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IDA World Congress at a Glance
Dates:30 August – 4 September
Location:San Diego, California
San Diego Convention Center:http://tinyurl.com/ob86bod
Total technical sessions:24
Number of papers:156
Number of posters:169
Best paper...
IFOA to conduct 2015 World Summit in Canada
The International Forward Osmosis Association (IFOA) will hold its 2015 World Summit in Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada on 23-25 September. The event will feature expert speakers from...
California District to consider regional SWRO
Although the West Basin Municipal Water District is best known for its 20-year water reuse program, which produces five ‘designer’ grades of reclaimed waters, it has been considering how seawater...
Texas Legislature addresses desal
As the 140-day biennial Texas legislative session came to an end, an effort that had begun during the 2013 session reached a successful conclusion. On 1 July, the Texas Commission on Environmental...
Poseidon completes pipeline that will transport desal water of Carlsbad to San Diego
Poseidon Water has completed the 10-mile (16km), 54-inch (1.37m) diameter pipeline to convey desalted water from the 54 MGD (204,390 m3/d) Carlsbad Desalination Plant to San Diego County Water...
Texas BWRO to Offload brine disposal
In August 2007, El Paso Water Utilities (EPWU) commissioned the Kay Bailey Hutchison (KBH) Desal Plant. The 27.5 MGD (104,088 m3/d) plant is one of the world’s largest BWRO plants and was developed...
In brief: SCMA to host Best Testing Membrane Water competition
The South Central Membrane Association (SCMA) will hold a Best Tasting Membrane Water competition at its annual conference in Fort Worth, Texas, on 29-31 July. The event is open to utilities in the...
Californian Resort will get SWRO
California-based Pacific Aqua Technologies (PAT) has announced that it will supply a seawater desalination system for one of Baja California Sur’s most prestigious resort and residential properties...
In brief: Final negotiations between Pacific Grove and PERC
The city of Pacific Grove, California will enter into final negotiations with the PERC Water/PACE team for the design and construction of a $7.3 million, 0.25 MGD (946 m3/d) MBR treatment system...
Santa Barbara’s Council votes “yes” on SWRO
Last week, Santa Barbara’s city council voted unanimously to support its staff recommendation to spend an additional $3.76 million to proceed with the reactivation of its 3,125 AFY (10,560 m3/d)...
