Volume 44, Issue no. 25
'Carbon-neutral' claim clarified
Water Corporation's Perth Seawater Desalination Plant was the first large-scale desal facility to rely on renewable energy. The plant is actually… Continue reading
23 to 15 to 5 to 3 to 1... and back to 3
According to a strongly worded statement by Saudi Arabia's Water & Electricity Corp (WEC), the news reports that Sumitomo Corp had won preferential… Continue reading
3 days interactive desalination workshop
Bushnak Academy, in association with the IDA and EDS will present a three-day interactive desalination engineering workshop in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia… Continue reading
Aquatech receives contracts
Aquatech International has been awarded two separate contracts from Navasota Energy for water treatment systems at two of its 550 MW combined cycle… Continue reading
Australia water association goes international
The WateReuse Association and the Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) have signed an agreement to launch an international division of the… Continue reading
Brine-concentrate study RFP issued
A new study to be funded by the Bureau of Reclamation will survey the current state of southern California's brine-concentrate treatment and disposal… Continue reading
EOIs invited for SWRO intake/outfall
Initial plans called for Namibia Water Corp (NamWater) to share a seawater intake and concentrate outfall with the nearby UraMin SWRO plant. But… Continue reading
ERD/pump business growth surges
As the price of energy continues to surge, so does the market for high-efficiency hydraulic energy recovery devices for RO systems. FEDCO president… Continue reading
ERII share price "spectacular success"
Energy Recovery (NASDAQ: ERII) lived up to expectations with a share price that soared 29 percent in its first day of trading. After an initial IPO… Continue reading
GE Water and Septech sign 20-year agreement
GE Water and UAE-based Septech have announced a 20-year agreement under which Septech will purchase a “fleet” of mobile water treatment systems from… Continue reading
H2O Innovation acquires Itasca Systems
Canadian-based H2O Innovation announced it has acquired Minnesota-based Itasca Systems for $18.9 million. H2O is best known to the desalting… Continue reading
Hectoliters & Sverdrups
Just when you have become comfortable mentally converting cubic meters to million gallons or million imperial gallons, a new unit is thrown in the… Continue reading
Job opportunities
SETE Energy (www.sete-energy.com), an international water treatment project developer based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is currently recruiting for… Continue reading
Larnaca desalination plant receives award for "best innovation in industry"
The Industrial Federation of Cyprus presented its award for "Best Innovation in Industry" to the Larnaca Desalination Plant. The plant's energy… Continue reading
New Arab Water Academy
The Cairo-based Arab Water Council, Abu Dhabi Environment Agency and Dubai's International Center for Biosaline Agriculture have launched the Arab… Continue reading
People updates
Ali Kalantar has resigned his position as president and CEO of Doosan Hydro Technology and accepted a position as vice-president of Doosan Heavy… Continue reading
Toray releases new membrane
Toray Industries has released new "TorayDS" RO membrane design software to project the performance of a system employing its membranes. The user… Continue reading
VA Tech Wabag EPC contractor in Duqm SWRO project
Oman's Rural Areas Electricity Company (RAEC) has awarded a $20.8 million EPC contract to India's VA Tech Wabag to build a 6,000 m3/d (1.6 MGD) SWRO… Continue reading
Walk-ins welcome!
American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) administrator Janet Jaworski told WDR that over 650 registrations have already been received for this… Continue reading