The total expenditure on the lead-tainted water crisis now sits at at least $240 million.
Iran signs first desal deal after sanctions were lifted
South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction has clinched a $185.9 million deal for a new seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant in Iran, reports Business Korea.
Accelerate H2O announces InvestH2O 2016: Texas Water Technology & Innovation Investor Forum
Accelerate H20 convened its second annual Texas Water Technology Investor Forum June 16-17th, in Austin, Texas.
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District extends 10-year wastewater management contract with Veolia
$500 million contract is the nation’s largest public-private partnership for wastewater services
Israel mulls Red Sea Dead Sea alternative amid water price concerns
A string of consortia have entered pre-qualification bids for Jordan’s Red Sea Dead Sea (RSDS) project, as Israel mulls an alternative idea amid concerns over the economics of the scheme.
Lake County, Ohio, Department of Utilities’ wastewater treatment plant recognized by AWWA
This funding is being provided through the Desalination and Water Purification Research Program for the development of new water treatment technologies and Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program for research into the deployment of new technologies that supports the expansion of water technologies in new locations.
Infineon starts volume production of SSR controllers
Infineon has begun volume production of its IR1161L and IR11688S secondary synchronous rectification (SSR) family of Controller ICs for SMPS applications. The IR1161L and IR11688S SSR ICs meet the new 2016 standards set by the U.S. Department of Energy and the “European Code of Conduct for Energy Efficiency in Data Centre” which demand a 1 …
Applied Micro launches Mudan storage platform
Applied Micro has announced Mudan – a full Ceph storage reference platform built on 64-bit ARMv8-A technology using Applied Micro’s X-Gene to coincide with the upstream release of Ceph 10.2.1 (Jewel) and runs on RHELSA7.2. Mudan is a fully-featured storage reference platform with a total of 14 storage disks in a 12+2 configuration with a …
Imagination and 3Glasses promoting ray tracing for VR
Imagination and China’s 3Glasses are to collaborate to promote ray tracing technology for virtual reality devices. Ray tracing technology enables more immersive games and apps with real-life dynamic lighting models that enable advanced lighting effects, dynamic soft shadows, and life-like reflections and transparencies, previously unachievable in a mobile form factor. Imagination’s PowerVR Wizard Ray Tracing …
Applied etches to two atomic layers precision
Applied Materials has come up with a new etch technology capable of a precision of two atomic layers. The system, called Selectra, is already installed in 10nm process flows at five customers – three of them logic manufacturers and two of them memory manufacturers. It is being used for 3D NAND production. “Selectra has been …