Category: Projects
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Russian nuclear giant musters experts to lead desalination drive
Russia’s nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, has formed a group of expert desalination advisors as part of its push to win customers for its thermal desalination technologies. The company is targeting world regions where clean water is scarce as a path to becoming “leaders in the global nuclear market,” according to Rosatom.
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IDA extends award fellowship application deadline
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has extended to October 10 the applications deadline for its 2014-15 Fellowship Award.
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Indian steel plant desalination proposal draws 30 bidders
A 50 Ml/d desalination project proposed by Indian steel producer, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam, (RIN) has drawn bids to build the plant from 30 Indian and international players according to RIN.
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Planned Mexican desalination plant to serve US utility
Reverse osmosis desalination company, Consolidated Water, has reported progress in its plan to build a seawater desalination plant in Mexico to supply a US water utility.
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Sydney desalination provides water security for price of a coffee
An Australian desalination industry leader has slammed political criticism of the cost of keeping a major Sydney facility on standby. Chief executive of the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia, Neil Palmer said the plant provided every household “a key climate-independent water source to last for the next 100 years for less than the…
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Brazil’s reuse set to surge says São Paolo water chief
Water reuse in Brazil is poised for “strong growth” in response to a tightening water crisis according to the country’s largest water company. Currently only 0.1% of Brazil’s water is produced by reuse.
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India’s desalination market growth to swell to 19% a year
The market for desalination in India is expected to grow by 19% a year to 2019 as government and industry seek to address escalating water demand and diminishing conventional resources according to market researcher TechSci Research.
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Idle Sydney desalination plant draws flak on cost
A seawater desalination plant constructed following the Australian drought in the mid 2000s has drawn renewed sharp Green party criticism as it emerged recently that it was costing taxpayers more than A$ 0.5 million (US$ 470,000) a day to lie idle.
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Indian PM pledges to settle Gujarat desalination project issues
India’s prime minister Narendra Modi has pledged, during a current visit to Japan, to resolve outstanding issues with a 336Ml/d seawater desalination project underway in South Gujarat and led by a Singaporean and Japanese consortium.
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Australian reuse project wins US$ 10 million grant
The council for the Light region of South Australia has won a A$ 10.7 million (US$ 10 million) federal grant to complete funding for a “foundation” programme, the Gawler Water Reuse Project.