Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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California slant test gets US$ 1 million grant
Water utility, California American Water, has received a US$1 million grant from the state’s Department of Water Resources to help fund the company’s $4 million planned slant well test.
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GDF Suez bags Lahmeyer
GDF Suez’ consultancy arm, Tractebel Engineering, has bought Germany-based water and energy consultancy Lahmeyer International from financial investment firm Capiton.
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Singapore picks builder for new water reclaim plant
Singapore’s water agency, the Public Utilities Board (PUB), has selected a consortium led by Bejing Enterprises Water Group and United Engineers as the preferred bidder for the Changi II plant under PUB’s Newater marque.
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Morocco seeks private investors for US$ 27 billion water plan
Morocco’s water minster, Charafat Afilal, has unveiled plans to let private capital take the lead in developing desalination and irrigation projects as part of a US$ 27 billion programme to ease the burden on the country’s water resources.
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Global desalination market to grow 9% a year
The global water desalination market is set to grow at nearly 9% a year to 2018 according a report by market researcher, TechNavio.
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Saudi plans US$ 80 billion injection into desalination resource
Saudi Arabian state-run utility Saudi Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) plans to invest SR300 billion (US$ 80 billion) by 2025 to boost desalinated water production to 8,500 Ml/d according to the governor of the utility Abdulrahman Mohammed al-Ibrahim.
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Namibian government poised to table offer for Areva desalination plant
Namibia’s government is poised to table an offer to buy Areva’s seawater desalination plant at Trekkopje and to use the 20 million m³-a-year facility to supply the country’s semi-arid Erongo region.
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Wigen to provide universal ultrafiltration system for Santa Barbara
Filtration system manufacturer, Wigen Water Technologies, has won a contract to supply ultrafiltration (UF) systems for the City of Santa Barbara’s El Estero wastewater treatment plant in a North American first.
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Russian nuclear giant musters experts to lead desalination drive
Russia’s nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, has formed a group of expert desalination advisors as part of its push to win customers for its thermal desalination technologies. The company is targeting world regions where clean water is scarce as a path to becoming “leaders in the global nuclear market,” according to Rosatom.
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IDA extends award fellowship application deadline
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has extended to October 10 the applications deadline for its 2014-15 Fellowship Award.