Drinking Water Filtration News

  1. IDE’s Desalination Plant In Ashkelon, Israel Sets World Record 2/10/2015

    IDE Technologies’ Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant in Ashkelon, Israel recently reached a world record of producing and delivering 1 billion m3 of high quality tap water since the start of its operation in 2005. When completed, Ashkelon was the world’s largest and most advanced desalination plant, with a capacity of up to 330,000 m3 per day.

  2. ACWA Power And Nanostone Form A Strategic Research Partnership To Develop The Next Generation Of Seawater Pretreatment Systems 5/25/2023

    ACWA Power, a leading developer, investor, and operator of power generation, water desalination, and green hydrogen plants worldwide, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Nanostone Water Inc., a global membrane solutions company, to perform R&D and knowledge transfer at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), the leading innovation hub in Saudi Arabia, to evaluate Nanostone’s UF ceramic membranes and process technology in seawater desalination applications.

  3. GE Technology Helps Lakeview Water Treatment Plant Take The Guesswork Out Of Plant Upgrades 12/8/2016

    Using GE’s Water & Process Technologies’ asset performance management solution, the Region of Peel, Ontario, Canada, optimized the timing of its system upgrade with new membranes to ensure continued drinking water safety and reliability for its residents.

  4. 2017 AMTA-ADC Fellowships Awarded To Four Students Studying Membrane Technologies 7/5/2017

    The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) is pleased to announce that four students have been awarded the AMTA ADC Fellowship Awards for 2017.

  5. Bilfinger Water Technologies: A New Strong Connection 2/27/2013

    Passavant-Geiger GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bilfinger SE, acquired Johnson Screens, a global leader in screening products for water infrastructure, wastewater treatment, hydrocarbon processing and general filtration.

  6. Four Graduate Students Studying Novel Membrane Technologies Receive The 2018 AMTA-Reclamation Fellowship Award 1/26/2018

    The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) of Stuart, FL, and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) of Denver, CO, are pleased to announce the 2018 AMTA-Reclamation Fellowships for Membrane Technology have been awarded to graduate students Mackenzie Anderson, University of California, Los Angeles; Carlo Alberto Amadei, Harvard University; Alma Beciragic, University of North Carolina; and Mengyuan Wang, University of Colorado, Boulder.

  7. AMTA/Reclamation Fellowships For Membrane Technology 8/30/2016

    The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and the Bureau of Reclamation are proud to announce a call for nominees for the AMTA/Reclamation Fellowships for Membrane Technology.

  8. Aquatech Completes 15 MIGD Desalination Project For FEWA In Ras Al Khaimah 8/31/2015

    Aquatech, a global leader in water and wastewater technologies for the industrial and infrastructure markets, reports that it has successfully completed its 15 MIGD seawater reverse osmosis based desalination facility for the Federal Electricity & Water Authority (FEWA) in Ghalilah, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE.

  9. Environmental Dynamics International Wins Operations Award At WEX Global 3/7/2016

    Environmental Dynamics International (EDI) has recently won the Water and Energy Exchange (WEX) Innovation Award for Operations for its high-efficiency StreamLine Panel Diffuser with Matrix Membrane Technology.

  10. Filter Membrane Renders Viruses Harmless 6/3/2021

    Viruses can spread not only via droplets or aerosols like the new coronavirus, but in water, too. In fact, some potentially dangerous pathogens of gastrointestinal diseases are water-​borne viruses.