Archive | February, 2013

WEF Releases Desalination Engineering: Planning and Design Book

February 8, 2013

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Desalination Book

The Water Environment Federation (Alexandria, Va.) and WaterReuse Association (Alexandria) have released the publication Desalination Engineering: Planning and Design. The publication provides comprehensive information on the planning and engineering of brackish and seawater desalination projects for municipal water supplies. After a brief overview of widely used desalination technologies, Desalination Engineering focuses on reverse-osmosis desalination. The […]

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Learn About Collection Systems and Fundamentals of Grit in These Upcoming Webcasts

February 7, 2013

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Collection Systems: Business Case for Action Feb. 20, 1–3 p.m. (EST) Learn about various collection systems topics, including acceptable levels of flows, the drive for replacement and rehabilitation, and the use of specific tools, such as flow monitoring. Register now. Fundamentals of Grit Removal and Grit System Evaluation Webcast Series Part 1 Feb. 27, 1–3 […]

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Consumer Innovations Contend To Win Imagine H2O Competition

February 6, 2013

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Photo courtesy of Imagine H2O (San Francisco).

Startup companies are vying to win more than $200,000 in cash and in-kind services from Imagine H2O (San Francisco) for their water-related innovations. The nonprofit organization has narrowed down the field of more than 70 competing companies from 12 countries to 9 finalists for its fourth annual business plan competition, according to an Imagine H2O […]

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WEF Member Receives 2012 Clarke Prize for Nanotechnology Research

February 4, 2013

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From left, James Irvine Swinden and Toni Smith present Pedro Alvarez with the Clarke Prize medallion on behalf of the Joan Irvine Smith and Athalie R. Clarke Foundation (Newport Beach, Calif.),which helped establish the prize. Photo courtesy of the National Water Research Institute (Fountain Valley, Calif.).

Pedro J.J. Alvarez, George R. Brown Professor of Engineering at Rice University (Houston) and Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) member since 1993, received the 2012 National Water Research Institute (NWRI; Fountain Valley, Calif.) Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize. “I am proud to be affiliated with WEF since I was a graduate student and to […]

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