Category: Projects
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Veolia to supply drinking water and boost network yield in Armenia
Veolia’s Armenia subsidiary, Veolia Djur, has won an affermage contract to deliver drinking and wastewater services to Armenia’s population of three million.
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Lanxess elements tackle difficult Nile river water
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is providing a new reverse osmosis plant to desalinate and demineralise water from the River Nile in Egypt, for fertiliser manufacturer Alexfert.
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‘Challenges are shared across the border’, Mitch Thompson, Otay
Water from NSC Agua’s desalination plant in Rosarito, Baja California, is a critical component of Otay’s diversification efforts.
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Consolidated Water lines up Mexican mega-project
The Playas de Rosarito seawater RO desalination mega-plant project has been six years in the making. It began as a twinkle in Consolidated Water’s eye even before Mexico had introduced its new public-private partnerships law, but the act’s introduction in 2012 gave the project a clear structure for moving ahead.
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Land prices ‘astronomical’, says Mombasa governor
Mombasa County governor, Hassan Joho, has admitted that plans to develop a 100,000 m3/d desalination plant at Shanzu, on Keyna’s north coast, could be scuppered by "astronomical" land prices, reports Standard Digital.
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Biwater to supply UF and RO systems to California replenishment project
Biwater, UK, has won a contract to design, supply and supervise ultra-filtration and reverse osmosis systems for Southern California’s Groundwater Reliability Improvement Program.
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Chennai Metrowater seeks bidders for desal mega-project
Chennai, India, water authority, Metrowater, has issued a series of tenders covering a new a 150,000 m3/d reverse osmosis desalination plant in Nemmeli, Chennai.
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San Diego City Council expedites water reuse scheme Pure Water
The city council of San Diego, US, has speeded up plans to introduce a water reuse scheme known as Pure Water, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
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Namibia plans feasibility study to underpin PPP desal project
Namibia is looking to build a new 70,000 m3/d desalination plant in Erongo Region under a public-private partnership (PPP), as the country gets close to finalising PPP legislation, reports New Era.
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Who will buy GE Water & Process Technologies?
The news that GE wants to sell its Water & Process Technologies business sent a ripple of surprise through the global desalination industry last week, with many at first asking: "Why?"








