Cleaning & Purification

April’s Top 3 Working With Water Research Trends
The following Research Trends were the most popular with visitors to the Working With Water website last month.... More

Pall opens office in Saudi Arabia
Pall Corp has inaugurated a new office in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia to address growing demand for advanced fluid management solutions in the Middle East.... More

1. Nitrogen removal system reduces energy and lowers costs

2. Water management: Learning from Singapore’s water success

3. Removal of biodegradable natural organic matter from seawater using biofiltration

Desalination

Award for Watersolutions
Watersolutions AG has received the 2013 Water Technology Idol “Distinction” Award from Global Water Intelligence for its Low Temperature Distillation (LTD) system. ... More

1. Dow and HidroLotus build UF plant in Azerbaijan

2. Layne Christensen launches water transfer business

3. Degrémont to build and operate 2 wastewater treatment plants in India

Distribution & Supply

Patterson Pump to proceed with New Orleans flood control project
Patterson Pump Co has been reaffirmed as the supplier of pumps for the Permanent Canal Closures and Pumps (PCCP) project with the US Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District.... More

Caprari launches range of in-line multistage vertical pumps
Caprari has launched its new range of multistage vertical electric pumps in stamped and welded stainless steel with inlet/outlet ports in-line ... More

Environment & Pollution

Contech buys Imbrium
West Chester, Ohio-based Contech Engineered Solutions has bought the Imbrium Systems Group from clean technology company Monteco Ltd.... More

Industrial Use of Water

Layne Christensen launches water transfer business
Water management company Layne Christensen Co has launched a water transfer business within its Layne Energy Services Division.... More

BluMetric reverse osmosis system to treat industrial water in Peru
BluMetric Environmental Inc has won a US$1.38 million contract to supply a reverse osmosis system to deliver high-quality process water at a new facility for an industrial chemicals producer in Peru.... More

New membrane purifies tough-to-treat wastewater
GE has introduced a new membrane, the AG LF series, which can purify tough-to-treat water such as wastewater from industrial processes.... More

Asian ultrapure water sales to exceed $3 billion in 2015
In the rapidly growing Asian market, sales of ultrapure water systems and consumables will exceed $3 billion for the first time ever in 2015.... More

Research Trends

Attachment surface energy effects on nitrification and estrogen removal by biofilms for improved wastewater treatment
The effects of attachment surface energy on biofilms have been evaluated for wastewater treatment, with biofilms grown on four plastic types at a full-scale wastewater plant. It was found that higher surface energy surfaces may improve nitrification and estrogen removal from wastewater.... More

Microbiological selenate to selenite conversion, to remove selenium from wastewater
An open high-rate bioreactor is used to exclusively bio-reduce selenate to selenite, with the selenite subsequently reduced by chemical means under optimal conditions to produce a biomass-free selenium product.... More

Wastewater & Sewage Treatment

LiqTech signs exclusive Chinese sales deal
Denmark’s LiqTech International Inc has signed an exclusive agreement to supply SiC membranes to China’s Fan Run Si (Shanghai) Fluid Technology Co Ltd (Fanrunsi) for soy bean protein recovery (bio tech) and soy bean wastewater treatment.... More

Filtration Group acquires Clear Edge Filtration
Gamma Holding NV has sold its Clear Edge Filtration business unit to the Chicago-based Filtration Group Corp.... More

Nitrogen removal system reduces energy and lowers costs
World Water Works, Inc. is highlighting the DEMON® nitrogen removal system at the Water Environment Federation’s Residuals and Biosolids 2013 Conference from 5-8 May in Nashville, USA.... More

Water Reuse

Nubian and Nirosoft partner in Australia
Australia’s Nubian Water Systems has entered into a strategic partnership with global water treatment solutions provider Nirosoft.... More

Events

Pumps & Valves Asia 2013
Dates: 05 June 2013 until 08 June 2013
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Website: http://www.pumpsandvalves-asia.com
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INDOWATER 2013
Dates: 03 July 2013 until 05 July 2013
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Website: http://www.indowater.merebo.com
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PERMEA 2013
Dates: 15 September 2013 (1 day event)
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Website: http://www.permea2013.pl
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IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2014
Dates: 21 September 2014 until 26 September 2014
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Website: http://www.iwa2014lisbon.org
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INDA Nonwoven Filter Media Training Course
Dates: 24 September 2013 until 25 September 2013
Location: Cary, North Carolina, USA
Website: http://www.inda.org
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WATER MED 2013
Dates: 24 September 2013 until 26 September 2013
Location: Milan, Italy
Website: http://www.watermed.com/en_rbs/index_wtm.asp
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