Baltic Sea Water to the Rescue of Drought-hit Islands in Stockholm Archipelago
Stockholm – Is Baltic sea water the new gold? Can the sea water become the lifeline for the drought-threatened hundreds of thousands of people who live along the Baltic coast or each summer visit the hundreds of archipelago islands? The answer to the above questions is a likely yes, thanks to world-leading Swedish technology being used in a unique project on the island of Sandhamn designed to help save the island’s threatened water reserves and tourism-driven economy. The project has seen Blu...
Particles Pull Last Drops of Oil from Well Water
HOUSTON – Oil and water tend to separate, but they mix well enough to form stable oil-in-water emulsions in produced water from oil reservoirs to become a problem. Rice University scientists have developed a nanoparticle-based solution that reliably removes more than 99 percent of the emulsified oil that remains after other processing is done. The Rice lab of chemical engineer Sibani Lisa Biswal made a magnetic nanoparticle compound that efficiently separates crude oil droplets from produced...
Bionetix® International Introduces Natural and Economical Approach to Enhancing Water Clarity
Water clarity is an important part of water quality. It impacts the health of plants and fish and affects the appearance of recreational waterways. Good water quality is challenged by the natural buildup of decaying plant and fecal matter, which increases TSS (total suspended solids) and organic sludge. It is also threatened by nutrient rich waters from agricultural and municipal runoff. This “nutrient pollution” from excess nitrogen and phosphorus creates a prime environment for the growth of a...
Australian Technology Company Develops, Patents and Exports Globally Significant, Wastewater Treatment Technology
HOUSTON - Hydrus Technology Holdings Pty Ltd (HTH) an Australian company with its research & development facility in Brisbane, Australia has successfully developed, patented and launched its leading-edge HTX wastewater treatment technology to the global market. David Cam, the CEO of the company said, "Our HTX branded electrochemical wastewater treatment processes provide better wastewater treatment outcomes and economics than are otherwise available today." The HTX technology, developed in Austr...
Rice U. System Selectively Sequesters Toxins From Water
HOUSTON – Rice University scientists are developing technology to remove contaminants from water – but only as many as necessary. The Rice lab of engineer Qilin Li is building a treatment system that can be tuned to selectively pull toxins from drinking water and wastewater from factories, sewage systems and oil and gas wells. The researchers said their technology will cut costs and save energy compared to conventional systems. "Traditional methods to remove everything, such as reverse osm...
Global Water Market to Reach $915 Billion by 2023 as Oil and Commodity Prices Recover, New GWI Forecasts Reveal
The global water market is projected to reach a total value of $914.9 billion in 2023, according to the latest 2018-2023 forecasts published by Global Water Intelligence (GWI). GWI’s market research linked this growth to a recovering global economy, high commodity and oil prices, and major water quality and infrastructure plans such as those in Saudi Arabia, China, and Southeast Asia aimed at improving wastewater treatment and incentivising private finance in water. The forecasts are available t...
NETZSCH Adds Sizes to Full Service-In-Place Version of NEMO® Progressive Cavity Pump
NETZSCH Pumps North America, LLC, experts in solutions designed specifically for difficult pumping applications, has added to its line of FSIP (full service-in-place) industry-leading NEMO® progressive cavity pumps. Ideal for wear-intensive applications, the maintenance-friendly FSIP™ design has been re-engineered to provide full access to all the pumps’ rotating parts. NEMO FSIP is now available in six sizes (NM045 to NM105) for flow rates up to 700 gallons per minute (gpm). NEMO FSIP models ar...
AI Technology Could Help Protect Water Supplies
Progress on new artificial intelligence (AI) technology could make monitoring at water treatment plants cheaper and easier and help safeguard public health. Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed AI software capable of identifying and quantifying different kinds of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, a threat to shut down water systems when it suddenly proliferates. “We need to protect our water supplies,” said Monica Emelko, a professor of civil and environmental enginee...
Quiet Drinking Water Revolution Underway in Baltic Sea as Island Nature Reserve Goes off the Water Grid
Stockholm, Sweden, July 17, 2018 – A Swedish Baltic island renowned for its natural beauty is quietly shifting away from its old water access model towards a self-reliant, local generation approach that creates on-demand clean drinking water direct from the sea. With aquifer reserves depleting fast due to the annual influx of 600,000 people every summer, the revolution in water harvesting on hugely popular Sandhamn Island, just two hours boat ride from Stockholm, the Swedish capital, is being...
New Document Provides Latest Specifications for Designing HDPE Conduit Power and Communications Systems
IRVING, Texas - July 16, 2018 - An updated model specification for high-density polyethylene (HDPE) conduit has been published by the Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI), the major trade association representing all segments of the plastic pipe industry. Available free on PPI’s website, document MS-5 “MODEL SPECIFICATION FOR HDPE SOLID WALL CONDUIT FOR POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS APPLICATIONS” assists specifiers in preparing specifications for an HDPE conduit project. According to PPI, while HDP...
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