Tag: Finance
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Australia has overinvested in desalination says government report
Australia has overinvested in desalination in recent years, says a draft report from the Australian Productivity Commission, published on 13 April 2011. One alternative it recommends is indirect potable reuse.
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UBS identifies companies with high water-supply risk
Water-intensive companies with high exposure to risk to their supplies of water are analysed in one of the Q-Series® reports available from investment bank UBS AG.
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US$0.36/m³ price for Singapore’s second desalination plant
Tuaspring Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Singapore’s Hyflux, signed a 25-year Water Purchase Agreement (WPA) with Singapore’s national water agency on 6 April 2011 for the country’s second and largest desalination plant.
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First funding made by Australian water-reuse centre
Australia’s Water Recycling Centre of Excellence (WRCE) has awarded Aus$ 200,000 (US$ 207,000) in funding to its first project – the development of a National Validation Framework for water reuse.
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Hyflux collaborates with Japanese bank
Singapore’s Hyflux Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s Mizuho Corporate Bank to collaborate in the global water business.
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Finance agreed for Camarillo regional desalter studies
Two water districts and two – possibly three – cities in southern California have agree to finance studies for a regional brackish-water desalination plant to be located near Camarillo.
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Consultant sought for Wichita water reuse project
Wichita Public Works & Utilities (WPWU) in Kansas, USA, has issued a request for proposals for professional services related to a 250 million gallons a year (2,600 m³/d) water reuse project.
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City commission approves Santa Cruz seawater desalination program
The Santa Cruz City Water Commission in California on 7 March 2011 unanimously approved capital spending of around US$ 99 million on the city’s proposed 2.5 MGD (9,460m³/d) seawater desalination plant over the next three years.
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Hyflux preferred for 318,500 m³/d Singapore desalination plant
PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, has selected locally based Hyflux Ltd as the preferred bidder for the country’s second and largest seawater desalination plant.
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District backs out of California’s GRIP water-reuse project
One of the three main partners in a US$ 210 million indirect potable water-reuse scheme in California’s San Gabriel Valley has walked away from the project.