Sansha authorities vowed to accelerate the construction of infrastructure and a series of projects that were expected to be finished this year, one being a significant desalination project. "Within the year, we will finish the operation of the first phase of the new port of Yongxing Island, a seawater desalination plant, a sewage treatment plant and a garbage collection and transfer system," Xiao Jie, mayor ...

In a few years, the expanded city can hope for improved water supply, thanks to yet another desalination plant. Chennai Metrowater has initiated process to set up the third desalination plant in the city. The water agency recently appointed a consultancy firm to prepare a detailed project report for the proposed plant at Pattipulam along the East Coast Road. The plant will have the capacity to treat 200 mil ...

Places throughout the world are facing a looming water crisis, including the hot, dry Middle East. Seawater desalination is considered one of the best ways to meet the needs of the region’s growing population, but the process can be energy intensive. Some new technologies have aimed at making it more efficient, but Masdar, the clean tech organization that has been planning and building the green city of the ...

It is known for having the fastest growing population of any state in the country, and its capital is already being heralded as the major Australian urban centre of the future but Western Australia faces on enormous infrastructure problem. The state and in particular its capital Perth has been experiencing hot weather and ever-diminishing rainfall, drying up the state's system of dams and prompting water re ...

The $450 million expansion of the southern seawater desalination plant was opened last week with the first intake of seawater. Premier Colin Barnett and Water Minister Bill Marmion were on site in Binningup to activate the flow of seawater into the facility for treatment and delivery as drinking water. Mr Barnett dubbed the occasion as another step towards “drought-proofing Perth.” “When the expanded plant ...

Singapore desalination provider Hyflux Ltd announced on 11 January 2013 that it was starting financing discussions for the SGD 1.05 billion (US$ 855 million) Tuaspring Desalination Plant in Singapore. It will be supplying desalinated water to PUB, Singapore's national water agency, over a 25-year period under the terms of the water purchase agreement that was signed with PUB in April 2011. Hyflux says that ...

Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation has said that a consortium with Toyo Thai Corporation Public Company (TTCL) Limited has won a contract to build the Ras Abu Fontas seawater desalination plant in Qatar. The desalinated water produced by the plant will be supplied to Qatar utility Kahramaa and the plant will be operated by Qatar Electricity & Water Company (QEWC). Mitsubishi Corporation said in a statement ...

Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world's most challenging water issues, has announced that it will expand its presence in the Middle East region with the opening of a new office in Saudi Arabia in the coming months, as well as up to three additional offices in other key regional markets later this year. The company already has a presence in the UAE and Lebanon. ...

United Arab Emirates-based renewable energy company Masdar has launched a pilot program to test and develop energy-efficient seawater desalination technologies suitable to be powered by renewable energy sources. The pilot program includes three test sites in the UAE and will operate for three and a half years. By pairing energy efficient desalination technologies with renewable energy, the program aims to s ...

Water Resources Group has expended its licence relationship with Mandala Water to include The Republic of Mauritius, where growth in water desalination is poised to explode. Mauritius, an island of about 1.3 million people in the South West Indian Ocean, had in April legislated that all hotels and major hospitality centres be equipped with water desalination plants. This is part of a major water management ...