Author: Carl Myers
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Cyclone Mekunu shuts Sembcorp’s Salalah desalination plant
Sembcorp Salalah Water and Power Co has shut down its desalination plant in Oman due to rough seas whipped up by Cyclone Mekunu, reports Reuters.
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Gujarat, India, unveils reuse policy amid worsening water crisis
Gujarat State, India, has unveiled a new policy for water reuse amid a deepening water crisis in the region.
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Hyflux exits contract with SWCC amid company reorganisation
Hyflux has quit a contract with Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) for three seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plants, amid moves to restructure the company.
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Broley up at Brown and Caldwell
Brown and Caldwell has promoted Wendy Broley to vice president, and leader of its One Water team with oversight of strategy and management.
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KfW finances Euro 82 million Tunisian desalination project
KfW Development Bank is to loan €82 million ($95 million) to Tunisia for a desalination plant in Zarat, Gabes Governorate, reports Tunis Afrique Presse.
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Port of Corpus Christi kicks off permitting process for desalination plant
The Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, has applied for a permit to develop a desalination plant on its land, reports Caller Times.
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Israeli private investors eye Namibia desalination project
Officials from the Erongo region in Namibia and Israeli private investors are in advance stage talks over a second desalination plant in the county, reports New Era.
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Gujarat industry wants distribution for desalinated water
Industrial and commercial operators in Kutch district, India, are calling on Gujarat State government to allow them to use their local water distribution network to bring in supplies of desalinated water, reports Business World.
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Top 20 water-stressed countries with solar potential
The World Resources Institute (WRI) has named the world’s top 20 most water-stressed countries which have the most solar energy potential.
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Hitachi and Toray target 20 per cent RO energy reduction in Saudi demo
Hitachi and Toray are to demonstrate a low energy seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) system in Saudi Arabia, in a project that will draw lessons from the Mega-ton Water System.
