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IDE award ERI energy recovery device contract
IDE has awarded Energy Recovery, Inc (ERII) a contract to provide AquaBold high-pressure pumps and PX energy recovery devices for the 3,125 AFY (10,560 m3/d) SWRO rehabilitation project in Santa...
AMTA to organize pre-IDA workshop in San Diego
AMTA will host a Pre-IDA Congress Workshop on Sunday, 30 August in San Diego entitled “Pioneering Achievements in Desalination with a Review of Current Status”. The morning session of...
California: Two membrane projects awarded to Pacific Aqua Technologies
Pacific Aqua Technologies (PAT), a Santa Fe Springs-based technology provider, has been awarded contracts to supply two separate membrane systems for municipal water treatment systems in...
City approves SWRO reactivation
By a unanimous vote, the Santa Barbara City Council said that it would reactivate the SWRO facility that it mothballed in 1992 after rains filled Cachuma Lake, the reservoir which serves as the...
CalDesal and Texas Desalination to conduct annual conferences in Texas
The CalDesal and the Texas Desalination Association will hold their annual conferences on overlapping dates. The Texas Desalination Association will hold TexasDesal 2015 in Austin on 30 September-1...
Sub-surface intake still on agenda
Even though the decision to proceed with rehabilitating and reactivating the Santa Barbara SWRO plant has now been made (see story, page 1), work will continue on the evaluation of a subsurface...
TWDB approve $3.9 billion financial assistance for SWIFT program
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has approved $3.9 billion in water funding financial assistance under its State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT) program. The Program, which is...
California: Workshop includes manufacturer’s tours
An October Southwest Membrane Operator Association (SWMOA) workshop will take advantage of Southern California’s concentration of desal-related equipment suppliers and product manufacturers by...
When is a Sea an Ocean?
Although the desalting world usually talks about seawater desalination, Californians often call it ocean desalination. Most people use the terms sea and ocean interchangeably, although one...
California: And so it goes…
California’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has cited a potential conflict of interest as one of three reasons for issuing a second extension to the public comment period for the draft EIR for...
