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News
Judge rejects lawsuit against water authority over Carlsbad
emissions
US water conservation group, San Diego Coastkeeper, this
week failed in its bid to sue the San Diego County Water Authority for alleged
environmental negligence in its water supply projects. Coastkeeper claimed the
authority made inadequate provision for the environmental impact of its water
supply schemes including the giant Carlsbad project currently nearing
completion.
California Democrat bill rings cash for desalination
California Democrat senator, Dianne Feinstein, has introduced legislation to
allocate investment to water desalination, recycling and additional storage
totalling US$ 1.3 billion over ten years.
Indian state gives green light to desalination duo
India's Tamil Nadu state government has given the go-ahead for two 60 Ml/d
output seawater reverse osmosis desalination plants at Kuthiraimozhi in
Ramanathapuram and Alanthalai in the port city of Tuticorin. They will supply
more than 1,100 rural areas where provision of safe drinking water has been a
long-standing challenge.
Energy Recovery bags US$ 1 mlllion US deal duo
Flow
energy technology firm, Energy Recovery, has won US$ 1 million in deals for
desalination projects in California and Texas.
Nine water purification projects bag US$ 1.49 million in
funding
The US Bureau of Reclamation has selected nine projects to
receive US$ 1.49 million under its Desalination and Water Purification Research
programme.
Scilly proposes floating intake solution to sediment
challenge
The Scilly Isles' council has submitted plans to the
Marine Management Organisation for a new seawater intake for the islands' St
Mary's desalination plant. A novel floating arrangement for the intake is
designed to leave the seabed undisturbed to limit filter blockage by
sediment.
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Latest Research
Magnesium powered water purification wins
patent
Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) has been awarded a
US patent for its magnesium-powered water purification system which provides
access to potable water in remote regions without the need to transport water
supplies. It is particularly applicable to military use CTC claimed.
Magazine Articles
Less is more
Trevor Loveday, Editor, Desalination
and Water Reuse
The word on the sheet: biofilm has a script
Professor Sunny Jiang and Leda Katebian University of California,
Irvine
Larger flowmeters speak volumes
Richard Lowrie,
Water and wastewater industry manager, Krohne Inc.
Algae: a tide of trouble
Khurram Shahid and
Abdullah Al Sadi, Projects Department, Majis Industrial Services SAOC
Events
Texas Desal 2015 (Radisson Hotel, Austin, Texas -
30/09/2015)
IDA 2015 World Congress (San Diego, California, USA -
29/08/2015)
AWWA/AMTA 2016 Membrane Conference & Exposition
(San Antonio, Texas, USA - 01/02/2016)
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