Volume 44, Issue no. 14
A desal Smorgasbord
This past Tuesday, Trinidad and Tobago’s Public Utilities Minister Mustapha Abdul-Hamid told the Parliament that it will take TTD10 billion ($1.58… Continue reading
AEC to add more SWRO capacity
Biwater Construction is the low bidder for Algeria Energy Corporation’s (AEC) 100,000 m3/d (26.4 MGD) Oued Sebt SWRO project. At a proposed tariff… Continue reading
Barge-mounted SWRO sets sail
Eight months after being awarded a SR200 million ($53.3 million) contract for two barge-mounted SWRO systems, WETICO/Saudi Berkefeld has shipped the… Continue reading
Befesa's new name
Befesa Construcción y Technologia Ambiental-Abengoa’s environmental services unit-has changed its name to Befesa Agua, SA to better reflect its… Continue reading
BOT prequal process opens for SWRO
Entities interested in participating in a tender process for a 100 million m3/yr (274,000 m3/d; 72 MGD) seawater desalination plant are invited to… Continue reading
Desalination report by National Academy
WDR has learned the National Academy of Sciences report entitled "Desalination: A National Perspective" will be publicly available on 24 April at… Continue reading
Future Pipe's IPO is soon to approach
Dubai-based Future Pipe Industries is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX) in May. WDR… Continue reading
Hydranautics' membrane products price increased
Hydranautics has announced a 6 percent general price increase for its RO and NF membrane products. The price increase is said to reflect increased… Continue reading
Ionics Freshwater appoints Linda Dudley
Linda Dudley has been appointed sales and marketing manager of Ionics Freshwater Ltd-a Williams Industries/GE Water joint venture-in Barbados. She… Continue reading
Islamic Project financing
Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has announced it will finance a 20 percent portion of Qatar Electricity and Water Company’s (QEWC) Ras Abu Fontas A1… Continue reading
Mixing & matching elements
Recent technological innovations have significantly improved RO membrane performance and most suppliers offer a range of products with performance… Continue reading
Never a dull moment
A dispute between Mekorot-Israel’s state-owned national water company-and IDE Technologies over the long-planned Ashdod SWRO plant will now… Continue reading
New TV show about water and desalination
The Sundance Channel's series "Big Ideas For A Small Planet" will look at water and desalination on a show being aired in the US on Tuesday, 15 April… Continue reading
Slowly making progress
San Diego’s Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) approved Poseidon’s Flow, Entrainment and Impingement Minimization Plan last week-a key… Continue reading
Two SWROs up and running
Project manager John Hodgson of WEB-Aruba confirmed that the GE SWRO system is operational. This is the first SWRO to be installed for the utility… Continue reading
Workshop for water and sanitation on May
The University of Edinburgh (Scotland) will host a workshop on Water and Sanitation in International Development and Disaster Relief on 28-30 May… Continue reading