Tag: India
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Chennai Metrowater chair sets March deadline for project tenders
Authorities in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, have urged municipal corporations to tender water projects under the government’s smart cities scheme by 31 March 2018, reports Times of India.
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Xylem to acquire Pure Technologies for $397 million
Xylem is to buy Pure Technologies, building on a commercial partnership whereby it represents Pure in parts of the Middle East, India, and Southeast Asia.
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India’s NIOT prepares detailed report on offshore desalination
The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) of India has finalised designs and submitted a detailed project report for an offshore desalination plant using low temperature thermal technology, reports New Indian Express.
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Dow to supply RO elements to Barka desalination plant project
Dow Water & Process Solutions is to supply advanced reverse osmosis (RO) elements to Barka desalination plant project in Oman, after selection by Suez.
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Metrowater extends bid deadline on Chennai amid queries
Chennai Metrowater has extended the bidding deadline for its desalination plant project to September 15, reports Times of India.
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Desal project in Thane, India, draws legal challenge
A desalination plant project to supply the city of Thane, in Maharashtra, India, has come under fire from activists and politicians who oppose the local authority’s plan, reports Mumbai Mirror.
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Desal at the centre of India-Israel state visit
Desalination and water policy was at the centre of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel last week (4 to 6 July, 2017).
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Q&A Ziad Bouars: "When you come it’s just sand"
Ziad Bouars, commissioning manager at Sidem-Veolia, explains why he has no intention of swapping a projects role out in the field for a desk job back at head office
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Is water in the grip of a skills crisis?
In an engineering-heavy sector such as water, it’s a truism that well qualified people are thin on the ground. But is it more accurate to say that the global water industry in the grip of a skills crisis?
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India to develop a national desal mission, as Tamil Nadu dives in
India’s minister of earth sciences Harsh Vardhan is to develop a desalination mission for the country, reports Hindustan Times.








