Tag: Seawater
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Contractor strength drives investment grade rating for Carlsbad bonds
Credit rating agency, Fitch, has assigned an investment grade ‘BBB-‘ rating to bonds issued for the under-construction Carlsbad desalination plant and associated networks in California.
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Caribbean desalination expansion completes tests
The Desalination company of Trinidad and Tobago (Desalcott) has recently completed a performance test of its expanded Point Lisas seawater reverse osmosis plant.
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India to set up low-temperature distillation desalination at power plant
A new low-temperature thermal desalination (LTTD) plant is being set up at a lignite-fired power station in southern India.
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Metito backs low-temperature distillation to challenge lead desalination technologies
Dubai-based water technology firm, Metito, is set to make a “significant investment” in clean-tech company Thermal Purification Technologies (TPTec), to develop TPTec’s patented low-temperature distillation (LTD) technology. Metito claims LTD could displace existing membrane and thermal desalination technologies.
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Monterey slant well project gets grant to assess bacteria removal
US utility, American Water, has picked up more than US$ 200,000 in grant support from the WateReuse Research Foundation to assess pathogen removal during the collection of seawater for desalination through sub-surface slant wells.
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Cutting the costs of corrosion in seawater desalination with shut-off butterfly valves
Lower cost materials and coatings used in addition to corrosion-resistant valve designs both urged on by preferences in plant construction contracts have reduced the capital and operational costs of valves used in membrane and thermal seawater desalination. The design of the valve too has a significant role to play in keeping a rein not only…
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Saudis to build second expansion to Oman desalination plant at Barka
Saudi generation and desalination firm, ACWA Power Barka has won a contract with Oman Power and Water Procurement (OPWP) to build a second seawater reverse osmosis plant at Barka 60km from the Omani capital, Muscat.
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Ghana completes 65 Ml/d seawater desalination plant near Accra
Ghana has completed its 65 Ml/d Teshie-Nungua seawater desalination water project.
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Commission approves California American Water test slant well
The California Coastal Commission has approved the application by water utility, California American Water, (Cal Am) to construct a test slant well for its proposed 48 Ml/d seawater reverse osmosis desalination project.
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Africa’s largest desalination plant opens
Singapore-based desalination company, Hyflux, has officially opened its recently completed 500,000 m³/d desalination plant at Magtaa, Algeria. The facility is Africa’s biggest and contains the largest ultrafiltration pre-treatment facility in the world according to Hyflux.