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RWL completes 3-stage BWRO water treatment of Pacific Rubiales
RWL Water has completed the installation of a 500,000 bbl/d (80,000 m3/d) 3-stage BWRO produced water treatment plant for Pacific Rubiales Energy in Colombia’s largest oilfield. RWL will...
In brief: Solar photovoltaic power to be used in Aktau power and water project
India-based Empereal Energy will use solar photovoltaic (PV) power technology for a 50 MW power plant and SWRO technology for a 10,000 m3/d (2.6 MGD) desal plant rather than concentrated solar...
In brief: Construction of seawater desalination for mining increases in Chile
According to a 16 June report by Cochilco, Chile’s national copper mining commission, the use of seawater in the country’s copper mines grew to 209,500 m3/d (55.3 MGD) in 2014, and that...
São Paulo to procure 126 BWROs
Despite having 12 percent of the world’s fresh surface water resources—most of which flows down the Amazon River—portions of Brazil experience regular water stress. São Paulo is facing a historic...
Egyptian Resorts to get SWROs
UAE-based Metito has been awarded two SWRO projects for separate luxury resorts in Egypt.
The first project is a 7,400 m3/d (2 MGD) SWRO plant for Emaar Egypt’s Marassi Mediterranean Marine &...
Mexico SWRO mega-plant development gains steam
Since Consolidated Water (CWCO) acquired NSC Agua—a Mexican development company pursuing a 100 MGD (378,500 m3/d) SWRO in Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico—over five years ago, a portion of...
California Drought impacting slant well intake test
Ongoingtrials of a test slant well being conducted as part of CalAm’s MontereyPeninsula Water Supply Project (MPWSP) have been temporarily delayed after thegroundwater levels in a monitoring well...
PUB goes for a hat trick
Ten years after commissioning its first SWRO plant and two years after a second, larger plant went online, Singapore PUB has released a tender for its third SWRO plant at Tuas, in far west...
In brief: Sohar Power temporary shutdown
Oman’s Sohar Power reported that a pipe belonging to the Orpic Refinery in the port of Sohar had burst, flooding the intake area, resulting in a power and desal plant shutdown. The problems...
In brief: ILF lowest bidder for Al Zawrah 3 desal plant
ILF Consulting Engineers is reportedly the lowest of three bidders that had submitted proposals to conduct the bid preparation, design review and project management for the Al Zawra 3 desalination...
