Category: Pumping, piping & storage
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TETRA grows water business with SwiftWater buy
TETRA has expanded operations in the Permian Basin, Texas, US, by acquiring SwiftWater Energy Services, a provider of water management and solutions to oil and gas (fracking) operators.
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Western Cape food producer adopts desalination
Oceana, a canned fish producer based in Western Cape, South Africa, is installing two desalination plants in readiness for ‘day zero,’ in April 2018, when the region is expected to run out of water.
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GrahamTek wins contract for SWCC pilot project
GrahamTek of South Africa has won a contract for a desalination pilot project for Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), Saudi Arabia.
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OPWP calls for developers to qualify for new desalination PPP
Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has issued a request for qualification (RFQ) for developers on a new desalination public-private partnership project.
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Water crises among top 10 world risks, says Davos report
Water crises are ranked the fifth biggest world risk by impact, before cyberattacks, involuntary migration, and infectious diseases, in the latest global risks report from the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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California Water Dept backs brackish desal with $34.4 million in grants
California Department of Water Resources, US, has approved $34.4 million in grants to eight desalination projects including six for brackish water, reports The Mercury News.
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Saudi Arabia names nine consortia as pre-quals for Rabigh 3 mega project
Saudi Arabia has prequalified nine consortia for its mega desalination public-private partnership (PPP) project Rabigh 3, reports MEED.
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Saudi’s Al-Fadhli gets the go-ahead for nine new desalination plants
Saudi Arabia has an ambitious $530 million programme to build nine new desalination plants on the Red Sea coast within 18 months, the minister of environment, water and agriculture Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli has revealed.
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Sulzer to acquire JWC Environmental
Sulzer is to acquire JWC Environmental, a leading supplier of municipal and industrial wastewater equipment.
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‘To unlock LatAm is social and political,’ says Yves Besse
Yves Besse of Veolia Water Technologies speaks to Water. desalination + reuse about how to unlock the Latin American market








