Tag: Kuwait
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Sinai development continues with plans for new desalination capacity
Egypt’s Ministry of International Co-operation and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development have signed a deal to build a new desalination plant in East Port Said.
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Iran signs first desal deal after sanctions were lifted
South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction has clinched a $185.9 million deal for a new seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant in Iran, reports Business Korea.
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Egypt plans five desalination plants by 2019
Egypt is to build five new desalination plants to serve the drinking water needs of residents in the Sinai Peninsular.
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EDS urges knowledge sharing at Rome conference
The European Desalination Society (EDS) conference opened on Monday (23 May) with calls for greater collaboration among desalination professionals to address the rising gap between water supply and demand worldwide.
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Water Planet joins forces with Applied Membranes
Water treatment technology firm, Water Planet, and reverse osmosis (RO) systems specialist, Applied Membranes, have formed a strategic alliance to market, sell and service nanofiltration and reverse osmosis based water treatment systems.
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Gulf nations poised for 40% boost to desalination output by 2020
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region is poised to up its seawater desalination capacity by nearly 40% by 2020 to meet the growing demand for drinking water, according to a recent report.
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Kuwait shortlists seven for power and water project
Kuwait has shortlisted seven consortiums for the second phase of the Az Zour North Complex independent water and power producer (IWPP) project.
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IDA 2015 World Congress draws 1,700 delegates
More than 1,700 delegates from 63 countries attended the International Desalination Association’s (IDA’s) 2015 World Congress held in San Diego recently according to the association’s key metrics published this week. Awards for papers and presentations topped US$ 30,000.
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Israel to join top ten water stressed by 2040
The US-based World Resources Institute has forecast that Israel will be among the world’s ten most water stressed regions by 2040. Almost half of those regions will be in the Middle East according to recent report by the institute.
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Kuwait launches its largest desalination management project
Kuwait University’s faculty of engineering has launched the Gulf state’s largest ever water desalination and management project.
