Tag: California
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Former Baja California project partners in legal spat
A giant seawater desalination facility proposed for Baja California, is currently mired in a legal wrangle between former partners in the venture according to a report in local newspaper, The San Diego Union-Tribune. Were it to go ahead the 400 Ml/d Rosarito Beach plant would topple the recently opened Carlsbad plant from its position as…
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RWL-led Mexico seawater desalination project starts construction
A consortium of RWL Water Group and Mexico’s, Libra Ingenieros Civiles and RJ Ingenieria has begun construction of 22,000 m3/d reverse osmosis (RO) seawater desalination plant in Mexico’s Baja California.
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Xylem gets contract for underdrain at plant retrofit
Water technology firm, Xylem, has won a contract to provide its filtration technology to a water treatment plant in La Verne, California.
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Desalitech teams with TEC to target municipalities
Reverse osmosis (RO) specialist, Desalitech, has tied up with Treatment Equipment Company (TEC) to provide sales support for municipal water treatment projects.
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Drought stricken California county looks to nuclear plant desalination plant
California’s San Luis Obispo County board of supervisors has approved a sewage reclamation project that could add treated wastewater to an aquifer and the expansion of a desalination facility at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant as emergency water supply options.
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Private players are reshaping desalination says report
Private water companies are “reshaping global desalination” with nine of the top ten capacity additions in 2015 coming from private sector players according to market researcher Bluefield Research.
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US reuse to get US$ 23 million government injection
The US Bureau of Reclamation has unveiled plans this year to invest in water reuse and efficiency upgrades to the tune of US$ 23 million.
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Orange County reaffirms backing for Huntingdon plant
California’s Orange County board of supervisors has reaffirmed its support for a proposed US$ 1 billion desalination plant at Huntington Beach despite a forecast fall in anticipated water demand growth.
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Biwater picks up two desalination deals in California
Water project company, Biwater, is soon to begin work on contracts for the design, supply and supervision of installation of reverse osmosis (RO) equipment of two desalination expansion projects in California.
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Rejected slant well could work
A water intake system previously rejected for a proposed desalination plant at Huntington Beach could be viable if it is used differently, according to environmental organisation, Orange County Coastkeeper.