Barcelona uses a water desalination and filtration system to meet its water needs. Reservoirs serving 6 million people in central and northern Catalonia, including Barcelona, are only at 18% of capacity.
A 33.5-kilometre pipeline will convey drinking water produced by the plant to Wanneroo Reservoir for supply into Perth’s Integrated Water Supply Scheme.
The project is set to include built-up, vegetated sand dunes on the western side of Alkimos Water Precinct.
The 250l/s reverse osmosis plant went to a consortium comprising La Peninsular Compañía Constructora and Acciona Agua, which has a 25-year concession to design, build and operate it. Another contract for the integral improvement of the distribution system went to a consortium comprising FCC Aqualia and Aqualia México for 1.3bn pesos, which now holds a 10-year concession to improve, operate and maintain the system.
The plant is commissioned by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and ACWA Power and will cost US $320 million. It will be the second largest desalination plant based on reverse osmosis (RO) technology in the world, and the largest desalination plant powered by solar energy.
The Delta Station project is a monumental endeavor in the agricultural sector, focusing on waterways and sewage in the Hamam area on the northern coast. With a capacity of 7.5 million cubic meters of water continuously utilized for Egypt’s security, agricultural runoff in the northern Delta will be collected and transported to the sewage water station through a 120-kilometer-long pipeline.
ACCIONA along with its Consortium Partner Sepco 3 and in close cooperation with Al Jubail International Water Company and the Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), has already started up the desalination plant Jubail 3B energizing the facility by switching on the power transformers and its downstream switchgears.
A non-profit organisation, XPRIZE designs and hosts public competitions intended to encourage technological development. With US$119m in the prize pot, competing teams have been tasked to develop new desalination methods and materials that can produce clean water more sustainably and affordably.
The BMC supplies 3,900 million litres of water daily (MLD) to the city. However, the city’s reliance on its seven lakes for potable water causes anxiety every year during the monsoon. So, to augment water supply, the BMC revived the ambitious project of a desalination plant.
Chilean miner Antofagasta Minerals on Thursday inaugurated a more than $2 billion desalination plant for its flagship copper mine in Chile, Los Pelambres, aimed at relieving the effects of severe drought that has hit production.
The newly operational plant boasts a remarkable capacity to produce 150,000 m3/day of drinking water, utilizing cutting-edge technologies for seawater treatment. Its design emphasizes reliability and versatility in pretreatment processes, including lamellar sedimentation, Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF), ultrafiltration, and standard chemical adjustments. These features not only ensure the plant’s adaptability to varying raw water qualities but also contribute to its low electricity consumption, setting a new benchmark for reducing carbon footprints in the face of climate change.