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10 Sep 2010 Works at Tugun desal plant almost complete
Queensland Infrastructure and Planning Minister Stirling Hinchliffe says the Tugun desalination plant on the Gold Coast is working again. Mr Hinchliffe says water production ceased in early June so work could be done to replace corroded pipes and…
9 Sep 2010 Desalination key to solving Jordan’s water woes – expert
Desalination of Red Sea water is the key to solving the water shortage in Jordan and saving the Kingdom’s groundwater basins from depletion, a water official said Wednesday. The Kingdom, which relies heavily on groundwater, has about 12…
9 Sep 2010 GWI Revises Desalination Market Forecast
A Global Water Intelligence analysis of the desalination industry suggests that new capacity contracted this year will be in the region of 4.7 million m³/d – well below the market peak of 7.5 million m³/d in 2007. There…
7 Sep 2010 Mumbai set for two 100,000 m³/d desalination plants
The Maharashtra government committee looking into desalination for Mumbai, India, has decided on two 100,000 m³/d plants using the reverse-osmosis plants in Chennai as a blueprint, although it is acknowledged that seawater conditions are different. A deadline of…
7 Sep 2010 Saudi awards $2.44 bln power plant deal
Saudi state-owned Saline Water Conversion Corp (SWCC) has awarded a $2.44 billion power plant contract to a group led by China’s Sepco III Electric Power Construction Corp, an industry source said on Tuesday. The group, which includes Saudi…
Tracker updates
2 Sep 2010
Ras Azzour (MSF)
Doosan confirmed it had been awarded the desalination EPC contract by SWCC in a statement to…
2 Sep 2010
Ras Azzour (RO)
Doosan confirmed it had been awarded the desalination EPC contract by SWCC in a statement to…
2 Sep 2010
Huntington Beach, CA
A public hearing for Poseidon’s Subsequent Environmental Impact Report for the project is to be held…
26 Aug 2010
Balashi (formerly Bubali)
Veolia NA Water systems has been formally awarded the contract with a bid price of $37.5…
26 Aug 2010
Ashdod
The dispute over the water price for the Ashdod plant now looks unlikely to be resolved…
26 Aug 2010
Clearwater, FL
An award has been made for the consultants to provide design and permitting services for both…
17 Aug 2010
Tordera, Catalunya II
The design of the project has now been completed by the Censo Vaico consortium. The public…
17 Aug 2010
Phase 2 Southern Tunisia brackish water plants
All five prequalified consultants (four German and one Spanish) submitted proposals by the 30 April deadline…
17 Aug 2010
Fujairah 1 SWRO expansion
ESWPC has awarded the contract for consultancy services to ILF, which beat rival bids from ADWEA’s…
17 Aug 2010
Carlsbad, CA
A source with knowledge of the project told GWI that the Carlsbad project is to be…