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7–10 April 20131st International Conference on Desalination using Membrane TechnologySitges, SpainContact: Dr Fiona Watson, Elsevier Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK. Tel: +44 1451 830 129Email: [email protected] www.desalinationusingmembrane.comorContact: Tracy ChenTel: +86 10 8520 8692, Fax: +86 10 8518 9290Email: [email protected]
13–15 April 2013 Seawater Desalination (short course)Dubai, United Arab EmiratesContact: Dr Sefa Koseoglu, Filtration and Membrane World, 309-C Manuel Drive,College Station, TX 77840, USATel: +1 979 216 1210, Fax: +1 979 694 7031Email: [email protected]/seawater.html
14–18 April 201323rd Annual Practical Membrane/Filtration& Separations Technologies Short Course
College Station, Texas, USAContact: Cyndi Casanova, Short CourseCoordinator, Food Protein R & D Center,Separation Sciences Program, 2476 TAMU, 373 Olsen Boulevard, Cater-Mattil Hall, College Station, TX 77843-2476, USATel: +1 979 847 8997, Fax: +1 979 845 2744Email: [email protected] http://foodprotein.tamu.edu/separations/ scmembrane.php
17–18 April 20133rd Dissemination Workshop of the Nano4water ClusterDresden, GermanyContact: Dr Marcus Weyd, Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS, Michael-Faraday-Strasse 1, 07629 Hermsdorf, GermanyTel: +49 36601 9301 3937Email: [email protected]/veranstaltung/nano4water/
21–25 April 20132nd European Congress of Applied BiotechnologyThe Hague, The NetherlandsContact: MCI – Eurocongress Vof,
Jan van Goyenkade 11, 1075 HP, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 20 679 3411Email: [email protected]
22–23 April 2013Global Water Summit 2013Seville, SpainContact: Global Water Intelligence, Media Analytics Ltd, Suite C, Kingsmead House, Oxpens Road, Oxford OX1 1XX, UKTel: +44 1865 204208www.watermeetsmoney.com
12–15 May 2013International Scientific Conference on Pervaporation, Vapor Permeation and Membrane DistillationToruñ, PolandContact: Professor Wojciech Kujawski, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, ul. Gagarina 7, 87–100 Toruñ, PolandTel: +48 56 611 43 15Email: [email protected]: [email protected]: [email protected]
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...Continued from the front page‘We are excited about Aquatech’s capabilities and
the enormous market potential for our biological technologies in this market,’ commented Antonio Arias, International Business Development – Commercial Manager, Aqualia Industrial.
‘Now we have found the perfect local part-ner, we are looking forward to pioneering these technologies together in the USA and Canada. We definitely hope to extend this collaboration to other regions of the world.’
Arun Mittal, Director, Wastewater Treatment Applications, Aquatech, added: ‘We are pleased
to be working with Aqualia Industrial. These advanced technologies complement our robust portfolio and expand the range of biologi-cal wastewater treatment options that we can offer our clients. This alliance enhances our leadership position within the North American wastewater treatment market.’
Biological wastewater technologies covered by this agreement include aerobic treatment – acti-vated sludge, sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and membrane bioreactor (MBR) systems; anaerobic treatment – upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) systems, anaerobic sequencing batch reac-
tors (AnSBR) and anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) units; and the Purasand sand filter system, used for the treatment and purification of different types of wastewater.
Contacts:
Aquatech International Corp, One Four Coins Drive,
Canonsburg, PA 15317, USA. Tel: +1 724 746 5300,
www.aquatech.com
Aqualia Industrial, Federico Salmón, 13, 2ª Pl. 28.016
Madrid, Spain. Tel: +34 913 595 400,
www.aqualiaindustrial.com
Dow aligns mining activities with oil and gas business
Citing opportunities and synergies in chemistry-based technologies across
the global extraction industry, US-based Dow Chemical Co has announced the alignment of its mineral extraction and processing technologies with its grow-ing portfolio of products and systems it offers the oil and gas sector.
Dow Oil & Gas, formalised in 2008 as a provider of systems and technology for oil and gas extraction, will now operate as Dow Oil, Gas & Mining under the global leadership of business director Larry Ryan.
‘This move enables us to further enhance the value we can bring to customers in natural resource extraction by unifying and strengthen-ing our portfolio of technologies and products,’ commented Ryan.
‘It also brings our market-driven business
strategy to bear on the mining industry, fos-tering more touch points with the persons, organisations and companies that are deeply entrenched in the industry and can provide val-uable insight as we seek and identify opportu-nities to apply our chemistries and technologies to areas of ongoing and unmet market needs.’
Dow is a major manufacturer of reverse osmo-sis (RO) membranes and ion-exchange resins for water and wastewater treatment, and a provider of ultrafiltration (UF) membranes. Many of these technologies have applications in mining, not only for extraction, as in uranium production, but also more universally for water and wastewater management. For example, Dow UF membranes work in combination with RO membranes to offer mine operators an effective alternative to tra-ditional sand filtration for effluent treatment.
‘These alternative technologies facilitate the
reuse of effluent wastewater and are typically lower in capital cost and significantly lower in physical footprint,’ explained Paul-Michael Pellny, Strategic Marketing Manager, Industrial Processes, Dow Water & Process Solutions.
‘These technologies also may be coupled with Dow ion-exchange resins to manage acid mine drainage and extract by-products with resale potential.’
According to Dow, mining is ranked as the second largest industrial user of water globally, and technologies, products and services used to manage this resource are critical to its sustainable operation.
Contact:
The Dow Chemical Co, Dow Water & Process Solutions,
Customer Information Center, PO Box 1206, Midland,
MI 48642-1206, USA. Tel: +1 989 636 9086,
www.dowwaterandprocess.com, www.dow.com
