Category: Projects
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Chile mine desalination agreement
Mining firm, White Mountain Titanium Corporation has secured a US$ 2 million debt funding agreement with private equity firm Nexo which included an exclusive development rights agreement relating to a desalination plant proposed for White Mountain’s Cerro Banco mine in Chile.
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Seawater desalination protest tide grows
Hermosa Beach has joined a “growing tide of opposition” to the West Basin Municipal Water District’s proposed US$ 300 million ocean water desalination for El Segundo according to local newspaper The Daily Breeze.
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EPA funds water reuse studies
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has committed US$ 3.3 million to funding for research into water reuse and conservation.
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San Luis county pledges US$ 900,000 for plans tap into nuclear plant desalination
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors has committed US$ 900,000 to planning and permitting for a proposal to expand Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant’s reverse osmosis desalination plant to supply South County residents.
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Texas Desal call for papers
The Texas Desalination Association has invited submissions for its fourth annual conference, Texas Desal 2016, on 29-30 September at Austin, Texas.
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Oman signs deal for temporary desalination
Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has signed an agreement with Muscat Water to establish temporary desalination plants in Quriyat, Muscat and Aseela in South A’Sharqiyah.
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IDA reuse event call for papers open until 31 March
The call for papers for the IDA International Conference on Water Reuse and Recycling Turning Vision into Reality is open until 31 March. The conference, which takes place 25-27 September 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Méditeranée in Nice, France, covers leading-edge strategies and technology for advanced municipal and industrial water reuse…
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Former Baja California project partners in legal spat
A giant seawater desalination facility proposed for Baja California, is currently mired in a legal wrangle between former partners in the venture according to a report in local newspaper, The San Diego Union-Tribune. Were it to go ahead the 400 Ml/d Rosarito Beach plant would topple the recently opened Carlsbad plant from its position as…
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RWL-led Mexico seawater desalination project starts construction
A consortium of RWL Water Group and Mexico’s, Libra Ingenieros Civiles and RJ Ingenieria has begun construction of 22,000 m3/d reverse osmosis (RO) seawater desalination plant in Mexico’s Baja California.
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Hyflux bags Suez Canal desalination deal
Singapore’s Hyflux has secured a letter of intent for an engineering procurement and construction contract for a 150,000 m³/d desalination plant in Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone.