Category: Projects
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Low-energy desalination trials delayed
Trials of four new energy efficient desalination systems from leading water technology players that could “revolutionise the industry” have been delayed from their summer 2015 start with October forecast as the date when all will be in pilot operation.
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IDE among top twenty smartest companies
In its 50th year in business Israel-based desalination company, IDE Technologies, has been ranked by the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT’s) Technology Review as among the top 20 smartest companies.
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Spanish province seeks to coax farmers to use desalinated water
The new provincial government for Valencia, Spain is seeking to encourage farmers to use desalinated water to irrigate their fields in the face of strong farming community reluctance due to high cost and low quality.
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Trials begin at new Oman desalination plant
A new 210 Ml/d desalination plant in Ghubra, Oman has begun trial operations.
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Researchers desalinating greenhouse uses unexplained bubble physics
Researchers at Murdoch University, Australia, have designed a small-scale greenhouse that deploys desalination technology based on an “unexplained” bubble formation phenomenon to bring food production to remote regions with high-salinity groundwater.
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Avalon ponders second desalination plant to curb rationing
The city of Avalon on Catalina Island, California is considering a US$ 0.5 million contribution to a proposed second desalination unit in a bid to avoid further water rationing.
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Gold miner opts for desalination to supply planned Mexican mine
The gold mining arm of energy firm, Chesapeake, has opted to use desalinated seawater to supply water for its proposed Metates gold and silver mining project in Durango state, Mexico. It has tendered for proposals to build and operate a 55Ml/d desalination facility to supply the mine with fresh water.
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Pakistan province pushes delayed desalination project
Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman, Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, has pushed the bureau’s Balochistan arm to bring a long-awaited 2 Ml/d desalination plant at Karwat, Gwadar finally into operation.
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Kuwait launches its largest desalination management project
Kuwait University’s faculty of engineering has launched the Gulf state’s largest ever water desalination and management project.
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Washington state floats new rule to boost water relclamation
A new Washington state draft rule could streamline regulations to encourage reclaimed water use.