Category: Pretreatment/cleaning
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Stage set for proliferation of private finance in US utilities
Capital expenditure by US water and wastewater utilities is expected to top $532 billion between 2016 and 2025, but the upturn is unlikely to be funded by federal budgets.
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‘Adjustable’ desal plant in Brazil financed by project bond
UK water company Hydrology is to build and operate an "adjustable" desalination plant in Cubato in Sao Paulo state, Brazil, to supply industrial conglomerate Unigel.
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Awards scheme offers springboard into China
Two US water technology companies have scooped the inaugural China BlueTech Awards for the strength of their innovative solutions and their ability to do business in China.
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Grindex expands stainless steel pump range
Swedish submersible pumps specialist Grindex is expanding its range of stainless steel Inox pumps, to include the new Grindex Mega Inox, a 90 kW (50Hz) and 134 Hp (60 Hz) pump made entirely of stainless steel.
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Iran signs first desal deal after sanctions were lifted
South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction has clinched a $185.9 million deal for a new seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant in Iran, reports Business Korea.
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Israel mulls Red Sea Dead Sea alternative amid water price concerns
A string of consortia have entered pre-qualification bids for Jordan’s Red Sea Dead Sea (RSDS) project, as Israel mulls an alternative idea amid concerns over the economics of the scheme.
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‘Phantom’ desal plant at centre of legal row in New York
A proposed desalination plant in Haverstraw, New York, that was never built, is at the centre of a lawsuit filed on Friday by Rockland County, New York, on behalf of its residents.
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Largest desal plant in the West gets the green light in Mexico
Consolidated Water’s Mexico subsidiary NSC Agua, in consortium with the Mexican entities of NuWater and Degremont, has won a contract to build a seawater RO desalination plant at Rosarito Beach, from the government of Baja California, Mexico.
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Saudi Arabia outlines desalination strategy as part of economic reforms
Saudi Arabia is to increase the proportion of desalinated water produced by private operators from 16 to 52 per cent by 2020.
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Australia’s Water Corporation weighs the options for climate-independent water
Australia’s Water Corporation is looking at "a range of options" for its next climate-independent source of water for western Australia, as it reaches the halfway mark of a 10-year strategy to ensure a climate-independent water supply.
