The Sino French Water Development Company, a 50% subsidiary of Suez Environment, and Sichuan Dayi Water Company have formed a new joint venture, Shuangliu Dayi Environmental Company Limited. Under a 25-year strategic partnership, Sino French Water will hold 65% of the units in the new company and will jointly manage and operate eight wastewater treatment plants located in rural areas in Shuangliu County wit ...

C V Subramanian, general manager of the NTPC unit at Kayamkulam has said “The power production from the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) plant at Kayamkulam will be stopped as the high salinity in Achankovil remains unchanged,” . Subramanian was speaking at the NTPC guest house at Kayamkulam on Monday. The National Thermal Power Corporation has been depending on water from  the Achankovil river for ...

Nusa Ceningan, an Indonesia Islet is set to Begin Construction of a Seawater Desalination Plant. The Public Works Ministry and city tap water company PDAM Klungkung, are expected to cooperate in the building of the plant. “The plant will turn seawater into drinkable water for Nusa Ceningan,” said the director of PDAM Klungkung, Gede Darsana. Darsana said that the installation on Nusa Ceningan was expected t ...

There is a serious lack of foresight in urban sewage and wastewater management in India. This has led to a situation where India – which has the capacity to treat less than one third of its sewage – can actually treat only one-fifth. Untreated Sewage is Killing our Water:” Vice President Hamid Ansari said today, speaking at the Second Anil Agarwal Dialogue on water and wastewater management, titled ‘Excreta ...

China's Shrinking Freshwater Levels have compelled power plants to adopt water reuse and recycling treatment solutions and reduce water consumption, thereby leading to the strong growth of the country's water and wastewater management market. While Eastern China has been the focal point for investments in treatment technology, the growth of the power industry in Central and Southwest China will shift market ...

An Apple Supplier has been penalised by Chinese Authorities for turning a nearby river in Shanghai “white” after dumping pollutants during the nation’s Spring Festival holiday. Authorities first became aware of the problem after residents had reported that the river’s water had turned white, a local environmental protection bureau reported. The water was then traced back to RiTeng’s facilities in the area. ...

The Gillard Labor Government are set to invest revenue from the carbon price to support Western Australia’s Carnegie Wave Energy Limited in trialling a project utilising Wave Energy to power Desalination Plants. This world-first project will use the power of ocean waves to directly drive high pressure desalination pumps at a pilot-scale desalination plant, substantially reducing emissions and electricity co ...

Mitsubishi Rayon Co. has entered into a distributor agreement with the Vietnamese engineering firm Greentech Environment Joint Stock Co. to strengthen its water treatment-related businesses in Vietnam. Through Greentech, Mitsubishi Rayon will market membrane bio-reactor (MBR) hollow fiber membranes for use in wastewater treatment equipment installed in hospitals, hotels, factories and other facilities. Esta ...

Chennai’s second desalination plant to produce drinking water from sea water was formally inaugurated by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, according to an official press release. The plant at Nemmeli, about 50 km south of Chennai on the East Coast Road, will produce about 100 million liters of freshwater daily. The plant has been set up by the Chennai-based VA Tech Wabag as part of a Rs 871.24- ...

Water woes in the coastal areas of Sarawak will soon be a thing of the past with the new Sarawak desalination project underway. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today that the government has allocated RM60 million for the project which will benefit more than 25,000 people living in the coastal areas. "We cannot utilise conventional methods of bringing water supply to the coastal areas. It will be ...