Tag: Desalination
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Cyclone Mekunu shuts Sembcorp’s Salalah desalination plant
Sembcorp Salalah Water and Power Co has shut down its desalination plant in Oman due to rough seas whipped up by Cyclone Mekunu, reports Reuters.
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Gujarat, India, unveils reuse policy amid worsening water crisis
Gujarat State, India, has unveiled a new policy for water reuse amid a deepening water crisis in the region.
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KfW finances Euro 82 million Tunisian desalination project
KfW Development Bank is to loan €82 million ($95 million) to Tunisia for a desalination plant in Zarat, Gabes Governorate, reports Tunis Afrique Presse.
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Port of Corpus Christi kicks off permitting process for desalination plant
The Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, has applied for a permit to develop a desalination plant on its land, reports Caller Times.
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Israeli private investors eye Namibia desalination project
Officials from the Erongo region in Namibia and Israeli private investors are in advance stage talks over a second desalination plant in the county, reports New Era.
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Gujarat industry wants distribution for desalinated water
Industrial and commercial operators in Kutch district, India, are calling on Gujarat State government to allow them to use their local water distribution network to bring in supplies of desalinated water, reports Business World.
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Hitachi and Toray target 20 per cent RO energy reduction in Saudi demo
Hitachi and Toray are to demonstrate a low energy seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) system in Saudi Arabia, in a project that will draw lessons from the Mega-ton Water System.
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DeepWater Desal drives to overturn Monterey County ownership rule
Desalination project developer DeepWater Desal, in California, US, is seeking to overturn the rules of Monterey County that all desalination plants must be publicly owned, reports Monterey Herald.
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Tunisia officially opens its first desalination plant
Tunisia’s first desalination plant was officially opened by prime minister Youssef Chahed on 3 May 2018.
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Karachi discusses potential desalination PPP
Karachi, Pakistan, is to develop a 50 million gallons a day (227,304 m3/d) desalination plant in partnership with the private sector, reports The Express Tribune.