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DAY 1 – Tuesday, 12th May
2009
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16:30
- 18:00
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Registration
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18:30
- 20:00
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Welcoming Cocktails - Meet
and Greet
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DAY 2 – Wednesday, 13th May 2009
(OPENING DAY)
Session chair (MTD
chair person: Stephanie Marais):
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7:30
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Registration
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8:30
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Welcoming and Opening
Address (WISA President)
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8:45 - 9:30 |
Plenary Lecture 1
: Prof
Tony Fane "Membranes and
Water: Achievements and
Challenges" |
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9:30 - 9:40 |
Short Break |
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Session 1A: Membranes, Systems &
Fundamentals
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Session 1B: MBR's & Applications
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Session chair:
Dr Gerhard Offringa
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Session chair:
Dr
TorOve Leiknes
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9:40 - 10:00
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Paper 1: Kearns (1)
Treatment of Raw Water to Purified Water Levels Using Double Pass
RO
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9:40 - 10:00
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Paper 8:
Van
Zyl (4)
Anaerobic Membrane Bio-Reactors; A Viable Future Wastewater
Treatment Technology or
Another Flash in the Pan?
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10:00 - 10:20
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Paper 2:
Blanco
(1)
High efficiency energy recovery devices in membrane desalination
operations
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10:00 - 10:20
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Paper 9:
Godongwana
(4)
The effect of streptomyces coelicolor development on the
hydrodynamics of a
vertically orientated
capillary membrane gradostat
reactor
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10:20 - 10:40
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Paper 3:
Jefferies
(2)
Scale Specific Antiscalants Used to Increase Recoveries on
Challenging Plants
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10:20 - 10:40
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Paper 10:
Guglielmi
(4)
Sludge
production in Aerobic and
Anaerobic Membrane
Bioreactors
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10:40
- 11:00
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Panel Discussion and
Questions
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11:00
- 11:20
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Short Tea Break
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Session 2A: Membranes, Systems &
Fundamentals
continue
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Session 2B: MBR's & Applications
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Session chair:
Prof Tony Fane
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Session chair:
Ralph Jones
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11:20 - 11:40
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Paper 4:
Kruger (1)
Reducing investment and operating costs of UF plants through an
innovative integrated UF
rack design |
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11:20- 11:40 |
Paper 11:
Ortell
(4)
Introducing Membrane Technology for Municipal
Wastewater Treatment at the
Zandvliet Wastewater Works,
Cape Town, South Africa |
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11:40 - 12:00 |
Paper 5:
Pollet
(4)
Influence of aeration on fouling with supernatant
filtration in membrane
bioreactors
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11:40 – 12:00 |
Paper 12:
Hackner
(4)
Municipal MBR - a chance to get high quality service water for different
applications - experience
with rotating MBR systems |
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12:00 - 12:20 |
Paper 6:
Jefferies
(2) Membrane Autopsies: Techniques Utilized and a
Statistical Presentation of
Results of 100 Autopsies |
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12:00 - 12:20 |
Paper 13:
Van't Oever (4)
Operating experience of 3rd Generation membrane
MBR in Europe |
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12:20 - 12:40 |
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12:20 - 12:40 |
Paper 14:
Ferre
(4)
Feedback from a Metal Processing Industry MBR
Plant in its 3rd Year of
Operation:- An analysis of
the Flux, Effluent Quality
and Membrane Lifetime Data
to Date |
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12:40 - 13:00
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Panel
Discussion and Questions |
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13:00 -
14:00 |
Lunch |
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Session 3:
Membrane Applications
(Decentralized water
treatment) |
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Session chair:
Chris Swartz
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14:00 - 14:20 |
Paper 15:
Peter-Varbanets (3)
Dead-end Ultrafiltration without Backflushing and
Chemicals for Decentralized
Water Purification |
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14:20 - 14:40 |
Paper 16:
Hoa
(3)
Commissioning of a Gravity-Driven Ultrafiltration
Unit for Decentralized Water
Supply
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14:40 - 15:00 |
Paper 17:
Pillay
(3)
Development of a Gravity Fed Microfilter for
Potable Water Production in
Remote Rural Areas
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15:00 - 15:20 |
Paper 18: Waites
(3)
Production of potable water:
a challenge for small
communities |
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15:20
- 15:40
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Panel
Discussion and Questions |
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15:40
- 16:00
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Tea Break |
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16:00 - 17:00 |
AGM |
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19:00 |
Dinner @ moyo Restaurant |
DAY 3 – Thursday, 14th May 2009
Session chair (MTD
chair person: Stephanie Marais):
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8:30 - 8:45
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Start of
Daily proceedings/
Registration |
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8:45 - 9:30
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Plenary Lecture 2:
Dr TorOve Leikness
- Will Membrane be the
Future of Water and
Wastewater Treatment
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9:30 -
9:40 |
Short Tea
Break |
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Session 4:
Membrane Applications (Water
treatment)
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Session chair:
Prof Ron Sanderson
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9:40 - 10:00
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Paper 19:
Layson (3)
Introduction and applications of advanced water treatment with
membrane filtration in
Europe, Australia and NZ
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10:00 - 10:20
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Paper 20:
Knops (3)
Long term operating experience of seaguard UF as pretreatment to
SWRO.
Translating operating
experience in the
Mediterranean Sea to African
applications
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10:20 - 10:40
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Paper 21:
Theron-Beukes (3)
Monitoring of the ultrafiltration membranes and integrity - how
effective do you manage the
risk of this barrier at
NGWRP in Windhoek
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10:40 - 11:00
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Paper 22:
Theron (3)
Bridging the Pressure Boundary with Reduced Footprint Using
Series Stacked
Ultrafiltration and
Nanofiltration Membranes
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11:00 -
11:20 |
Panel
Discussion and Questions |
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11:20 -
11:40 |
Tea Break |
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Session 5: Membrane Applications (Water treatment continued)
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Session chair:
Dr. Andre Moortens
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11:40 - 12:00
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Paper 23:
Kolbe
(3)
"Experience with
membrane separation
technology using
Ultrafiltration an Reverse
Osmosis in Seawater
Desalination"
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12:00 - 12:20 |
Paper 24: Jefferies (2)
Design and Operation of a Clean in Place System
for RO Plants
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12:20 - 12:40
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Paper 25:
Meyn (3)
Coagulation / Flocculation - Micorfiltration, an alternative
process for the production
of potable water?
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12:40 - 13:00 |
Paper 26:
Azrague
(3)
Assessment of the OBM-process for drinking water treatment
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13:00
- 13:20 |
Panel
Discussion and Questions |
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13:20
- 14:20 |
Lunch Break |
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14:20 - 15:20 |
Poster Session A (9 Poster) |
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15:20 - 15:40 |
Tea Break |
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15:40 -16:40 |
Poster Session B (8
Posters) |
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19:30 for 20:00 |
Gala Dinner |
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DAY 4 – Friday, 15 May 2009
Session chair (MTD
chair person: Stephanie Marais):
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8:30 - 8:45
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Start of
Daily proceedings/
Registration |
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8:45 - 9:30
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Plenary Lecture 3:
Prof
Ron
Sanderson. To understand how
membranes foul and to see
them defoul can be exciting
new water treatment
opportunities" |
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9:30 -
9:50 |
Short Tea
Break |
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Session 6: Membrane
Applications
(Waste treatment)
Session Chair:
Prof Chris Buckley
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9:50 - 10:10
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Paper 28:
Kahan,
eMalahleni Water Reclamation Plant - Towards Zero Waste
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10:10 - 10:30
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Paper 29:
Lourens,
Treatment of Winery and Distillery Wastewaters in a Membrane
Bioreactor
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10:30 - 10:50
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Paper 30:
Phattaranawik ,Investigation
of Alternative Process
Configurations for Biofilm-MBR
Systems for Municipal
Wastewater Treatment
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10:50 - 11:10
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Paper 31:
Waites,
Long term experience of the
Pall Aria MBR
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11:10 - 11:30
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Panel
Discussion and Questions |
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11:30
-12:00 |
Closing of Conference by MTD
Chairperson
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12:00
- 13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30 |
Depart on Technical Tour |
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Poster Programme
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Brooms, T.
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Effects of Oxidation States of Nickel (Ni), Copper (Cu),
Palladium (Pd) and Silver
(Ag) on Rejection by
Nanofiltration Membrane
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2
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De Jager, D.
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Modelling growth kinetics of Streptomyces Coelicolor A3 (2) in a
continuously operated
membrane gradostat reactor
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3
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Elarbi, A
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Flux enhancement in a spiral wrap ultrafiltration element by
using backpulsing
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4
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Elharati, M.
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Membrane characterisation by solute transport using ultraviolet
spectrophotometry and
gravimetry methods
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5
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Rugbani, A.
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The influence of the fabrication parameters on the diameter and
mechanical properties of
polysulfone hollow-fiber
membranes
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6 |
Waites ,
J. |
Membrane operation on cold
brackish water and warn
seawater |
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7
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Palazzo, A.
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The use of autopsies as a diagnostic tool for optimising RO
treatment programmes
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8
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Majewska-Nowak, K.
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Suitability of UF Ceramic Membranes for Separation of Due
Particles
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9
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Kabsch-Korbutowicz, M.
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Water Treatment in Integrated Process with the Use of Ceramic
Membranes
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10
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Shugman, E.
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Flux recovery during infrasonic frequency backpulsing of micro
and ultra filtration
membranes, fouled with
alumina and yeast
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11
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Roux, S.P.
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Challenges experienced while using
MBR technology for
biological sulphate
reduction with synthesis gas
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12
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De Beer, M.
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Treatment
of nitrate-rich process
water
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13 |
Khalaf, A
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Production of hollow fibers
membrane by co-electrospinning
of cellulose acetate |
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14 |
Kowalska, I
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Ion-Exchange /
Ultrafiltration System for
Surfactants Removal from
Water Solutions |
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15 |
Tawari, A
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THE USE OF COLLAPSING PRESSURE TO DETERMINE THE DIAMETER OF
HOLLOW-FINE-FIBRE CELLULOSE
ACETATE MEMBRANES BY DRY-WET
SPINNING TECHNIQUE |
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16 |
Richards,
M
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Production of self-immobilized enzyme particles for
the removal of bacterial
biofilms |
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17 |
Molobela,
I
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Effect of commercial enzymes on Extracellular
Polymeric Substances of
Pseudomonas fluorescens
biofilms |
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18 |
Sehn,
P
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Field performance of a 16-inch diameter RO system in
direct comparison with an
equivalent 8-inch diameter
system
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19 |
Bandyopadhyay, S |
Hybrid and novel processes
for decontamination of
potable water. |
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20 |
Erwee ,H |
Sustainable Waste
Water Treatment: Membrane
Bio Reactor (MBR) Plant:
Sedgefield, South Africa |
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