Water. desalination + reuse

EDITORIAL | 4 | Desalination & Water Reuse | August-September 2014 EDITORIAL STAFF Acting Editor Dr Trevor Loveday desalination@fav-house.com Production Controller Sharon Miller sharon.miller@fav-house.com Production Editor Mike Smith Publisher John Gould john.gould@fav-house.com EDITORIAL BOARD Patricia Burke IDA Secretary General Leon Awerbuch Leading Edge Technologies Dr Siobhan Boerlage Boerlage Consulting Gary Crisp GHD, Australia Doug Eisberg Avista Technologies Ltd Emilio Gabrielli Toray Membrane Lisa Henthorne Water Standard Hiroshi Iwahori Nitto Denko Lance Johnson Dow Chemicals Dr Boris Liberman IDE Technologies Irving Moch Jr Irving Moch & Associates Nabil Nada ACWA Power Projects Miguel Angel Sanz Degremont SA Dr Corrado Sommariva ILF Consulting Engineers Dr Richard Stover Desalitech John Tonner Water Consultants International ADVERTISING World except Israel Sandra Studer-Feldmann f.sandra@kabelbw.de +49 7221 185 8880 Israel Zvi Segal segdir@zahav.net.il +972 9 748 1806 ADMINISTRATION Faversham House Ltd Faversham House Windsor Court, Wood Street East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 1XA UK +44(0)1342 332000 +44(0)1342 332001 (fax) www.favershamhouse.com SUBSCRIPTIONS/REPRINTS fhcustomerservices@ abacusemedia.com 020 8955 7045 Subscription Rates: 1 year: UK £77 Overseas £83 or US$150 2 years: UK £129 Overseas £141 or US$254 (saving £25) The International Desalination & Water Reuse Quar ter ly disseminates technical in for ma tion, reviews and analyzes re gion al developments in the field, as well as new products and processes. The pub li ca tion provides, on a continuing basis, a major ve hi cle in which to promote desalination and water reuse technologies, equipment, en gi neer ing/con- tract ing and design to potential users; agencies with the re spon si bil i ty of selecting processes and equipment to solve water problems in their regions. 4,000 global circulation includes mem bers of the IDA, government ministries and de part ments, public works officials and planners, en gi neer ing and de sign firms, plant operators and con trac tors and po lit i cal officials and staff at federal, state and municipal levels. subscRIbE See page 51 for details EDITORIAL & busInEss © 2014 FAVERSHAM HOUSE LTD// Published by Faversham House Ltd with the cooperation of the International Desalination Association Printed by Buxton Press Ltd in the UK D&WR is published quarterly in February, May, August and November Circulation 4,000 (Publisher's Statement) ISSN 1022-5404 Safety, Pipe Protection & Energy Saving is our Top Priority The Sorek Desalination Partnership (IDE Technologies Ltd & Hutchison Water International Holdings Pte. Ltd) recently built and operates the Sorek Desalination Plant in Israel. A.R.I air release and vacuum breaker valves were installed on the process pipelines in the plant, at the pump station and along the pipeline in the low & high pressure zone in order to provide safety to the operators and protect the pipeline, valves and membranes. Benefits of the A.R.I air valves: - Multi functional valves – air release, air relief and vacuum breaker - Anti-Slam, Surge and water hammer protection - High capacity venting for pipeline protection - Increased pump efficiency- less energy required - Low maintenance www.arivalves.com O P T I M A L F LO W S O LU T I O N S

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