Category: Projects
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Suez buoyed by strong International division
Suez has reported organic revenue growth of 1.1 per cent for the year ended December 2016, driven by a 4.7 per cent rise at its International division.
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Opportunities await at IDA World Congress 2017 in Brazil
Latin America, and particularly Brazil, is a big user of desalination and water reuse technology, and there is huge potential for the growth of these technologies in the region, writes Emilio Gabbrielli, president of the International Desalination Association (IDA).
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Koh Brothers bags Marina East subcontract
Keppel Seghers has subcontracted Singapore’s Koh Brothers Building & Civil Engineering as construction partner on the Marina East desalination plant project.
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Gulf of Aden project inches forward
Three firms have been pre-selected for a reverse osmosis desalination project in Djibouti, East Africa.
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SafBon to supercharge production of ItN membranes
SafBon is dramatically stepping up production of ItN Nanovation ceramic flatsheet membranes to fulfil new orders.
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India Supreme Court ruling boosts Wabag
India’s Supreme Court has issued a landmark ruling designed to stop industrial operators from polluting the country’s waterways by requiring that they install primary effluent treatment plants (PETPs).
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Singapore to raise water rates by 30 per cent
Singapore’s finance minister has announced a rise in domestic water prices of 30 per cent over the next two years, citing the cost of desalination and water reuse.
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Australia steps up investment in water projects
The Australian government has put out a call for expressions of interest from state and territory governments to access a round of funding for water projects worth AUD 200 million ($154 million).
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Mott MacDonald buys up Wideurope Engineering
UK-based global consultancy Mott MacDonald has acquired Wideurope Engineering, whose portfolio features a number of power and desalination plants in the Middle East and south west Asia.
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Veolia to build drinking water network in Sri Lanka
Veolia has won a E156 million ($164 million) contract to design and build a water treatment and conveyance network supplying potable water to 350,000 people in the Greater Matale region of Sri Lanka.








