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DesalData Weekly - December 7th, 2017

Posted 07 December, 2017 by Mandy

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Credit: Desalination.biz

In April 2017 Suez and Solvay formed an alliance to offer new solutions for water treatment in CHINA. Having developed a newly patented advanced oxidation process, they have won a contract to treat brine from a desalination facility located in Wanhua Chemical Industry Park in Yantai, Shandong Province.[1]  The facility will produce 24,000 cubic metres of water per day. 

The facility’s water quality parameters include total nitrogen levels of less than 15 milligrams per liter; total organic carbon levels of less than 20 milligrams per litre; and suspended solids levels of less than 10 milligrams per litre.[2]

 

In HONG KONG the Environmental Protection Department has awarded Keppel Seghers and Zhen Hau Engineering a contract to design, build and operate a large scale integrated waste management project that will include a desalination facility.[3]   

Zhen Hau will take charge of the engineering, procurement, and construction phase of the project, while Keppel Seghers will handle the operation and maintenance of the mechanical treatment plant, power plant, and desalination facility. The project will be located off the coast of Shek Kwu Chau, south of Lantau Island.[4]  

 

The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) in INDIA has finalized designs for an offshore desalination plant near Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu.[5]  The Institute has submitted a project report which indicates that the facility will produce 10,000 cubic metres of water per day using low temperature thermal technology.

NIOT plans to develop the $300 million project as part of India’s Union Minister Earth Sciences Deep Sea Mission which is set to launch in early 2018. The objective of the initiative is to improve India’s position in ocean research.

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The proposed Doheny Desalination Project, which would be located in Dana Point    Credit: GHD Woodhead via the Los Angeles Times


U.S.A. – California’s South Coast Water District board has decided that the district itself will design, build, and operate any future desalination plant built in Dana Point.[6] Board members agreed in mid-November that the district would take ownership of any future facilities, which would be located on the water district’s property near San Juan Creek.

The vote eliminated the possibility that the utility, which serves 35,000 customers and 1,000 businesses, would enter into a public-private partnership to finance future increases in desalination capacity.[7]

 

 

[1] “Suez and Solvay win first contract in China to treat brine with AOP,” Desalination.biz, November 22, 2017, <https://www.desalination.biz/news/0/Suez-and-Solvay-win-first-contract-in-China-to-treat-brine-with-AOP/8898/> accessed December 6, 2017.
[2] Ibid.
[3] “Hong Kong awards mega waste-to-energy project to Keppel and Zhen Hau,” Desalination.biz, December 6, 2017 <https://www.desalination.biz/news/0/Hong-Kong-awards-mega-waste-to-energy-project-to-Keppel-and-Zhen-Hau/8906/> accessed December 6, 2017.
[4] Ibid.
[5]  “India's NIOT prepares detailed report on offshore desalination,” Desalination.biz, November 15, 2017, <https://www.desalination.biz/news/0/Indias-NIOT-prepares-detailed-report-on-offshore-desalination/8893/> accessed December 7, 2017.
[6] Bryce Alderton, “If there's a Doheny desalination plant, South Coast Water District wants to build and run it,” Los Angeles Times, November 16, 2017, <http://www.latimes.com/socal/coastline-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-lb-doheny-desalination-20171116-story.html> accessed November 26, 2017.
[7] Ibid.

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