Tag: Seawater
-
Cyprus poised to tender Paphos SWRO project
The Water Development Department of Cyprus is on course to tender a seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant project by end of September 2017.
-
Is water in the grip of a skills crisis?
In an engineering-heavy sector such as water, it’s a truism that well qualified people are thin on the ground. But is it more accurate to say that the global water industry in the grip of a skills crisis?
-
IDE Technologies wins desal project at Mai-Liao Power Plant, Taiwan
IDE Technologies is to build and operate a seawater reverse osmosis desalination facility at Mai-Liao Power Plant in Yunlin County, west Taiwan.
-
Cape Town calls for information on desalination solutions amid drought
Cape Town has issued a request for information (RfI) about possible solutions to the city’s lack of water through desalination or other advanced water treatment.
-
Egypt steps up desalination plant building programme
The Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces (EAAF) of Egypt has unveiled plans for three new desalination plants, as a fourth is approved for Matruh seaport, reports Egyptian business paper Al Mal.
-
Philippines’ Mactan Rock Industries to expand desal production
Mactan Rock Industries of the Philippines is to expand production of desalinated water after securing a PHP 500 million ($10 million) loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines, reports Manilla Bulletin.
-
GE Water to build desalination facility on Eleuthera island, Bahamas
GE Water is to build, own, and operate (BOO) a seawater reverse osmosis plant on the island of Eleuthera, in the Bahamas, on a 15 years contract.
-
Water Planet introduces PolyCera Hydro for drinking water
Water Planet has introduced PolyCera Hydro membranes for drinking water applications, extending its PolyCera range beyond industrial wastewater treatment.
-
Graphene oxide membranes: ‘In an ideal world we will take five years to scale up’
"If everything goes to plan, my expectation is that we will have graphene oxide membranes in large scale production within the next five years," says Rahul Nair, professor of materials physics and Royal Society university research fellow at the National Graphene Institute and School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, at University of Manchester, UK.
-
Chile project envisions multiple mining clients for solar-powered SWRO
Energias y Aguas del Pacifico (ENAPAC), a proposed solar-powered seawater desalination plant and water transport project aims to support expansion of mining operations in Chile’s Atacama region.