2017-2022 Global Seawater Desalination Membrane Market Analysis
Residents in Paphos face the possibility of severe water shortages if there is little rain this winter as plans to construct a new desalination plant for the district continue to move at a sluggish pace.
China desalinates nearly 1.2 mln tonnes of seawater daily
Xinhuanet News
The daily output of China’s 131 seawater desalination projects reached more than 1.18 million tonnes by the end of 2016, according to an official report released Wednesday. Sixty-six percent has been used for industrial purposes and the rest for residential use. China will speed up the legislation on seawater utilization, expand the use of seawater and address public concerns over drinking desalinated seawater, said Qu Tanzhou, head of science and technology department under the SOA.
Red alert: Worst water crisis see Chennai’s reservoir dry after 14 years (India)
Chennai is facing a water crisis similar to that of 2003-04, as the Red Hills reservoir, one of the city’s key water sources, has dried up for the first time in nearly 14 years. The reservoir previously ran dry in 1983 and then in 2003-2004; and in the first week of November 2015, had around 20 million cubic feet of water before rains came to the city’s rescue, said a Metro Water official. “Our only hope is the desalination plants — which provide 180 MLD of water — and groundwater sources,” the official added.
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Private desalination plant told to suspend operations (India)
Administration says it had failed to set right infrastructure.
The district administration has asked the South Ganga Water Technology Private Limited, a private desalination plant, at the coastal Krishnapuram, near here to temporarily suspend operations for failing to set right the infrastructure in the plant as per the guidelines.