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NWMOA to conduct membrane workshop in Idaho
The Northwest Membrane Operator Association (NWMOA) will hold an Introduction to Membrane Systems – Membrane Operators Certification in Fruitland (Boise), Idaho, on 7-9 June. For more information,...
DWR update website in preparation of California Water Plan
California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) has updated its website—http://www.water.ca.gov/waterplan/ —in preparation for developing the California Water Plan Update 2018, the state...
Options galore
Last week, the West Basin Municipal Water District awarded CH2M a contract to undertakean analysis of alternative project delivery models for a proposed full-scale SWRO plant that it has been...
Delay in river cutbacks requested
In 2009, the State Water Resources Control Board issued a cease and desist order requiring California American Water (CalAm) to cutback 70 percent of potable water supplies from the Carmel River by...
SWRO tender canceled
Following a 26 January bid opening, where bid prices exceeded budget expectations, the 5-year DBO tender for a 22,500 m3/d (6 MGD) SWRO plant at Doreleh has been canceled. The European Union was to...
Coachella authority approves water recycle feasibility study
At last week’s meeting, the city of Coachella, California, authorized the approval of a $244,729 contract with Hazen and Sawyer to undertake a feasibility study to use recycled water to...
Equipment bids received for IPR project
Although the seawater desalination portion of the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project (MPWSP) project has experienced some delays (see previous story), the groundwater replenishment/indirect...
Non-partisan legislation introduced
US Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) introduced the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 early last week and two days later, it passed the Environment and Public Works...
Rosarito SWRO bids opened
Proposals were received by the Department of Infrastructure and Urban Development for the State of Baja California (SIDUE) and Comisión Estatal del Agua de Baja California (CEA) for the proposed...
SCWA to conduct low pressure membrane workshop in Texas
The South Central Membrane Association (SCMA) will hold a workshop on Low Pressure Membrane Operations & Troubleshooting on 17 May in Mansfield, Texas. For information visit ...
