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TETRALP Block system installed in Catalonia

Severn Trent Services Apliclor, a Spanish-based part of Severn Trent, plans to install its TETRA LP Block filter underdrain system at a water treatment works at Sant Joan Despí, Catalonia, Spain.
20 October 2011

Water shortages drive desalination technologies

A new report by research service Frost & Sullivan suggests that extreme potable water shortages are improving the reputation of some desalination technologies as workable solutions.
14 October 2011

New board for IDA

The International Desalination Association has named the individuals elected to serve on the 2011-2013 Board of Directors.
29 September 2011

Ballast water treatment system handles salt and fresh water

DESMI Ocean Guard A/S has completed a land-based test of its Ballast Water Treatment System at the DHI test facility, Denmark.
22 September 2011

Lanxess adds membrane filtration elements

Speciality chemicals company LANXESS has inaugurated its new production plant for membrane filtration elements in Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
22 September 2011

Doosan wins US$80mn MED desalination project in Saudi Arabia

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Ltd is to build an US$80 million seawater desalination plant for Saudi Arabia’s Marafiq.
22 September 2011

Pentair X-Flow introduces Megablock in Singapore

Pentair X-Flow has introduced the Airlift™ Membrane BioReactor (MBR) Megablock validation plant at the Changi Water Reclamation Plant (CWRP) in Singapore.
19 September 2011

11th World Filtration Congress: registration opens

Online registration is now open for the 11th World Filtration Congress which takes place 16-20 April 2012 in Graz, Austria.
15 September 2011

Eco-friendly RO system for water desalination

Israel’s IDE Technologies has launched IDE PROGREEN, a green, eco-friendly reverse osmosis (RO) system for water desalination.
15 September 2011

Biggest ever ultrafiltration module

French ultrafiltration specialist Polymem has developed what it says is the biggest and most compact ultrafiltration module.
08 September 2011

GE and Osmoflo form water treatment alliance in Australia

GE is partnering with the desalination and water recycling company Osmoflo to expand in the Australian water treatment solutions market.
08 September 2011

Microfiltration elements for challenging water

Membrane provider Nitto Denko/Hydranautics has developed HYDRAcap® MAX microfiltration elements that have a very high membrane surface area and durable membrane fibre.
06 September 2011

Desalination market to reach US$52.4bn by 2020

The global market for desalination technology is expected to reach US$52.4 billion by 2020, up 320.3% from US$12.5 billion in 2010, driven by depleting water supplies and increasing water demand.
29 August 2011

New hollow fibre ultrafiltration system on show

Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. will highlight the TARGA® II HF, a new hollow-fibre ultrafiltration membrane system, at Fitabes, the IX International Environmental Sanitation Technology Exhibition.
25 August 2011

NanoH2O releases Q+ Projection software

NanoH2O, the manufacturer of reverse osmosis membranes for seawater desalination, has introduced its new Q+ Projection software.
22 August 2011

New test measures RO membranes New test measures RO membranes

Researchers at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a measurement technique that tests the mechanical properties of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes as well as other near-nanoscale films.
10 August 2011

Spanish underground storage project selects ITT C’treat Watermaker

ITT Corp’s C’treat Offshore is to supply a Reverse Osmosis Watermaker to Spain’s Castor Underground Storage (UGS) project in the western Mediterranean Sea.
03 August 2011

Senior appointments at Energy Recovery

Energy Recovery Inc has hired Ismail Nawaz as vice president, oil & gas product development and Baji Gobburi as director, water product development.
27 July 2011

Dow plans membrane plant in Saudi Arabia

The Dow Chemical Co is to build a manufacturing facility for Dow Filmtec reverse osmosis (RO) membrane elements in Saudi Arabia.
26 July 2011

Location chosen for 2013 IDA World Congress

The International Desalination Association (IDA) has selected Tianjin, China as the site for its 2013 IDA World Congress on desalination and water reuse.
26 July 2011

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