Volume 43, Issue no. 50
AcquaPro submitted proposals for Al Jubail desalination project
AcquaPro Worldwide CEO Frank Yacenda told WDR that his company is one of three bidders who have submitted offers to Marafiq for the supply of a… Continue reading
CCSD's geotechnical and hydrogological test permit application denied
Cambria (California) Community Services District’s plans for a desalination plant were sidetracked last week when the Coastal Commission denied… Continue reading
Desal options still under consideration
Trinidad & Tobago’s Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is still evaluating alternatives to alleviate water shortages of up to 70 MIGD (84 MGD… Continue reading
Desalination conference in Tehran
Iran’s Engineering Research Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture is organizing a desalination conference to be held in Tehran on 16-17 February… Continue reading
Fujairah 2 IWPP closes
A non-recourse finance agreement was reached last week on the $2.7 billion Fujairah 2 IWPP project. The project includes a 590,000 m3/d (155.8 MGD… Continue reading
Insane in the Membrane
Just three weeks ago, WDR reported that the MF/UF membrane market “introduced a higher level of technology to an industry that has relied on 100-year… Continue reading
MBR plant will be World’s largest
Dubai’s Palm Utilities has awarded an $800 million contract for a 220,000 m3/d (58 MGD) wastewater treatment and reuse project to a consortium of… Continue reading
Municipal BOO attracts single bidder
WDR has learned that a consortium of Veolia Environment and Israel’s Mekorot Water Company Ltd were the sole bidders in an international tender… Continue reading
Nominations invited
We have begun the annual process of selecting the best-of-the-best in the international water industry for the past year. Readers are invited to… Continue reading
Project MEDINA now in its first year completion
Project MEDINA (Membrane-based Desalination: An Integrated Approach) has completed the first year of its planned three-year duration. The goal of the… Continue reading
UF + O3 to protect Water supply
Lake Mead is formed by Colorado River water impounded by Hoover Dam and is the US’s largest man-made reservoir. It can hold 28.5 million acre-feet… Continue reading
Update on JDA's international forum for membrane research
Dr. Totaro Goto of Japan’s Water Re-use Promotion Center reported to WDR that the Japanese Desalination Association’s (JDA) recent international… Continue reading
Water 2010 white paper
The National Water Research Institute (NWRI) has published a white paper entitled Water 2010: A “Near Sighted” Program of Water Resource management… Continue reading