Desal Data News | India

Call to power new desalination plant

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00

Less than three weeks before the closing date of global tenders floated for conducting pre-feasibility studies for setting up of a 200mld (million liters per day) capacity desalination plant expandable to 400mld for Chennai city, experts caution that the board…

Krishnamurthi Rao, 1942-2012

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00

Dr C.H. Krishnamurthi Rao, chairman of Chemfab Alkalis and founder of MTL, died last week, at the age of 70. He was a veteran desalter who was presented with the Indian Desalination Association’s lifetime achievement award in 2010. Dr Rao…

Indian desalination conference set for February

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00

The Indian Desalination Society (InDA) has published a brochure for its National Conference on Water Purification Technologies & Management (InDACON 2012). The conference, in association with the South India Education Society, will take place in Mumbai on 8-9 February 2012.…

Vapour compression desalination plants for Indian oilfield

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00

Texas-based MECO, which supplies desalination equipment to the offshore, pharmaceutical and military sectors, announced in December 2011 that it would be designing and constructing two vapour compression (VC) desalination plants for an oilfield off the Indian coast. Two MECO 1250M3C…

Kochi port seeks expressions of interest to set up desalination plant on Willingdon Island

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00

The Cochin Port Trust has invited expressions of interest from private companies to set up a desalination plant and a water supply facility on Willingdon Island on a revenue share basis over the next 15 years. WATER SHORTAGE The port…

Desalination: Process to select consultants on

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00

Metro Water is in the process of selecting consultants for setting up a 400 mld desalination plant in the city. A senior Metro Water official told Express that the plant will be set up in an area adjoining Nemili and…

Port trust moots desalination plant

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:00:00

The Cochin Port Trust(CPT)is planning to set up a desalination plant at Willingdon Island inorder to achieve self-reliance in meeting its water needs for commercial and domestic purposes for the present and future. The Port Trust has invited Expression of…

Ministry updates India's low-temperature desalination plans

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00

India’s Ministry of Earth Sciences (MES) released an update on 29 August 2011 about its program for development of Low Temperature Thermal Desalination (LTTD). To date, four LTTD plants have been successfully commissioned in the country, one each in the…

Nemelli desal plant to be delayed

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00

The under-construction desalination plant in Nemelli in Kancheepuram district, capable of supplying 100 million litres of water a day (MLD) to Chennai city, is now expected to be completed only by June 2012, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board…

Indian scientist wins IDA award

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00

Hiren D. Raval, a scientist at the Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute in Gujarat, has won the 2011 International Desalination Association (IDA) Fellowship Award. At the Institute he has been involved in conducting reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration membrane…

Desalination plant to be ready by June 2012

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00

The Rs 871.24 crore desalination plant in Nemelli will be completed by June 2012, and the city will get additional 100 MLD of water, Metro Water sources said Saturday. The project, which was reviewed by the Municipal Administration and Rural…

Desalination projects: State plans incentives for investors

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00

The state government has decided to come out with a water desalination project-cum-incentive policy in view of the huge interest of private industries in the desalination sector in Gujarat. A decision in this connection was taken at the recently held…

Desalination plant to be ready by June 2012

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00

Five new, large-scale SWROs planned

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00

As Chennai moves forward with a third large-scale SWRO project, Mumbai is making progress with its plans to build four new plants, each with a capacity of 100,000 m³/d (26.4 MGD). Chennai’s first seawater desalination plant was a 100,000 m³/d…

Along ECR, Chennai’s 3rd desal plant

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00

A third desalination plant will come up at Pattipulam village along East Coast Road, serving the new areas of Greater Chennai. With the city all set to become bigger, covering nearly 42 urban local bodies of Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts,…