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Major challenge for Putin as Russia looks to resolve water crisis in Crimea – Russia

A water emergency in Crimea is absorbing billions of taxpayer rubles as Russia tries to patch up an impossible problem stemming from the peninsula’s annexation in 2014. President Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea gem looks increasingly like a millstone.

Ukraine dammed the North Crimean Canal seven years ago, cutting off the source of nearly 90% of the region’s fresh water and setting it back to the pre-1960s, when much was arid steppe.

Add a severe drought and sizzling temperatures last year, plus years of underinvestment in pipes and drilling, and fields are […]

Major challenge for Putin as Russia looks to resolve water crisis in Crimea – RussiaDME GmbH2021-03-19T12:23:37+01:00

Southern Water wants to build desalination plant at Fawley – United kingdom

Southern Water is drawing up proposals to build the plant on land south of its wastewater treatment works at Ashlett Creek, near Fawley.

The scheme also involves the construction of a 25km pipeline from Ashlett to Testwood in Totton.

Southern Water says the scheme aims to keep customers‘ taps running in the event of a severe drought. But locals say they are concerned about the potential impact of the project.

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Southern Water wants to build desalination plant at Fawley – United kingdomDME GmbH2021-03-17T16:46:22+01:00

Acciona To Use Its Maestro AI Platform At Qatar Desalination Plant – Qatar

Spanish infrastructure and renewable energy giant Acciona won the contract for the design, construction, and O&M of the Umm Al Houl SWRO desalination plant in Qatar in 2015.

The plant will produce 564,000 m3 of desalinated water per day, enough to serve 1.1 million people, after the start-up of operations in April.

Acciona will fund an AI project at the facility from its dedicated decarbonization fund.

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Acciona To Use Its Maestro AI Platform At Qatar Desalination Plant – QatarDME GmbH2021-03-17T16:29:12+01:00

Give desalinated water to industries: Andhra CM Jagan – India

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has directed officials to take steps to provide desalinated water to industries and industrial estates so as to conserve fresh water in reservoirs and other water resources. 

He wanted the officials to focus on promoting desalination plants and providing water to industries by laying dedicated pipelines.

He said that the responsibility in this regard lies on the AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC).

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Give desalinated water to industries: Andhra CM Jagan – IndiaDME GmbH2021-03-16T15:40:23+01:00

AI optimising new Qatar desalination plant operations – Qatar

Qatar’s Umm Al Houl desalination plant will see an artificial intelligence (AI) project run by Acciona optimise operations and achieve energy saving at the site, reducing carbon emissions.

The project is part of Acciona’s goals to reduce carbon emissions associated with its business activities and will be financed by the global regenerative and decarbonised solutions provider’s dedicated decarbonisation fund, making it one among only 14 projects in the world that have been chosen by Acciona for their potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions.

The Umm Al Houl Seawater Reverse […]

AI optimising new Qatar desalination plant operations – QatarDME GmbH2021-03-15T14:52:46+01:00

Iran Launches Major Water Transfer Projects – Iran

President Hassan Rouhani opened the five water transfer projects via videoconference on Sunday.

New pipelines supply desalinated water from the southern coasts to desert areas and industrial plants in several provinces, including Hormozgan, Kerman, Yazd, Isfahan, South Khorasan, Khorasan Razavi, and Sistan and Balouchestan.

Carried out by the private sector, the infrastructural projects provide employment for 54,000 people.

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Iran Launches Major Water Transfer Projects – IranDME GmbH2021-03-14T15:21:27+01:00

Floating PV for desalination – Spain

There are parts of the world in which basic resources such as water are limited. The authorities in the Canary Islands, for example, are unable to supply all the water needed for the archipelago’s population, industry, and agriculture without resorting to techniques such as desalination.

Solar power could be a cost-effective way to power desalination plants in the Canary Islands, but the archipelago has a limited amount of land for PV facilities.

A mix of high population density, irregular topography, protected natural areas, and dependence on tourism makes […]

Floating PV for desalination – SpainDME GmbH2021-03-14T08:38:42+01:00

Najjar and Egyptian envoy discuss ways to enhance water cooperation – Egypt

Minister of Water and Irrigation, Mohammad Najjar, discussed with the Egyptian Ambassador to Jordan, Sherif Kamal, on Wednesday, ways to strengthen aspects of water cooperation.

Speaking during the meeting, Najjar reviewed Jordan’s water conditions, and the „growing, and accelerating“ development needs and the challenges this process has imposed on the water sector, especially in light of the continued Covid-19 pandemic.

The minister also highlighted the projects that Jordan is planning to implement to address those water challenges, especially through launching desalination projects, developing irrigation systems and reusing treated water for the various purposes, enhancing joint water cooperation, […]

Najjar and Egyptian envoy discuss ways to enhance water cooperation – EgyptDME GmbH2021-03-12T07:49:24+01:00

Singapore invests in energy-efficient water desalination – Singapore

A new grant issued by Singapore’s National Water Agency, PUB, will help the country to improve energy efficiency and ensure reliable and flexible water desalination processes.

On behalf of the National Research Foundation, PUB has issued a $1.3 million grant to technology firm DuPont to determine how Closed Circuit Reverse Osmosis (CCRO) technology can be applied to desalination processes to make the purification of seawater more energy-efficient, flexible and reliable.

The development follows DuPont obtaining CCRO process technology with the acquisition of Desalitech Ltd. in January 2020.

Singapore invests in energy-efficient water desalination – SingaporeDME GmbH2021-03-11T15:38:49+01:00

ACCIONA to finance “milestone” AI desalination plant in Qatar – Qatar

Sustainable infrastructure solution firm, ACCIONA, has revealed another milestone for the business by financing an Artificial Intelligence (AI) project at the Umm Al Houl desalination plant in Qatar.

Scheduled to become operational by April 2021, the Umm Al Houl desalination plant will use an AI platform called Maestro, to optimise operations and achieve energy savings.

The Maestro AI platform processes operational data in real-time to allow predictive, autonomous and continuous optimisation at scale. The firm said it is expected to deliver lower operational costs, while maximising output, plant reliability […]

ACCIONA to finance “milestone” AI desalination plant in Qatar – QatarDME GmbH2021-03-10T15:10:32+01:00