Tag: Desalination
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Red tide threatens Barka desalination plant, Oman
Oman’s Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) has urged residents near to Barka desalination plant to conserve water amid an algal bloom that is threatening production.
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Egypt pledges $51 billion for water projects over 20 years
Egypt is stepping up efforts to address water scarcity, pledging EGP 900 billion ($51 billion) for a national water management plan over 20 years.
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Energy Recovery scoops $6.2 million of business in Saudi Arabia
Energy Recovery has won $6.2 million of business to supply desalination projects in Saudi Arabia.
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Aqualia joins Majis in Port of Sohar joint venture
Aqualia of Spain, and Oman state-owned Majis Industrial Services, have formed new joint venture Oman Sustainable Water Services (OSWS), to operate the hydraulics at Port of Sohar for 20 years.
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AquaVenture poised to acquire Abengoa’s Accra desalination plant
AquaVenture is to acquire Abengoa’s 56 per cent stake in Teshie-Nungua desalination plant near Accra, Ghana, subject to renegotiation of the water purchase agreement with Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), or receipt of certain agreements from the plant’s lenders.
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SWCC poised to invite bids for mobile desal capacity
Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) is poised to invite bids from mobile desalination providers to augment supplies until its planned large scale projects start producing.
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South Africa declares drought a national disaster, weighs desal options
South Africa has declared a national disaster owing to the severe drought that is threatening to cease water supplies in City of Cape Town.
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MOF membranes will slash energy use, harvest lithium, say researchers
The authors of a new study on metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes have claimed that the material can desalinate water with far higher energy efficiency compared to traditional desalination membranes.
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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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Abengoa in talks aimed at re-opening Ghana desalination plant
Abengoa has confirmed that it is actively re-negotiating with Ghana Water Company Ltd (GWCL) the terms of its Teshie-Nungua desalination plant contract.