Technology - Membrane & Filtration
New UFs for RO pretreatment introduced
This past May, WDR did a story on the ‘universal rack’ or ‘open platform’ MF/UF concept, in which a system OEM designs flexibility into their membrane racks to allow for the use of membrane modules...
Off-grid solar power is a desal challenge
How often have you heard someone say that the world’s energy problems would be solved if it were only were possible to harness a fraction of the sun’s energy? Since the first solar cell was...
OpEd: One size doesn’t fit all
Those who believe that the subsurface seawater intake construction costs estimated for the Huntington Beach Desalination Project (see previous story) are representative of all subsurface seawater...
Doubling SWRO’s CapEx
California’s newly amended Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters, or ‘Ocean Plan’, requires the use of subsurface intakes for seawater desalination plants unless a bespoke study determines it...
Sub-surface intake to re-surface
With the spotlight focused onsubsurface seawater intakes, Pall Corporation plans to re-launch what it considersone of its best-keptsecrets: the Schumasoil (Filtroplast) well screenof sintered HDPE....
California: RFP issued for pretreat/intake test
As the next incremental step in developing a seawater desalination plant at Camp Pendleton, the San Diego County Water Authority will conduct a 12-month pilot test to evaluate intake and...
Isobarix president Leif Hauge: “The pressure exchanger war is over”
So said Isobarix president LeifHauge when he told WDR that the final challenge in a four-year court battlewith Energy Recovery, Inc (ERII) had been dismissed. “We have nowprevailed intwo major...
Bureau of Reclamation awards research grants
Nine research projects have been awarded a total of $1.49 million in funding under the Bureau of Reclamation’s Desalination and Water Purification Research Program for 2016. The projects were...
NWMOA to conduct workshop In August
The Northwest Membrane Operator Association (NWMOA) will hold a “Small Municipal Membrane Challenges” workshop on 25 August in Arch Cape, Oregon, located 80 miles west of Portland....
Report provides guide for use of SSTs
All stainless steels are not created equal. The Water Research Foundation (WRF) has published a new report entitled Guidelines for the Use of Stainless Steel in the Water Desalination Industries...