Tag: Irrigation
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Egypt and Bahrain seek joint desalination projects
Egypt and Bahrain are looking to develop joint water desalination projects between the two countries.
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San Francisco plans wastewater reuse plant in city park
San Francisco’s Public Utilities (SFPUC) unveiled plans on 7 September 2010 for its proposed Westside Recycled Water Project, part of its Water System Improvement Program.
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Giant SMBR wastewater reuse plant passes proving test
One of the largest submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) wastewater treatment plants in the world, ACWA MBR’s flagship Al Ansab plant in Muscat, Oman, has successfully gone through its proving process.
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Egypt to step up seawater desalination efforts
Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak has instructed the government to expand its seawater desalination initiatives and step up efforts to discover additional sources of groundwater, according to the Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Youm.
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MBR at heart of new Blaine water reclamation facility
One of the USA’s most advanced water reclamation facilities opened on 6 August 2010 in Blaine, Washington.
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City of Sydney seeks water recycling masterplan
The City of Sydney is seeking tenders to develop a decentralised water masterplan to produce more 10 % of the Australian city’s water supply from local sources.
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Singapore company wins UF reuse plant in UAE
Boustead Singapore’s subsidiary Salcon has won an AED 55 million (US$ 5.6 million) contract to design, engineer and construct a new ultrafiltration wastewater reuse plant.
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Water authority seeks to buy Carlsbad desalination water
The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) in California voted on 24 June 2010 to work on a contract with Poseidon Resources to purchase water from Poseidon’s Carlsbad Desalination Project.
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Peruvian mine desalination ‘viable’ says Southern Copper
The construction of a desalination plant for Southern Copper’s US$ 1 billion Tia Maria copper mine, in the Islay province of Arequipa in Peru, is “a viable option”, according to the company’s executive president Oscar Gonzales, quoted by Reuters on 24 May 2010.
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Jordan Red Sea project developer ‘will be announced in May’
Following evaluation of 30 letters of interest in the massive Red-Dead water transfer and desalination project, Jordan’s Ministry of Water & Irrigation will announce the qualified bidder to serve as the master developer this month, according to the Jordan Times on 11 May 2010.