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government-the principal thorn in the side of the central government's efforts to expand Spain's desal capacity-has withdrawn its… Continue reading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