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July 7, 2010

Desalination: Now an Affordable Option?

As water pollution, urbanization, and the residential and industrial needs for water increases, municipalities are scrambling to find new supplies of fresh water.  Around the world, ground water supplies have been tapped to the point that cities and farms are sinking.  Drought around the world, from Australia to Africa to the American South, has also contributed to a growing consensus that water will be the source of global tensions during the 21st century.

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June 22, 2010

Desalination Plant Helps Save a California Coastal Community

Desalination is a process by which salt water is converted to fresh water fit for drinking. The word is starting to enter mainstream vocabulary as desalination plants take root across the globe as a solution for shrinking supplies of water. However, it is not without controversy.

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June 15, 2010

Reducing Footprint with Isobaric ERDs

A growing demand for optimal efficiency in desalination means the use of energy recovery devices has become common practice. Not only is this economical, it reduces the carbon footprint in the face of ever increasing plant size. Jeremy Martin from Energy Recovery Inc explains how these benefits are achieved.

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May 25, 2010

Energy Recovery Technology Remains Critical to the Success of U.S. Military’s Mobile Desalination Units in Combat and Disaster Relief Efforts

SAN LEANDRO, Calif.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Energy Recovery Inc (NASDAQ:ERII), a leader in the design and development of energy recovery devices for desalination, today announced that its Pump Engineering™ division has entered the fifth year of a mutually successful partnership with Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTEC) to provide essential desalination components for GTEC’s Tactical Water Purification System (TWPS).

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April 20, 2010

Big Change in the Membrane

Desalination is vital to the Middle East. This may be an obvious statement, but it doesn't take away any of its importance. In this region water is scarce and with the population rising, it is fair to say that without desalination there would be a big water crisis.

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April 7, 2010

Coastal California City Turns to Desalination to Quench Its Thirst

OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Sand City's new desalination facility—actually a brackish water treatment plant—is expected to produce more than 370 million liters per year of potable water through reverse osmosis filtration. Energy Recovery Inc.'s PX Pressure Exchanger is a cylindrical ceramic rotor installed within the desalination system to make the process more efficient.

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March 24, 2010

The Potential of Osmotic Power: A Promising Source of Renewable Energy

While solar and wind remain at the forefront of most renewable energy discussions, another form of power generation is emerging that has the potential to be a significant source of energy: osmotic power.

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December 4, 2009

Energy Recovery Inc. Pumps Up

Fast-growing Energy Recovery Inc has snapped up a giant manufacturing facility and office space in San Leandro and made a $20 million acquisition to fuel its expansion.

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December 3, 2009

Ahead Of The Bell: Energy Recovery

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)—Energy Recovery Inc. will improve its position as a market leader and stands to benefit from cost savings with its purchase of Pump Engineering LLC, an analyst said Thursday as he upgraded his investment rating on the California company.

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December 3, 2009

California Firm Acquiring Pump Engineering

Pump Engineering, a pump technology firm that began in a Frenchtown Township garage more than two decades ago, will be acquired by a California company in a deal worth more than $25 million.

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