Author: Water. Desalination + reuse

Mid market water treatment firm, RWL Water, in a consortium with Mexican partners, Libra Ingenieros and RJ Ingenieria, has won a contract to build a 22,000 m³/d seawater desalination plant in San Quintín, Baja California.

Oman plant goes down for third time this year

Oct 5, 2015

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Water production at Sohar Power Company’s (SPC’s) desalination plant in Oman failed for the third time this year due to “unspecified technical problems”.

Energy Recovery announces deal duo

Oct 3, 2015

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in Desalination

Industrial fluid pressure technology company, Energy Recovery, has announced its second US$ 1.8 million deal in recent weeks at sites in the Middle East and North Africa region. The latest win to supply its PX Pressure Exchanger system was for a 68 Ml/d desalination plant at an undisclosed site in the Middle East. It closed…

Ghana union calls for review of Teshie-Nungua water purchase deal

Oct 2, 2015

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Ghana’s Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU) has called for a review of a water purchase agreement between supplier, Ghana Water Company (GWC), and Korean firm, BEFESA Desalination Developments Ghana, explaining that the current agreement jeopardized the water supplier.

Kuwait shortlists seven for power and water project

Sep 29, 2015

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Kuwait has shortlisted seven consortiums for the second phase of the Az Zour North Complex independent water and power producer (IWPP) project.  

Researchers reconsider osmotic power prospects

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Researchers at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia claim to have demonstrated sound prospects for harnessing the energy created in salinity gradients – where, for example, freshwater meets the sea. Earlier studies failed to provide convincing indications that the vast theoretical potential of this renewable source of power could realise an economical return.

H₂O Innovation bags Clearlogx

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in Pretreatment/cleaning

Membrane filtration company, H₂O Innovation, as acquired all of the assets of control technology specialist, Clearlogx, that relate to its control technology and its specialty coagulants.

Jersey contracts ACWA to upgrade desalination plant

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Utility, Jersey Water, has contracted international water and wastewater treatment firm, ACWA Services, to carry a out a £6 million (US$ 9 million) upgrade of the Channel Island’s La Rosière desalination plant in a bid to cut operating costs and meet rising demand.

San Diego pilot go ahead – marines may hit the beach

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