Category: Projects
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Eiffage and Tedagua clinch Djibouti desalination contract
French engineering firm Eiffage Genie Civil in consortium with Tedagua of Spain has won a contract to build a desalination plant in Djibouti, east Africa.
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Cape Town kicks off three stages of tendering in water crisis response
Cape Town has outlined a "portfolio response" to its water crisis based on the work of its water resilience task team over the past 11 weeks.
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Egypt to invest in 16 desalination projects
Egypt is to build or upgrade 16 desalination plants across five governorates, reports Daily News Egypt.
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Morocco to build a desalination plant in Casablanca-Settat
Morocco is finalising a feasibility study and financial and institutional structures for a new seawater desalination plant project, reports L’Economiste.
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Oman tenders for advisory services on desal plant
Oman Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) has issued a request for proposals for technical advisory services for a desalination project in Wadi Dayqah (Qurayyat) near Muscat.
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Az Zour North desal plant powers down to avoid oil spill
The desalination plant at Az Zour North in Kuwait has escaped damage from a nearby oil spill after temporarily shutting down.
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BHP and Coldeco push forward Chilean desal projects
Two major desalination projects to support the copper mining industry in Chile are moving ahead, reports Reuters.
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Greece invests in desalination for remote Dodecanese island
Greece’s General Secretariat for the Aegean and Island Policy and the country’s shipping industry have signed a €870,000 ($1 million) contract to build a desalination plant on Kastellorizo island, reports Kathimerini.
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Cape Town to ‘forcibly restrict’ usage, as desal tender nears
The City of Cape Town has called on residents to adhere to its 87-litres a day rule on water, as it emerged that usage is outstripping safe levels.
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Desal project in Thane, India, draws legal challenge
A desalination plant project to supply the city of Thane, in Maharashtra, India, has come under fire from activists and politicians who oppose the local authority’s plan, reports Mumbai Mirror.
