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Conflict Closes Libya City’s Water Treatment Plant, 125,000 Have No Water Access. Publication Argues The 2011 NATO Invasion Was A Water War.

Unprecedented levels of fighting“ last week forced closure of the Derna, Libya, desalination plant.

The port city of Derna, in the east of the country, is facing severe water, food and medicine shortages, and electricity and water has been completely cut off for 125,000 residents.

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Conflict Closes Libya City’s Water Treatment Plant, 125,000 Have No Water Access. Publication Argues The 2011 NATO Invasion Was A Water War.2018-06-05T14:32:47+02:00

Desalination Deal Draws Criticism from Groups Concerned about Water Affordability.

Today Orange County Water District released the terms of a new agreement with Poseidon Water for a corporate desalination plant proposed for Huntington Beach.

The agreement would require Orange County ratepayers to buy Poseidon’s costly desalinated water for 30-35 years, while guaranteeing a profit for Poseidon’s investors.

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Desalination Deal Draws Criticism from Groups Concerned about Water Affordability.2018-06-04T00:29:55+02:00

ST Engineering’s Marine Arm Forms JV with Tuas Power to operate and maintain desalination plant.

ST Marine’s initial capital injection for its 40% equity in the paid-up capital of the TP-STM Water Services Pte Ltd is S$8,400. This JV company is set up to undertake operations and maintenance of Singapore’s fifth desalination plant on Jurong Island for a concession period of 25 years from 2020.

Separately, ST Marine and Tuas Power had also formed a 40:60 Engineering, Procurement and Construction consortium that has since commenced preliminary design work for the desalination plant.

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ST Engineering’s Marine Arm Forms JV with Tuas Power to operate and maintain desalination plant.2018-06-01T13:15:44+02:00

Hyflux exits contract with SWCC amid company reorganisation.

Hyflux has quit a contract with Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) for three seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plants, amid moves to restructure the company.

The contract to design, build, supply, test, and commission SWROs in Duba, Wajh, and Haql, in the west of Saudi Arabia, was terminated with mutual agreement after SWCC requested to change the project to a build, own, transfer (BOT) model.

Hyflux, which is poised to begin a reorganisation of its debt, chose not to continue because it would have been required to invest capital into project development. Hyflux received $3.5 million in […]

Hyflux exits contract with SWCC amid company reorganisation.2018-06-01T00:27:18+02:00

Small business owner celebrates desalination success story.

In response to the water shortages which have plagued the Western Cape throughout summer the owner of the Engen False Bay 1Stop has built his own desalination plant to ensure that his customers have purified water.

Kobus Pretorius, who is the Engen False Bay 1Stop situated 10km outside of Somerset West, says that as a responsible business owner operating a time when water shortages and the urgency to save water to prevent Day Zero were a reality he had to do something about it.

 

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Small business owner celebrates desalination success story.2018-05-30T00:15:58+02:00

Cyclone Mekunu shuts Salalah seawater desalination plant.

Oman on Sunday advised all private sector establishments in Dhofar region to shut down for three days after Cyclone Mekunu hit the southern part of the Gulf Arab country, causing extensive damage that halted operations at Salalah port.

The labour ministry declared a three-day holiday for companies and establishments in the private sector, state news agency ONA reported on Sunday.

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Cyclone Mekunu shuts Salalah seawater desalination plant.2018-05-28T22:59:39+02:00
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