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Texas City to Guzzle Drinking Water from Treated Waste – Texas

The city of El Paso, Texas, may soon become the first large city in the US to use treated sewage water for its drinking water needs. 

The amount of snowmelt feeding the Rio Grande has dropped 25% since 1958 and is “critically low,” J. Phillip King, an adviser to the Elephant Butte Irrigation District, told CNN.

The use of treated wastewater will add a significant source of water to the city’s supplies.

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Texas City to Guzzle Drinking Water from Treated Waste – TexasDME GmbH2018-11-30T22:02:42+01:00

Fluence Secures US$50 Million BOOT Project Financing Facility – Melbourne

MELBOURNE, Australia & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fluence Corporation Limited (ASX: FLC) is pleased to announce that it has secured a US $50.0 million non-recourse debt facility for project financing of Build, Own, Operate & Transfer (BOOT) projects.

The facility is provided by a leading US-based sustainable infrastructure investment firm with extensive experience in financing infrastructure and renewable […]

Fluence Secures US$50 Million BOOT Project Financing Facility – MelbourneDME GmbH2018-11-30T07:45:11+01:00

ACWA Power named preferred bidder for Rabigh 3 Independent Water Project – Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s state-owned Water and Electricity Company (WEC) has announced the consortium led by ACWA Power as the preferred bidder for its Rabigh 3 Independent Water Project (IWP), located at Rabigh on the Red Sea coast.

Rabigh 3 IWP involves the development, financing, procurement, implementation, operation and maintenance of a 600,000 cubic metres (m3)/day reverse osmosis desalination plant expandable to 1,200,000 m3/day.

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ACWA Power named preferred bidder for Rabigh 3 Independent Water Project – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2018-11-28T00:18:28+01:00

Brown and Caldwell wins DBIA awards; WEFTEC abstract deadline is Dec. 3; Modern Water expands – Atlanta

The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) announced the winners of its 2018 National Design-Build Project/Team Awards competition.

Within the water/wastewater category, two Brown and Caldwell-involved projects received accolades: National Excellence Award — RM Clayton Water Reclamation Center Headworks (City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management) and National Merit Award — Bush Beans Process Water Reclamation Facility (Bush Brothers & Company).

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Brown and Caldwell wins DBIA awards; WEFTEC abstract deadline is Dec. 3; Modern Water expands – AtlantaDME GmbH2018-11-26T23:16:02+01:00

MEDRC INVITE APPLICATIONS FOR $700,000 GLOBAL WATER PRIZE – Oman

MEDRC Water Research and The Research Council have today announced the opening of the online application window for respondents to the Oman Humanitarian Desalination Challenge Prize.

The challenge is a $700,000 prize awarded to the person or team that can deliver a hand-held, stand-alone, low-cost, desalination device suitable for short-term use and rapid deployment in the event of a humanitarian crises.

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MEDRC INVITE APPLICATIONS FOR $700,000 GLOBAL WATER PRIZE – OmanDME GmbH2018-11-26T23:18:45+01:00

Hogan lovells advises on the Sharqiyah IWP in Oman – Oman

Hogan Lovells has advised JGC Corporation, United Infrastructure Development Company (part of Bahwan Engineering Group) and Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, the successful bidder, on the Sharqiyah Independent Water Project („IWP“) in the Sultanate of Oman. Financial close was achieved on the 5^th of November, 2018.

The Sharqiyah IWP is a reverse osmosis seawater desalination plant that will sell approximately 80,000m³ of desalinated water per day for 20 years to the Oman Power and Water Procurement Co. SAOC („OPWP“) – the single buyer of power and water for all […]

Hogan lovells advises on the Sharqiyah IWP in Oman – OmanDME GmbH2018-11-25T23:19:01+01:00

Jersey desalination plant set to work again after seven years – Jersey

Island reservoirs are currently 46% full – compared to 71% at the same time in 2017.

Jersey Water said it was preparing its desalination plant because little rain was forecast for the „foreseeable future“.

It will be the first time the unit has converted seawater in seven years.

Jersey Water supplies 38,000 homes and businesses across the island.

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Jersey desalination plant set to work again after seven years – JerseyDME GmbH2018-11-24T22:39:04+01:00

Sindh Governor Imran Ismail for discouraging tax evaders – Sindh

Sindh Governor Imran Ismail has expressed that Pakistan is at a critical junction and if we don’t support our country now, then nothing will remain, neither the industry nor our home, therefore, we all need to work very hard for the progress of Pakistan.

Speaking at a meeting of Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), Governor quoted that according to the World Bank Report, there has not been a single percent increase in exports of Pakistan during the last five years.

However, our imports have jumped to […]

Sindh Governor Imran Ismail for discouraging tax evaders – SindhDME GmbH2018-11-23T08:47:14+01:00

Singapore’s Hyflux has PPP concession for Algerian desalination plant terminated – Algeria

Company says it does not agree with the action taken by Sonatrach and Algerienne des Eaux, and will “seek advice on enforcement and protection of its rights”

Hyflux, the Singapore-headquartered global developer and operator of power and water plants, announced on Tuesday that it has been served a termination notice for a sea water desalination project in Algeria.

The company said in a press statement that it received a notice of termination for its Souk Tleta Desalination Plant in the Wilaya of Tlemcen.

The […]

Singapore’s Hyflux has PPP concession for Algerian desalination plant terminated – AlgeriaDME GmbH2018-11-21T22:01:25+01:00

Powering the Universe – Dubai

Paddy Padmanathan is the President and CEO of ACWA Power. He has been chosen as the utilities industry personality of the month for his achievement at ACWA Power over the past few years.

Early this year, ACWA power set the pace for the first ever concentrated solar plant (CSP) in Dubai following a ground-breaking ceremony for the $3.8bn project at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar plant.

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Powering the Universe – DubaiDME GmbH2018-11-20T17:48:59+01:00