Tag: Groundwater
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KfW finances Euro 82 million Tunisian desalination project
KfW Development Bank is to loan €82 million ($95 million) to Tunisia for a desalination plant in Zarat, Gabes Governorate, reports Tunis Afrique Presse.
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Tunisia officially opens its first desalination plant
Tunisia’s first desalination plant was officially opened by prime minister Youssef Chahed on 3 May 2018.
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JICA to loan $283 million for Chennai’s fourth desalination plant
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is to loan JPY 30 billion ($283 million) to build a seawater desalination plant in Chennai, India.
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Stantec expands UK footprint with ESI Consulting acquisition
Stantec is expanding operations in the UK through the acquisition of environmental firm ESI Consulting.
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Q&A: AMTA president Brent Alspach on why the need for membranes has never been more acute
In the week of the AMTA/AWWA Membrane Technology Conference 2018, in Florida, US, Brent Alspach, president of AMTA and director of applied research at Arcadis, outlines the water challenges and how current and in-development membrane-based treatments are addressing them.
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Tunisia’s SONEDE details programme of desalination plants
Tunisia’s water utility, SONEDE, has shared details of recently completed and future desalination projects, including groundwater and seawater plants.
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High-end Montana ski town mulls reuse to produce snow
An exclusive ski town in Montana, US, called Big Sky, is considering a water reuse scheme that could see it make snow out of recycled wastewater, reports WaterDeeply.com.
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Blame game begins ahead of Cape Town’s ‘day zero’
Mmusi Maimane, leader of South Africa’s opposition party the Democratic Alliance, has slammed the national ministry of water and sanitation for failing in its duties, pointing out the high cost of building desalination plants.
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Water Corporation prepares to expand Perth desalination plant
Water Corporation of Western Australia has acquired 15.2 hectares of land adjacent to Perth desalination plant for a possible expansion of capacity, reports The West Australian.
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IDA names Sanz new president as World Congress opens in Sao Paulo
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has named Miguel Angel Sanz, director of strategic development at Suez treatment infrastructure, as its new president for 2017 to 2019, as IDA World Congress 2017 opened in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Monday 16 October 2017.
