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Cuba’s struggle for water

Cubans face a daily battle for drinking water as the country experiences one of its worst droughts in 100 years.

Cuba is experiencing one of its worst droughts in 100 years. Although the government provides drinking water, the shortages caused by the lack of rain are compounded by an aging and dilapidated infrastructure. More than 50 percent of the available water is lost to a leaking drainage system and state water officials must manually change the flow of water in the pipes every day to ensure an equal water divide between houses and neighbourhoods.

Even so, some cities in […]

Cuba’s struggle for water2017-04-11T11:45:45+02:00

Chennai/India – Desalination plant has good governance

BJP poll promises: Desalination plant, good governance

The saffron party also assured to take steps for a desalination plant in the constituency if its candidate Gangai Amaran was elected.

The BJP on Sunday appealed to the RK Nagar voters to give a chance to the party to ensure Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s good schemes and corruption free governance, to Tamil Nadu. The saffron party also assured to take steps for a desalination plant in the constituency if its candidate Gangai Amaran was elected. (LINK)

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Chennai/India – Desalination plant has good governance2017-04-10T12:51:57+02:00

A new UNICEF seawater desalination plant is providing safe tap water to southern Gaza Strip

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In January, UNICEF and partners completed the construction of a €10 million seawater desalination plant funded by the European Union. It will initially produce 6,000 cubic metres of safe drinking water a day, providing it to 75,000 people living in the southern Gaza Strip – about 35,000 people in Khan Younis and 40,000 people in Rafah.

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June Kunugi, UNICEF State of Palestine Special Representative, still remembers the day she arrived at the site of construction of the plant in April 2013. “All I saw was just an empty stretch of land,” she says.

“Today the plant has […]

A new UNICEF seawater desalination plant is providing safe tap water to southern Gaza Strip2017-04-07T15:05:12+02:00

Israel’s desalinated water could pose major health risk to millions of children By Andrew Tobin | March 30, 2017

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“We could be talking about a significant detriment across the population,” said Aron Troen, a nutritional neuroscientist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem who helped lead the survey. “For anyone below the minimum level, you may loose 7 to 10 to 12 IQ points, which translates into a huge decrease in GDP due to reduced productivity.”

“We are concerned that increased reliance on desalinated water in the Israeli food chain is contributing to iodine insufficiency in the population.” (LINK)

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Israel’s desalinated water could pose major health risk to millions of children By Andrew Tobin | March 30, 20172017-04-06T14:17:53+02:00

Qurayyat Desalination SAOC (“Qurayyat”), a company incorporated in theSultanate of Oman, has increased its share capital

Qurayyat Desalination SAOC (“Qurayyat”), a company incorporated in theSultanate of Oman, has increased its share capital2017-04-06T13:34:00+02:00

Surface Ocean – Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS)

National reports from Spain, Canada, Finland, Poland, China (Taipei), China (Beijing), Germany, Japan, Belgium and Australia are available here. The reports present activities that took place in 2016 and future plans.
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More reports are expected and will be available online as they come in. (LINK)

 

For more details please go to: http://www.solas-int.org/about/solas.html

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„Since 2004, the International Surface Ocean – Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) project is an international research initiative aiming to understand the key biogeochemical-physical interactions and feedbacks between the ocean and atmosphere. Achievement of this goal is important to understand and quantify the role […]

Surface Ocean – Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS)2017-04-05T13:52:12+02:00

Chlor gas leak at desalination plant in Oman’s Samail quickly contained

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“A total evacuation of staff has occurred, and we are waiting for the arrival of the team dealing with hazardous materials,” a later tweet said, sharing a picture of the scene, with Civil Defence and ROP vehicles on standby.

An hour later, a team in orange suits and head masks from Civil Defence vehicles arrived to contain the leak.

Just past 7:30 in the evening, PACDA tweeted the successful containment of the chlorine leak. (LINK)

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Chlor gas leak at desalination plant in Oman’s Samail quickly contained2017-04-03T10:52:50+02:00

Neue Ultrafiltrationsanlage für Gammelshausen – Landkreis Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg

Der Gammelshäuser Gemeinderat hat die Aufträge für den Einbau einer Ultrafiltrationsanlage mit Austausch der Elektrotechnik im Hochbehälter Halden vergeben. Bürgermeister Daniel Kohl äußerte sich erfreut darüber, dass für alle vier Gewerke – Elektrotechnik, Verfahrenstechnik, Ultrafiltrationsanlage und Fliesenarbeiten – bekannte und zuverlässige Firmen beauftragt werden können. Mit den ersten Arbeiten wird bereits am 1. April begonnen, da der zu erwartende Zuschuss an diesen Termin geknüpft ist. (LINK)

Neue Ultrafiltrationsanlage für Gammelshausen – Landkreis Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg2017-03-31T11:24:02+02:00

Seca prolongada no Nordeste desperta interesse por dessalinização!

A escassez de água, em decorrência da seca que já dura cinco anos no Nordeste, despertou o interesse de empresas e governos para soluções de tecnologia que promovam a dessalinização da água do mar.

No último dia 13, o governo do Ceará lançou edital para contratar empresa responsável pela elaboração de uma planta de dessalinização na região metropolitana de Fortaleza, com capacidade para gerar 1 metro cúbico por segundo (m³/s) de água potável para a rede de abastecimento. Esse volume equivale a cerca de 15% do consumo de Fortaleza.

Desde 2016, os 17 municípios da região, […]

Seca prolongada no Nordeste desperta interesse por dessalinização!2017-03-31T10:51:13+02:00

New bill seeks to protect Israel’s marine ecology

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Adam Teva V’Din marine management head Adv. Tammy Ganot says that preservation of the ecosystem is important not only „in the classic sense of a variety of species and nature that are important in themselves, but also for our ability to makes use of the ecosystem, the use of water for desalinization, for example. Water contaminated with oil cannot be used for desalinization, and 70% of the drinking water today is from desalinization. That means that the sea cannot be used for fishing, which harms tourism, and requires taking notice of the enormous damage that can result from […]

New bill seeks to protect Israel’s marine ecology2017-04-05T15:06:52+02:00
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