Tag: Europe
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Dutch consultants merge into significant water-sector player
Leading Dutch consulting engineers DHV and Royal Haskoning signed a letter of intent on 27 February 2012 to merge.
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New IDA president seeks desalination sustainability
D&WR interviews Corrado Sommariva, new president of the International Desalination Association (IDA), who was elected at the IDA World Congress in Perth, Australia, in September 2011. This article first appeared in the February-March 2012 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.
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EDS and SPE host joint oil/gas desalination workshop
The European Desalination Society is joining the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) to present a joint workshop on Desalination in the Oil and Gas Industry.
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Veolia launches mobile UF unit in Europe
A mobile ultrafiltration (UF) unit from Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies now available in Europe for industrial water treatment. It is also available in North and South America.
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EDS/Wetsus issues membrane conference call for papers
A deadline of 30 June 2012 has been set for abstracts for the eighth in the series of conferences on Membranes in Drinking & Industrial Water Production, which will take place at Leeuwarden in the Netherlands on 10‑12 September 2012.
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KAUST hosts EMS desalination/reuse school
The European Membrane Society has announced a week-long Middle East school of membrane technology at the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia.
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EDS course to cover ion-exchange membranes
The European Desalination Society has announced details of a course on ion-exchange membranes to be held in Genoa, Italy, on 4-6 June 2012.
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EU launches low-volume desalination project in Gaza
A € 10 million desalination project for the Gaza Strip was launched on 12 December 2011 by the European Union (EU) as part of its latest contribution to supporting the Palestinian Authority.
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Land set aside for Gaza desalination project
The Palestinian Water Authority has been instructed by the government to allocate 30,000 m² of land in Gaza for a desalination facility with a capacity of 100 million m³/year.
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Djibouti ‘planning desalination plant with EU aid’
The government of Djibouti in east Africa is planning to build a 45,000 m³/d desalination plant with European Union (EU) finance, according to a report in Gulf News on 4 December 2011.