Tag: Seawater
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Aquatech wins SWRO desalination contract in Gujarat
Tata Power has awarded Aquatech International Corporation an EPC contract for a 25,200 m³/d seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant for India’s first Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) at Mundra in coastal Gujarat.
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Perth desalination plant’s impact “still uncertain”
The West Australia government’s Environmental Protection Authority has concluded that the significance of impacts to the marine environment from the discharge of brine by the Perth Metropolitan Desalination Plant is still uncertain and that the marine environment of Cockburn Sound continues to be under stress.
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FEWA evaluating Ajman desalination tenders
The Federal Electricty & Water Authority in the United Arab Emirates has received tenders from seven companies for a 7 MIGD (31,800 m³/d) plant in Zawra, Ajman and the transfer of a 3 MIGD (13,600 m³/d) plant to Zawra from Fujeirah.
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Nuclear energy to supply Jordan desalination plants
Four nuclear power plants in the southern region of Jordan will provide almost 750 MW of energy for desalination and water pumping, according to a report in the Jordan Times.
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Egyptian power station seeks desalination plant
A tender has been issued for water treatment and desalination systems for Egypt’s Ain Sokha Power Project with a deadline of 17 August 2009.
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Russians to cooperate on Jordan desalination
Desalination plants were included in a nuclear cooperation agreement signed on 22 May 2009 by Russia and Jordan, which also included power stations, research facilities and personnel training centres to be built in Jordan.
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Sumitomo backs off Ras Azzour desalination bid
A consortium led by Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation has “put on hold” its plans for the Ras Azzour independent water and power project (IWPP) in Saudi Arabia, according to Reuters.
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First Water Standard vessel will use ERI units
Water Standard plans to use the PX Pressure Exchanger energy-recovery device made by Energy Recovery Inc (ERI) in its first Seawater Desalination Vessel (SDV), the two companies announced on 19 May 2009. Florida-based Water Standard builds and operates vessels that deliver desalinated water to clients onshore and to the offshore energy industry.
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Budget confirms Adelaide desalination plant upgrade
Confirmation that the capacity of the Adelaide seawater desalination plant would be doubled to 274,000 m³/d came in the Australian federal government’s budget statement issued on 12 May 2009.
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Carlsbad desalination plant set to start construction soon
The Carlsbad desalination plant jumped two of its final hurdles towards starting construction this week when it was backed by the courts and the local water quality board (WQB).