South Sinai to introduce ZLD plants beginning with Sharm El Sheikh – Egypt

South Sinai contemplates introducing water treatment plants operating in the Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) system in parallel to adding more desalination plants while improving the efficiency of existing ones.

For that purpose, Chairman of South Sinai Water Company Abdel Hamid Ahmed Hamdy met with Minister of Military Production Mohamed Said al-Assar and CEO of International Desalination and Water Treatment (LLC) (IDWT) Nabil al-Maraghy.

Hamdy said the governorate plans to build a ZLD water treatment plant in Sharm El [
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South Sinai to introduce ZLD plants beginning with Sharm El Sheikh – Egypt2019-10-21T22:54:05+02:00

EWEC, ACWA Power announce financial closing of world’s largest RO desalination project – Duabi

Emirates Water and Electricity Company, EWEC, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Power Corporation, ADPower, and Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power have announced the successful financial closing of the world’s largest reverse osmosis desalination plant.

The new plant will be located at the Taweelah power and water desalination complex in Abu Dhabi, with completion expected in 2022. ADPower and Mubadala Investment Company hold a 60% equity interest in the Taweelah project while ACWA Power holds the remaining 40%.

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EWEC, ACWA Power announce financial closing of world’s largest RO desalination project – Duabi2019-10-20T18:13:51+02:00

IFAT INDIA 2019 – Mumbai – India

Yesterday, the  IFAT India  trade fair in Mumbai ended with three successful days. For the first time and with great success, companies from the industry have gathered at the Desalination Pavilion and intensified contacts. Over three days, interesting discussions and an intensive exchange took place here. On Friday, the Desalination Forum offered all interested visitors of IFAT India the opportunity to participate in the Desalination Forum. Accompanied by great responses, international and national market participants presented their solutions.

IFAT INDIA 2019 – Mumbai – India2019-10-18T16:53:50+02:00

Work on a third desalination plant in Nemmeli to begin by October-end – Asia

Work on constructing a third desalination plant at Nemmeli, along East Coast Road, is set to begin by the month-end.

The new plant, with a capacity to treat 150 million litres of sea water a day (mld), will come up on a 10.5-acre space on the same premises as the earlier 100-mld plant.

Metrowater officials said materials had been sought for the work to commence. The new plant too will employ the reverse osmosis process. But it will have additional components in the [
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Work on a third desalination plant in Nemmeli to begin by October-end – Asia2019-10-18T09:32:02+02:00

Q&A with research director of $100-million program to develop new sources for usable water – United States

Late last month, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a $100 million research grant to the National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) to lead an Energy-Water Desalination Hub. Meagan Mauter, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is NAWI’s research director.

The five-year project will research and develop cost-competitive and energy-efficient technologies to desalinate nontraditional water sources for diverse end uses from agriculture to municipal drinking water. “Desalination” in this project is much broader than removing salt from seawater.

It includes removing contaminants – many of which [
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Q&A with research director of $100-million program to develop new sources for usable water – United States2019-10-18T00:40:54+02:00

Metito to showcase desalination expertise at top Dubai event – UAE

Metito, the multinational global provider of intelligent water management solutions, is set to showcase its expertise in the field of desalination and water reuse at the International Desalination Association (IDA) World Congress 2019 to be held in Dubai.

One of the world’s most anticipated and prestigious desalination and water reuse event, IDA is bringing together leading global experts in desalination and water reuse to share their knowledge, expertise and latest technologies in this field.

Through this event, IDA aims to [
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Metito to showcase desalination expertise at top Dubai event – UAE2019-10-16T19:03:28+02:00

American Water bids for one of the largest municipal utilities in the U.S. – America

Camden-based American Water could acquire one of the largest municipal-owned water utilities in the country after confirming it’s one of 17 companies bidding to buy JEA in Jacksonville, Florida.

If American Water, the largest publicly traded water utility in the country, is successful in acquiring JEA’s water utilities, it would be one of its largest municipal deals to date, adding 357,000 water customers and 279,000 sewer customers to the 3.4 million its regulated utility business already serves.  

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American Water bids for one of the largest municipal utilities in the U.S. – America2019-10-15T18:16:19+02:00

California Supreme Court Rejects Environmental Challenges to Monterey Water Project – America

The $330-Million Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project (MPWSP) took a step forward, as the California Supreme Court recently denied challenges to the sufficiency of the project’s Environmental Impact Report (EIR)/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

The long-awaited desalination plant located off the coast of Monterey is being developed by California American Water Company (CalAm) and is intended to replace the Monterey Peninsula community’s existing Carmel River and Seaside Groundwater Basin supplies.

These supplies have been constrained for decades by legal decisions and [
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California Supreme Court Rejects Environmental Challenges to Monterey Water Project – America2019-10-14T15:43:25+02:00

Leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia to meet on Nile dam standoff – Egypt

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday he would meet Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Russia to discuss a dispute over a hydropower dam that the Horn of Africa country is building on the River Nile.

A long-running diplomatic standoff over building and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has heightened tensions between the two countries. Egypt worries that the dam will threaten its already scarce water supplies.

“I agreed with the Ethiopian prime minister to meet in [
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Leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia to meet on Nile dam standoff – Egypt2019-10-13T17:27:54+02:00

Oman’s second biggest water project launched – Oman

A huge water desalination plant, with a production capacity of around 250,000 cubic metres (m3) per day, has been brought into operation at Sohar Port.

The Suhar-4 Independent Water Project (IWP), built with an investment of around $220 million, reinforces Suhar’s importance as Oman’s biggest seawater desalination hub designed to meet the escalating potable water requirements of vast swathes of the Batinah and other grid-connected parts of north Oman.

Last week, Spanish water giant Sacyr — the lead investor in [
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Oman’s second biggest water project launched – Oman2019-10-13T06:12:19+02:00
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