Category: Pumping, piping & storage
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Pumps-as-a-service: the future beckons
On 1 May 2017, Fredrik Ostbye, a Swedish entrepreneur with a track record of digital product development, joined the 72-year old Danish pumps manufacturer Grundfos in the newly created role of group vice president and head of digital transformation.
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Egyptian and UK researchers team up on low cost desal
Port Said University in Egypt and the UK’s University of Sheffield are to develop a system that integrates hybrid biogas and solar energy generation with desalination.
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Oman notes shift to RO, as water demand to rise 5 per cent
Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has published its outlook for power and desalinated water supply to 2023.
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South Africa nuclear plant to install desal unit amid worsening water crisis
South Africa’s electricity utility Eskom is to install a desalination unit at Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, as water shortages in Cape Town hit crisis levels, reports South Africa’s News24.com.
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India looks to Israel for water solutions
India and Israel are negotiating an agreement that will result in closer ties between the two countries on desalination and agriculture, reports Hindustan Times.
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Black & Veatch wins Mumbai reuse masterplan
Black & Veatch has won a contract for a water reuse masterplan in Mumbai, India.
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Mekorot could sell plants as it looks to restructure
Israel’s national water company Mekorot is restructuring and may sell off parts of its portfolio after running into financial difficulty, reports Israeli business publication, TheMarker.
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The Long Read: How digital is transforming desal and reuse
The digital economy is transforming water utilities and industrial players, and bringing potentially profound changes for desalination and reuse specialists. The common thread is data.
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Evoqua upgrades production of ballast water systems
Evoqua Water Technologies is upgrading its UK production facility for SeaCURE ballast water treatment systems ahead of new regulations for shipowners coming in September 2017.
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Abengoa to develop Shoaiba III, its largest desal project yet
ACWA Power has signed Abengoa in consortium with Fisia Italimpianti to develop a large scale reverse osmosis (RO) desalination plant at Shoaiba III power and desalination complex on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast.
