Tag: Maintenance
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Babcock Borsig to renovate Kuwait distillers
Babcock Borsig Service Kuwait (BBSK) has been awarded an € 8.5 million (US$ 10.6 million) contract to repair and replace three desalination distillation units at the Shuwaikh Power & Distillation Station in Kuwait.
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IPO in summer for China’s H2O Solutions
Shanghai-based H2O Solutions announced on 11 May 2012 that the company, which specializes in nano-membrane purification and multi-charged plate desalination technologies, was taking its stock public in the summer of 2012.
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Two new appointments at Aqua-Chem
Two appointments, including chief finance officer (CFO), were announced by Aqua-Chem Inc, manufacturer of membrane and thermal water treatment technologies.
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Egyptian SWRO plant to use ERI pressure exchangers
Egypt’s largest desalination plant being built at Marsa Matrouh is to be supplied with Pressure Exchanger (PX) energy-recovery devices by Energy Recovery Inc of California.
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Canada/Norway study of pretreatment for osmotic power
Pretreatment of fresh water for an osmotic power plant is to be studied by Canada’s Hydro-Quebec as part of a three-year agreement with Norway’s Statkraft to speed up the development of osmotic power.
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Sumitomo grouping ahead for Kuwait power/desalination
A consortium of Sumitomo Corporation, International Power-GDF Suez and Abdullah Hamad Al Sagar and Bros Co has been declared preferred bidder for the Az Zour North Independent Power & Water Project in Kuwait.
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American Water appoints manager for troubled Monterey division
Eric Sabolsice, who worked on commissioning the Tampa Bay desalination plant for American Water, has been appointed general manager for the California American Water division which includes Monterey.
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Acciona Agua in bidding for Sydney desalination lease
Acciona Agua of Spain is part of one of at least three consortia bidding for leases on the Sydney seawater desalination plant in Australia.
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Tri-national desalination course held in Tel Aviv
A five-day desalination course jointly organized by the Jordan, Israel and Palestinian water authorities, in partnership with the Middle East Desalination Research Center, was held in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 30 October – 4 November 2011.
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Desalination and reuse in Mexico-Israel water agreement
Desalination and wastewater treatment and reuse were part of an agreement signed on 14 November 2011 between the Mexican national water agency, Conagua, and Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor.