Water. desalination + reuse

BUSINESS synergistic alliance will yield compelling value for both of our shareholders." The transaction will be subject to the approval of the shareholders of both UEL and Memstar. NUvErra/HalIBUrtoN agrEEmENt oN prodUcEd-watEr trEatmENt Nuverra Environmental Solutions Inc, which until mid-May 2013 was known as Heckmann Corporation, announced on 15 July 2013 that it has entered into an agreement with Halliburton to advance the treatment and recycling of produced water to be re-used in the hydraulic fracturing process. To date, Halliburton has completed more than 60 wells and 280 fracturing stages in the Permian and Bakken using its H2O ForwardSM Service, which significantly reduces the amount of fresh water required in hydraulic fracturing. "We will be working closely with Halliburton in the Bakken Shale to utilize their H2O ForwardSM Service for water re-use and recycling," said Mark D Johnsrud, Nuverra's CEO. "We believe this agreement will further expand our full-cycle, closed-loop environmental solutions package." H2O ForwardSM Service allows customers to recycle waste streams of produced water for use in well completions. The service formulates stable fracture fluids that have the ability to work with any waste stream, including water containing total dissolved solids with values as high as 285,000 parts per million, for use in hydraulic fracturing operations. Nuverra and Halliburton will work together in the Bakken Shale area to offer the H2O ForwardSM Service to exploration and production companies. For hydraulic fracturing operations conducted by Halliburton using the H2O ForwardSM Service, Nuverra will provide the logistics, transportation, storage, and overall fluid management. gErmaN mEmBraNE-makEr laNxESS movES HQ Reverse-osmosis membrane and ion-exchange manufacturer Lanxess has moved its headquarters to Köln, Germany, and is officially managing its global operations from there as of 1 August 2013. The company's new home is the Lanxess Tower in the city's Deutz district. Production is not affected by the move and will remain at the current locations. The address is: Kennedyplatz 1, 50569 Köln; tel +49 221 8885-0. malcolm pIrNIE dIvISIoN rEBraNdEd aS arcadIS Engineering firm Arcadis has rebranded its Malcolm Pirnie water division, which it acquired in 2009, as Arcadis. The Colorado-based company, as of 1 June 2013, launched a full brand transition scheduled to conclude by the end of 2013. "Our heritage and reputation as a leading consultant addressing the world's most complex water challenges is unsurpassed – regardless of what name you put on it," said Michael MacPhee, president of the water division. "Ultimately it is our people, our knowledge, and our commitment to our clients that defines us." In the four years since the merger, the companies have combined their resources and drawn on the breadth and depth of their expertise on a number of groundbreaking projects such as the ongoing design-build wastewater system rehabilitation in Islamorada and aquifer recharge efforts in Sunrise and continue | 14 | Desalination & Water Reuse | August-September 2013 to provide water and wastewater services to municipal and county agencies throughout South Florida. JapaNESE pUmp makEr BUyS 50% of fEdco Torishima Pump Mfg Co Ltd of Japan has acquired a 50% stake in Fluid Equipment Development Company (FEDCO), the US manufacturer of high and low pressure pumps and energy-recovery equipment for desalination. Torishima currently designs and manufactures centrifugal pumps and pumping systems for a variety of applications with installations throughout the world. FEDCO, based in Monroe, Michigan, says that the transaction was completed on 6 June 2013. dESalItEcH SEcUrES aNotHEr US$ 5 mIllIoN fUNdINg Desalitech, provider Closed Circuit Desalination (CCD™) desalination technology, announced on 11 June 2013 that it secured an additional US$ 5 million equity funding from Liberation Capital and its institutional investors. This increases the private equity firm's total investment to US$ 9.5 million and brings the total amount raised by the company to over US$ 13 million. The funds will be used to accelerate Desalitech's growth and strengthen its position as the leading supplier of high-recovery low-cost industrial water treatment solutions. CCD systems have achieved over 97% recovery whereas traditional RO systems typically operate at only 75% recovery. CCD systems are desalinating seawater with 1.5 kWh/m3 energy, compared with 2-3 kWh/m3 with state-of-the-art conventional RO. Similar savings percentages have been achieved with CCD systems in industrial water and effluent treatment applications. "Desalitech has developed a superior and differentiated technology to meet the growing and irreversible market demand for high efficiency and high recovery," said Jeff Garwood, managing director of Liberation Capital. "Their solutions are ideal for industrial and agricultural water treatment, where fresh water supply and effluent disposal costs have become a burden, or even a limiting factor in many cases." NIroSoft HookS Up wItH NUBIaN IN aUStralIa Membrane system supplier Nirosoft, an RWL Water Group company, has announced a partnership with Nubian Water Systems of Australia enabling them to provide complete end-to-end sustainable water solutions in Australia. The announcement was made at the Australian Water Association's OzWater conference in Perth, Australia. Nubian now claims to be the only company in Australia to provide total water solutions for all urban and commercial requirements. With the Nirosoft partnership, Nubian can now take water from its source, optimise its value through recycling and see it through to its environmentally sustainable discharge. For Nirosoft, the Nubian partnership is a strategic move to penetrate the Australian water market better. Founded in Israel, Nirosoft has operations throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and South America offering state-of-the-art membrane technology to create ultra-pure water. "Nubian appreciates the introduction to Nirosoft through an initiative provided by the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce," commented Gary Zamel, Nubian's executive chairman. "The initiative is designed to improve trade links between Israeli and Australian companies."

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