Desalination plant developer Poseidon Water received an apparent boost in January, when its proposed Huntington Beach, Orange County, desalination plant turned up on a list of infrastructure projects favoured by the new US president Donald Trump.
AquaVenture cuts loss, as top line grows
US-based water company AquaVenture has reported revenue growth of 14 per cent to $114 million in year ended 31 December 2016.
Suez moves to refinance GE Water acquisition
Suez has priced an offering of €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) senior unsecured notes, in the first step of refinancing the acquisition of GE Water & Process Technologies.
Bill would provide funds for victims of toxic water at Camp Lejeune
The Janey Ensminger Act of 2017 is named in honor of retired Marine Jerry Ensminger’s daughter, who was born on base and died from leukemia after being exposed to the water.
Jacksonville waterway flooded with 1 million gallons of sewage
The untreated sewage entered a creek that feeds the Cedar River in Westside Jacksonville Monday night.
Calgon Carbon awarded contract for removal of 1,2,3-TCP
The company and California Water Service have signed a system supply contract valued at $13.2 million.
Contest ranks Louisiana’s best tasting water
Local water districts recognized in 80th Annual Louisiana Conference on Water Supply, Sewerage, and Industrial Wastes, Inc.
Helix samples efficient converter
Helix Semiconductors is sampling a two-chip set with a conversion efficiency of more than 95% when converting AC mains voltage to 5VDC — especially at light load, no load or standby operating conditions. At full loads, the eMpower HS100 enables efficiency greater than 93%. The industry has set a target for power consumed by electronic …
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Japan-backed Hynix bid for Toshiba
Hynix is in talks with Japanese investors about a plan to bid for Toshiba’s memory business, reports the Korea Economic Daily. Toshiba is said to value the business at $13 billion. A preliminary bid from Hynix bid is expected sometime today. A number of industry leaders like Micron, TSMC, Western Digital, Foxconn, Kingston and others …
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IoT sensors need low bias current amplifiers
How to avoid amplifier output driver saturation when using very low bias current amplifiers with high source impedance sensors, write Jon Munson and Kevin Scott When taking sensor measurements, the type of sensor excitation used typically varies greatly. It can be a DC signal, an AC signal, a voltage source, a current source or a …
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