Regional - Middle East News
Bidding extended on SWRO BOT project
Local Jordanian companies interested in participating in a project to build-operate-transfer (BOT) a 12,000 m3/d (3.2 MGD) SWRO plant for the Arab Fertilizers and Chemical Industries Ltd (KEMAPCO)...
RFP out for SWCC's mega-SWRO
A request for proposals (RFP) has been issued for the Saline Water Conversion Corporation’s (SWCC) Jeddah 4 SWRO project. The plant will have a production capacity of 400,000 m3/d (106 MGD) and...
Iran desal development
Bushehr Water & Wastewater Company has issued a request for statements of qualification from firms interested in participating in build-own-operate tenders for two seawater desalination plants...
Oman: Government to announce new IWPs
Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP), a wholly government-owned entity, issued a tender pre-announcement yesterday in which it said it is in the process of preparing an RFQ on new water...
Let There Be Water book available in market and online
Seth M. Siegel’s book, Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World, was released last week. The 316-page book is available in print and Kindle versions at...
Mitsubishi to construct Tuas water reclamation plant
PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, has contracted Mitsubishi to build a demonstration-scale Integrated Validation Plant to test the technologies that could potentially be implemented at...
UAE: SWRO commissioned
Pittsburgh-based Aquatech has reported that the successful commissioning of a 68,130 m3/d (18 MGD) SWRO plant for Federal Electricity & Water Authority (FEWA) in Ghalilah, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE....
Five companies bid for Oman's proposed desalination plants
Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) said that five companies have submitted bids in response to its recent tender for “urgent and temporary” seawater desalination services...
Global Water Summit 2016 to be held in UAE
GWI announced that Abu Dhabi, UAE, would be the host city for its 2016 Global Water Summit. The event, which will include Technology Idol, will be held on 19-20 April at the Etihad Towers. As more...
Kuwait: Reuse plant expansion underway
When it was commissioned in 2004, Kuwait’s 375,000 m3/d (99 MGD) Sulaibiya Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation Plant was the world’s largest reclamation plant to employ UF-RO technology. It is a...
