Category: Projects
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Israeli water minister floats plan for two new desal plants
Israel’s minster of infrastructure, energy and water Yuval Steinitz has floated a plan to build two new desalination plants, reports Reuters.
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Egypt finalises finance for south Sinai desal plants
The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) is to loan $100 million to the government of Egypt, completing the finance for five desalination plans in south Sinai.
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Video Q&As – the lowdown on technology trends from MTC18
Water technologists spoke of innovations in science and data to address the challenges emerging from the latest membrane applications, at the AMTA/AWWA Membrane Technology Conference 2018 in Florida, US.
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Video Q&A: Rodney Clemente, Energy Recovery
Energy Recovery global desalination vice president Rodney Clemente, explains how the company’s isobaric positive displacement, and centrifugal energy recovery devices, have helped to cut energy consumption in reverse osmosis plants around the globe.
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Video Q&A: Richard Stover, Gradiant Corp
Gradiant Corp’s membrane division president Richard Stover, shares the latest on the company’s new counter flow reverse osmosis (CFRO) process at MTC18.
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Video Q&As – the latest tech innovations from MTC18
Water technologists vied to have their latest technological innovations lead the conversation at the AMTA/AWWA Membrane Technology Conference 2018 in Florida, US.
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UT Austin develops hydrogels that desalt water with ambient sunlight
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, US, have developed a technology with gel-polymer hybrid materials that can desalinate water using ambient solar energy.
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Libya moves to build new desalination plant in Misrata
Authorities in Libya are to build a new desalination plant in Misrata, reports Libya Observer.
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Fluence secures first debt financing for desal project
Fluence has secured $48 million in debt financing from North American Development Bank (NADB) for a seawater desalination plant project in San Quintin, Mexico.
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JICA to loan $283 million for Chennai’s fourth desalination plant
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is to loan JPY 30 billion ($283 million) to build a seawater desalination plant in Chennai, India.








