Abandoned oil tanker off Yemen coast at risk of exploding – Yemen The United Nations said an abandoned oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen loaded with more than 1 million barrels of crude oil is at risk of rupture or exploding, causing massive environmental damage to Red Sea marine life, desalination factories and international shipping routes. Meanwhile, Houthi rebels who control the area where the ship is moored have denied U.N. inspectors access to the vessel. Internal documents obtained by The Associated Press shows that seawater has entered the engine compartment of the tanker, which hasn’t been maintained for over five years, causing […] Abandoned oil tanker off Yemen coast at risk of exploding – YemenDME GmbH2020-06-27T16:49:39+02:00
Montecito Water District Signs Up for a 50-Year Supply from Santa Barbara- California In a historic move, the Montecito Water District board voted unanimously on Thursday to “drought-proof” the wealthy enclave by importing a large supply of Santa Barbara water every year for the next 50 years, rain or no rain. The initial annual cost will be $4.6 million. The vote comes on the heels of the severe drought of 2012 to 2018, in which Montecito, a community of one-acre lots, big estates, and luxury hotels and golf courses, faced heavy fines for over-watering. Montecitans […] Montecito Water District Signs Up for a 50-Year Supply from Santa Barbara- CaliforniaDME GmbH2020-06-26T09:18:32+02:00
Algeria’s first mounting system manufacturer – Algeria SPS, an Algerian metal sandwich panel manufacturer, has decided to team up with Dubai-based mounting system provider Qi-energy to make mounting structures for PV systems in Algeria. The initiative follows the Algerian government’s recently announced plan to tender 4 GW of large-scale PV up to 2024 under a scheme that will include strong domestic content requirements for solar panels, cables and mounting systems. The two companies said the mounting systems they will manufacture will comply with international quality and bankability standards, as […] Algeria’s first mounting system manufacturer – AlgeriaDME GmbH2020-06-25T14:37:56+02:00
$180m fund to keep Auckland’s taps flowing – New Zealand Auckland’s water supplier could need to spend up to $180m urgently to find alternative sources of water if insufficient rains fall through winter, worsening the city’s drought. The spending is signalled in Auckland Council’s emergency Covid-19 recovery budget and would pay to extend treatment for Waikato River water, for ‚modular‘ treatment plants at Pukekohe and near an unused source at Papakura plus possible new measures such as desalination of seawater. Watercare, the council company that runs the water and wastewater systems, has already committed […] $180m fund to keep Auckland’s taps flowing – New ZealandDME GmbH2020-06-24T15:33:18+02:00
City decommissions Standfontein desalination plant – Cape Town The Standfontein desalination plant was decommissioned at midnight on Wednesday, June 17 a month earlier than scheduled. Over a period of two years, the temporary plant contributed massively to the City’s water supply, providing 3.8 billion litres at a time when Cape Town was close to running out of potable water. The plant will now be broken down and the land restored to its former condition. Since it commissioned the desalination plant two years ago, the City of Cape Town said, it “has acquired valuable knowledge through hands-on […] City decommissions Standfontein desalination plant – Cape TownDME GmbH2020-06-23T14:49:33+02:00
UAE architects make cement out of salt – United Arab Emirates A Dubai-based architect duo is looking to break from conventional building practices with an alternative cement conceived in the salt flats of the UAE and made using a problematic waste material. Wael Al Awar and Kenichi Teramoto, principal architects at waiwai, enlisted the scientific knowhow of universities in the UAE and Japan to create a cement made using brine generated by the UAE’s desalination plants, which remove salt from seawater. They were inspired by the UAE’s mineral-rich sabkha — salt flats […] UAE architects make cement out of salt – United Arab EmiratesDME GmbH2020-06-22T14:12:05+02:00
Monterey Peninsula water district board opposes Cal Am desal project – California For the first time, the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District has formally expressed opposition to the California American Water desalination project, backing the proposed Pure Water Monterey recycled water project expansion instead as a replacement and not just a backup. At the same time, the water district took another step toward a potential acquisition of Cal Am’s Monterey water system with the release of a draft environmental impact report on the proposed public buyout effort. In a split vote, the water district board […] Monterey Peninsula water district board opposes Cal Am desal project – CaliforniaDME GmbH2020-06-21T10:18:12+02:00
Egypt sets 5-year seawater desalination plan at $2.8bln cost – Egypt The Egyptian Ministry of Housing’s Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW), New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA), and General Organization for Physical Planning announced a five-year plan between 2020 and 2025 for expanding in seawater desalination plants across the country as part of a plan for water conservation. The most populous Arab nation aims to establish and develop 47 seawater desalination plants with a combined capacity of 2.44 million cubic metres per day (cmpd) at a total cost of EGP […] Egypt sets 5-year seawater desalination plan at $2.8bln cost – EgyptDME GmbH2020-06-20T16:29:52+02:00
Corpus Christi coalition to host drive-by petition protesting planned desalination plants – Texas A coalition of seven Corpus Christi groups will host a weekly drive-by public petition against any desalination plant plans in the Coastal Bend. The drive-by will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays at Oleander Point. The group, called, Save the Bay for the Greater Good, is also mailing out more than 25,000 petitions. The coalition expects enough signatures to require the city of Corpus Christi to hold an election to allow Corpus Christi residents to vote on a charter amendment restricting […] Corpus Christi coalition to host drive-by petition protesting planned desalination plants – TexasDME GmbH2020-06-19T09:26:26+02:00
Yokogawa seals Saudi pipeline project supply contract – Saudi Arabia Yokogawa Electric Corporation said its Saudi subsidiary has received an order from Turkish contracting giant Limak Construction to supply the monitoring systems for a key water transmission pipeline project in the kingdom. The Jubail-Riyadh water transmission system, owned by the state-run Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), will be transporting water from desalination plants near Jubail on the Persian Gulf coast to capital city Riyadh. It will be one of the largest water transmission systems in the world, capable of transporting 1.2 million […] Yokogawa seals Saudi pipeline project supply contract – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2020-06-18T15:15:13+02:00