The year our home in Madurai ran out of water – India In the summer of 2013, we ran out of water in our home in Madurai. Like many others, we depend on the water that our borewell supplies, but after drilling past 500 feet, we hit a slushy bottom – our borewell’s way of telling us to look elsewhere. An electrician familiar with the workings of our house for decades said the house had never run out of water, which made us inclined to believe this water outage was a passing problem and more to do with the working of the borewell. The year our home in Madurai ran out of water – IndiaDME GmbH2021-11-28T15:30:55+01:00
WEG S A : Electric Motor Solutions are Adopted in Desalination Plant in Singapore – Singapore There is no doubt that one of the major water problems facing the world today is the provision of drinking water. Water scarcity was listed in 2019 as one of the biggest global risks in terms of potential impact over the next decades. Through a team of engineering specialists dedicated in the Water Industry, WEG has always been at the forefront of supplying electrical solutions for the Water Industry worldwide. (LINK) WEG S A : Electric Motor Solutions are Adopted in Desalination Plant in Singapore – SingaporeDME GmbH2021-11-27T16:17:32+01:00
ACCIONA and SEPCOII to construct $692mn Jubail 3B desalination plant – Saudi Arabia ACCIONA, together with its partner SEPCOIII, has announced that it will undertake the construction of the Jubail 3B desalination plant, which has a capacity of 570,000m3/day and will supply two million people in the cities of Riyadh and Qassim. In a statement, ACCIONA said that SEPCOII and itself are the main EPC contractors for the project, which is being developed and financed by a consortium consisting of ENGIE, NESMA and AJLAN, for the publicly owned Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC). It added that SWPC had announced the […] ACCIONA and SEPCOII to construct $692mn Jubail 3B desalination plant – Saudi ArabiaDME GmbH2021-11-25T13:47:19+01:00
How Singapore’s water management has become a global model for how to tackle climate crisis – Singapore Singapore is at the forefront of nearly all countries that have formulated a long-term plan for managing climate change and is steadfastly implementing that plan. The small island state of 6 million people was among the 40 nations invited by the US President Joe Biden to attend his leaders’ summit on tackling climate change last April. Singapore is one of most densely populated countries in the world. It faces the twin challenges of ensuring sustainable water supply during droughts as well as effective drainage during intense rain […] How Singapore’s water management has become a global model for how to tackle climate crisis – SingaporeDME GmbH2021-11-24T18:56:51+01:00
French agency extends funding for drinking water project in Puducherry by two years – India PUDUCHERRY: The comprehensive drinking water project planned by the Puducherry government at an outlay of Rs 523 crore got a fresh lease of life with the French government development agency agreeing to extend the funding by another two years for implementing the project. This was agreed upon after the Puducherry government delegation, led by PWD Minister K Lakshminarayanan, held discussions with the officials of Agence Francaise De Development (AFD), the French agency, led by Bruno Bosle, Country Director for India, a couple of days ago. “They have […] French agency extends funding for drinking water project in Puducherry by two years – IndiaDME GmbH2021-11-23T10:08:43+01:00
Gwadar residents to get fresh water supply soon – Pakistan Under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor initiative, Balochistan government has decided to initiate multiple projects for provision of clean water and its fair distribution in the coastal town of Gwadar. The project worth Rs 130 million, would also cater the future water demand and sewerage disposal system in Gwadar, said official sources. Moreover, multiple projects including, implementing water supply, distribution system, desalination plant, sewerage collection system and treatment plant has also been planned in the Master Plan of Gwadar. (LINK). Gwadar residents to get fresh water supply soon – PakistanDME GmbH2021-11-21T17:11:20+01:00
Thousands protest in dry riverbed in central Iran – Iran Thousands of Iranians gathered in a dried up riverbed in the central city of Isfahan to protest mismanagement of water resources, state media reported. Farmers and their supporters carried signs reading “Where is my Zayandeh River?” as they stood on the cracked ground where the Zayandehrood River once flowed, next to the famous Khaju bridge. The river, the largest river in Iran’s central plateau, has largely disappeared for the past two decades because of drought and diversion of water to industry and farming upstream. (LINK). Thousands protest in dry riverbed in central Iran – IranDME GmbH2021-11-20T15:18:43+01:00
BMC sets the ball rolling for first desalination plant – Mumbai – India The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has set the ball rolling for the construction of the city’s first desalination plant, which will convert sea water to drinking water. The civic body has decided to appoint consultants for vetting of designs for the 200 million litres per day (MLD) desalination plant in the western suburbs. Construction should start next year and the plant is expected to be functional in the next 4 years. The BMC anticipates the construction cost to be ₹18,000 crore. (LINK). BMC sets the ball rolling for first desalination plant – Mumbai – IndiaDME GmbH2021-11-17T09:46:59+01:00
Sindh to install desalination plant on Karachi coastline – Pakistan The Sindh government is planning to build a desalination plant to overcome water scarcity for residents of Karachi. Addressing a dialogue at the Institute of Business Administration on “Karachi: The way forward”, the city’s administrator, Murtaza Wahab, said the Ibrahim Hyderi coastal area of the city has been chosen to implement the proposed project of desalination plant. He told the audience that initially the proposed desalination plant would produce two million gallons of desalinated water daily (MGD). Later, the capacity of the plant would be scaled up to five […] Sindh to install desalination plant on Karachi coastline – PakistanDME GmbH2021-11-15T13:00:33+01:00
Reservoirs full but Chennai still buys water – India Heavy rains have kept Thervoy Kandigai reservoir brimming since Sunday. In fact, it’s been filled to capacity multiple times since it was commissioned last November. But not a drop from the waterbody — built at a cost of Rs 380 crore to augment Chennai’s drinking water supply — has been used. That’s because the city’s other reservoirs (Chembarambakkam, Poondi, Red Hills and Cholavaram) already have enough water, says a senior official from the CMWSSB. But water is still being bought from desalination plants to meet the city’s needs. On […] Reservoirs full but Chennai still buys water – IndiaDME GmbH2021-11-11T09:56:23+01:00