Technology - Reuse and ZLD News

The USFilter-Veolia family tree

During the past sixteen months, Siemens has divested almost all of the USFilter technologies that it acquired from Veolia—the only exceptions are a handful of products that are now part of the...

Technology idol picked

This year’s Technology Idol included technical and commercial presentations for four new desal-related technologies to a standing-room-only crowd. Following each presentation, the presenter was...

Technology Idol participants set

Participants in our sixth annual Technology Idol event have been chosen. The event, which showcases early stage technologies, will be held on Monday, 22 April in conjunction with GWI’s Global...

Power plants to achieve ZLD

Dallas-based Panda Power has awarded GE Power & Water contracts to supply its brine concentrator evaporation technology at two new, 758 MW natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle power plants in...

2012 Desal awards shortlist named

A shortlist of entries for the 2012 Global Water Awards has been selected. The shortlisted entries for the major desalination categories are summarized below and a full list of shortlisted entries...

Center to fund more desal R&D

Australia’s National Centre of Excellence in Desalination (NCED) has launched a fourth round of funding that will focus on selecting projects that have been under-represented in the...

Acid mine drainage gets full treatment

Although mining dominated the economy of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula during the 19th century, it has been replaced by tourism in recent decades. So, when Kennecott Minerals discovered a...

Non-thermal ZLD process launched

At last week’s PACK Expo event in Las Vegas, GE Water unveiled its new NTBC (non-thermal brine concentrator) technology. Although it is still at least six months from commercialization, it...

NASA tests FO for direct reuse

NASA’s final space shuttle flight ferried six forward osmosis (FO) kits from Hydration Technology Innovation (HTI) into space last month for testing in microgravity. The system will be used...

Desal’s next big opportunity

For more than ten years, desalination has been one of the most glamorous slices of the water sector pie. Aquifers and reservoirs were being drawn down at alarming rates and entire continents were...