Category: Projects
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Veolia Middle East CEO Xavier Joseph targets significant growth
Veolia has investment capacity of $200 million for power and water projects across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for 2018, regional chief executive Xavier Joseph has told Emirati news outlet The National.
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Blame game begins ahead of Cape Town’s ‘day zero’
Mmusi Maimane, leader of South Africa’s opposition party the Democratic Alliance, has slammed the national ministry of water and sanitation for failing in its duties, pointing out the high cost of building desalination plants.
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Suez and Thiess sue Siemens over VDP switchgear
Suez and Thiess have filed a writ against Siemens in the Victorian Supreme Court, Australia, over the failure of a gas-insulated switchgear at the Victorian Desalination Plant (VDP), reports Victorian news outlet Herald Sun.
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Saudi’s Al-Fadhli gets the go-ahead for nine new desalination plants
Saudi Arabia has an ambitious $530 million programme to build nine new desalination plants on the Red Sea coast within 18 months, the minister of environment, water and agriculture Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli has revealed.
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Desalination project polarises community in North Carolina, US
The future of a desalination project in Brunswick County, North Carolina, is hanging in the balance as two opposing groups battle over its future.
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Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, eyes a deal on part-built desal plant
Commissioners at the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas, US, have voted to bid for a desalination plant that is up for sale following the bankruptcy of plastics manufacturer M&G Chemicals, reports Caller Times.
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Abu Dhabi kicks off competition for developer on desal mega project
Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) has requested expressions of interest (EoIs) on a 200 million gallons a day (909,000 m3/d) mega desalination project, reports Emirates news agency WAM.
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Kenya considers plans for capacitive desalination plant
A 25-year project to transform the Kwale County region of Kenya is to include a capacitive desalination project, reports Citizen News.
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Chennai Metrowater chair sets March deadline for project tenders
Authorities in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, have urged municipal corporations to tender water projects under the government’s smart cities scheme by 31 March 2018, reports Times of India.
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Egypt’s al-Sisi has a mega desal scheme in his sights
Egypt is to build a mega desalination plant in response to water scarcity concerns, reports news24.com.
