Category: Desalination
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Debate tabled on the future of Inima’s Taunton River desalination plant, MA
Brockton City Council, Massachusetts, US, has cut funds for water purchases from Inima’s Taunton River desalination plant, ahead of a big debate on the plant’s future, reports local paper The Enterprise.
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IDA to return to Dubai for World Congress 2019
The International Desalination Association (IDA) is to return to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for its World Congress in 2019, building on the earlier success of the IDA World Congress held in the emirate in 2009.
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Mumbai turns to brackish desal to reduce dependence on dams
Mumbai Metropolitan Region is to construct a creek water desalination pilot project as part of moves to help reduce dependence on dams, reports Times of India.
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Philippines’ Mactan Rock Industries to expand desal production
Mactan Rock Industries of the Philippines is to expand production of desalinated water after securing a PHP 500 million ($10 million) loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines, reports Manilla Bulletin.
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Felber secures deal to acquire 50 percent of IDE shares
Israel Chemicals Limited (ICL) has sold its 50 per cent stake in desalination company IDE Technologies for $177.7 million in cash.
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GE Water to build desalination facility on Eleuthera island, Bahamas
GE Water is to build, own, and operate (BOO) a seawater reverse osmosis plant on the island of Eleuthera, in the Bahamas, on a 15 years contract.
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North Carolina desalination project is dogged by delay
Commissioners in Brunswick County, North Carolina, US, have voted to delay construction of a desalination plant for which contracts are already awarded, reports WECT.
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Water Planet introduces PolyCera Hydro for drinking water
Water Planet has introduced PolyCera Hydro membranes for drinking water applications, extending its PolyCera range beyond industrial wastewater treatment.
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FCC Aqualia lines up bond issues to help service debt
FCC Aqualia has priced two bond issues, whose proceeds will be used in part to pay down FCC Group debt, which currently stands at €5,063 million.
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The Long Read: The changing EPC landscape
There is a big shift going on in the water sector, and it’s exemplified by the Suez-GE deal. While the focus of services offered by engineers has always ebbed and flowed along a spectrum of consultancy, design work, systems integration, and delivery, nowadays customers’ decision-making processes are pushing at the boundaries of these traditional project…
