Tag: Finance
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June deadline for Paul L Bush award nominations
The Water Environment Research Federation (WERF) in the USA is seeking nominations for the Paul L Busch Award for research that will lead to practical solutions for water quality problems.
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NanoH2O confirms its acquisition by LG Chem
Desalination membrane manufacturer NanoH2O confirmed on 12 May 2014 the finalization of its sale to Korea’s LG Chem on 30 April 2014.
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Hyflux sees Dahej desalination funding ‘within year’
Hyflux has extended the time it foresees for financial closure on its Dahej seawater desalination plant in India to “within this year”.
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Abengoa takes stake in Beijing-based GreenTech
Spanish desalination and energy contractor Abengoa has acquired 25% of the Beijing-based water company GreenTech.
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Deadline soon for NWRI-AMTA Fellowship applications
Only one month remains before the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and the National Water Research Institute (NWRI) close applications for the NWRI-AMTA Fellowships for Membrane Technology.
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Public meeting set for San Joaquin water reuse EIS
The US Bureau of Reclamation has set a public scoping meeting for 13 May 2014 as part of the environmental impact statement (EIS) process for the proposed North Valley Regional Recycled Water Program (NVRRWP) in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
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Ex-USSR water minister promotes desalination for Crimea
Desalination of water from the Azov Sea could be one of the best sources for a water supply to Crimea, recently annexed by the Russian Federation, according to Polad Polad-zade, former USSR minister of water resources and deputy president of the Union of Watermen & Irrigators.
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Monterey cost/benefit study to look at ‘social ROI’
The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (MPWMD) is soliciting statements of qualifications by 1 May 2014 from qualified organizations to perform triple bottom line cost-benefit analysis related to the proposed Pure Water Monterey Groundwater Replenishment (GWR) Project.
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Beijing desalinated water supply could reach 1 billion m³/yr
A 3 million m³/d seawater desalination plant to supply the Chinese capital Beijing is being planned by Hong Kong-based Beijing Enterprise Water Group Ltd (BEWG), in addition to a 1 million m³/d plant on which the company is currently working.
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Gulf red-tide early-warning system funding ‘soon’
A new early-warning system in the Gulf for harmful algal blooms (HABs), also known as red tides, using satellite imagery, remote sensing, and modeling could be one result of a conference on HABs held on 16‑17 April 2014 by the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC).