Regional

2016 awards announced

This year’s Global Water Awards were announced in a ceremony at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, UAE, last Tuesday night. Felipe Calderón, the former President of Mexico, presented the awards...

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Desal R&D center ponders the future

Since the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA) was established in 2009, the Australian government has funded $20 million...

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Global Water Market 2017

GWI has released its newest report, Global Water Market 2017, which details the water and wastewater operating and capital expenditures by...

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Tossing out the baby with the bathwater

Late last week, the Israeli National News carried a story under the headline “Desalination found to cause fatal heart disease”. The story said that researchers from Bar Ilan University and Tel HaShomer Hospital had concluded that patients with heart disease that lived in areas served by the country’s seawater desalination plants were more likely to die than heart disease patients in...

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United States News

DWR update website in preparation of California Water Plan

California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) has updated its website—http://www.water.ca.gov/waterplan/ —in preparation for developing the...

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NWMOA to conduct membrane workshop in Idaho

The Northwest Membrane Operator Association (NWMOA) will hold an Introduction to Membrane Systems – Membrane Operators Certification in Fruitland...

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Delay in river cutbacks requested

In 2009, the State Water Resources Control Board issued a cease and desist order requiring California American Water (CalAm) to cutback 70 percent...

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Options galore

Last week, the West Basin Municipal Water District awarded CH2M a contract to undertakean analysis of alternative project delivery models for a...

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SWRO tender canceled

Following a 26 January bid opening, where bid prices exceeded budget expectations, the 5-year DBO tender for a 22,500 m3/d (6 MGD) SWRO plant at...

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Equipment bids received for IPR project

Although the seawater desalination portion of the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project (MPWSP) project has experienced some delays (see previous...

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Asia Pacific News

International Forward Osmosis Summit in Sydney

The International Forward Osmosis Association (IFOA) and Australian Academy of Science will co-organize the International Forward Osmosis Summit...

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PUB release tender for Kranji NEWater plant

Singapore’s PUB has released a tender for an RO pilot plant at its Kranji NEWater plant, with proposals due on 12 May. Previously, AECOM was...

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Ozwater 2016 Convention

Ozwater 2016 will be held on 10-12 May at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event will include about 170 speakers, 200 exhibitors...

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PUB to release RFP for Marina East desalination plant

Singapore’s PUB said that it plans to release a request for proposals (RFP) for the Marina East Desalination Plant later this month. The...

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LOI for IWPP announced

Singapore’s Hyflux has announced that it received a letter of intent (LOI) from the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) to...

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VDP SWRO to finally deliver water

Driven by lower streamflows, higher summer demand, continued dry weather and a third consecutive year of declining water storages, Melbourne water...

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Middle East News

Chemsbro as distributor of SpectraGuard SWRO antiscalants in Saudi Arabia

H2O Innovation’s PWT subsidiary has appointed Chemsbro, a Jeddah-based member of SBCC Water Group, as a stocking distributor of its...

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Developer seeks to expand solar desal

Even before its 60,000 m3/d (16 MGD) phase one solar-powered seawater desalination plant has been constructed at Al Khafji, Riyadh-based Advanced...

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Mega-IWPP reaches financial close

Developers of Qatar’s Umm al Houl independent water and power project (IWPP) reached financial closure on the project on 11 April. The $3 billion...

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RFPs release for Sharqiyah and Salalah SWRO plants

Oman Power and Water Procurement Company has issued RFPs for SWRO tenders for the 80,000 m3/d (21.1 MGD) Sharqiyah SWRO project and the 82,000 m3/d...

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A new week, Another new SWRO IWP

Last Tuesday, for the second week in a row, Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) signed a water purchase agreement for a major seawater...

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EOIs solicited for IWP

Interested parties are being invited to submit expressions of interest (EOI) to develop, build, own and operate a 204,400 m3/d (54 MGD) SWRO...

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Global News

Desal R&D center ponders the future

Since the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA) was established in 2009, the Australian government has funded $20 million...

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Global Water Market 2017

GWI has released its newest report, Global Water Market 2017, which details the water and wastewater operating and capital expenditures by...

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CaribDA to conduct pre-conference workshop in Trinidad

The Caribbean Desalination Association (CaribDA) has added a pre-conference workshop entitled RO Optimization ahead of its upcoming annual...

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SWMOA 2016 annual symposium at Arizona

The Southwest Membrane Operator Association (SWMOA) will hold its annual symposium in Scottsdale, Arizona on 13-15 June under the theme The Growing...

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Founder hands over reins

Statiflo International founder and chief executive John Baron has sold a majority stake in the UK-based company to Gareth Fry, the company’s...

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EOIs invited for new desal plant

A request for expressions of interest (EOI) to develop a desalination plant in Tobago has been issued by the Water and Sewerage Authority of...

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