Category: Projects
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Town looks to pipeline and desalination
The Western Australian Water Corporation plans to build desalination units before next summer to secure the water supply at Denmark after the southern Western Australian town’s second driest year ever.
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California gives Monterey environmental thumbs up
The California Public Utilities Commission’s recently published draft environmental impact report on the Monterey Peninsula Water Project and has rated the desalination project as the environmentally preferred of a number of options scrutinised as possible solutions to the region’s drought problems.
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Reverse osmosis plant put on hold after rainfall.
After rainfall boosted Lake Palo Pinto in Texas, US to almost 30% capacity, officials at the city of Mineral Wells have elected to delay completion of a reverse osmosis facility for at least 12 months.
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Hyflux poised for global diversification says chief
Anticipated growth in the global desalination market is expected to help diversify revenue from Asia to the Middle East and African markets for Singapore water company, Hyflux, according to its chief executive Olivia Lum.
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US and Indian researchers bag first prize in desalination contest
A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and India’s Jain Irrigations has won first prize in a US government contest to develop a low-cost way to desalinate water in developing countries.
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Researchers seek to engineer wastewater treatment for agriculture
A multi-discipline group of researchers at the University of California, Riverside and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have launched an investigation into the use of treated wastewater in agriculture. They aim to produce findings that could form the basis of sound water reuse policies.
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Adionics launches liquid-to-liquid desalination system
France-based Adionics has launched a smart desalination solution that is able to remove specific salts to address the growing demand coming from oil and gas, food and beverages as well as mining.
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Texas cities ponder desalination as lawmakers seek to remove legal obstacles
Texas cities McAllen and Edinburg are mulling the construction of a desalination plant to service both cities.
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Six Chinese firms sign Venezuelan desalination deal
The Venezuelan government has signed agreements with six Chinese companies to install water desalination plants at coastal sites in the Latin American country.
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Abengoa inaugurates West Africa’s first desalination plant
Spain-based energy and environment company Abengoa has inaugurated the first desalination plant in West Africa. The 60,000 m³/d plant will make potable water for some 500,000 people in Ghana’s capital, Accra.