Technology - Membrane & Filtration

Port Stanvac SWRO plant to operate on full capacity

Adelaide’s 273,972 m3/d (72.4 MGD) SA Water SWRO plant at Port Stanvac, which is currently operating at a minimum output of 10 percent of its capacity, may be called upon to provide a greater...

NCEDA to conduct conference for water reuse and desalination

The National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA) will hold an International Water Reuse and Desalination Symposium titled, Building Urban Water Resilience, in Brisbane on 4-5...

A 50-yr-old supplier you haven’t heard of

When it was founded as aregional manufacturer’s representative in 1965, Wigen WaterTechnologiesfocused on commercial and industrial water treatment. According to Jeff Wigen—the company’scurrent...

Service plan for new ERD announced

Another announcement made at the recent IDA World Congress was Energy Recovery’s (ERII) announcement that it will introduce a new “groundbreaking PX Pressure Exchanger”, which will be the “most...

Mining submarine springs

Freshwater springs are a well-known phenomenon in many coastal areas where rainwater from onshore mountains seeps underground before the less saline, more buoyant water may eventually rise—often...

System integrates Strainer/UF in FRP vessel

Spain’s Fluytec launched its newest membrane filtration system in San Diego, two weeks ago. Designated the i-UF, for ‘integrated UF’, the system combines the company’s FRP filter housing expertise...

Biwater introduced new UF rack system

California-based Biwater introduced an open plat-form UF rack system at the IDA World Congress. Biwater’s Richard White told WDR that the rack accommodates a variety of different UF modules...

Chemical dosing software released

“Our industry has come a long way in the last fifty years,but many people still rely on outdated information when designing or operatingRO systems,”Avista Technologies’ president Dave Walker told...

Has thermal desal had its day?

The latest data from the GWI DesalData/IDA Worldwide Desalting Plant Inventory suggests that in 2014 demand for thermal desalination fell to its lowest level since 1962. Just six new thermal...

New products showcased

Aquatech International is launching two new products at in San Diego this week:

AquaR2RO – a unique membrane configuration engineered to cost-effectively treat waters that are difficult to treat...