Tag: Desalination
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Suez and Thiess sue Siemens over VDP switchgear
Suez and Thiess have filed a writ against Siemens in the Victorian Supreme Court, Australia, over the failure of a gas-insulated switchgear at the Victorian Desalination Plant (VDP), reports Victorian news outlet Herald Sun.
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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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Desalination project polarises community in North Carolina, US
The future of a desalination project in Brunswick County, North Carolina, is hanging in the balance as two opposing groups battle over its future.
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Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, eyes a deal on part-built desal plant
Commissioners at the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas, US, have voted to bid for a desalination plant that is up for sale following the bankruptcy of plastics manufacturer M&G Chemicals, reports Caller Times.
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Abu Dhabi kicks off competition for developer on desal mega project
Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) has requested expressions of interest (EoIs) on a 200 million gallons a day (909,000 m3/d) mega desalination project, reports Emirates news agency WAM.
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PUB ‘to develop and commercialise’ new technology with RfPs worth $23million
Singapore’s national water agency PUB has issued requests for proposals (RfPs) in three fields of water technology research, with a budget totalling SGD 30 million ($23 million).
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Kenya considers plans for capacitive desalination plant
A 25-year project to transform the Kwale County region of Kenya is to include a capacitive desalination project, reports Citizen News.
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Chennai Metrowater chair sets March deadline for project tenders
Authorities in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, have urged municipal corporations to tender water projects under the government’s smart cities scheme by 31 March 2018, reports Times of India.
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Egypt’s al-Sisi has a mega desal scheme in his sights
Egypt is to build a mega desalination plant in response to water scarcity concerns, reports news24.com.
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FCC Aqualia bid wins Sonora, Mexico, desalination project
A consortium of Spain’s FCC Aqualia and Aqualia Mexico has won a competitive bidding process for a desalination plant project in Sonora, Mexico.