Tag: Desalination
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Singapore desalination plant upgrade will use ceramic membranes
An upgrade planned for later this year at Singapore’s Choa Chu Kang Waterworks will use ceramic membranes in a first for the country.
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Veolia venture finishes Spain’s Campo Dalias desalination
A joint venture led by Veolia Water Technologies’ Spanish operation has completed the 97.2 Ml/d Campo Dalías reverse osmosis desalination plant in the south of Spain.
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IDA seeks host for 2019 World Congress
The International Desalination Association is inviting bids to host the 2019 IDA World Congress on Desalination and Water Reuse.
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Oman names preferred bidders for Sohar and Barka projects
The Oman Power and Water Procurement company has named its preferred bidders for two major water desalination projects planned at Sohar and Barka on the sultanate’s Batinah coast.
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Miner ties up with Chinese steel firm in desalination deal
White Mountain Titanium Corporation has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China’s state-controlled metallurgy and engineering firm, Sinosteel Equipment and Engineering, which includes a desalination project.
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Poseidon plays down watchdog’s warning
The developer of a giant desalination project at Huntingdon Beach, California has played down a recent notice from the Coastal Commission telling the firm that its application for a development permit was incomplete.
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Vietnam island to get Korean-financed desalination
Having acquired electricity only last year, Vietnam’s Ly Son Island is to build a VND 264 billion (US$ 12.5 million), 2,000 m³/d desalination plant to provide potable water to 16,000 islanders.
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STW opens up Texas brackish source project
Water management firm, STW Water Process and Technologies, has started to develop a newly acquired brackish water lease in the Imperial, Texas area. The move is part of STW’s West Texas Water Project to discover new brackish water sources.
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Namibia nears deal on Areva desalination plant
The Namibian government has claimed to be close to completing its acquisition of a N$ 3 billion (US$ 220 million) desalination plant owned by French engineering giant, Areva. Negotiations over the deal started in 2014. Local newspapers have reported that both parties were expected to conclude their offers by the end of this month.
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California gives Monterey slant test green light to resume pumping
The California Coastal Commission has given the go-ahead for water supplier, California American Water (CalAm), to resume operation of its test slant well. The well has been idle since June when groundwater fell below a threshold specified in CalAm’s permit conditions that required it to cease working.