Desal Data News

Melbourne desalination problems cost Suez € 237 million

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00

Cyclones and labour problems in 2011 at the Melbourne desalination plant in Victoria, Australia, cost the Suez Environnement group a total of € 237 million, group CEO Jean-Louis Chaussade said when the group’s figures for the year were announced on…

KAUST hosts EMS desalination/reuse school

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00

The European Membrane Society has announced a week-long Middle East school of membrane technology at the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. Middle East School on Membrane Technology for Sustainable Desalination & Water Reuse will…

3rd Osmosis Membrane Summit set for Barcelona

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00

Norwegian power company Statkraft, which is developing forward osmosis for energy, is organising the 3rd Osmosis Membrane Summit on 26-27 April 2012 alongside the European Desalination Society’s conference and exhibition in Barcelona, Spain (23-26 April 2012). This is a follow-up…

Ravi Subramanian appointed as Regional Commercial Manager of Koch

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00

Koch Membrane Systems has appointed Ravi Subramanian as its regional commercial manager for Southeast Asia. He was formerly with Keppels and Dow and is based in Singapore. He may be contacted at ravi.subramanian@kochmembrane.com.

Sydney Desalination plant expects to receive four bids

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00

Four groups expected to submit bids for the long-term lease for the 250 ML/d (66 MGD) Sydney Desalination Plant are Queensland Investment Corporation and RREEf, Trility and Acciona, Industry Funds Management, and a combination of Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund and…

Ministry of Water Resources release RFQ for consultants for Main Outfall Drain project

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00

Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources has issued an RFQ for consultants to evaluate the desalination and reuse options for treating brackish run-off from its Main Outfall Drain, an agricultural drainage system that discharges into the Shatt al-Arab River. Bids must…

Aurecon to conduct feasibility study at separate sites of South Africa

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00

Umgeni Water, South Africa’s state-owned water supplier, has awarded Aurecon a contract to conduct a feasibility study that will consider procuring up to 300,000 m³/d (79.2 MGD) of desalinated seawater from two separate plants for potable use in the cities…

Mahle Group acquires Innowa company

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00

Mahle Group’s Industry business unit – which combines all of the German company’s non-automotive activities – has announced the acquisition of InnoWa Membrane. InnoWa, also based in Germany, offers a range of polyethersulfone UF hollow fiber membranes for POU and…

Chemical company has new home

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00

Bahrain’s Seera Investment Bank has announced the sale of BWA Water Additives, a UK-based specialty chemicals company, to Berwind Corporation, a Philadelphia-based, family-owned investment management company whose investment philosophy is said to favor long-term investments. The deal was valued…

A Biofouling canary

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00

INPHAZE Pty Ltd, a Sydney-based scientific instruments company, has developed a fouling monitor that can detect the onset of fouling and scaling in high-pressure membrane systems using high-resolution electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The monitor was developed by Professor Hans…

Semipermeable or SUPERpermeable?

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00

In last week’s Science, researchers at the University of Manchester presented yet another potential application for a material that the University humbly says “is going to revolutionize the 21st Century.” Already dubbed ‘a miracle material’, the report, entitled Unimpeded…

MegaMagnum RO element downsized

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00

Koch Membrane Systems (KMS) has advised customers that it will no longer offer its 60-inch long MegaMagnum RO elements for brackish or seawater systems. The 18-inch diameter element, which had 3,050 ft2 (283m2) of active membrane area, will be…

SWRO plant to double output

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00

Work began two weeks ago to increase the size of the Palmachim Seawater Desalination Plant from 45 million m³/y to 90 million m³/y. The project was built by Via Maris Desalination, a special purpose company created to undertake the…

What’s next in desal?

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00

Desal-related R&D is at an all time high. Research centers from Saudi Arabia to Singapore, and Texas to Australia are looking for new ways to reduce costs, increase performance and mitigate environmental impacts. Meanwhile, companies hunt for technologies to acquire…

Four groups reported vying for Sydney desalination lease

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00

News agency Reuters reported on 1 September 2012 that at least four groups were in line for the long-term lease of the Sydney desalination plant. When bids close in mid-February, a short-list of three bidders will be drawn up. A…