Saudi SWCC inks agreement for 3 floating desalination plants. Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has reportedly inked a deal with an international firm for the production of 150,000 cubic meters of potable desalinated water daily through three floating desalination plants established on barges. Each floating desalination plant was confirmed to offer a production capacity of of 50,000 cubic meters of desalinated water per day. The barges were designed to be stationed opposite Al-Shaqeeq desalination plants in order to feed the SWCC tanks with desalinated water. (LINK). Saudi SWCC inks agreement for 3 floating desalination plants.DME GmbH2018-07-09T22:54:48+02:00
Study finds potential in brackish groundwater desalination. New research suggests there’s a large untapped resource for many of the increasingly water-limited regions of the U.S. and around the world: brackish groundwater, which, in theory at least, would require much less energy to desalinate than seawater. The amount of brackish groundwater in the United States is about 800 times greater than the total amount of groundwater withdrawn nationwide for all uses, according to a U.S. Geological Survey study. So, using even a fraction of that resource could dramatically improve the prospects for water-starved communities, especially as potable water becomes more scarce, as climate change models predict. […] Study finds potential in brackish groundwater desalination.DME GmbH2018-07-08T22:19:04+02:00
Saudi PIF takes key stake in Acwa Power. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has acquired a significant stake in the International Company For Water And Power Projects (Acwa Power), a leading developer, owner, and operator of power generation and water desalination plants. As a result of the investment, PIF will become a 15.2 per cent direct shareholder in Acwa Power and, by taking into account the 9.78 per cent ownership of its wholly-owned subsidiary Sanabil Direct Investments Company, PIF’s total shareholding directly and indirectly represents a 24.98 per cent equity interest in Acwa Power, a statement said. (LINK). Saudi PIF takes key stake in Acwa Power.DME GmbH2018-07-07T17:32:14+02:00
PUB and research partner to reduce energy consumption of seawater desalination. To meet Singapore’s water needs and reduce the energy costs of treating seawater, national water agency PUB and its research partner Evoqua Water have announced a new process that can potentially reduce the energy consumption of seawater desalination by half. Currently, up to 30 per cent of Singapore’s water needs is desalinated by reverse osmosis, a process which pushes seawater through membranes that filter out dissolved salts and minerals. (LINK). PUB and research partner to reduce energy consumption of seawater desalination.DME GmbH2018-07-06T18:56:30+02:00
Imran offers garbage-fuelled desalination plant to Karachi. Imran Khan proposed to solve Karachi’s garbage problem by using it to generate electricity, simultaneously powering a desalination plant for overcoming the water shortage in the city. He made this declaration soon after PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif and PPP leader Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari promised to convert Karachi into a model South Asian city. Speaking with media persons here, he said: “My dream of New Pakistan cannot be realized until and unless I develop this city,” he said. (LINK). Imran offers garbage-fuelled desalination plant to Karachi.DME GmbH2018-07-06T13:30:20+02:00
Status quo extended on Nemmeli plant’s tender. The Madras High Court has extended till July 10 the operation of the status quo ordered earlier, in the matter of calling for tenders for setting up an 150-MLD sea water desalination plant in Nemmeli on the East Coast Road. Justice T Raja granted the extension while passing interim orders on a plea by Singh Electricals and Constructions seeking to quash tender notification issued by Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewage Board in 2016. (LINK). Status quo extended on Nemmeli plant’s tender.DME GmbH2018-07-05T01:08:52+02:00
State of Hawaii Secures $2 Million in Federal Funding for Solar Desalination Development. KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII—The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) is set to receive a $2 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to advance solar-thermal desalination technologies, which can reduce cost and expand the market for creating freshwater from otherwise unusable waters. The project at NELHA will demonstrate improvements to thermal desalination technologies and low-cost integrated designs for solar-thermal collection and storage to reduce the cost of desalination at its Hawaii Ocean Science and Technology Park (HOST Park) on the Island of Hawaii. (LINK). State of Hawaii Secures $2 Million in Federal Funding for Solar Desalination Development.DME GmbH2018-07-04T11:11:35+02:00
Wadi Dayqah water project to go ahead this year. An ambitious plan to harness the prodigious water capacity of the Wadi Dayqah reservoir in Muscat Governorate is back on track, with the state-owned Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) set to launch an international competitive tender for this unique project. Envisaged is an Independent Water Project (IWP) of a capacity ranging from 90,000 to 125,000 cubic metres /day (equivalent to 20 – 27.5 million imperial gallons per day MIGD) that will tap the Wadi Dayqah reservoir— the largest surface water resource in the Sultanate — to supply potable and irrigational water to parts of the capital […] Wadi Dayqah water project to go ahead this year.DME GmbH2018-07-03T02:17:58+02:00
Antifouling membranes for single-step desalination. A filter for water purification that can replace, with a single step, the complex, time-consuming and multi-stage processes currently needed, has been developed by a team from CSIRO Manufacturing (Sydney, Australia; www.csiro.au), led by Dong Han Seo. The team has demonstrated water desalination via a membrane distillation (MD) process using a graphene membrane, called graphair. Water permeation is enabled by nanochannels of multilayer, mismatched, partially overlapping graphene grains. (LINK). Antifouling membranes for single-step desalination.DME GmbH2018-07-03T02:14:39+02:00
HC to decide fate of tender for desalination plant. The Madras High Court would decide on Tuesday the fate of a tender floated by Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) in November 2016 inviting international bids for designing, building and maintaining for 20 years, a 150 million litres per day (MLD) desalination plant, based on Sea Water Reverse Osmosis at Nemmili on East Coast Road here. Justice T. Raja has posted a writ petition that sought for quashing the 2016 tender notification for final hearing on Tuesday and directed CMWSSB to maintain status quo till then. Ranchi-based firm Singh Electricals and Constructions, one of the […] HC to decide fate of tender for desalination plant.DME GmbH2018-07-02T11:25:30+02:00