Seventy-two people attended last Wednesday’s webcast during which Corpus Christi’s staff and consultant gave an update on the status of its proposed seawater desalination project. Although few new...
Water Desalination Report, 03-08-2020
Bahman Sheikh, an independent water reuse consultant, and a visiting Assistant Professor at the University of California, Davis, died of cancer on 28 July at his San Francisco home. He was 80 years...
Water Desalination Report, 03-08-2020
Update – CDM Smith has confirmed that the capacity of Jordan’s Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project (AAWDCP) has been increased to 329,000 m3/d (87 MGD) for phase one and 685,000 m...
Water Desalination Report, 03-08-2020
Energy Recovery, Inc (ERI) has opened another production facility for its PX energy recovery device in Tracy, California, 47 miles east of its San Leandro (Oakland) headquarters. The opening of the...
Water Desalination Report, 03-08-2020
WDR incorrectly characterized PolyCera’s new ownership structure in a recent story. To clarify, PSP.US, Inc. acquired the assets of PolyCera, Inc., including its physical and intellectual...
Water Desalination Report, 03-08-2020
GHD has launched AquaLab, a global network of water professionals who focus on innovation and transformation in a collaborative environment to discuss ideas and challenges with the support of...
Water Desalination Report, 03-08-2020
Under its Desalination and Water Purification Research Program (DWPR), the US Bureau of Reclamation is inviting private industry, universities, water utilities and other research sponsors to submit...
Water Desalination Report, 03-08-2020
An Arada Ingenieria-Desalia Water consortium has been awarded a 529,950 ($624,456) design contract to expand Spain’s existing Torrevieja SWRO plant by up to 120,000 m3/d (31.7 MGD). The existing...
Water Desalination Report, 03-08-2020
Thomas (Tom) Clinton has been appointed executive vice president–commercial development for FEDCO. Formerly with GE Plastics, where he established GE’s Automotive Innovation Center, and CEO of...
Water Desalination Report, 03-08-2020
Gregory Madden, has been appointed H2O Innovation’s chief strategic officer. A ten-year company veteran, he most recently served as vice president of aftermarket sales. He will be based in Quebec...
Water Desalination Report, 03-08-2020
Following a COVID-19 related delay, the California Coastal Commission is now tentatively scheduled to consider Cal Am's application for a coastal development permit on 17 September 2020. Meanwhile,...
On 29 July 2020, it was confirmed that a request for qualifications for a 20 MGD (75,700 m3/d) SWRO plant should be issued later this year, or early next year. Prospective bidders will then be shor...
The contract, which went out to tender on 4th August 2020, will be awarded via a negotiated procedure, with a shortlist of four bidders being selected in the initial stage. Preliminary bids are due...
Procurement of the 545m³/d pilot RO treatment plant is now expected to start in September 2020. Once constructed, the pilot will run for 90 days, with the results informing the design of the full-s...
The bid submissions deadline has been extended until 3rd September 2020. All nine previously pre-qualified teams will be invited to submit bids by the new deadline.
At its meeting on 31 July 2020, the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board did not reach a decision on whether to renew the project's NPDES permit, and adjourned until 7th August 2020. Duri...
Four companies have submitted bids to lead advisory work on this project and the Al Khairan IWPP: 1) EY; 2) KPMG; 3) PwC; 4) Rödl Middle East.
Four companies have submitted bids to lead advisory work on this project and the Az-Zour North 2/3 IWPP: 1) EY; 2) KPMG; 3) PwC; 4) Rödl Middle East.
The initial design contract has been awarded to the consortium of arada Ingeniería and Desalia Water for €529,950 (excl. VAT).
After more than a year of negotiation with residents, the client has decided to seek a new site for the plant, after the original location was deemed too close to a conservation site. Once a new si...
Six proposals were received in June 2020 for the role of owner's advisor/programme manager for the full-scale project. An award is expected in early September 2020. One of the programme manager's t...
The Pure Water demonstration project completed its start-up phase at the end of June 2020. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned for 11 September 2020.
At a virtual contractor expo dedicated to the Pure Water San Diego project held on 28 July 2020, the City outlined the timetable for advertising the ten remaining construction packages (of which si...
PUB has released a tender for professional engineering services to assist with the development of the plant. A non-mandatory site briefing is scheduled to be held on 7th August 2020, with proposals...
On 23 July 2020, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved a $222,475,000 loan to fund a 20MGD (75,700m3/d) SWRO facility (expandable up to 30MGD) at the Inner Harbor site.
On 22 July 2020, the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board issued a staff report recommending that the project's NPDES permit be renewed, and accepting that there is an identified need for...
AEC has decided to cancel the tender and re-launch the project in Q4 2020. The decision is part of a greater strategic re-think about how to take desalination forward in Algeria. Three companies ha...
AEC has decided to cancel the tender and re-launch the project in Q4 2020. The decision is part of a greater strategic re-think about how to take desalination forward in Algeria. Two companies had ...
Attendees at the non-mandatory pre-bid meeting held on 23 July 2020 included representatives from the following companies: Bobbitt Construction, Custom Automated Controls, Inc., Fort Worth Electric...
At least 29 expressions of interest were received by the deadline at the end of June. Bodies that expressed interest included: Aberdeen Standard, Actis, ACWA Power, Advanced Water Technology, Al Ba...
At least 29 expressions of interest were received by the deadline at the end of June. Bodies that expressed interest included: Aberdeen Standard, Actis, ACWA Power, Advanced Water Technology, Al Ba...
To operate and maintain the 23,600m3/d Sagunto seawater reverse osmosis plant, which is currently operated by Pavagua/Pavasal. A tender was published on 20 July 2020, and a site visit has been sche...
AEC plans to open the bid envelopes in late July 2020. This was initially planned for February, but was delayed due to COVID-19. Three companies were understood to have submitted technical bids dur...
Rehabilitation and operational support for the 200,000m3/d Souk Tleta desalination plant in Algeria. The submissions deadline for proposals has been pushed back to late July 2020 due to COVID-19. T...
The successful negotiation of a milestone labour agreement means the City is ready to start advertising construction bids for the large components of the project in August 2020. To this end, a virt...
On 15 July 2020, the Federal and South Australian governments announced an additional A$15 million (US$10.5 million) of funding for the project, bringing the total committed to A$47.8 million (US$3...
The adjudicating board has proposed awarding the support work contract to Ayesa for €166,100. No date has yet been set for tendering the DB contract. The project will be financed by the central gov...
On 14 July 2020, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted to provide up to $91.8 million to the San Diego County Water Authority for water produced by the East County Advanced W...
