Company - General
In brief: Palmachim SWRO plant sold to Israel Infrastructure Fund
The Azrieli Group has announced the closing of the transaction to sell the 300,000 m3/d (79 MGD) Palmachim SWRO plant in Israel. One year ago, Azrieli said that it would sell the project to the...
In brief: Evoqua to supply water screens equipment to Ristrophsss
Evoqua Water Technologies has been awarded a contract to supply eight traveling water screens equipped with Ristroph-type fish screen modifications at Xcel Energy’s Black Dog power generating...
Port to expand SWRO capacity
Adelaide-based Osmoflo has been awarded a contract to supply 4,500 m3/d (1.2 MGD) of desalted seawater to the Fortescue Metals Group facility at Port Hedland, in Western Australia’s Pilbara region....
In brief: Danfoss to expand iSave ERD product line
Danfoss has announced that it will extend the capacity of its iSave energy recovery device (ERD) product line by 75 percent with the introduction of the iSave 50 and iSave 70. The new ERDs, which...
In brief: WateReuse Research issue RFP for public health monitoring
The WateReuse Research Foundation (WRRF) has issued an RFP to fund the preparation of a white paper entitled White Paper on the Feasibility of Establishing a Framework for Public Health Monitoring....
The end of employee ownership?
Latelast week, Denver-based CH2M announced that Apollo Global Management, a NewYork-based private equity company, wouldinvest $300 million in the firm andtake two of its six independent board...
Event focuses on inland water supplies
Sixty attendees participated in a membrane workshop jointly organized by the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and the Southwest Membrane Operators Association (SWMOA) in Carefree,...
In brief: Layne Christensen to pursue "selective growth opportunities"
Layne Christensen said that it will use the $34.5 million in proceeds from the sale of its geoconstruction unit of the UK’s Keller Group to pursue “selective growth opportunities”...
Firm ships its largest ERDs
California-based Isobarix said that it completed the first shipment of its XPR-809 series energy recovery device (ERD)—which it says is the “largest rotary pressure exchanger-type device”—last...
A look back
Few desalination companies have remained intact over the 50 years that WDR has been covering the industry. While many of desal’s legacy brands may still exist as product lines within a larger water...
