Category: Projects
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Interview: Abdullah Al-Alshaikh, president of the International Desalination Association
Abdullah Al-Alshaikh, deputy governor for planning and development of Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation, was elected as president by the board of the International Desalination Association (IDA) at the IDA World Congress in Tianjin in October 2013. He talked about his new role to D&WR editor Robin Wiseman at the Global Water Summit in…
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Fujairah 1 Extension SWRO:Integration with MSF leads to large savings
EMIRATES SEMBCORP Water & Power Company (ESC) owns and operates the Fujairah 1 Independent power and desalination plant (F1 IWPP) in Fujairah, UAE (pictured in Figure 1 below). The plant has a gross power generation capacity of 893 MW and can produce 100 MIGD (454,600 m3/d) of desalinated water. In June 2013, to enhance the…
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Biwater delivers Jacksonville desalination
Water and wastewater management company Biwater has delivered a custom 15 Ml/d reverse osmosis desalination system for Onslow Water and Sewer Authority near the USA city of Jacksonville, North Carolina.
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Japanese giants buy Metito stake
Japanese companies Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, (MHI), have acquired a joint 38.4% stake in United Arab Emirates-based water management company Metito for an undisclosed sum.
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Mining water treatment market to grow 85% by 2019
The global water treatment market for hard-rock mining – iron, copper, gold, nickel – is set to grow 85% to US$ 17 billion by 2019 according to market analyst, Bluefield Research.
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Indian city ponders two more new desalination plants
The water agency for the Indian city of Chennai has submitted plans for two desalination plants to the state government for approval.
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New Texas desalination plant could reuse fracking water
A new desalination test facility in Loving County, Texas could be deployed in treating water used in hydraulic fracturing – tracking- for shale gas for reuse in the oil industry.
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Gulf should look to solar to power desalination expert says
The Abu Dhabi Environment Agency has called on Arab Gulf states to shift their focus to solar and other renewable energy when considering power for desalination.
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Oman designates sites for new desalination plants
Oman’s power and water production procurer has identified new sites on the country’s coast for desalination plants with a total production potential for 250 million litres a day.
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Regulator blocks New York desalination proposal
A US regional regulator recently dashed a bid by utility, United Water New York to build a desalination plant after customers rejected the water firm’s proposed up-front price hikes to meet the cost of the plant.