Category: Pretreatment/cleaning
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Canada’s ENPAR to acquire Pumptronics in $1.2 million deal
ENPAR Technologies, a specialist in electrochemical water treatment, is to acquire Pumptronics for $3 million, comprising $1.2 million in cash and the remainder in shares.
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Italy’s Italmatch snaps up Brazilian chemicals company
Italmatch Chemicals has acquired Sudamfos Do Brasil, a leading Brazilian distributor of phosphonate, phosphates, and other speciality chemical products, through new company Italmatch Do Basail Partipicoes.
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Saudi Arabia’s WEC seeks developers for two mega projects
Water and Electricity Company (WEC) of Saudi Arabia has requested expressions of interest on two new mega seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant projects.
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BASF’s new Bascal HP 100 wetting agent on show at IDA World Congress 2017
BASF has introduced a new wetting agent to help overcome dry patches that can occur in multi-effect distillation (MED) desalination plants.
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Tuas Power beats Keppel and Sembcorp-Suez to Singapore desal contract
Singapore’s PUB has named Tuas Power-Singapore Technologies Marine Consortium (TP-STM) as preferred bidder for its fifth desalination plant project.
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US EPA postpones compliance date on power plant effluent
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has postponed by two years the compliance date for new rules on effluent discharge from power plants.
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FCC Aqualia and Orascom win $320 million Cairo reuse project
FCC Aqualia and Orascom have won a $320 million contract to design, build and operate a wastewater reuse plant in Cairo, Egypt.
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WaterReuse awards recognise people and projects
The WateReuse Association has unveiled its annual award winners of people and projects that have made significant contributions to water reuse.
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Hydrochem wins $16 million in arbitration over Salalah dispute
Sepco III of China has been ordered to pay $16 million to Hydrochem in relation to disputes arising out of an engineering and procurement contract on Salalah Independent Power and Water Project, Oman.
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Carlsbad production falls short in year to June
Carlsbad desalination plant has fallen short in delivering water ordered by San Diego County Water Authority by almost a fifth, reports Voice of San Diego.








