Namibia is poised to become the renewable energy hub of Africa – Namibia In March 2021, as I launched Namibia’s Second Harambee Prosperity Plan (HPPII), I reflected on the need to emphasize the importance of multilateralism in our efforts to foster an enduring economic recovery. Namibia’s policy on international relations and cooperation is anchored in multilateralism because our very independence was a product of international solidarity. We are a nation that was midwifed by the United Nations. It is for this reason that as we crafted our green economic recovery plan; we knew that it had to build a more sustainable […] Namibia is poised to become the renewable energy hub of Africa – NamibiaDME GmbH2021-10-04T15:32:04+02:00
Fort Bragg desalination plant ready to be called into service – California A pair of recent showers has swelled the flow of the Noyo River near Fort Bragg ever so slightly. This comes after weeks when the river ran at a trickle so low the city was often forced to turn off the intake pumps that feed water to the town’s homes and businesses. Though located about 4½ miles from Noyo Harbor, the water supply at Madsen Hole, where the intake pipe meets the river, was overwhelmed in recent weeks by brackish tidewaters that pushed upstream. (LINK). Fort Bragg desalination plant ready to be called into service – CaliforniaDME GmbH2021-10-03T15:45:27+02:00
SEWA completes dev. project of Al Falaj water pumping station – Saudi Arabia The Department of Water and Desalination Plants SEWA revealed the completion of a project to replace and develop Al Falaj water pumping station with a pumping capacity of 73.9 million gallons per day. Contributing to saving 879 megawatts of electricity annually and reducing carbon dioxide emissions to 503 tons annually, at a total cost amounted to 10 million dirhams. Commenting on this, Eng. Faisal Al Serkal, Director of the Water and Desalination Plants Department, explained that the Authority is working to develop desalination units and pumping stations in implementation […] SEWA completes dev. project of Al Falaj water pumping station – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-10-02T15:48:13+02:00
Developing Sinai – Egypt On Monday, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi inaugurated the world’s largest wastewater treatment plant. Bahr Al-Baqar wastewater treatment plant, east of Port Said, will treat 5.6 million cubic metres per day which can then be used to irrigate agricultural land in Sinai. Mohamed Ghanem, Irrigation Ministry spokesperson, said the plant aims to process two billion cubic metres of water annually “to contribute to the reclamation of between 400,00 and 500,000 feddans as part of the national project to develop Sinai and make optimal use of water resources”. Developing Sinai – EgyptDME GmbH2021-10-01T11:42:49+02:00
Southern Water dumps controversial £600m desalination plant – to the delight of New Forest East MP Julian Lewis – England CONTROVERSIAL plans for a £600m water plant at Fawley have been dumped by Southern Water. It has confirmed it will not be proceeding with a proposed desalination facility at Ashlett Creek to safeguard against water shortages after a „wide-ranging and collaborative assessment“. The news was welcomed by New Forest East MP Julian Lewis – who had been vocally opposed to the plan. Southern Water dumps controversial £600m desalination plant – to the delight of New Forest East MP Julian Lewis – EnglandDME GmbH2021-09-30T14:38:12+02:00
El Sisi inaugurates the world’s largest sewage plant in Bahr El-Baqar – Egypt A new plant treats wastewater in Bahr El- Baqar, in the Sinai, east of the Suez Canal in Egypt. The plant, inaugurated by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, will provide water for the irrigation of more than 168,000 hectares of plantations in Sinai. Like desalination, the reuse of wastewater has become essential to cope with water stress in Egypt. (LINK). El Sisi inaugurates the world’s largest sewage plant in Bahr El-Baqar – EgyptDME GmbH2021-09-29T15:05:56+02:00
Sisi Opens Number of Water Desalination and Wastewater Treatment Stations Via Video Conf. – Egypt President Abdel Fattah El Sisi opened on Monday 27/9/2021 a number of wastewater treatment and water desalination stations via video conference. The president opened a water desalination station in Nuweiba city with a production capacity of 15,000 cubic meters. Sisi also inaugurated a water desalination station in Abu Zeneima with a production capacity of 20,000 cubic meters. (LINK). Sisi Opens Number of Water Desalination and Wastewater Treatment Stations Via Video Conf. – EgyptDME GmbH2021-09-28T14:27:06+02:00
Acciona consortium wins $1bn Saudi sewage plants contract – Saudi Arabia Spanish infrastructure major Acciona said its consortium with Saudi partners Tawzea and Tamasuk has been awarded the contract for financing, construction and 25-year operation of three major sewage treatment plants in Saudi Arabia – Madinah-3, Buraydah-2 and Tabuk-2. These new contracts, worth a combined €855 million ($1.02 billion), have been awarded by the state-owned Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC). These are the first BOOT/EPC (Build, Own, Operate and Transfer/Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contracts that Acciona has signed in the area of wastewater treatment in the Middle East. Acciona consortium wins $1bn Saudi sewage plants contract – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-09-27T14:52:32+02:00
NIS 500m expansion of Eilat desalination plant underway – Israel Mekorot has started work on one of its largest projects for the coming years – expansion of the water desalination plant on the Red Sea known as Sabha. The installation is situated north of Eilat. As part of the project, new water pipelines will be constructed. The project as a whole will cost about NIS 500 million. Israel currently has five large desalination plants on its Mediterranean coast. Four of them are privately owned. The fifth is owned by Mekorot, but is in the process of being privatized. NIS 500m expansion of Eilat desalination plant underway – IsraelDME GmbH2021-09-26T14:05:28+02:00
The City of Alice made a deal for a brackish desalination plant – Texas The City of Alice has reached an agreement with Florida-based Seven Seas Water Group for the construction of a brackish water desalination plant to provide fresh drinking water to the residents. Seven Seas Water Group will finance, design, build, operate and maintain a Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis plant on land owned by the city, according to a news release that touted the public-private partnership as the first of its kind in Texas. In July 2019, the Texas Water Development Board approved roughly $5.5 million for the project’s first phase. This includes about $4 […] The City of Alice made a deal for a brackish desalination plant – TexasDME GmbH2021-09-25T14:38:44+02:00