Tag: Desalination
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SWCC to shape up operations as privatisation begins
Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has hired DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) to brush up operational performance across the organisation in preparation for privatisation.
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Evoqua and AccelerateH2O partner to demo Nexed technology
Evoqua Water Technologies is to install a large scale demonstration of Nexed, its electrochemical desalination technology for brackish water, at Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant, El Paso, Texas, US.
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Egyptian and UK researchers team up on low cost desal
Port Said University in Egypt and the UK’s University of Sheffield are to develop a system that integrates hybrid biogas and solar energy generation with desalination.
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Oman notes shift to RO, as water demand to rise 5 per cent
Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has published its outlook for power and desalinated water supply to 2023.
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Qatar and Sweden plot renewables-fuelled desalination project
A renewables-fuelled desalination project aiming to produce water for $1/m3 is to be jointly developed by Qatar and Sweden, reports The Peninsular.
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South Africa nuclear plant to install desal unit amid worsening water crisis
South Africa’s electricity utility Eskom is to install a desalination unit at Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, as water shortages in Cape Town hit crisis levels, reports South Africa’s News24.com.
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Bidding heats up for Atacama desalination project
Nine consortia of local and international companies are bidding for a desalination plant project in Atacama, Chile, reports Diaro Financiero.
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India looks to Israel for water solutions
India and Israel are negotiating an agreement that will result in closer ties between the two countries on desalination and agriculture, reports Hindustan Times.
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US grants $23.6 million federal funding for reuse and desal projects
The US Bureau of Reclamation has handed sums totalling $23.6 million to seven US states to support water reuse and desalination projects.
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Emefcy and RWL Water merge to become Fluence
Emefcy and RWL Water are proposing a merger to create new global water group Fluence Corporation.
