Tag: Israel
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Israel Desalination Society conference set for Haifa
The Israel Desalination Society (IDS) has announced that its 12th Annual Conference, subtitled Desalination — Visions for the future, will be held on 14-15 December 2011 in Haifa, Israel.
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Industry Interview:
How IDE uses innovation to stay ahead of the fieldThe recent EuroMed conference in Tel Aviv organized by the European Desalination Society provided an ideal chance for the industry to meet the key players in the burgeoning Israeli desalination industry on their home ground. D&WR editor Robin Wiseman spoke to Avshalom Felber, CEO of IDE Technologies about technology and how his company kept at…
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Desalination plants part of Palestine agreement
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement on 4 February 2011 agreeing to improvements in water, sewerage and electricity in Palestinian areas, following a meeting with Tony Blair, representative of the “Quartet” (USA, the United Nations, Russia and the European Union).
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Israeli cabinet approves emergency desalination plan
The Israeli cabinet approved on 30 January 2011 an emergency plan to increase the production from the country’s desalination plants and to push expansion to existing plants.
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Accusations fly in Israeli desalination chaos
Chaos still reigns in Israel over the Ashdod desalination plant, which is now the subject of accusations from the national water company Mekorot against losing tenderers Shikun u’Binui (SKBN) and Global Environmental Services (GES).
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Sorek desalination construction under way
Construction of the Sorek seawater desalination plant in Israel was begun on 16 January 2011 by SDL Desalination Ltd, a consortium led by IDE Technologies with Hutchison Water.
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Sorek to get Hydranautics 16-in desalination membranes
Nitto Denko/Hydranautics have been contracted to supply desalination membranes for what will be the world’s largest seawater desalination plant with 16 in reverse-osmosis elements, which is being built in Sorek, Israel.
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Oceans will become less salty, Israel workshop told
The Mediterranean Sea will not become more salty due to the growth of desalination plants that leave salt residue behind, according to an Italian expert who participated in a decade-long census of world marine life, the Jerusalem Post reported on 21 December 2010.
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Israeli water venture-capital firm signs up with GE
A strategic collaboration to help commercialize innovative water technologies was agreed on 1 December 2010 by Kinrot Ventures, an Israeli venture capital company specializing in forming and growing water companies, and multisectoral giant GE.
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IDE desalination seminar trains Jordanians and Palestinians
Thirty participants from Palestine and Jordan completed a week-long desalination seminar in Israel in early November 2010.