A desalination plant project to supply the city of Thane, in Maharashtra, India, has come under fire from activists and politicians who oppose the local authority’s plan, reports Mumbai Mirror.
Florida Drinking Water Treatment Plant improves water quality with upgrades
Lake Manatee Water Treatment
Plant installs GE’s ZeeWeed Membranes.
NEMA files legal action that could stymie California regulations on LED lamps
A declaratory judgement filed with the United States District Court in Sacramento, CA seeks to prohibit the California Energy Commission from enforcing state regulations on general service lamps such as a proposed 90-CRI requirement.
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LED lighting companies Helvar and Nordeon name new CEOs
For Finland’s Helvar, it’s the second new boss in less than a year. Meanwhile, Holland’s Nordeon sets up a new advisory board.
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Amazon Cloud Directory improves search performance with subdirectory queries
Amazon Cloud Directory now enables you to optimize your directory searches by only searching a subset of your directory, using a schema facet. For example, instead of searching across all the user objects in your directory, you can search a subset of your directory by searching only the user objects that contain an employee facet.
WaterWorld Weekly Newscast, Aug. 7, 2017
A transcript of the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for August 7, 2017.
Phnom Penh expands drinking water production with $23m investment
The Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority has awarded a US$23.5 million contract to French company Vinci Construction Grands Projects to upgrade the Chamkarmon water treatment plant…
Qurayyat desalination project on track for late 2017 delivery
The Qurayyat desalination development is scheduled to commence operation in the second half of the year, following testing and commissioning…
GE to retrofit Florida plant with membranes over media filtration
GE Water & Process Technologies is to retrofit Lake Manatee Water Treatment Plant in Florida, US, with its ZeeWeed 1000 ultrafiltration membranes.
Stanford Uni develops app to help utilities evaluate hybrid water reuse systems
Environmental engineers at Stanford University, US, have developed a new software application that can help urban water utilities to evaluate integrated water reuse and stormwater runoff systems.