Category: Projects
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Acciona forecasts Chilean desalination surge on back of revitalized copper mining
Spanish clean energy and water company, Acciona, has forecast a surge in demand for desalination plants in Chile as the country’s copper mining industry expands.
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Membrana filtration curbs corrosion in Disney Shanghai cooling
Membrane manufacturer Polypore has supplied its Membrana ultrafiltration units for Shanghai Disneyland to curb corrosion in the resort’s cooling water system.
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Azerbaijan nears completion of giant ultrafiltration plant
Azerbaijan’s national water operator Azersu OJSC has entered the final stages in its construction of a 520,000 m³/d ultrafiltration plant at Jeyranbatan water storage reservoir.
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Israel aids Pacific island with mobile desalinator
Israel’s ministry of foreign affairs is supplying a truck-mounted desalination facility to the Marshall islands in the Pacific ocean to help tackle the islands’ severe water shortage.
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Saudi poised for sevefold hike in water reuse
Unveiling a white paper highlighting government policy options for addressing water scarcity in Saudi Arabia, GE Power & Water said the kingdom was in a position to up its reuse of wastewater sevenfold to more than 240 million m³/year.
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Launch of Teshie-Nungua desalination project postponed
Ghana’s government has postponed the commissioning of the Teshie-Nungua desalination water project.
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Oman calls for tenders to build its largest desalination plant
Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has opened pre-qualification for the selection of a private developer to build Oman’s biggest independent water desalination project with a capacity of 531,000 m³/d.
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IDE claims production record at Ashkelon
Water treatment firm, IDE Technologies, has claimed that its seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant at Ashkelon, Israel, has reached a world record with 1 billion m³ of potable water produced since the start of its operation in 2005.
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Delayed Torrevieja plant pays penalty
The close-to-complete largest desalination plant in Europe at Torrevieja, Spain has lost € 55 million (US$ 63 million) in funding because it has failed to meet operational deadlines according to recent reports.
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FCC Aqualia bags Chile deals
Water management company FCC Aqualia, has won two water supply and purification contracts in Chile’s mining and petrochemical industries worth a total of € 27 million (US$ 30.7 million).