Volume 44, Issue no. 2

13 bidders has been prequalified in Addur IWPP

14 January 2008

Bahrain’s Electricity and Water Authority has reportedly prequalified 13 firms to construct the Addur IWPP, a project that will provide up to 48 MIGD… Continue reading

Adelaide Decides on SWRO

14 January 2008

SA Water has issued a request for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from consultants interested in providing specialist advisory services to assist in… Continue reading

Desalination barges considered

14 January 2008

Queensland’s Acting Premier Paul Lucas said last week that the state is considering two barge–mounted desalination plants on the Brisbane River to… Continue reading

Desalination symposium to be held in India

14 January 2008

The Indian Desalination Association (InDA) will hold a symposium on desalination, integrated water management and reuse at Andhra University in… Continue reading

Don’t forget to vote

14 January 2008

WDR readers have until the end of January to submit nominations for the annual Global Water Awards for twelve award categories. Nominations can be… Continue reading

GE SWRO project update

14 January 2008

W.E.B Aruba desalination superintendent Filomeno “Boey” Marchena told WDR that construction of the new GE 8,000 m3/d (2.1 MGD) SWRO plant is nearing… Continue reading

George Labib now an independent consultant

14 January 2008

George Labib, former general manager of Kuwait’s United Development Company—the alliance between the Kharafi Group and GE that operates the Suliabiya… Continue reading

Gujarat seawater desalination is now under study

14 January 2008

Essar Oil’s Vadinar refinery in Gujarat, India is reported to have commissioned GE Infrastructure India to undertake a study to determine the cost of… Continue reading

Hot Air?

14 January 2008

During hot, humid summer nights of your correspondent’s non-air conditioned youth, the only available relief was that provided by a portable… Continue reading

Intake/discharge project has website

14 January 2008

A new website has been established by the Long Beach Water Department to provide historical updates and a look-ahead at its Under Ocean Floor… Continue reading

Jobs: Statkraft – Pure Energy

14 January 2008

Head of Technology – Osmotic Power. Statkraft is one of the largest energy producers in Scandinavia and a leader in environmental energy generation… Continue reading

La Paz SWRO project awarded to Severn Trent

14 January 2008

Severn Trent Services has been awarded a design/build contract for a I MGD (3,785 m3/d) SWRO facility for the Maravia Country Club Estates in La Paz… Continue reading

Larsen & Toubro's separate division plan for desalination development

14 January 2008

India’s Larsen & Toubro Ltd—a technology, engineering and construction firm and one of India’s largest private companies—is reportedly planning a… Continue reading

New desalination bill filed

14 January 2008

Florida state representative Kurt Kelly recently filed legislation referred to as ‘the desalination bill’ directing the Secretary of Environmental… Continue reading

Norwegian’s team for SWRO project

14 January 2008

Aker Kvaerner has begun construction on a 100,000 m3/d (26.4 MGD) seawater desalination plant in the Caofeidian Industrial Zone of northern China’s… Continue reading

Seminars for membrane technologies on this month

14 January 2008

Two AWWA seminars on membrane technologies will be held later this month in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The first will cover low-pressure MF/UF… Continue reading

Special membrane technology fellowship for students

14 January 2008

The National Water Research Institute (NWRI) and American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) is offering a special Fellowship for Membrane… Continue reading