Category: Projects
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PUB partners with SWCC and Water Corporation on shared challenges
Singapore’s national water agency, PUB, has formed two new knowledge sharing partnerships with key international water utilities through memorandums of understanding (MOUs) signed at Singapore International Water Week, 8 to 12 July 2017.
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Tokyo’s Wellthy Corp forms joint venture in Myanmar
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation subsidiary Wellthy Corp has formed a joint venue with Myanmar Water Engineering & Products (MWEP) to provide EPC and water quality analysis services in Myanmar.
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Desal at the centre of India-Israel state visit
Desalination and water policy was at the centre of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel last week (4 to 6 July, 2017).
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Cosin calls for better water education, warns of project delays
CEO of Almar Water Solutions Carlos Cosin has warned of potential delays to projects owing to a skills shortage in the water industry, and has proposed creating a new Masters in Water degree to plug the skills gap.
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Keppel unveils designs for Marina East Desalination Plant
Keppel has shared design details of its Marina East Desalination Plant project in Singapore, as it broke ground on 29 June 2017.
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Cyprus poised to tender Paphos SWRO project
The Water Development Department of Cyprus is on course to tender a seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant project by end of September 2017.
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Victorian Desalination Plant fails to deliver full water order
AquaSure has fallen short on its first water delivery from the Victorian Desalination Plant in Melbourne, Australia, by four million metres cubed.
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Barbados Water Authority secures funding for desalination projects
Barbados Water Authority (BWA) has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Caribbean Development Bank, partly to provide funds for two new desalination plants.
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Abengoa’s project in Agadir, Morocco, expands in size and scope
Abengoa is to expand capacity of a desalination plant project in development, and to construct additional capacity for irrigation purposes, in Agadir, Morocco.
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Q&A Ziad Bouars: "When you come it’s just sand"
Ziad Bouars, commissioning manager at Sidem-Veolia, explains why he has no intention of swapping a projects role out in the field for a desk job back at head office








