Author: Water. Desalination + reuse
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ADB loans $120 million to desalination project in Jaffna, Sri Lanka
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to loan $120 million for a desalination project to supply Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka.
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EBRD pledges €300 million for Ain Sokhna, Egypt, desalination project
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to loan €300 million ($354 million) to Egypt for a desalination plant at Ain Sokhna, reports Egypt Today.
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Water reuse: a growing market of opportunity and challenge
Survey findings suggest a market with the technical expertise, innovative ideas, and will to service customers’ water needs, while a lack of money, reluctance to take chances on new technology, and instances of poor governance present challenges.
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M&G Chemicals to sell Texas desalination facility amid bankruptcy
M&G Chemicals is to sell a desalination facility at its unfinished resins factory in Corpus Christi, Texas, as part of a wider divestiture, reports ICIS.
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Omani nationals offered stake in Al Ghubra desalination plant
Muscat City Desalination Company (MCDC), the joint venture set up to run Al Ghubra desalination plant, Oman, is publicly offering its shares for sale.
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Scheider Electric and Egypt in talks over desalination plans
Schneider Electric, the French energy management group, is in talks with Egypt’s ministry of housing, utilities and urban communities about investing in desalination and wastewater treatment projects, reports Almal News.
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Water Corporation prepares to expand Perth desalination plant
Water Corporation of Western Australia has acquired 15.2 hectares of land adjacent to Perth desalination plant for a possible expansion of capacity, reports The West Australian.
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Suez and Solvay win first contract in China to treat brine with AOP
Suez and Solvay have won their first contract in China to treat brine from a reverse osmosis desalination plant using a jointly developed advanced oxidation process.
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Ocean conservationists challenge Huntington Beach decision in court
A coalition of environmental groups in California has filed a lawsuit challenging the State Lands Commission on its decision to approve amendments to Poseidon’s environmental impact study for the Huntington Beach desalination project.
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FCC Aqualia buys back shares in Czech business
FCC Aqualia is buying back a 49 per cent stake in its water business in the Czech Republic that it sold to Mitsui in 2013.








