Category: Desalination
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Metito circles potential acquisition in Turkey
Metito, the Dubai-based water treatment company, is eyeing an acquisition in Turkey, reports The National.
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Five Minutes With: Patrick van Eijik, manager, production and project engineering, Hatenboer-Water
Patrick van Eijik, a ‘natural go-between for production and engineering’, is newly appointed as manager, production and project engineering, at Netherlands-based Hatenboer-Water
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US DOE to harness ‘power of competition’ in Water Security Grand Challenge
The US Department of Energy has set out ambitions to harness the "power of competition" to drive innovation in water technology through a new programme of activity.
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Stantec sells MWH Constructors to Oaktree Capital Management
Stantec has agreed to sell MWH Constructors, comprising MWH Constructors UK and US, and Slayden Constructors, to funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management.
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Evoqua initiates cost-saving restructure
Evoqua has initiated a restructuring which will create two operating divisions to replace its existing three-unit structure.
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‘The water business needs consolidating’, Dick Heckmann, PolyCera Membranes, board director
Richard ‘Dick’ Heckmann, founder in 1990 of US Filter, a business he sold nine years later for $8.2 billion, tells Water. desal + reuse why the water business needs consolidating, why he’s backing PolyCera Membranes, and why California is ‘the stupidest state on the planet’
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Five Minutes With: Joe Gifford, Nanostone vice president of research and development
Joe Gifford, who is listed as an inventor on water technology patents in the US and globally, is Nanostone’s new vice president of research and development
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Inge wins first big order to supply seawater desalination plant in Oman
Inge has won a contract to supply ultrafiltration (UF) solutions to the Sharqiyah desalination plant project in Oman, in a change to the original specification.
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Cyprus to allow private individuals to install desalination units
The government of Cyprus has approved a guide which allows private individuals to install desalination plants of up to 1,500 m3/d.
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Taiwan’s Kinmen Desalination Plant doubles capacity in upgrade
The Greater Kinmen Desalination Plant has reopened following a renovation which doubled capacity, reports Taiwan News.








