According to the SCzone press release, the desalination project will be implemented in several phases. The expected daily capacity of the future facility is 250,000 m3. “It should be noted that preparations are underway with a view to launching a global call for tenders for the first phase of the work”, says the Egyptian industrial and commercial centre, located on the main trade route between Europe and South Asia.
Water is a common good but at a high price for the smaller islands. The study “Environmental and economic costs of desalination” was illustrated in the Press Room of the Chamber of Deputies with a case study on the smaller Sicilian islands:
• the average cost of producing desalinated water from fixed plants is around 12 euros/m3;
• the Lipari and Lampedusa plants consume energy for 2.8 million euros per year, with total annual management costs exceeding 12 million euros to produce 1.5 million m3/year of water.
n the early days, Águas do Algarve talked about the project costing “around €50 million”. That figure is now €90 million – the funding of which is to be covered by recovery and resilience funding (RRP) from Brussels.
The project, awarded to ACCIONA in 2020 – together with its partners Jardine Engineering Corporation Limited and China State Construction Engineering Limited – includes the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the first phase of the desalination plant.
The facility will have a capacity of 135,000 m3/day, equivalent to the water consumption of 850,000 people. The contract period is ten years, with a possible extension for another five years.
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ACCIONA along with its Consortium Partner Sepco 3 and in close cooperation with Al Jubail International Water Company and the Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC), has already started up the desalination plant Jubail 3B energizing the facility by switching on the power transformers and its downstream switchgears.
Gaza has one of the highest population densities in the world and has been under a tough Israeli blockade since 2007 when the Islamist Hamas movement seized power.
In the past, drinking tap water was the norm but “no one does it now” because the risk of infection and disease is too high, Sami Abu Omar, a 58-year-old resident of the southern city of Khan Younis, tells EFE.
Chilean miner Antofagasta Minerals on Thursday inaugurated a more than $2 billion desalination plant for its flagship copper mine in Chile, Los Pelambres, aimed at relieving the effects of severe drought that has hit production.
The mine is the first to operate with desalinated water in an area of the country that has suffered a 15-year drought, sucking water from reservoirs and sparking concern over the fresh water supply.
The XPRIZE Foundation, a California nonprofit that designs and hosts public competitions intended to encourage technology development, has announced launch of a five-year global effort that will provide a total of $119 million in funding for new approaches to address water scarcity through sustainable seawater desalination.
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“The first phase will be operational in June 2025, injecting 50,000 m3 per day into the network,” Thiam said, adding that the project’s social aspect, supporting local professionals in fisheries and agriculture sectors as part of the corporate social responsibility initiatives associated with the desalination project.
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