Tag: Desalination
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Morocco to build a desalination plant in Casablanca-Settat
Morocco is finalising a feasibility study and financial and institutional structures for a new seawater desalination plant project, reports L’Economiste.
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Oman tenders for advisory services on desal plant
Oman Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) has issued a request for proposals for technical advisory services for a desalination project in Wadi Dayqah (Qurayyat) near Muscat.
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China to sell off-the-shelf floating nuclear desalination units
Chinese state-owned China National Nuclear Power (CNNP) has formed a new joint venture company to build floating nuclear power and seawater desalination plants.
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Protests erupt as Libya plant closes on lack of chemicals
Protests have erupted in Tobruk, Libya, following the closure of its desalination plant due to a lack of chemicals, reports SciDev.Net.
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Az Zour North desal plant powers down to avoid oil spill
The desalination plant at Az Zour North in Kuwait has escaped damage from a nearby oil spill after temporarily shutting down.
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BHP and Coldeco push forward Chilean desal projects
Two major desalination projects to support the copper mining industry in Chile are moving ahead, reports Reuters.
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Greece invests in desalination for remote Dodecanese island
Greece’s General Secretariat for the Aegean and Island Policy and the country’s shipping industry have signed a €870,000 ($1 million) contract to build a desalination plant on Kastellorizo island, reports Kathimerini.
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Cape Town to ‘forcibly restrict’ usage, as desal tender nears
The City of Cape Town has called on residents to adhere to its 87-litres a day rule on water, as it emerged that usage is outstripping safe levels.
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Desal project in Thane, India, draws legal challenge
A desalination plant project to supply the city of Thane, in Maharashtra, India, has come under fire from activists and politicians who oppose the local authority’s plan, reports Mumbai Mirror.
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FEWA to triple capacity at Ghalilah desalination plant
The UAE’s Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) is to increase capacity of Ghalilah desalination plant, reports the country’s official news agency WAM.