Tag: Finance
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Twelve projects announced at Australian desalination centre opening
A project to apply wave energy to seawater desalination was one of 12 projects to receive awards from Australia’s National Centre of Excellence in Desalination (NCED) and announced at the centre’s opening on 23 July 2010.
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Carlsbad water-purchase deal near to conclusion
The water-purchase contract between San Diego County Water Authority and Poseidon Resources Inc relating to the Carlsbad desalination plant in southern California could be tied up by the end of July.
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Kurihara to lead Japanese search for cost-cutting desalination
The Japanese Funding Program for World-Leading Innovative R&D on Science and Technology (FIRST Program) has granted ¥ 2.924 billion (US$ 33 million) to the Mega-Ton Water System project to research and develop new technologies in the water supply industry.
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San Diego water-rate lawsuit threatens desalination subsidy
The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) board of directors on 10 June 2010 unanimously approved taking the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California to court over the 2011 and 2012 water rates MWD adopted in April.
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Coquina Coast plant size slashed as partners drop out
The number of local-government partners in the proposed Coquina Coast desalination plant in Florida, USA, has reduced from 11 to four in recent weeks, although some of the dropout communities still expect to buy water from the project.
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US government funding desalination research
Funding for research and laboratory studies, pilot-scale projects and demonstration projects in desalination and water purification is to be made available by the US federal Bureau of Reclamation.
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Israel’s giant Hadera desalination plant inaugurated
Israel’s president, Shimon Peres, inaugurated the 275,000 m³/d Hadera desalination plant, the largest reverse-osmosis plant in the world at present, on 16 May 2010.
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IFC to support large Moroccan desalination project
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank, signed an agreement on 4 May 2010 with the government of Morocco to support private investment in a new desalination and irrigation plant that will help improve the water supply to a vital agricultural region.
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Deshmukh to oversee West Basin desalination and recycling
West Basin Municipal Water District in Los Angeles County, California, has hired former Orange County engineer Shivaji Deshmukh to be its new assistant general manager.
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Netanyahu steps into Ashdod desalination argument
Prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has ordered Israel’s national water authority, Mekorot, the Finance Ministry and the Infrastructure Ministry to submit proposals for a cost-effective desalination plant in Ashdod within 30 days, according to Israel National News (Arutz Sheva).