Regional - Global News
Four teams submit bids for Djibouti SWRO plant
Last week four bids were opened for a 22,500 m3/d (6 MGD) SWRO plant for Djibouti City, Djibouti. The plant was tendered as a 5-year DBO and its scope includes laying a 7.5km (4.7 mile) pipeline,...
AfDB grant Cape Verde funds to develop wave-powered desalination plant
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), hosted by the African Development Bank, has awarded Cape Verde a $930,000 grant to develop a 4,000 m3/d (1 MGD) wave-powered desalination plant....
More on power plant FGD ELGs
Inlast week’s WDR, the table listing the power plant effluent limitationguidelines (ELGs) incorrectly included the monthly average limit for seleniuminstead ofthe daily maximum limit. HDR vice...
Oil prices fall to $29.25/barrel
Last week, the price of oil dropped to $29.25/barrel, a drop of more than 74 percent since reaching $115/barrel last summer, with some analysts predicting it could fall as low as $10/barrel.
Upcoming Desal Calendar
18-21 January, UAE – The International Water Summit will be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE. For information, visit http://iwsabudhabi.com.
26-28 January (Texas) – The Produced Water Society will hold its...
Nomination opens for NWRI-AMTA Fellowships for Membrane Technology
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and National Water Research Institute (NWRI) have issued a call for nominees for the NWRI-AMTA Fellowships for Membrane Technology. Two, 2-year...
Join Research Centre release Water Reuse in Europe guidelines
The Joint Research Centre, the European Commission’s in-house science service has recently published Water Reuse in Europe, a report which provides guidelines to implement water reuse in...
Other projects
At the start of 2015, the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department began the process of pre-qualifying possible participants for its $150 million DBFO South Miami Heights BWRO project, as CDM Smith...
IDA World Congress
In preparation of the Biennial International Desalination Association’s (IDA) 2015 World Congress in San Diego, WDR looked back at two previous events: the 1995 World Congress in Abu Dhabi and the...
Djibouti SWRO plant expect four consortium proposals
Four shortlisted consortia—Acciona/Vinci; Degrémont (Suez)/Cosmezz; OTV (Veolia)/Colas; and Tedagua/Eiffage—are expected to submit DBO proposals for a 22,500 m3/d (6 MGD) SWRO for the Republic of...
