Tag: Environment
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Dithering over desalination threat to Western US
Indecision over desalination and water reuse projects will hit western US water supplies in the short term an analyst with market researcher Frost and Sullivan has warned.
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Chinese firms form desalination plant joint venture
Water technology firm Beijing Origin Water and Chinese state-owned a water supplier Qingdao Water Group have established the Qingdao Water Origin Science Development joint venture (JV) to build a 100,000 m³/d seawater reverse osmosis plant in the northeastern Chinese province of Qingdao.
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Green energy firm plans frack water desalination
Australian renewable energy firm AGL plans to install a 2 Ml/d desalination plant to treat water produced during hydraulic fracturing (fracking) at its Gloucester coal-seam gas project.
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Gulf should look to solar to power desalination expert says
The Abu Dhabi Environment Agency has called on Arab Gulf states to shift their focus to solar and other renewable energy when considering power for desalination.
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Yemen poised to build first desalination plant
Yemen is set to build its first desalination plant. The $300 million project is a response to growing water demand as the country’s natural water resources have become dangerously depleted.
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Combined cooling and desalination “limits environment impact”
Studies by a company proposing to construct a groundbreaking combination of desalination plant and data centre have shown the facility will cause only limited negative impact to the environment according to the researchers.
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Research gives green light to proposed desalination plant
Studies by a company proposing to construct a “unique” combination of desalination plant and data centre have shown it will cause only limited negative impact to the environment according to the researchers.
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Korean-led venture strikes Tunisian desalination plant deal
South Korean-owned, water treatment company GS Inima Environment has secured a €69.4 million ($93.9 million) deal to build a desalination plant in Tunisia.
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Hitachi to partner with Veolia on overseas desalination projects
Hitachi and Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies are to cooperate on desalination projects, mainly in emerging countries.
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UK water firm plans two water reuse plants
UK water company South East Water is to develop two water reuse schemes as part of its bid to ensure supply meets demand to 2040.