Antioch looks to use project stabilizing agreement for $60 million desalination project. The city has a $60 million desalination plant project about to hit the pipelines and is working on agreements to ensure it gets workers in a county bursting at the seams with large, ongoing construction. City Council members voted 5 to 0 on Tuesday night to pursue a project stabilization agreement (PSA) for the city’s future brackish water desalination plant. A PSA is a pre-hire umbrella contract that consolidates wages, rules and disputes for a number of different contractors or unions on a large project. (LINK). Antioch looks to use project stabilizing agreement for $60 million desalination project.DME GmbH2018-06-15T19:51:23+02:00
ADWEA pre-qualifies 25 firms for Taweela desalination project. Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) has pre-qualified 25 bidders for its mega desalination project at Taweela. The new capacity will comprise two reverse osmosis facilities each of 455,000 m3/d at Taweela power and water complex, 45 kilometers north of Abu Dhabi city The 13 companies to pre-qualify unconditionally are: ACWA Power, Acciona Agua, Aqualia, Cobra, Engie, JGC, Malakoff, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Suez, Sumitomo, Valoriza, and Veolia. (LINK). ADWEA pre-qualifies 25 firms for Taweela desalination project.DME GmbH2018-06-15T11:20:40+02:00
CoCT amends water by-laws to hit landlords and plumbers hard. The City of Cape Town has approved a number of amendments to the water by-laws. According to Mayco Member for Informal Settlements, Water and Waste Services Xanthea Limberg, the amendments include that new developments within the City must ensure water conservation and demand management systems as part of their planning applications. The City will have to approve these applications beforehand. (LINK). CoCT amends water by-laws to hit landlords and plumbers hard.DME GmbH2018-06-14T12:55:37+02:00
Drought Battle: Israel to Use Desalinated Water to Rescue the Sea of Galilee. Following five consecutive years of below-average winter rainfall, Israeli cabinet ministers passed a $30 million measure to replenish the Sea of Galilee and seven northern streams severely affected by the drought. The Dead Sea and the Jordan River are also suffering from the drought. For the first time ever, desalinated water will be pumped into the Kinneret to help replenish its water level, as well as the streams in the north. The plan also includes construction of two new desalination plants, one on the coast of the Western Galilee and a second in Sorek, where the world’s most advanced […] Drought Battle: Israel to Use Desalinated Water to Rescue the Sea of Galilee.DME GmbH2018-06-12T17:49:59+02:00
IDE buys Hutchison stake in Sorek desalination plant. The desalination engineering company exercised its first refusal rights in the plant and will now own all of it. With Israel’s water problems currently making headlines, desalination company IDE Technologies is strengthening its grip on the water desalination sector, announcing the exercise of its first refusal rights to acquire the holdings of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Water, its partner in the Sorek desalination plant franchise (49%) for NIS 195 million before adjustments, sources inform „Globes.“ (LINK). IDE buys Hutchison stake in Sorek desalination plant.DME GmbH2018-06-11T11:30:36+02:00
This Innovative Technology Harvests Water from Cooling Towers. To a researcher like Kripa Varanasi, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, a big nuclear power plant similar to the one that generates electricity near Cape Town, South Africa, is a fountain of water just waiting to be tapped. The 1,800-megawatt Koeberg Station drinks in water from the nearby Atlantic Ocean and uses it as part of its thermal cooling cycle. Just as in other industrial settings, cooling towers are an inherent part of the power plant’s steam cycle. As the reactor heats ultra-pure water to create steam to spin a turbine and generate electricity, a cloud […] This Innovative Technology Harvests Water from Cooling Towers.DME GmbH2018-06-10T16:28:43+02:00
China Energy Engineering : ACWA Power signs power and water desalination cooperation. During the MoU signing with ACWA Power’s Chairman Mohammad Abunayyan and Energy China’s Chairman Wang Jianping DUBAI — ACWA Power, a leading developer, owner, and operator of power generation and water desalination plants, on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Energy Engineering Corporation Limited, a global leader in international engineering and EPC contracting, during a ceremony in Dubai. (LINK). China Energy Engineering : ACWA Power signs power and water desalination cooperation.DME GmbH2018-06-10T10:15:16+02:00
UAE group to build Latam’s first and largest solar powered desalination project in Chile’s Atacama. UAE-based Almar Water Solutions, a specialist in the design, financing, operation and maintenance of water infrastructure, has joined hands with Chile-based Trends group of companies to develop one of the world’s largest solar powered SWRO project in the Atacama region of the South American country. The project called ‘Enapac’ (abbreviation for the spanish name “Energías y Aguas del Pacífico”) will be the first multiclient desalination plant in Chile besides being the largest in Latin America and the first large scale plant powered with photovoltaic energy and one of the most advanced projects in the world, combining reverse osmosis desalination […] UAE group to build Latam’s first and largest solar powered desalination project in Chile’s Atacama.DME GmbH2018-06-08T13:53:20+02:00
Governor calls for desalination of sea water to overcome water shortage. Sindh Governor Mohammad Zubair has said that there is a need to desalinate sea water in order to effectively overcome the ever-increasing shortage of potable water for the residents of Karachi. He stated this on Monday while speaking at a briefing held at the Governor House to review progress on the K-IV Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme being built with the support of the federal government. (LINK). Governor calls for desalination of sea water to overcome water shortage.DME GmbH2018-06-06T10:43:10+02:00
Karnataka approves techno-economical feasibility report for a desalination plant in Mangaluru. Desalination plants may be the lifeline of Gulf countries, but severe water shortage is forcing even the Karnataka government to set up one in coastal Karnataka, a region that receives good rainfall and has a number of rivers. With Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister TB Jayachandra approving the techno economical feasibility report to establish the state’s first desalination plant for potable water supply to Mangaluru City at an estimated cost Rs 805 crore, we take a look at the ins and outs of the project. (LINK). Karnataka approves techno-economical feasibility report for a desalination plant in Mangaluru.DME GmbH2018-06-06T10:39:28+02:00