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WORCESTER, Mass., Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ThermoEnergy Corp.(OTCBB: TMEN), a diversified technologies company engaged in the development and sales of disruptive wastewater recovery and power generation technologies in global markets, has announced that installation and testing has been completed on a new Reverse Osmosis (RO) drinking water plant now serving a major U.S. military base at an undisclosed location in the Africa/Middle East region. The project, which began in...
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Membrane Separation Technologies market. The global market for Membrane Separation Technologies is forecast to reach US$16 billion by the year 2017, driven by the increasing adoption of the technology across various end-use markets. Growth in the market would be spurred by increasing efforts by end-use industries to curtail use of water and minimize costs on waste disposal. Additional factors fuelling market growth include...
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR), a global leader in water treatment solutions, today unveiled its new Hybrid Deionization (Hybrid DI) system with Pentair's CrossCharge technology, the first electronic water purification system that is practical for residential applications. Hybrid DI systems using CrossCharge technology will be the first to offer consumers the benefits of a reverse osmosis (RO) system and those of a water softener without requiring salt....
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Nalco (NYSE: NLC), providing essential expertise for water, energy and air, today introduced a new solution for improving performance, reducing the total cost of ownership and shrinking the environmental footprint of industrial reverse osmosis (RO) systems. The launch of 3D TRASAR® Technology for Membranes was announced at the International Desalination Association World Congress in Perth, Australia. (Logo:...
A 2-MGD ultrafiltration system commissioned by Wigen Water Technologies in New Town, North Dakota in June 2011 is the first large scale municipal system in the United States to utilize Toray's HFS-2020 UF membrane modules. New Town, ND (PRWEB) August 09, 2011 The startup of the New Town system signals a serious new entrant into the municipal UF market. This facility, project managed by Bartlett & West, is one of three UF systems ordered from Wigen Water Technologies for the Fort...
The need for fresh water is expanding every day and over one-third of the world's population currently inhabit areas struggling to keep up with the demand for water. Researchers estimate that by 2025, that number will nearly double. Digging deeper or pumping water from further upstream in the water table is only a short-term solution that often leads to disputes between countries and water conservation and reuse projects have only limited effectiveness.A new study from Yale University and the...
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated* a measurement technique that reliably determines three fundamental mechanical properties of near-nanoscale films. The technique, which highlights the challenge of making mechanical measurements on an object with at least one dimension comparable to the size of a virus, should enable better design and engineering for a variety of thin-film technologies, particularly reverse-osmosis membranes for water...
Having set a new energy saving benchmark for seawater desalination, Siemens is now poised to transition their ground-breaking technology to the product development phase. As a result of an R&D initiative that commenced in October 2008, a demonstration plant was built in Singapore to treat seawater to drinking water quality. The results, which will be presented at Singapore International Water Week, show that the new process reduces desalting energy by over 50% compared to best...
EarthTrade Water Inc. Announced today that its all-new LV-1000 alkaline water vending machine has earned the National Automatic Merchandising Association's (NAMA) certification which is recognized by all 50 states as proof that a vending machine meets the health, safety and product quality standards used in food service permitting processes. Carlsbad, CA (PRWEB) July 02, 2011 Profitable Performance Water - The LV-1000 is an alkaline water vending machine that offers businesses the...
The American Filtration and Separations Society will hold a Technical Conference & Exhibition on October 17-20, 2011 at the Hilton Houston Westchase in Houston, TX. Topics to be covered include; upstream and midstream oil production/processing; downstream refinery, gas, petro-chemical processes; green and renewable energy; power generation; environment and water treatment; and other filtration and separation topics. Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) June 29, 2011 The American Filtration and...
