Tag: Finance
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Zero purchase for Melbourne desalination water next year
The government of the Australian state of Victoria has placed its first order for water from the Melbourne desalination plant at Wonthaggi – for zero cubic metres for the next financial year.
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City withdraws from Orange County desalination plant
The Californian city of San Juan Capistrano has withdrawn from the multi-agency South Orange Coast Desalination Project.
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MEDRC announces 2012 scholarship deadline
The Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) has announced its 2012 Scholarship Fund for students from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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American Water/Drexel U to research desalination fouling
The WateReuse Research Foundation has provided a grant to American Water Works Company Inc (American Water) for a joint research project with Drexel University, Philadelphia, to measure and reduce biological fouling on membrane filters in desalination applications.
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Sydney desalination lease shortlist now only three – report
The shortlist for the lease to run the 250,000 m³/d capacity Sydney desalination plant is reported to have been narrowed to three consortia.
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Sydney desalination plant cuts production to 45,000 m³/d
Australia’s Sydney Water announced on 29 February 2012 that it was cutting back production at the 250,000 m³/d Sydney desalination plant from the already reduced rate of 90,000 m³/d to 45,000 m³/d, the minimum amount to keep the plant running.
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AMTA receives US$ 150,000 from ADC dissolution
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) revealed on 28 February 2012 how it was going to use the US$ 151,000 donated to it by the Affordable Desalination Consortium (ADC) on its dissolution.
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Minister calls Melbourne desalination claim ‘frivolous’
A claim for a year’s project deadline extension and an Aus$ 1.3 billion (US$ 1.4 billion) loan by the builders of the Melbourne desalination plant was described as “frivolous” by the water minister of Victoria state, Peter Walsh on 24 February 2012.
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Voltea gets funding for two desalination applications
Dutch desalination innovator Voltea BV announced on 21 February 2012 that it had completed a € 4.5 million funding round to support the commercial rollout of its Capacitive Deionization (CapDI) technology.
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India ‘to have 500 desalination plants by 2017’
India will have more than 500 desalination plants by 2017 in a market sector that is growing at 22%, according to a recently published market research report.