Category: Projects
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IDA unveils new board of directors
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has named its new board of directors for 2017 to 2019.
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Gwadar project moves ahead, as Chinese investment flows in
China Pak Investment Corporation has acquired the Port City project in Gwadar, Pakistan, and is reviewing plans in line with international development standards.
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Ghanaian utility staggers under weight of desalination costs
Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) is reviewing its options over Teshie-Nungua desalination plant, as it emerged that the facility results in a loss to the utility of about $2 million a month, reports CitiFMonline.com.
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GS Inima and Claro Vicuna win Atacama desalination plant contract
A consortium of Spain’s GS Inima and Claro Vicuna Valenzuela of Chile have won the engineering and construction contract for a desalination plant in Atacama, Chile, reports Diaro Finaciero.
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SWCC to partner with Japan’s NEDO on desalination project
The Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) of Saudi Arabia, and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) of Japan, are to build a reverse osmosis plant in Saudi, reports Saudi Gazette.
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Dow to supply RO elements to Barka desalination plant project
Dow Water & Process Solutions is to supply advanced reverse osmosis (RO) elements to Barka desalination plant project in Oman, after selection by Suez.
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Darco signs its first DBOO in Vietnam for four water plants
Darco Water Technologies of Singapore, and InfraCo Asia Development are to partner on a design, build, own, operate (DBOO) project covering four municipal water treatment plants in Vietnam.
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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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South Korea and Oman sign MoU on desalination
Middle East Desalination Research Centre (MEDRC) and South Korea’s Agency of Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on desalination.
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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.








