Recent News Stories
BEL Group is in need of area sales manager
BEL Group, a leading producer of RO pressure vessels, is seeking an area sales manager for central Europe. The position requires a graduate engineer… Continue reading
Conference to focus on desal intakes
Intake-related issues continue to factor heavily into the feasibility, project economics and environmental impacts of all surface water desalination… Continue reading
Consultant sought for reuse expansion
West Basin Municipal Water District has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to consultants interested in providing engineering services for a… Continue reading
Desal plant EES on public exhibition
Last week, the Environment Effects Statement (EES) for Victoria's planned 411 ML/d (108 MGD) Victorian Desalination Project was made available for… Continue reading
Doosan Heavy Industries lowest bidder in Jeddah 3 SWRO project
WDR has learned that Doosan Heavy Industries has been selected as EPC contractor for the 240,000 m3/d (63.4 MGD) SWRO Jeddah 3 desalination project… Continue reading
Finally
Using his oft-repeated line, Carlsbad Mayor Bud Lewis said, "When this whole process started in 1994, I had hair. It's now 2008 and all I have left… Continue reading
Hydraulic booster retrofit available
Why would someone replace an isobaric pressure exchanger with a hydraulic pressure booster? According to Eli Oklejas, president of FEDCO, "The… Continue reading
Jeddah 3 SWRO project selects Doosan Heavy as EPC contractor
WDR has learned that Doosan Heavy Industries has been selected as EPC contractor for the 240,000 m3/d (63.4 MGD) SWRO Jeddah 3 desalination project… Continue reading
SWRO will serve rural coastal area
Korea's Hankook Jungsoo Industries (HaJI) commissioned its first RO plant in the Western Hemisphere last week. The 100,000 GPD (380 m3/d) SWRO plant… Continue reading
Who's who of desal responds to RFQ
Five teams submitted statements of qualifications (SOQ) in response to the City of Hialeah's RFQ for firms interested in designing, building and… Continue reading
2007 desal capacity grows by 24.5%
A review of the desalination data being compiled for the 21st edition of the IDA Worldwide Desalting Plant Inventory shows that contracted desal… Continue reading
A new approach to deep sea RO
If a membrane is placed deep enough in the sea, the static pressure will provide enough head to drive the reverse osmosis process. All that's needed… Continue reading
AECOM splits up Earth tech assets
Los Angeles-based AECOM Technology Corp has completed a $510 million acquisition of Tyco International's Earth Tech and immediately began the… Continue reading
CWCO's 1st half operation results
Consolidated Water Company (CWCO) released its operating results for the first six months of 2008 last week, showing an increase in revenues of $4… Continue reading
Deadline of submission of prequalification process for Soreq SWRO project extended
The deadline for consortia interested in participating in the pre-qualification process for 100 million m3/yr (72 MGD) Soreq SWRO project has been… Continue reading