Tag: Desalination
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Ghana union calls for review of Teshie-Nungua water purchase deal
Ghana’s Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU) has called for a review of a water purchase agreement between supplier, Ghana Water Company (GWC), and Korean firm, BEFESA Desalination Developments Ghana, explaining that the current agreement jeopardized the water supplier.
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Kuwait shortlists seven for power and water project
Kuwait has shortlisted seven consortiums for the second phase of the Az Zour North Complex independent water and power producer (IWPP) project.
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H₂O Innovation bags Clearlogx
Membrane filtration company, H₂O Innovation, as acquired all of the assets of control technology specialist, Clearlogx, that relate to its control technology and its specialty coagulants.
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Jersey contracts ACWA to upgrade desalination plant
Utility, Jersey Water, has contracted international water and wastewater treatment firm, ACWA Services, to carry a out a £6 million (US$ 9 million) upgrade of the Channel Island’s La Rosière desalination plant in a bid to cut operating costs and meet rising demand.
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San Diego pilot go ahead – marines may hit the beach
San Diego County Water Authority has given the go ahead for a US$ 4 million project to build a two-year pilot to test methods of desalinating seawater into potable water. The deal is part of the authority’s agreement with the US Marine Corps on a means to study how a desalination plant might be built…
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H₂O Innovation appoints new top brass
H₂O Innovation has appointed Marc Blanchet as chief financial officer and Guillaume Clairet as chief operating officer.
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Santa Barbara starts desalination rebuild
Work has started on the US$ 47 million replacement of a 30-year old, virtually unused desalination plant in Santa Barbara, California to make way for a new plant after the city gave the go ahead for a return to desalination as a means to address drought.
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Xylem plans to up acquisitions this year
Water technology firm, Xylem, has told analysts that it will seek to achieve “above-market organic growth” along with “accelerated acquisition activity.”
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Adionics salt extraction pinpoints ions
Salt extraction technology specialist, Adionics, has launched a selective ion extraction method for water deionization.
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Egypt researchers unveil new low-cost membrane for desalting
Researchers at Alexandria University in Egypt have published what they claim to be a new low-cost-desalination technology that uses little energy and cheap membrane materials.