Category: Projects
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Malaysia’s Malakoff eyes desalination in global advance
Malaysian power and water engineering firm, Malakoff Corporation, is looking to expand its operation and maintenance (O&M) arm, Teknik Janakuasa, beyond its home market with an emphasis that includes desalination.
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Hitachi and Veolia duo wins US$ 240 million Iraq pretreatment contract
A consortium of Japanese and French industrial giants, Hitachi and Veolia Environnement, alongside Egyptian engineering firm, ArabCo, have won a ¥ 24 billion (US$ 240 million) order from the Iraqi government to build pretreatment facilities at a desalination plant in Basrah, Iraq.
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California district ups desalination and reuse incentive by 36%
Southern California’s Metropolitan Water District has increased by 36% the financial incentive for water agencies to develop and produce recycled water, recovered groundwater, and desalinated seawater supplies.
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Singapore utility awards desalt deal to Chinese-led group
Singapore’s national water agency, PUB, has selected the BESIN-UEN consortium – led by China’s Beijing Enterprises Water Group (BEWG) – as the preferred bidder to construct the second reverse osmosis (RO) plant sited at Changi under a public/private partnership.
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Biwater bags California reuse contract
UK water technology group Biwater has been awarded a contract to design, supply and commission all process, mechanical, electrical and control components for a planned wastewater reuse demonstration project in California, USA.
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Carlsbad could start earlier than scheduled
The US$1 billion Carlsbad seawater desalination plant under construction in California is 65% complete and could be in operation earlier than its planned 2016 start, according to its developer Poseidon Water.
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HICL ups stake in Victorian Desalination to over 9%
Infrastructure investor, HICL Infrastructure, has upped its holding in Australia’s Victorian Desalination public private partnership project to about 9.3% with an additional 3.4% stake acquired for £25.2 million (US$ 40.5 million).
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Desalination short of pure-play investment opportunities
Investors seeking desalination openings are largely denied pure-play opportunities and have to consider exposure to other business areas according to a report by technologies business analyst Nanalyze.
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Senegal mulls desalination to counter supply shortfall in capital
Senegal water utility, Senegalaise des Eaux (SDE), is planning investment in desalination to avoid repeats of last year’s severe supply shortages in the the rapidly growing capital city, Dakar, according to the firm’s chief executive Mamadou Dia.
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Brussels seeks options on how to up water reuse
A European Union (EU) public consultation on “policy options to optimise water reuse in the EU” is approaching its close as the bloc seeks to exploit a “significant potential for further development of water reuse” among member states.