The reverse-osmosis membrane manufacturer for facilities that make seawater potable; NanoH2O Inc., have won an order for membranes used in the expansion of the Palmachim desalination plant in Israel. No terms were given in NanoH2O’s statement today for the order from Via Maris Desalination Ltd., owner of the Palmachim facility, one of the 10 largest seawater reverse-osmosis plants in the world. NanoH2O, bas ...

GE’s Power Conversion business (USA) was instrumental in bringing Australia’s largest seawater desalination plant into operation by providing technology that ensures a rainfall independent water supply to complement catchments and storages in the area around Melbourne. The Victorian Desalination Project, 130 km southeast of Melbourne, runs on low- and medium-voltage drives and medium-voltage motors supplied ...

Chennai Metro Water is ensuring all sources are being utilised to provide adequate drinking water to the city, even as the Veeranam lake has failed to guarantee sufficient water to resume supply to the city. The Veeranam is receiving only 323 cusecs of water, which is not adequate to be pumped into the city now, Water Resources Department officials have said. Water is trickling into the Veeranam lake and it ...

As the global population soars by about 74 million people a year, water shortages are becoming more severe. About 300 million people in rural China had no access to safe drinking water in 2005, according to the website of China’s Water Resources Ministry. At current rates of growth, the demand for water worldwide may exceed supplies by 40 percent by 2030, according to the World Bank-sponsored 2030 Water Res ...

Saudi Arabia's Saudi Saline Water Conversion Corp. (SWCC) is planning on building a New Water Desalination Plant, according to Arabian Business. The project is not expected to be complete until 2018, but is in the state utility’s budget for this year. Once it’s built the plant is said to have a capacity of 600,000 cubic meters per day of desalinated water. Water consumption in the desert country is increasi ...

After more than a decade of toil, one of the biggest since the construction of the Great Wall is close to achieving a “decisive victory”. In coming months, canals and pipelines hundreds of kilometres long will bring water from the Yangzi River basin to the parched north. But growing demand is forcing officials to look for other sources. A promising one, they believe, is the sea. The Beijiang Power and Desal ...

Minister of State for Electricity and Water Affairs, Dr. Abdul-Hussein bin Ali Mirza, received in his office at the Electricity and Water Authority (EWA)'s premises, the Chairman of Sasakura Engineering Co. (Japan-Inc.), Mr. Toshihiko Sasakura, and his accompanying delegation. The Japanese firm specializes in water desalination projects in Japan. The Minister initiated proceedings by welcoming Mr. Toshihiko ...

Abengoa SA (ABG), the Spanish company that’s developed desalination plants from Algeria to India, said it’s started commercial operations making salt water potable at the Qingdao facility in China. Abengoa began building the plant in 2010 and will operate and maintain it for 25 years. During this time, the company is forecasting revenue of at least 750 million euros ($1 billion) from the sale of water and a ...

The Desalination Plants in question sit in areas of acute water scarcity. Six years ago, three desalination plants were installed at Mulavukad, Kadamakudi and Chellanam panchayats at the behest of Harbour Engineering Department of the State government, spending Rs. 33.84 lakh. The Mulavukad Panchayat, which had installed a plant in its area, pulled the plug on power connection to the plant recently. The pan ...

Singapore's PUB, the National Water Agency will work with a Dutch water supply company in the search for innovative water solutions to meet Singapore's growing water demand more efficiently and boost its status as a global hydrohub. Both sides will work together toward scientific and technological benefits by developing knowledge-intensive programs and projects. PUB signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ...