Regional

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

At last week’s meeting, the city of Coachella, California, authorized the approval of a $244,729 contract with Hazen and Sawyer to undertake...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

To help relieve suffering from an ongoing drought, the State of Israel has donated a Galmobile water purification vehicle to the citizens of Papua...

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

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

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

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

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

A $2 million grant awarded to the City of El Paso, Texas, will partially fund an innovative concentrate management scheme by Enviro Water Minerals,...