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MWD receives three proposals for demo plant regional recycled water program
Three proposals have been received for a 1 MGD (3,785 m3/d) demonstration plant to be constructed in advance of a 150 MGD (567,765 m3/d) regional recycled water program being conducted by the...
TWDB to host direct potable reuse webinar
The Texas Water Development Board will host a webinar on the newly released Direct Potable Reuse Resource document. Dr Ellen McDonald and Margie Nellor will present the 1.5-hour webinar this...
Consultants picked for reuse projects
At its mid-December board meeting, the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency (MRWPCA), the lead agency on the Pure Water Monterey project, selected Kennedy/Jenks Consultants to design...
BoR seeks R&D funding applications
Proposal applications are being solicited by the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation to further technological advances related to imbalances between water supply and demand. The...
WRRF and WERF to merge
Last spring, the WateReuse Association and the WateReuse Research Foundation (WRRF) announced that the leadership of the two organizations would merge. Although they would now share “one vision and...
Projects: carlsbad
Southern California’s Carlsbad SWRO project continued to be the most widely covered project last year. However, after spending most of the last 16 years reporting on development issues, most of...
Texas projects
Although Texas’ drought finally ended, its impact encouraged many communities to consider the development of new, weather-independent water supplies. New brackish groundwater projects were planned...
Projects: Monterey peninsula
CalAm’s Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project began testing a slant well intake [2]. The slant well test, which was initially declared a success [16], was interrupted to determine if it was...
CalAm select three contractors to build pipeline network
California American Water (CalAm) has selected three contractors to construct 22-miles (35km) of pipeline, pump stations and storage facilities that will deliver desalinated seawater as part of...
Carlsbad to hold Dedication
Poseidon Water and the San Diego County Water Authority will host a dedication ceremony celebrating the startup of the Carlsbad Desalination Plant on 14 December. Several hundred attendees are...
