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 […] Work on a third desalination plant in Nemmeli to begin by October-end – AsiaDME GmbH2019-10-18T09:32:02+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 […] Q&A with research director of $100-million program to develop new sources for usable water – United StatesDME GmbH2019-10-18T00:40:54+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 […] Metito to showcase desalination expertise at top Dubai event – UAEDME GmbH2019-10-16T19:03:28+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. The deal would also […] American Water bids for one of the largest municipal utilities in the U.S. – AmericaDME GmbH2019-10-15T18:16:19+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 […] California Supreme Court Rejects Environmental Challenges to Monterey Water Project – AmericaDME GmbH2019-10-14T15:43:25+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 […] Leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia to meet on Nile dam standoff – EgyptDME GmbH2019-10-13T17:27:54+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 […] Oman’s second biggest water project launched – OmanDME GmbH2019-10-13T06:12:19+02:00
Sacyr Starts Operations at the Desalination Plant in Sohar – Oman acyr through its affiliates Sacyr Sadyt and Sacyr Agua has started operations at the seawater desalination plant in Sohar, on the Al Batinah coast. With an investment of nearly EUR 200 million, the revenue backlog estimated for 20 years of operation totals EUR 1 billion. The reverse-osmosis desalination plant is the second-largest in the country and has the capacity to produce 250,000 m3 of water per day, supplying around 220,000 people. The public company Oman Power and Water Procurement […] Sacyr Starts Operations at the Desalination Plant in Sohar – OmanDME GmbH2019-10-11T10:40:28+02:00
Desalination: Poseidon still trying to plant its trident into Huntington Beach – California Southern California was hit with enough rain in 2019 for many experts and observers to declare an end to the region’s most recent drought – which could be bad news for Poseidon Water’s plans to build a desalination plant near land’s edge in Huntington Beach. It is hard to drum up a lot of noise for water security when we’re not in a drought. The current state of Southern California’s water security – or insecurity – certainly isn’t giving Poseidon any ammunition to make its […] Desalination: Poseidon still trying to plant its trident into Huntington Beach – CaliforniaDME GmbH2019-10-10T20:38:17+02:00
Egypt’s parliament forms an ad hoc committee to discuss GERD – Egypt The committee will review the measures necessary to protect Egypt’s rights in Nile water. Egypt’s Parliamentary Speaker Ali Abdel-Aal told MPs in a plenary session Wednesday that an ad hoc committee will be formed to discuss the future of negotiations with Ethiopia on the issue of its Renaissance Dam. “The committee will be headed by deputy speaker Soliman Wahdan, and it will be entrusted with studying the government’s positions and statements on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and then review […] Egypt’s parliament forms an ad hoc committee to discuss GERD – EgyptDME GmbH2019-10-09T20:05:30+02:00