Category: Projects
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Namibia considers new-build desalination
Namibia is pondering a desalination programme to address water shortages and to supply irrigation schemes that consume annually some 430 million m³ of water.
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Israeli researchers find heart disease link with desalinated water
Researchers at Israel’s Bar Ilan University and the Tel HaShomer Hospital have concluded that consumption of desalinated water has upped the incidence of heart disease and increased death rates as a consequence.
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Global desalination plant investment to grow 17% a year
Market analyst BCC Research has forecast in a recent report that global cumulative investments in desalination facilities will hit close to US$ 48.2 billion by 2020, from some US$ 21.4 billion in 2015 – a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.6%.
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Emirates plan four desalination plants
The Emirates’ Federal Electricity and Water Authority (Fewa) is to build four desalination facilities over the next ten years at a cost of more than Dh 3 billion (US$ 750 million) to produce 600 Ml/d.
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India and Israel look to collaborate in desalination
India and Israel are looking to cooperate in water conservation, recycling and desalination.
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Indian region looks to build giant desalination plant
Aurangabad state government has requested a detailed project report from an Indian Institute of Technology professor who has proposed the construction of a 1,000 Ml/d desalination plant near Mumbai to overcome water scarcity in Marathwada according to newspaper The Times of India.
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Osmoflow bags desalination plant deal in Marshall Islands
Osmoflo has won a contract to provide potable water to Kwajalein Atoll Joint Utilities Resources which provides power, water, sewerage and potable water to Ebeye, in the Marshall Islands.
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Researchers win funding for study of microbes in water reuse system
The University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV) has won a US$ 330,000 grant to study the risks associated with microbes in water reuse systems.
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IDA and IWA to join forces on desalination at World Water Congress
The International Water Association (IWA) and International Desalination Association (IDA) have agreed to cooperate in the coverage of desalination the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 9 – 14 October 2016 in Brisbane, Australia.
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Santa Barbara forced to rethink subsurface intake plan
The city of Santa Barbara has decided to rethink plans to install a subsurface ocean intake for a desalination plant expansion after a study revealed that the process would either be infeasible or inadequate.