Tag: Switzerland
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Pakistan breaks ground on desal plant for Balochistan
Pakistan has broken ground on a desalination plant in Balochistan province, in a project backed by the governments of the United Arab Emirates, and Switzerland.
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IDA World Congress 2017 award winners in full
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has recognised the best technical papers and other contributions at IDA World Congress 2017 with a roster of special awards.
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Sulzer to supply a package of pumps to Sohar plant
Swiss technology and services company Sulzer is to provide a package of 49 pumping units to the new 250,000 m3/d desalination plant in Sohar, Oman.
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IWA highlights levels of water consumption and tariffs globally
Households in Washington DC, US, are the biggest consumers of water compared to 169 other world cities, while households in Jinja, Uganda, use the least amount of water, a new report shows.
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Masdar desal pilot: the results so far
Masdar Clean Energy set a target for its pilot projects of one cubic metre of water for every 3.6 kilowatt hours of energy used. This is a particularly challenging target in the Persian Gulf, where salinity is very high, the water temperature is high, it’s very shallow, and there’s high organic matter.
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Conference report: IDA/GWI Blue, Green & Gold – Zurich
Appropriately staged in Zurich, this year’s International Desalination Association finance and desalination conference, held jointly with Global Water Intelligence on 27-28 April 2009, attracted around 320 delegates, mainly from desalination, but also from the finance, environment and general water sectors. The historical symbiotic relationship between money, water and environment was now out of balance, said…
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Xylem wins US$7.3 million Bahrain wastewater upgrade deal
Switzerland-based water technology company Xylem has signed a US$7.3 million contract with Bahrain’s Ministry of Works to upgrade a wastewater treatment facility in the Bahrain capital Manama.
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Thomas Will becomes Aquarion Group COO and MD
Switzerland’s Aquarion Group announced on 14 April 2014 that Thomas Will had joined the company as chief operating officer and managing director.
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Advanced ZLD process claims lower energy and costs
Swiss process water purification company Aquarion Group has introduced ZLD-ECO, an advanced hybrid zero liquid discharge (ZLD) system, which optimizes the ZLD process.
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ADB backs US$ 240 million Chinese water-reuse loans
A US$ 240 million loan package was agreed in Beijing on 20 November 2013 to upgrade wastewater treatment plants in China to meet the grade 1A standard, which means the water can be reused for industry cooling and watering city gardens.
