Tag: Europe
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Spanish province seeks to coax farmers to use desalinated water
The new provincial government for Valencia, Spain is seeking to encourage farmers to use desalinated water to irrigate their fields in the face of strong farming community reluctance due to high cost and low quality.
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Italy’s De Nora bags Severn Trent’s electrochlorination arm
UK-based electrochlorination firm Severn Trent and Italy’s Industrie De Nora have agreed the sale of Severn Trent’s Water Purification business to De Nora.
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Wastewater leads membrane chemicals charge
Growth in the global membrane chemical market to 2020, will be led by the wastewater sector according to market analyst Future Market Insights (FMI). And desalination was expected to witness the highest compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.4% in the global membrane chemicals market between 2014 and 2020.
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Mott Macdonald to advise lender in Moroccan dealination project
Banque Marocaine du Commerce Extérieur has appointed consultant, Mott Macdonald, as technical advisor in support of the bank’s role as financer for a MAD 937 million (US$ 94.6 million) desalination project in Morocco.
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Delayed Torrevieja plant pays penalty
The close-to-complete largest desalination plant in Europe at Torrevieja, Spain has lost € 55 million (US$ 63 million) in funding because it has failed to meet operational deadlines according to recent reports.
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Environnement in global revamp
Suez Environnement has merged its Degrémont subsidiary into its international operating division under a major restructuring of the group’s operations outside of Europe that will create five new regional businesses.
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Jersey plans desalination boost
Channel Island water utility, Jersey Water, is proposing a £6million extension to its 6 Ml/d, seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant at La Rosière, Corbiere, at the south-west corner of the island to cope with a “once in fifty years” severe drought.
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Global desalination pump market to grow 7.7% a year
Market researcher, TechNavio, has forecast growth in the global water desalination pumps market at 7.7% during 2015-2019 with “intelligent” pumps showing an increasing profile.
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New York watchdog throws out Suez desalination proposal
The New York State utility regulator has rejected a proposal by a Suez Environnement subsidiary, United Water, for the first desalination plant on the Hudson River north of New York City.
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Membrane market growth to run until 2020
The fruits of growing research and development in forward osmosis for desalination are highlighted in a recent sector report as drivers of growth in the market for membrane separation technologies running to at least 2020.