Category: Projects
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Tunisia’s SONEDE details programme of desalination plants
Tunisia’s water utility, SONEDE, has shared details of recently completed and future desalination projects, including groundwater and seawater plants.
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Saudi Arabia’s WEC pre-qualifies bidders for Shuqaiq 3
Saudi Arabia’s Water and Electricity Company (WEC) has pre-qualified 15 companies for Shuqaiq 3 desalination plant project.
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Red tide threatens Barka desalination plant, Oman
Oman’s Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) has urged residents near to Barka desalination plant to conserve water amid an algal bloom that is threatening production.
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Egypt pledges $51 billion for water projects over 20 years
Egypt is stepping up efforts to address water scarcity, pledging EGP 900 billion ($51 billion) for a national water management plan over 20 years.
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Aqualia joins Majis in Port of Sohar joint venture
Aqualia of Spain, and Oman state-owned Majis Industrial Services, have formed new joint venture Oman Sustainable Water Services (OSWS), to operate the hydraulics at Port of Sohar for 20 years.
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AquaVenture poised to acquire Abengoa’s Accra desalination plant
AquaVenture is to acquire Abengoa’s 56 per cent stake in Teshie-Nungua desalination plant near Accra, Ghana, subject to renegotiation of the water purchase agreement with Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), or receipt of certain agreements from the plant’s lenders.
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High-end Montana ski town mulls reuse to produce snow
An exclusive ski town in Montana, US, called Big Sky, is considering a water reuse scheme that could see it make snow out of recycled wastewater, reports WaterDeeply.com.
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SWCC poised to invite bids for mobile desal capacity
Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) is poised to invite bids from mobile desalination providers to augment supplies until its planned large scale projects start producing.
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The world’s top 11 most water-challenged cities
The BBC world news desk has compiled a list of the top 11 cities most likely to run out of water — and they’re not where you might think.
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Western Cape food producer adopts desalination
Oceana, a canned fish producer based in Western Cape, South Africa, is installing two desalination plants in readiness for ‘day zero,’ in April 2018, when the region is expected to run out of water.
