Volume 44, Issue no. 13

Conference Calendar

7 April 2008

15-16 April (USA): The Water Executive Forum will be held at the Philadelphia Convention Center, Pennsylvania. Visit www.waterexec.com for details… Continue reading

Currency swings add to confusion

7 April 2008

Currency exchange rates are also having an impact on desal’s water costs and the way they are reported, compared and forecast. The global nature of… Continue reading

ERI’s IPO silences Pique

7 April 2008

After almost seven months of speculation, Energy Recovery Inc (ERI) filed its initial public offering (IPO) with US regulators last week in hopes of… Continue reading

Fujairah 1 SWRO Expansion considered

7 April 2008

Emirates SembCorp Water & Power - the joint venture between Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority (ADWEA) and Singapore’s SembCorp - has invited… Continue reading

Inge and LG Chem signed agreement

7 April 2008

Germany’s inge AG has entered into an agreement with Korea’s LG Chem under which LG will be the exclusive distributor of inge’s UF module in… Continue reading

Oil isn’t the only culprit

7 April 2008

Genesys’ Ted Darton and Osmoflo’s Marc Fabig both agree that it’s not just oil that’s adding to the increased cost of RO chemicals. Darton… Continue reading

Oil’s long reach

7 April 2008

We’ve all heard (or told) the story of how technological advances, economies of scale and increasing market size have contributed to the decreasing… Continue reading

Public hearing will be set for Carlsbad's SWRO discharge permit approval

San Diego’s Regional Water Quality Control Board will hold a public hearing this week to approve a condition of the Carlsbad SWRO plant’s… Continue reading

SWRO project follow-up

7 April 2008

In the 17 March issue of WDR, we included a photo captioned: Seawater intake for Peru’s first SWRO plant. We were unable to find further details of… Continue reading

Water capacity in Spain decreased at one-fifth

7 April 2008

As reservoirs in northeast Spain dropped to one-fifth of capacity, Barcelona authorities are imposing emergency measures that include emptying… Continue reading