Tag: Residential
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Home desalination market to top US$ 24 billion by 2020
The market for domestic countertop water treatment devices and other point-of-use treatment systems is estimated to reach US$ 24.5 billion by 2020. And the compound annual growth rate for the market is forecast at 9.86%, from 2015 to 2020 according to a report by market analyst, MarketsandMarkets.
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Texas county desalination scheme slated to supply industry
The Texas General Land Office has agreed a deal with desalination firm, Seven Seas Water, to develop a plan for building a seawater desalination plant in the San Patricio-Nueces county.
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3M wraps up Polypore filtration business for U$ 1 billion
Multinational conglomerate, 3M, has signed an agreement to buy the separations media business of membrane specialist Polypore International for US$ 1billion cash.
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California town uses fast-track laws to push through desalination plant
California coastal tourist town Cambria has used the state’s fast-track approval scheme for measures to address its drought emergency to build a desalination plant scheduled to go on stream later this month after only six months in preparation.
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IDA extends deadline for Fellowship applications
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has extended the deadline for applications for its 2014-15 Fellowship Programme, giving candidates until 31 January, 2015 to apply.
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Go small and local on desalination warns Saudi water expert
President of the Saudi Water and Power Forum (SWPF) Dr Adil Bushnak, has warned that Saudi Arabia must end its rising dependence on “costly” centralised desalination plants.
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Suez Environnement lands US$ 200 million Middle Eastern deals duo
Suez Environnement has won a desalination contract in Abu Dhabi worth more than US$ 180 million and a separate water reuse deal in Oman taking the total value of the Middle East wins to more than US$ 200 million.
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California district ups desalination and reuse incentive by 36%
Southern California’s Metropolitan Water District has increased by 36% the financial incentive for water agencies to develop and produce recycled water, recovered groundwater, and desalinated seawater supplies.
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IDA extends award fellowship application deadline
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has extended to October 10 the applications deadline for its 2014-15 Fellowship Award.
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Regulator blocks New York desalination proposal
A US regional regulator recently dashed a bid by utility, United Water New York to build a desalination plant after customers rejected the water firm’s proposed up-front price hikes to meet the cost of the plant.