Volume 43, Issue no. 28

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Rainbow Municipal Water District announced its board’s unanimous approval of a water purchase agreement (WPA) with Poseidon Resources under which it… Continue reading

Co-location study update

South Florida’s continuing drought has forced the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) to reevaluate its water supply options. District… Continue reading

FKAA desalination project awarded to MSI

30 July 2007

Membrane Systems, Inc (MSI), a subsidiary of H2O Innovation, has been awarded a contract to supply a 6 MGD (22,710 m3/d) desalination system to… Continue reading

France and Libya cooperation for nuclear desalination project

France and Libya have signed a memorandum of understanding under which the two countries will cooperate in building a nuclear-powered desalination… Continue reading

From tide to tap

30 July 2007

Thames Water is reported to be negotiating with a joint venture of Interserve (UK) and Acciona Agua (Spain) to build the UK’s first large-scale… Continue reading

Intake study team selected

A research project entitled Seawater Intake Systems for Desalination Plants has been awarded to Carollo Engineers by the Awwa Research Foundation… Continue reading

MWDOC and SCWD evaluates interested parties in Dana Point’s JPA project

California’s Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) met with South Coast Water District as it continues to identify cities and water… Continue reading

People who are appointed in desalination sector

Gary Crisp has left Western Australia’s Water Corporation to accept a position with GHD, an international professional services company, where he… Continue reading

Permit application complete. Finally.

After eleven months and five separate submittals, California’s Coastal Commission declared Poseidon’s application for a Coastal Development Permit… Continue reading

Project clarification report

30 July 2007

In last week’s WDR, we incorrectly reported the size of the used MED units available for sale by PROJECX. The company is offering nine units with a… Continue reading

Study to identify Desal trends

30 July 2007

A team led by Greg Leslie from the University of New South Wales UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology has been selected by the… Continue reading

WHO Guidance

30 July 2007

Last month, WDR reported the release of the WHO Guidance on Desalination for Safe Water Supply Water. Project Manager Joe Cotruvo and WHO’s Houssain… Continue reading

WWF responds to WDR

30 July 2007

We recently carried a story criticizing a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) desalination report and the polarizing publicity it generated. The story prompted… Continue reading