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Flowserve Corp. wins order for desalination plant

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00

Flowserve Corp., which makes pumps and fluid handling equipment, said Friday it received an order to make valves for a desalination plant near Perth
The order was booked in the fourth quarter of last
The Southern Seawater…

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…

Abengoa Set to Complete India’s Largest Desalination Plant

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00

Abengoa SA, a Spanish engineering company, expects to start up India’s largest desalination plant in the quarter starting April as nations from Saudi Arabia to Australia invest in water treatment to ease growing
The 91 million euro…

Antigua probes loan repayment to Japanese company

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:00

Antigua is investigating the repayment of a Japanese loan that was used to build a $33 million desalination and power
Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer says a commission will probe whether officials misappropriated money that was earmarked to…

Calif. panel approves plan for desalination plant

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00

The California Coastal Commission approved a plan to build the Western Hemisphere’s largest desalination plant north of San Diego – a move aimed at relieving water shortages in the nation’s most populated
Wednesday’s decision came after a…

Desalination, for a World Short of Water

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00

With oil over $120 a barrel; prices for corn, wheat, copper, and steel close to record highs; carbon dioxide emissions causing climate change; and the world economy slowing, the last thing anyone needs is another crisis. Yet one is brewing now, in…

A Fresh Look at Water

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00

No radio or TV news broadcast during the winter months in Israel would be complete without a mention of the water level in the Sea of Galilee. The lake that played such a prominent role in Biblical times today provides about 40% of Israel’s fresh…

Cashing in on China's Demand for Clean Water

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00

Singapore’s first desalination plant opened in 2003. It was located on a piece of land in the island-state’s west that had itself been reclaimed from the sea some years before. The plant is now contracted to turn seawater into 136,000 cubic meters…