Volume 44, Issue no. 20

Aquatech new regional sales manager

Aquatech International has announced that Mike Gisclair has joined the company as a regional sales manager. He has over 10 years of experience in the… Continue reading

Bill Conlon returns to PB Water

Bill Conlon has resigned his position as Doosan Hydro Technology's vice president and chief engineer to return to PB Water. He will be based in the… Continue reading

Brett Andrews promoted as president and COO of Hydranautics

Hydranautics has named Brett Andrews as its president and COO. He was the company's former vice president of sales and marketing and can be contacted… Continue reading

Danfoss-Sea Recovery a new commercial line of industrial SWRO Systems

Danfoss Group and Sea Recovery Corp have rebranded a new commercial line of industrial SWRO systems for shipboard and offshore industries under the… Continue reading

Disruptive or disruption

2 June 2008

A 'disruptive innovation' is one that revolutionizes the status quo. It's a term that seems to be replacing 'paradigm shift' as an overused buzzword… Continue reading

Former Turbo user acquires company

2 June 2008

While chairman and CEO of Ridgewood Egypt, Don Stewart oversaw the delivery of more than 50 RO installations supplying half of Egypt's installed… Continue reading

Gov't OKs plant expansion

2 June 2008

Valencia's regional government-the principal thorn in the side of the central government's efforts to expand Spain's desal capacity-has withdrawn its… Continue reading

Heckman plans to acquire Asia's bottled water industry

2 June 2008

Dick Heckmann, former head of USFilter and architect of the company's acquisition by Veolia (then Vivendi) is back in the water business. He has… Continue reading

IDE prevails in Ashdod lawsuit

2 June 2008

A restraining order has been issued against a unit of Mekorot-Israel's national water company-in its development of the Ashdod SWRO project because… Continue reading

IGW seeks desal sales professional

2 June 2008

iGlobal Water (IGW), a privately-owned water supply company, is seeking a Europe-based Desalination Sales Professional with experience in industrial… Continue reading

Pre-qual deadline extended

2 June 2008

Consortia interested in participating in the pre-qualification process for the 100 million m3/yr (72 MGD) Sorek SWRO project have been given an… Continue reading

Projects should ease water woes

2 June 2008

Facing a water shortage one newspaper called "more important than finding a solution to political problems" between the Greek and Turkish sides, both… Continue reading

Rain lessens Barcelona's water scarcity

2 June 2008

Recent heavy rains have eased Spain's worst drought in decades and reservoirs serving Barcelona are now at 44 percent of capacity, up from 20 percent… Continue reading

Red Sea Dead Sea Water Conveyance project study has been started

2 June 2008

French consultant Coyne et Bellier has been awarded the tender to conduct the feasibility portion of the Red Sea Dead Sea Water Conveyance (RSDSC… Continue reading

Seabed intake study set to start

Five Orange County water agencies will contribute $3.3 million of the $4.8 million total cost to conduct phase three of Municipal Water District of… Continue reading

SWRO market exceeds forecast

2 June 2008

A review of the installed SWRO capacity over the last five years indicates it is growing at a compound annual growth rate of 55 percent. Data in the… Continue reading

Taunton River desal plant project is now operating

Anthony Drigo, Inima's civil works project manager on the Taunton River Desal Plant in Massachusetts, told WDR that the project is concluding its… Continue reading

Thin membrane could lower energy, size

A Silicon Valley-based company would like to do for the membrane and desalination business what mobile phones did to telephony. Agua Via says their… Continue reading

Thorold Cogeneration facility project goes to Aquatech

2 June 2008

Aquatech International has announced that it has received a contract for an industrial treatment facility for the Thorold Cogeneration facility in… Continue reading

Veolia Water appoints new CEO

Laurent Auguste has been appointed CEO of Veolia Water North America. He was formerly an area manager with the company's Japan office and will be… Continue reading