October 2007  Welcome to Water IDeaS, Your Weekly Newsletter from Industry IDS 
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Featured White Paper
Title Desalination Research at Texas Universities
Author Dr. Ricard Jensen
Company Texas Water Resources Institute
Synopsis
Research at Texas universities is contributing to the knowledge base required to implement reliable, cost-effective desalination technologies. This paper summarizes these efforts and identifies additional resources and contacts. However, more research and development will be needed to realize the potential for desalination to contribute meaningfully to community water challenges.
 
Exhibitors, Awards, and More
Optimatics Wins National Technology Award
Australia's Water Industry Alliance awarded Optimatics with its Technology Innovation Award for the development of a GA-ANN optimization technology.
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Optimatics
IBWA and ABA Combine Tradeshows for 2008
Following the combined tradeshows, the IBWA 50th Annual Convention will continue at the Sands Expo Center through October 24.
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IBWA
Eco-Tec Wins Canadian Innovation Award
Eco-Tec's biogas purification system is the winner of the Canadian Innovation Award for Environmental Technology at the 2007 Canadian Innovation Awards.
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Eco-Tec Inc.
Stevens Water Hires Greg Spansel as Technical Sales and Applications Engineer
Mr. Spansel’s experience will allow Stevens to continue providing customer support and facilitate the design and implementation of environmental data collection.
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Stevens Water Monitoring Systems, Inc.
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Water Management and Recycling
Water Utilities Plan for Climate Change at AWWA Seminar
The impact of climate change on water supply and strategic planning is the focus of a seminar hosted by the American Water Works Association.
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Self-Contained Water Recycling System Developed
Overcrowded cities without adequate water supplies or sewage disposal facilities are problems that a new urban infrastructural concept can solve.
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AwwaRF Announces Report on Energy Indexing for Water and Wastewater Utilities
AwwaRF has a long history of sponsoring research to help water utilities manage operations more efficiently.
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Industries Making Waves
Optimatics has Received Approval to Undertake Optimization Study
Optimatics has received approval from the California Water Service Company (Cal Water) to undertake an optimization study.
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Optimatics
Optimization Study for East Bay Municipal Utility District
Optimatics has commenced an optimization study with East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), Oakland, California.
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Optimatics
Global Water Technologies Redeems Outstanding Convertible Debentures
"Redeeming these debentures is an important step in our strategic plan," said George Kast, Chairman and CEO of Global Water Technologies.
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Water Technology Use Improves on Remote Stations
Outback researchers are hoping more staff on cattle stations will start using hand-held radios to monitor and control remote bores.
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Editorial

Our newsletter sponsor for this week is PS hard- & software GmbH. They specialize in hardware and software solutions.

Optimatics was awarded the Technology Innovation Award by Alliance water industry in Australia, for the development of a combined GA-ANN optimization technology that links Genetic Algorithms with Artificial Neural Networks.

California Water Service Company has issued permission to Optimatics to do an optimization study with regard to water supply development and facilities in the Bakersfield district.

American Beverage Association and the International Bottled Water Association have announced that they are going to combine tradeshows next year in Las Vegas.

Eco-Tec, a global leader in water purification, was awarded the Canadian Innovation Award for environmental technology.

Outback researchers are hoping more staff on cattle stations will start using hand-held radios to monitor and control remote bores while sitting in the homestead office.

For more updates, read the next issue of Water IDeaS.

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