The International Desalination Association (IDA) has created the IDA Desalination Academy, a global institute of desalination higher learning that will offer an accredited set of training events available in various global locations.
27 January 2012
Former GE executive Bob Muscat has joined Oasys Water as CEO to drive the commercialization of the company’s forward osmosis technology.
25 January 2012
Hitachi Plant Technologies Ltd will showcase number of advanced water environment solutions at the forthcoming World Future Energy Summit 2012 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
13 January 2012
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has promoted Dr Eileen O'Neill to the position of deputy executive director and Matthew Ries to chief technical officer.
22 December 2011
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide €120 million in funding to finance the design and construction of a seawater desalination plant in Ashdod, Israel.
12 December 2011
Tri-Tech Infrastructure LLC is to provide a seawater desalination unit for Qatar Petrochemical Co Ltd’s (QAPCO) utility plant at Mesaieed Industrial City in Doha, Qatar.
12 December 2011
The new Tarpum Bay/Rock Sound Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas is using GE desalination technology.
07 December 2011
Torishima Pump Mfg Co Ltd has received an order for high pressure pumps and booster pumps from ACCIONA Agua for a new reverse osmosis desalination plant which is being built near the Atacama Desert in Copiapo, Chile.
06 December 2011
Protesa, a Spanish manufacturer of GRP (glass fibre reinforced polyester) pipes, has been awarded a contract for the supply and installation of GRP piping in Israel’s Sorek desalination plant.
25 November 2011
The final date to apply for a technical paper to be presented at the VDMA’s International Rotating Equipment Conference 2012 is 10th December 2011. The complete text of the accepted technical paper must be submitted by 13th April 2012.
24 November 2011