 30, 2008
Arab News,Loay bin Ahmed Al-Musallam, CEO of the NWC, said the new company would take over desalination plants from the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC).
Suffering desal residents 'deserve more' - Jul 30, 2008
ABC Online,..."They are literally suffering because of the desalination plant and there should be an established process to compensate them."
Water plant branded a bungle - Jul 17, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,SYDNEY'S desalination plant has been described as a "billion-dollar bungle" by two Australian environmental economists, who argue the State Government's
Suez Environnement eyes major UAE contracts - Aug 1, 2008
Zawya,..."We are waiting for the finalisation of a contract in Abu Dhabi for a desalination plant. Yet another is awaited in Muscat, then one in Makkah," he said
Research reduces desalination steps - Jul 25, 2008
the chemical engineer,This breakthrough will lower the cost of the desalination process, thereby making it more widely available, and it also reduces the carbon footprint of
A town taps potential from water down the drain - Jul 22, 2008
The Canberra Times,So to safeguard its lucrative tourism magnet, Moree Plains Shire Council is planning to build a desalination plant for the artesian waste water.
French firm bags Abu Dhabi energy project deal - Aug 1, 2008
Thaindian.com,Though the exact figure of the deal has not been disclosed, GDF SUEZ will own 40 percent of the Shuweihat 2 power generation and seawater desalination plant
Desalination simplification - Jul 23, 2008
The Engineer,A team of engineers has developed a new chlorine-tolerant membrane that should simplify the process of water desalination. Prof Freeman, a chemical
Gladstone Council urged to reconsider desalination plant option - Jul 22, 2008
ABC Regional Online,The council says it is committed to solving water and sewage problems at Agnes Water and 1770 with a controversial $40 million desalination and sewage plant
Water Engineer - Desalination - Jul 21, 2008
The Engineer,This firm is a leading company in desalination. Across their various business interests (design, construction, set up, installation operation and
World’s Largest Desalination Plant To Use ERI’s PX® Technology - Jul 15, 2008
Business Wire (press release),IDE also recently selected PX Technology for the expansion of its 54000 m 3 /day (14 MGD) SWRO desalination plant located in Larnaca, Cyprus.
Energy Recovery Devices Offers Unique Product in Solid Global ... - Jul 29, 2008
Seeking Alpha,...'We are a leading global developer and manufacturer of highly efficient energy recovery devices utilized in the rapidly growing water desalination industry.
Politics, drought contribute to Palestinian, Israeli water shortage - Jul 31, 2008
Catholic Weekly,He advocated more desalination of seawater. Currently 7 percent of the water Israel uses is desalinated, he said. Optimally it should be up to 20 percent,
Google maps bad for Queensland's image - Jul 15, 2008
The Canberra Times,..."If you were looking for the Gold Coast Desalination Plant, you would think the site remains an empty paddock, but the project is almost 75 per cent
Desalination encounters the “Cyprus problem� - Jul 18, 2008
Global Water Intelligence (subscription),Now, the political machine is threatening to impact the ongoing desalination programmes in both the northern and southern parts of the island.
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