Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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Abengoa inaugurates West Africa’s first desalination plant
Spain-based energy and environment company Abengoa has inaugurated the first desalination plant in West Africa. The 60,000 m³/d plant will make potable water for some 500,000 people in Ghana’s capital, Accra.
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Researchers seek algal bloom case studies
The Middle East Desalination Research Centre (MEDRC) is calling on the desalination industry to submit case studies that might be included in a guidance manual on marine algal blooms.
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Xylem joins US trade mission to China
Water technology company, Xylem is participating in a US presidential trade mission to the People’s Republic of China, taking place this week.
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Toray membranes for giant Korean purification plant
Toray Industries has received an order to supply Torayfil hollow fibre ultrafiltration membrane modules to South Korea’s largest membrane-based water purification facility in Yeosu.
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Neptune Benson buys Sonitec Vortisand
Engineering firm Neptune Benson, has bought Canada-based water filtration company, Sonitec Vortisand, for an undisclosed sum.
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China begins construction of US$ 1.1billion desalination plant
China has started construction of a CNY 7 billion (US$ 1.1 billion) seawater reverse osmosis desalination project - part of its bid to quadruple its desalination capacity by 2020.
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CH2M Hill rebrands
Infrastructure engineering firm, CH2M HILL, has shortened its name to CH2M and redesigned its logo from its twenty-year old block capitals design to a lower-case script-style typography in purple which “reflects the energy and passion of the firm.”
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Neptune Benson buys Sonitec Vortisand
Engineering firm Neptune Benson, has bought Canada-based water filtration company Sonitec Vortisand.
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Oman lays out desalination plans
Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has outlined plans for its procurement of a string of independent water projects (IWPs) at a number of locations around the country totalling more than 220 m³/d in capacity.
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Doosan lands wastewater package at Iraqi oil refinery
Doosan Hydro Technology has won an order for a zero liquid discharge (ZLD) wastewater treatment package at the US$ 6 billion, 140,000 barrels-a-day Karbala oil refinery under construction at South Karbala, 100km from the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.