Tag: Pacific
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Analysis claims 29 Asia Pacific countries lack water security
Asia and the Pacific is a "global hot spot for water insecurity", a new report from the Asian Development Bank claims.
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Singapore pledges S$200 million for water research
Singapore’s National Research Foundation is pledging S$200 million ($148 million) for the water industry through its research, innovation and enterprise (RIE) 2020 plan.
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Italmach acquires Compass, adds manufacturing base in North America
Italmach Chemicals has acquired Compass Chemical International, adding a strategically important site in Texas that it hopes will support its growth in the oil and gas industry.
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Energy Recovery unveils $5.4 million contract for Middle East ‘mega projects’
US supplier Energy Recovery has won $5.4 million of contracts to supply desalination "mega projects" in the Middle East.
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Osmoflow bags desalination plant deal in Marshall Islands
Osmoflo has won a contract to provide potable water to Kwajalein Atoll Joint Utilities Resources which provides power, water, sewerage and potable water to Ebeye, in the Marshall Islands.
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Developer rejects claims that Huntingdon Beach project could face flood risk
The developer behind a proposed desalination project at Huntington Beach, California has rejected claims that high tides over the Christmas weekend could signal a surge in flood protection costs for the plant.
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US agency picks trio for desalination project pipe deal
US water agency, California American Water (CalAm), has selected three firms to construct a 30km pipeline with pumping stations and storage facilities to deliver desalinated water from a planned facility under its Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project.
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PUB and Mitsubishi join to test water recycling technology
Singapore’s national water agency, PUB. has contracted Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation to build a demonstration-scale plant to test energy saving technologies that may be deployed at the proposed Tuas Water Reclamation Plant (WRP).
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California county mulls tapping into nuclear plant desalination
As part of its plans to combat ongoing severe drought, California’s San Luis Obispo County (SLO) is considering the construction of a 10 km pipeline to tap into the spare capacity of a desalination plant currently providing only the needs of a nuclear power plant.
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New IDA board elected
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has elected its 2015-2017 board of directors.