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Veolia to build seawater desalination plant in South Africa

Under a R17 million contract, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa is to design, build and commission a 1.7 mega litre per day seawater desalination plant in Lamberts Bay, South Africa.

Desalination market moving to reverse osmosis

Nearly 80 percent of the investment in desalination this year will be for membrane treatment as opposed to thermal.

Bluewater Bio secures Anglian Water framework contract for FilterClear technology

Bluewater Bio International’s FilterClear multimedia filtration technology has been included in Anglian Water’s Tertiary Solids Removal Framework.

Aquaporin adds to management team Aquaporin adds to management team

Steen Ulrik Madsen has been appointed vice president, business development at Aquaporin A/S.

Aquatech introduces high efficiency evaporation process

Aquatech has introduced the HEVAP™ high efficiency evaporation process for treating produced water from oil sands thermal processes such as Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD).

New RO elements offer lower energy use and reduced regeneration costs

Dow Water & Process Solutions has introduced DOW FILMTEC™ ECO Reverse Osmosis (RO) elements.

New partnership promotes algae for wastewater purification

World Water Works, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of wastewater treatment solutions, has invested in Aquanos Energy, Ltd, an Israel-based company that designed a patent-pending algae-based wastewater treatment process for wastewater purification and renewable energy production.

Desalination project underway

Construction of the Carlsbad Desalination project has started.

Desalitech secures further US$5mn in funding from Liberation Capital

Desalination technology company Desalitech has secured an additional US$5 million equity funding from US private equity firm Liberation Capital and its institutional investors.

LANXESS adds low energy elements for reverse osmosis

LANXESS has expanded its range of membrane separation elements for reverse osmosis (RO)-based water treatment to include new low energy (LE) elements.

U.S. patent for FBR treatment of perchlorate-contaminated water U.S. patent for FBR treatment of perchlorate-contaminated water

Envirogen Technologies, Inc. has received a U.S. patent for ‘Methods for Treatment of Perchlorate Contaminated Water’, for enhanced automated operation of Envirogen’s high-efficiency fluidised bed bioreactor (FBR) systems.

Upgraded microscreen offers improved performance and durability Upgraded microscreen offers improved performance and durability

Hydro International has upgraded its DynaDisc microscreen filtration unit.

Microbubble generator enhances separation techniques

DYNAFLOW INC. has recently developed a microbubble generator based on its STRATOJET® technology.

Imerys Filtration Minerals raises prices

Imerys Filtration Minerals Inc will increase prices for products shipped within North America from 1 July 2013.

Kuala Lumpur benefits from Hydro vortex separators Kuala Lumpur benefits from Hydro vortex separators

Stormwater technology from Hydro International is helping to clean up Kuala Lumpur’s river system.

Suez Environnement wins Czech water management contract

The Czech city of Benešov has selected VHS Benešov, a subsidiary of Suez Environnemnent’s Ondeo Services CZ, to manage its water and sanitation services for a 10 year period.

Dow introduces new ultrafiltration modules

Dow Water & Process Solutions has launched its latest ultrafiltration (UF) innovation with a new efficient module design that is intended to provide high-quality water while reducing overall system costs.

H2O Innovation wins water treatment contracts worth C$4.7mn

H2O Innovation Inc has been awarded C$4.7 million in new contracts, bringing the company’s order backlog for water treatment projects to C$17.4 million.

May’s Top 3 Working With Water Research Trends

The following Research Trends were the most popular with visitors to the Working With Water website last month.