Category: Projects
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Is water in the grip of a skills crisis?
In an engineering-heavy sector such as water, it’s a truism that well qualified people are thin on the ground. But is it more accurate to say that the global water industry in the grip of a skills crisis?
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India to develop a national desal mission, as Tamil Nadu dives in
India’s minister of earth sciences Harsh Vardhan is to develop a desalination mission for the country, reports Hindustan Times.
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Dispute over future of IDA takes to email
Two opposing groups within the International Desalination Association (IDA) have aired their concerns over the future of the organisation in separate emails to members.
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Namibia’s desal ambitions are aired again
Officials in Namibia’s Erongo region have again spoken of their ambition to acquire a local desal facility owned by French firm Areva, as they repeat aims to build a second desal plant.
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Water. desal + reuse introduces industry research project
Water reuse is growing rapidly as part of the water management mix, and now we want your views of this fast-growing sector.
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Cape Town calls for information on desalination solutions amid drought
Cape Town has issued a request for information (RfI) about possible solutions to the city’s lack of water through desalination or other advanced water treatment.
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Egypt steps up desalination plant building programme
The Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces (EAAF) of Egypt has unveiled plans for three new desalination plants, as a fourth is approved for Matruh seaport, reports Egyptian business paper Al Mal.
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Debate tabled on the future of Inima’s Taunton River desalination plant, MA
Brockton City Council, Massachusetts, US, has cut funds for water purchases from Inima’s Taunton River desalination plant, ahead of a big debate on the plant’s future, reports local paper The Enterprise.
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Mumbai turns to brackish desal to reduce dependence on dams
Mumbai Metropolitan Region is to construct a creek water desalination pilot project as part of moves to help reduce dependence on dams, reports Times of India.
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Philippines’ Mactan Rock Industries to expand desal production
Mactan Rock Industries of the Philippines is to expand production of desalinated water after securing a PHP 500 million ($10 million) loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines, reports Manilla Bulletin.
