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Tobruk water crisis said to be imminent – Libya – Tobruk

… Tobruk’s sole working water treatment plant is again on the verge of collapse meaning that some 400,000 people could in the town could soon be without safe drinking water.

The town’s problems are nothing new. It has long been short of water. But since 2015 outdated and poorly maintained equipment has been threatening disaster. The steam desalination plant is currently working at only ten percent capacity. But now the boss of the water plant Fatalla Selim is warning that he is running out of chemicals needed to make water potable.

Selim told the Turkish broadcaster TRT […]

Tobruk water crisis said to be imminent – Libya – TobrukDME GmbH2017-09-19T14:54:31+02:00

Desalination project eyed to solve water supply lack – Philippines – Panglao Island

The Provincial Development Council (PDC) of Bohol had identified a solution to the twin problems of scarce supply of potable water and high cost of electricity besetting the development of Bohol’s tourism capital, Panglao Island.

The PDC, during a meeting last September 8, endorsed the proposed water desalination facility in Dauis, one of the two towns in Panglao Island, which will utilize partly of renewable energy.

Boheco-1 is providing power to the area, „but the proposed project [will use] solar panels during daytime operation.“ Dauis planning and development coordinator Oscar Nistal said the lot of the project […]

Desalination project eyed to solve water supply lack – Philippines – Panglao IslandDME GmbH2017-09-19T14:23:16+02:00

U.S. Water Expands its Integrated Offerings and Applications with Acquisition of Tonka Water

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Tonka Water, a major supplier of municipal and industrial water treatment systems, has joined the U.S. Water family. The acquisition of Tonka Water will allow U.S. Water to expand its integrated water treatment equipment offerings and applications. Tonka Water’s engineers customize water treatment solutions for a variety of applications including surface water, groundwater, water reuse, industrial process water, remediation and advanced wastewater treatment.

“The addition of Tonka Water to the U.S. Water family strengthens our engineering and equipment capabilities and the integrated solutions we can offer our customers throughout the market,” said LaMarr Barnes, U.S. Water […]

U.S. Water Expands its Integrated Offerings and Applications with Acquisition of Tonka WaterDME GmbH2017-09-18T09:44:28+02:00

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. Provides Update on the Impact of Hurricane Irma on its Operations USA-Florida-Cayman Islands

… We are grateful that our team is safe. Due to loss of power, our desalination plants in the British Virgin Islands remain closed following the severe damage from winds and flooding that the Islands of Tortola and Jost Van Dyke endured from Hurricane Irma.

These plants represent 800,000 gallons of daily production, equivalent to 3% of our total water capacity. We are currently unable to estimate how long it will take for power to be restored to Tortola and Jost van Dyke because of the extensive damage to the country’s infrastructure, and are also working directly with Government […]

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. Provides Update on the Impact of Hurricane Irma on its Operations USA-Florida-Cayman IslandsDME GmbH2017-09-13T19:11:00+02:00

Solar-powered seawater desalination project being unveiled in Manus Province – Papua New Guinea

… The Pacific Environment Community Fund solar-powered seawater desalination project will be officially handed over to National Planning and Monitoring Minister Richard Maru by Japan’s Ambassador Satoshi Nakajima in a handover ceremony on Bipi Island.
The grant contract was signed in April last year between PNG and Japan to allocate K12 million for this project out of the Pacific Environment Community Fund which Japan created for Pacific Island countries affected by impacts of climate change and rising sea levels.

The rural communities of Bipi, Mbuke and Whal Islands will benefit from this project. The people on these islands […]

Solar-powered seawater desalination project being unveiled in Manus Province – Papua New GuineaDME GmbH2017-09-12T13:34:25+02:00

Desalination plant to be awarded in October – Oman – Sharqiyah

…. desalination project in Sharqiyah will be awarded by Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) next month, said Yaqoob bin Saif Al Kiyumi, chief executive officer of OPWP.

Four consortiums led by prominent international developers—JGC, GS Inima, ACWA, and Tedagua—are bidding for a license to develop the IWP, which will have a desalination capacity of 17.6 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD).

The plant is expected to start operations in the third quarter of 2019, aimed at meeting growing demand for potable water. A request for proposal (RfP) for two IWPs—Sahrqiyah and Salalah IWPs—was issued in […]

Desalination plant to be awarded in October – Oman – SharqiyahDME GmbH2017-09-12T21:20:40+02:00

Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Solar Desalination USA-Washington

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Solar Energy Technology Office, a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Solar Desalination”.

This FOA supports research, development, and potential demonstration of early stage technologies that can significantly reduce the costs of desalination powered by solar thermal energy. Rather than utilizing high-value electricity as an energy input, solar thermal desalination can achieve lower costs than current reverse osmosis systems by lowering the cost of collecting and storing solar thermal energy and increasing the efficiency of thermal desalination technologies.

Additionally, thermal desalination can […]

Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Solar Desalination USA-WashingtonDME GmbH2017-09-12T10:11:46+02:00

Morocco is finalising a feasibility study and financial and institutional structures for a new seawater desalination plant project

According to L’Economiste, the plant will be located in Casablanca-Settat region, and will supply water to Casablanca.

Desalination plant projects are also reportedly in the pipeline for Al Hoceima, Chtouka, El Jadida, Essaouira, Laayoune, Safi, Saidia, and Tiznit-Sidi; as well as Abengoa’s up to 450,000 cu/m per day project in Agadir.

“With increasing demand and insufficient local resources, the only recourse to reduce the deficit in industrial or agriculture drinking water is desalination of seawater,” said Morocco’s secretary of state for water Charafate Afailal.

The North African country is currently implementing its Water Security Law and […]

Morocco is finalising a feasibility study and financial and institutional structures for a new seawater desalination plant projectDME GmbH2017-09-11T17:41:46+02:00

Tax regime delays Chennai’s third desalination plant – India-Chennai

Floating of tender for Chennai’s third desalination plant has been delayed due to the Goods and Services Tax.

The tender for 150 MLD (million litres daily) desalination plant to be set up at Nemelli was scheduled to be floated on August 31. However, it was delayed due to GST, sources said.

The plant which is being funded by German agency KfW has been delayed over the price of components to be supplied for the project as it has to be reworked following the introduction of GST.

It is learnt that the tender is likely to be […]

Tax regime delays Chennai’s third desalination plant – India-ChennaiDME GmbH2017-09-11T17:35:02+02:00

Plans for the biggest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere received final California state approval – USA-California

… clearing the way for construction to start next year and for the plant to open north of San Diego in 2011.

The California State Lands Commission, which unanimously approved the plant at a meeting in Los Angeles, was the last hurdle before construction can begin. The $300-million (about R2,1-billion) plant will turn seawater from a lagoon off Carlsbad into 50 million gallons of drinking water daily, enough to supply about 110,000 households and about 10 percent of the needs of San Diego County, home to 3 million people.

Desalination is common in the Middle East, but […]

Plans for the biggest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere received final California state approval – USA-CaliforniaDME GmbH2017-09-11T17:35:00+02:00