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Working With Water News - 21 Oct 2011

Editor's Choice

Ceramic membranes: High filtration area packing densities improve membrane performance New tubular ceramic membranes have been developed that provide a high packing density of the filtration area. These new ceramic membrane filter elements have been proven in case studies in oily wastewater treatment applications. Steffen Heidenreich and Winfried Michell of Pall Filtersystems GmbH describe the findings. More

Developing financially self-sustaining water and wastewater management policies A new approach for water utilities to be financially self-sustaining has been proposed. Complex interconnections and feedback loops in water and wastewater network management are considered using a causal loop diagram. More

Filtration Industry Analyst is the only monthly source of business news, analysis and comment for senior professionals in the filtration industry.

Drinking Water

ItN Nanovation seals membrane JV in Saudi Arabia
Nanostart-holding ItN Nanovation AG has finalised the contracts for the joint venture with Juffali in Saudi Arabia that was preliminarily agreed in October 2010.... More

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Engineering / Construction Management

Grundfos signs green agreement with Samsung C&T
Danish pump manufacturer Grundfos and the South Korean engineering and building company Samsung C&T are to work together to develop green solutions.... More

Top three stories of the week on www.workingwithwater.net

1. Potable water: New technology enables use of alternative water sources

2. WATCH report analyses effect of climate change on global water cycle

3. Stormwater treatment passes trials in Malaysia

Top three business news stories of the week on www.workingwithwater.net

1. Kennecott Eagle Minerals selects Veolia for mine water treatment plant

2. Dow outlines growth plans

3. Hydro International signs Scottish sand filtration framework agreement

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Mining

Kennecott Eagle Minerals selects Veolia for mine water treatment plant
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies has won the contract to supply a wastewater treatment plant for Kennecott Eagle Minerals’ Eagle Mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.... More

Wastewater

HTI agrees Middle East forward osmosis distribution deal
Forward osmosis membrane specialist Hydration Technology Innovations LLC (HTI) has reached a distribution, services and cooperation agreement with Dubai-based Future Technologies LLC.... More

Hyflux signs MOU for Yangzhou wastewater plant
Hyflux Utility Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Yangzhou Chemical Industrial Zone Administrative Authority for the exclusive right to start due diligence on the feasibility of implementing Phase 3 of the Yangzhou Qing Shan wastewater treatment plant in China.... More

Europump becomes associate member of Orgalime
The European association of pump manufacturers, Europump, is now an associate member of Orgalime, the European engineering industries association.... More

Water Purification

Severn Trent Services names new GM for European water purification
Enric Cardoner is the new general manager of Severn Trent Services’ Water Purification group in Europe.... More

Water Supply and Distribution

Saudi Water & Power Forum innovation award announced
The Saudi Water & Power Forum (SWPF) has announced that its Award for Innovation and the Marafiq Award for Sustainability will be presented at the event’s inauguration ceremony on 4th December 2011.... More

Grundfos opens water technology centre in Denmark
Danish pump maker Grundfos has opened its new global water competency centre near Copenhagen.... More

Desalination

Saudi Water & Power Forum innovation award announced
The Saudi Water & Power Forum (SWPF) has announced that its Award for Innovation and the Marafiq Award for Sustainability will be presented at the event’s inauguration ceremony on 4th December 2011.... More

Energy Recovery recognised as clean tech ‘Game Changer’
Grow California has selected Energy Recovery Inc as a California Clean Technology ‘Game Changer’ for 2011 in the category of Innovation in Energy and Water.... More

Oil & Gas

ITT expands in Australia with Blakers Pump acquisition
ITT Corp has signed an agreement to acquire Blakers Pump Engineers, a distributor of ITT’s Goulds Pumps brand in Australia.... More

Power Generation

Saudi Water & Power Forum innovation award announced
The Saudi Water & Power Forum (SWPF) has announced that its Award for Innovation and the Marafiq Award for Sustainability will be presented at the event’s inauguration ceremony on 4th December 2011.... More

Ebara pump plant secures ASME nuclear certification
The Ebara Corp plant in Futtsu City, Japan has received the “N” Stamp certification from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for its products used in nuclear power plants.... More

Sewage Treatment

Hydro International signs Scottish sand filtration framework agreement
The UK’s Hydro International has been awarded a five-year framework agreement to supply sand filtration equipment to Scottish Water.... More

Cleaning & Purification

3M introduces advanced bio filters
3M Purification has launched a range of bioburden reduction filters combining the high filtration performance of membrane-type media with enhanced flow characteristics, enabling lower system costs and longer operating lifetimes.... More

Distribution & Supply

IPS supplies media filter to UK homes
UK industrial water filtration specialist Industrial Purification Systems (IPS) has supplied its CrossFlowAMF, an advanced media filter to a number of council homes in Sheffield, UK. ... More

Europump becomes associate member of Orgalime
The European association of pump manufacturers, Europump, is now an associate member of Orgalime, the European engineering industries association.... More

Industrial Use of Water

Self-cleaning filters from SPX
The SPX range of Plenty self-cleaning filters is purpose-designed for continuously filtering liquids, including those of a high viscosity, in applications where liquid flow cannot be interrupted during filter cleaning.... More

Wastewater & Sewage Treatment

Saudi Water & Power Forum innovation award announced
The Saudi Water & Power Forum (SWPF) has announced that its Award for Innovation and the Marafiq Award for Sustainability will be presented at the event’s inauguration ceremony on 4th December 2011.... More

Alaskan wastewater plant to use Klorigen disinfectant generator
US-based Electrolytic Technologies Corporation (ETC) says that the Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility (AWWU) in Alaska, USA, has selected its Klorigen on-site chlorine and sodium hypochlorite generators (OSG) for its John M. Asplund Wastewater Treatment Facility (AWWTF). ... More

Research Trends

Selected papers from the 6th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology
Papers from the 6th International Conference on Marine Pollution and Ecotoxicology, held 31 May–3 June 2010 at City University of Hong Kong, have been published in a special issue of Marine Pollution Bulletin.... More

Optimised MF membrane cleaning in Indirect Potable Reuse scheme
An optimised chemical cleaning protocol has been demonstrated for a membrane pilot plant. Bench-scale results were replicated at pilot scale for real municipal wastewater, and an operating envelope for chemical cleaning conditions has been established for full flux recovery.... More

Performance of polymeric membranes treating ozonated surface water
The effect of pre-ozonation of the feed surface water on the flux and rejection performance of polymeric nanofiltration and ultrafiltration membranes has been investigated. The fouling and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) rejection characteristics of the membranes were found to depend on the ozonation dosage.... More

Effects of membrane orientation on forward osmosis performance
This work investigates the effects of membrane orientation on forward osmosis (FO) performance, and provides a guideline for the orientation selection in various FO applications. The FO mode provides better performance when severe fouling occurs.... More

Events

AQUATECH AMSTERDAM
Dates: 01 November 2011 until 04 November 2011
Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Website: http://www.aquatechtrade.com
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SMAGUA China
Dates: 07 November 2011 until 09 November 2011
Location: Shanghai, China
Website: http://wwwferiazaragoza.es
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AQUA UKRAINE 2011
Dates: 08 November 2011 until 11 November 2011
Location: Ukraine, Kiev
Website: http://www.iec-expo.com.ua
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Industrial Pumps, Valves & Systems Expo (IPVS) 2011
Dates: 11 November 2011 until 13 November 2011
Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Website: http://www.ipvs.in
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Pollutec Horizons
Dates: 29 November 2011 until 02 December 2011
Location: Paris, France
Website: http://www.pollutec.com
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