Desal Data News | British Virgin Islands

WAPA will outsource all seawater desal

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00

After completing its evaluation of the six proposals to supply up to 4 MGD of SWRO capacity, the Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority’s (WAPA) board has voted to negotiate a water supply contract with Seven Seas Water. Under the proposed…

WAPA moves to outsource all water desalination to Seven Seas

Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00

The V.I. Water and Power Authority voted Monday to outsource all of its water desalination territorywide to Seven Seas Corp. — a move that is expected to cut its water production costs in
WAPA Assistant Executive Director Glenn Rothgeb said…

21percent increase on CWCO's first quarter earnings

Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00

Consolidated Water (CWCO) announced a 21 percent year-on-year increase in first quarter earnings despite a 7 percent dip in revenues to $15.9 million. The improvement was primarily the result of profit recognized on the equity investment in the Bar…

Florida company audits desal plant

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00

Reports of missing records at the Baughers Bay desalination plant were premature, TSG Water Resources Vice President Dean Bedford said Monday, after news circulated last week that some drawings and maintenance information were not found during an…

Virgin Islands BOT price correction

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00

Last week’s WDR contained incorrect price information for the re-bid of Water and Power Authority’s (WAPA) proposed seawater desalinaiton plant. The project was bid as a 20-year BOT project with an option for an early, 5-year
The water…

Operator hands plant over to Gov’t

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00

Ocean Conversion (OC-BVI), Consolidated Water’s (CWCO) partner in the British Virgin Islands, turned full responsibility for operating the 1.4 MIGD (1.7 MGD) Baughers Bay SWRO plant over to the government at the close of business on 29 March. The…

Evaluation error leads to re-bid

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00

Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority (WAPA) has received responses from six SWRO equipment suppliers after calling for a second round of proposals. The original proposals were rejected because of an error with the evaluation criteria calculation…

Plant upgrade needed to ensure reliability

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00

At least $500,000 – and possibly more than $1.25 million – of repairs are needed to keep the 1.5 MIGD (1.7 MGD) Baughers Bay SWRO plant running. If the wellfields are not rehabilitated, and new high-pressure pumps and membranes furnished, the…

CWCO takes bad with the good

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00

A fourth quarter, $4.5 million impairment loss resulting from its British Virgin Islands (BVI) operations adversely impacted what Consolidated Water (CWCO) CEO Rick McTaggart otherwise considered to be "good news" for its 2009 operating results. The…

Consolidated signs BVI desalination water sales agreement

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00

Consolidated Water Co Ltd announced on 8 March 2010 that its affiliate, Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd (OC-BVI) and the British Virgin Islands government had signed a contract for the purchase of water by the government from OC-BVI’s desalination plant…

Gov’t inks contract with OC-BVI

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00

Two weeks after a closed-door contract signing with the United Kingdom-based company Biwater, government last Thursday signed another major water contract during a ceremony that was closed to the media. The contract, which officials said will help…

Consolidated Water affiliate signs contract

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00

Consolidated Water Co. said Monday that affiliate Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. has entered a deal that requires the British Virgin Islands government to buy water from its desalination
Terms of the seven-year contract, which has a seven-year…

Second BVI water agreement signed

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00

Just two weeks after making a 16-year deal to purchase 2.3 MIGD (2.8 MGD) of desalted seawater from Biwater, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) government has signed a second agreement to purchase 0.5 MIGD (0.6 MGD) of desalted water from Consolidated…

Biwater desalination award in British Virgin Islands

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00

Biwater (BVI) Limited was awarded a BOOT contract on 19 February 2010 by the Government of the British Virgin Islands for a seawater desalination
The plant, which will produce 2.3 MIGD (11,360 m³/d), has a construction value of US$ 43…

BVI water agreement signed

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00

Biwater has announced that it has signed a BOOT contract with the Government of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) under which it will provide 2.3 MIGD (2.8 MGD) of desalinated seawater on the island of Tortola at Paraquita Bay. The 16-year deal has a…