Category: Pumping, piping & storage
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"We’re now at more than $100 million revenue." Doug Brown, AquaVenture chairman and CEO
AquaVenture chief executive Doug Brown has a track record of delivering shareholder value. When he joined water technology and engineering firm Ionics as chief executive in 2003, the struggling business was trading at $16 a share.
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UK government underpins water works in Iraqi Kurdistan
UK water engineer Biwater has won a $1.2 billion contract from Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Iraq, to deliver new and upgrade water projects in the region.
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SolRio proposes solar desal for old nuclear power site
SolRio, a US non-profit that supports solar-powered desalination, has proposed turning the decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station, California, into a desalination plant.
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Mott MacDonald bags major Dhaka water project
Consulting engineer Mott MacDonald is to manage, design and supervise a major water supply project in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Saudi Arabia sets out radical shake up of desalination policy
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture has earmarked $50 billion for new eight desalination plants, and aims to sell 29 existing facilities.
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Egypt’s first ZLD plant is up and running
The first zero liquid discharge (ZLD) plant in Egypt, part of a water treatment facility designed and supplied by Aquatech, has been commissioned.
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Sri Lanka powers ahead with desalination plans
The Sri Lankan government is moving ahead with its plans to produce desalinated water, issuing a request for qualifications on one project, and an invitation for bids on another.
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Kuwait Fund confirms loan for Port Said desalination project
The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has confirmed a loan of KWD35 million ($115 million) to the government of Egypt for a 150,000 m3/d seawater desalination plant.
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Yale team models energy use in batch RO processes
A team at Yale University has modelled five RO desalination processes to understand what energy savings can be attained by changing process design.
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Desalitech and CH2M to pilot closed circuit tech in Orange County
Desalitech and CH2M are to supply a ReFlex Max system for a six-month pilot study to be conducted at Orange County Water District’s Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS).
