The continued high cost of fresh water and environmental concerns are causing industrial plants to expand and explore their wastewater reuse options. 

Suez, together with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), completed the acquisition of GE Water & Process Technologies (GE Water) for approximately $3.4 billion.

A jury of industry experts selected 14 innovative technologies from a record number of entries to vie for this year’s Aquatech Innovation Award.

Evoqua acquired ADI Systems, Lange Containment and Geomembrane Technologies from ADI Group Inc.

Timothy Keister, chief chemist at ProChemTech International, certified water technologist and Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists, received U.S. patent, #9,580,343, for conversion of Marcellus gas well production and flow back wastewaters into salable chemical products.

Evoqua Water Technologies signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Environmental Treatment Systems Inc., a provider of engineered solutions to the industrial wastewater market.

Automatic self-cleaning filter works with proprietary sensor technology to measure the buildup of solids electronically and automatically activate the valve to purge them.

A refinery under construction in Saskatchewan will clean 100 percent of its wastewater on-site using water-recycling technology from GE, Trevose, Pa.

Qatar Engineering & Construction Co. contracted Veolia to engineer, procure and deliver a wastewater treatment plant for Dolphin Energy's natural gas production and processing facilities in Ras Laffan, Qatar.

GE will install its zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technology at a coal-to-chemical plant in China’s Shaanxi Province.