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SCMA to conduct workshop at Texas
The South Central Membrane Association (SCMA) will hold a workshop entitled RO Maintenance & Case Histories in El Paso, Texas, on 12 November. For information, visit http://tinyurl.com/m7e4n3h....
San Francisco Non-potable Water Ordinance begins
On the first of November, an amendment to the City of San Francisco’s Non-potable Water Ordinance will take effect. It requires all new buildings with a gross area of more than 250,000 ft2...
Offshore platform will get SWRO-UV
A major North Sea oil producer has awarded Ovivo an $8 million contract to supply a custom engineered, modular SWRO package for a North Sea offshore platform. According to Kaveh Someah, the 2 x...
Water Standard reports 2 oil & gas deals
Houston-based Water Standard has beenawarded a contract for an ultrapure water generationpackage with amajor international oil company. Paul Choules, the company’s senior vicepresident of business...
Billionaire’s simple fix for big problem
In February 2012, Manoj Bhargava—the billionaire who made his fortune selling 1.93-ounce (57mL) bottles of the 5-hour Energy drink for $3—announced that he was developing a machine that would...
Engineer's Society of Western Pennsylvania to host annual International Water Conference
The Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania will host the annual International Water Conference (IWC) on 15-19 November at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. For more information,...
TWDB look for public input for brackish groundwater production zones
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) is seeking public input to identify and designate brackish groundwater production zones with an average TDS of less than 1,000 mg/L through the end of this...
West Basin Municipal Water District celebrating 20 yrs in water recycling
The 68-year old West Basin Municipal Water District will celebrate 20 years of water recycling this Saturday at its Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility in El Segundo, (Los Angeles)...
12 companies interested for Santa Clara Valley Water District IPR project
At least 12 firms attended last week’s pre-proposal conference for the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s (California) Ford Ponds 5 MGD (18,925 m3/d) IPR project. The firms are...
Alan Plummer Associates won Southeast Water Reclamation Plant contract
Lubbock, Texas’ city council has voted to award Texas-based Alan Plummer Associates a $375,000 contract to provide engineering services related to the evaluation of direct potable water reuse...
