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Madras High Court puts on hold commissioning of desalination plant in Chennai; postpones hearing till 1 October – Chennai – India

The Madras High Court has restrained Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board from issuing work order to successful bidder of the contract for construction of third desalination plant at Nemmeli till further orders.

Justice V Bharathidasan gave the interim order on Tuesday on the petition by Suez International, a French company seeking to declare it as the only technically qualified bidder in the tender floated by the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) for construction of the 150 MLD plant.

The petitioner also sought the court to […]

Madras High Court puts on hold commissioning of desalination plant in Chennai; postpones hearing till 1 October – Chennai – IndiaDME GmbH2018-09-27T09:04:56+02:00

Huntington Beach desalination project would help meet region’s water needs – Huntington Beach – California – USA

As the price of imported water continues to rise, and technological advances for seawater desalination improve efficiencies, California’s time to turn ocean water into drinking water has come.

Orange County is poised to integrate purified ocean water into its drinking water portfolio, just as San Diego has successfully done by producing 35 billion gallons of drinking water from the Pacific Ocean in just three short years.

The ocean is the world’s largest reservoir; it’s always full and sits on our front doorstep. At the cost of a half-penny per […]

Huntington Beach desalination project would help meet region’s water needs – Huntington Beach – California – USADME GmbH2018-09-26T08:57:26+02:00

100 MLD desalination plant to come up at Dahej – Dahej – India

A desalination plant will be commissioned to cater the growing water requirement in the Petroleum Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) located at Dahej.

The plant will draw water from the Arabian Sea, desalinate and purify it to make it potable and suitable for industrial consumption.

Sources in the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) said that the tender for setting up the plant will soon be floated.

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100 MLD desalination plant to come up at Dahej – Dahej – IndiaDME GmbH2018-09-24T17:12:42+02:00

Why Goa needs desalination plants – Goa – India

An unprecedented water supply crisis is developing. The environment department needs to immediately begin work to identify 20 hectares plots one each in north and south Goa and call for global tenders to build two ultramodern mega desalination plants.

A provision of `1000 crores need to be made in the budget estimates, 2019-20 for two plants costing `500 crores each with capacity of 100 million liters per day (MLD) enough to augment and supply water to one million people.

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Why Goa needs desalination plants – Goa – IndiaDME GmbH2018-09-23T19:07:12+02:00

Strategic blueprint to boost water security – Bahrain

A new plant and expansion of existing ones will bolster Bahrain’s capacity to cope with the ever-increasing demand for water, the Electricity and Water Authority said yesterday.

This is part of the authority’s strategic power and water masterplan to meet future needs, according to a statement.

Bahrain’s water production plants generate about 186 million gallons of desalinated water per day, it said.

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Strategic blueprint to boost water security – BahrainDME GmbH2018-09-22T19:06:29+02:00

Finding a solution for Egypt’s water crisis – Egypt

Early in January this year, a sudden decrease in the level of the Nile River water in the waterway made controversy over the country and among Egyptians who were stunned and felt worried about the future of the country amid the construction of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which is believed to threaten Egypt’s water security.

The decrease in the amount of water was described at that time as normal and happens since about 100 years since the beginning of December until the end of January every year, according to Minister of Transportation […]

Finding a solution for Egypt’s water crisis – EgyptDME GmbH2018-09-21T19:33:50+02:00

Desal plants might do less damage to marine environments than we thought – Sydney – Australia

The Conversation) Millions of people all over the world rely on desalinated water. Closer to home, Australia has desalination plants in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, the Gold Coast, and many remote and regional locations.

But despite the growing size and number of desalination plants, the environmental impacts are little understood.

Our six-year study, published recently in the journal Water Research , looked at the health the marine environment before, during and after the Sydney Desalination Plant was operating.

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Desal plants might do less damage to marine environments than we thought – Sydney – AustraliaDME GmbH2018-09-21T12:10:41+02:00

OOC, Gulf Energy Development Public Company to work on gas and water project in Duqm – Duqm – Oman

Oman Oil Company (OOC) has secured a partnership agreement with Gulf Energy Development Public Company to develop a gas-fired power and water project at the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Duqm.

The proposed Duqm independent water and power project (IWPP) will have a power generation capacity of 326MW and a desalination capacity of 8 million imperial gallons a day (MIGD).

The project will require a total investment of $483mn, reported MEED.

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OOC, Gulf Energy Development Public Company to work on gas and water project in Duqm – Duqm – OmanDME GmbH2018-09-19T17:20:56+02:00

A desalination plant in La Guajira sparks hopes of solving crippling water crisis – La Guajir – Colombia – South America

On the arid plains of Colombia’s northeastern peninsula, the mostly indigenous communities are lucky if it rains twice a year. Some years, it doesn’t rain at all.

Brutal droughts, caused by El Niño, have taken a heavy on toll on Colombia’s largest indigenous group – the Wayuu people – 400,000 of which inhabit the Department of Guajira.

Rivers and tributaries have run dry, leaving scarce water for human consumption, agriculture and basic sanitation. Many communities have to travel several hours on foot to buy expensive water delivered by government-contracted […]

A desalination plant in La Guajira sparks hopes of solving crippling water crisis – La Guajir – Colombia – South AmericaDME GmbH2018-09-19T17:22:16+02:00

Israel Looks to Rainy Winter to Alleviate Ravages of Drought – Tel Aviv – Israel

A series of drought years have so ravaged northern Israel’s water supply that even a winter of plentiful rain will not suffice to reverse the situation, according The Times of Israel.

In fact, the Israel Water Authority forecasts better-than-average rainfall this coming winter; but after five years of severe drought, it won’t be enough to bring reservoir levels back to anywhere near normal.

“The aggregate shortage over the past five years of drought is enormous,” it said in a statement. “The natural water sources lack some 2.5 billion […]

Israel Looks to Rainy Winter to Alleviate Ravages of Drought – Tel Aviv – IsraelDME GmbH2018-09-19T17:24:10+02:00