Technology - Membrane & Filtration

Electrochem system desalts groundwater

When a horticultural facility in Quertaro, Mexico, had to desalt brackish groundwater for its operations, the treatment challenge was complicated by a silica concentration that could reach 90 mg/L....

Membrane company expands its horizons

Aquaporin Asia has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Darco Water Technologies, a Singapore-based water treatment OEM, to conduct joint piloting and test-bedding. The focus of...

FO startup is spreading its wings

In the four months since Keith Lampi founded Fluid Technology Solutions (FTS), the company has received several substantial orders for its cellulose triacetate (CTA) membrane elements and its...

Red-Dead pre-qual deadline extended

Jordan’s Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI), through the Jordan Valley Authority, has issued Addendum 2, extending the final deadline for the submission of pre-qualification documents for the...

Hydrogels investigated as FO draw agents

To be considered a good candidate for use in a potable water forward osmosis (FO) system, a draw agent should be nontoxic, have a high osmotic pressure, good reversibility, negligible solute...

A biomimetic Membrane process

In the mid-1960s, John Kessler’s interest in osmosis was piqued while reading a newsletter that explained why sharks don’t drink water. It seems that because they have hypersaline blood and...

Modern Water and Advent Envirocare Technology announce joint commercialization agreement

UK-based Modern Water has signed an agreement with Advent Envirocare Technology Pvt Ltd, an Indian OEM/EPC contractor, for the joint development and commercialization of Modern Water’s brine...

Potential SWRO bidders’ comments sought

Stressing that it is not a pre-qualification exercise to prequalify or shortlist potential bidders, Hong Kong’s Water Supplies Department (WSD) has posted a 49-page ‘market sounding’ document...

Mobile unit provides high-recovery BWRO

Last week, following a February partnership agreement in which Desalitech became a preferred supplier of RO systems for Pall’s mobile system fleet, the company announced that Pall has awarded it a...

Evoqua launch Nexed electrochemical desal module

Evoqua said that it has completed a successful pilot of its Nexed electrochemical desal modules at the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility (BGNDRF) in Alamogordo, New...