Published on IDRA Global Connections Fall 2021 Issue An exclusive interview with Eva Jalón Gonzalez, Managing Director, SACYR Water 1. What brought you to the water sector? After more than twenty years working in the civil infrastructure sector, firstly in the construction stage and then in the PPP sector for the last 15 years, I assumed the general management...
Last week the International Desalination Association (IDA) hosted the 2021 International Water Reuse and Recycling Conference in Rome, Italy. The program combined plenary, panel, and technical sessions focused on advanced technologies for water reuse and recycling. Synauta team members Nick Herold, Katie Higgins and Mike Dixon attended, with opportunities to see familiar faces and meet new faces....
October 11, 2021, Rome, Italy – Demand for water reuse and desalination technologies is growing at an accelerating rate as cities around the world come to terms with the vulnerability of their water supply. According to figures announced today in Rome at the International Desalination and Reuse Association’s International Water Reuse and Recycling Conference, total contracted capacity...
The 5th edition of Arab Water Forum took place during the period 21 – 23 September 2021 in Dubai, under the patronage of the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure and supported by the League of Arab States (LAS) and the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Egypt (MWRI), in collaboration with...
COMPREHENSIVE CONTRACT The company has been awarded the financing, construction and 25-year operation of the Madinah-3, Buraydah-2 and Tabuk-2 projects IMPACT With a total capacity of 440,000 m3/day, they will serve a total population of 2.1 million inhabitants RIYADH, SEPTEMBER 27, 2021. ACCIONA, along with its local partners Tawzea and Tamasuk, has been awarded...
Boston, September 14, 2021 – The International Desalination and Reuse Association announces the 2022 IDRA Fellowship application process is now open, and applicants may send in their submission until January 2, 2022. The University of Alberta in Canada will host the 2022 IDRA-ROPV Fellowship, and IDRA and the University of Alberta will jointly select the...
A consortium of Metito, Orascom and Cobra has won a contract to build a seawater desalination plant in Sfax, Tunisia. The contract was awarded by the Societe Nationale d’Exploitation et de Distribution des Eaux (SONEDE). The reverse osmosis (RO) Sfax desalination project is being fully funded by the Japanese International Cooperation Organisation (JICA), and is...
ACCIONA has completed the construction of the wastewater mains on the left bank of the Mundaka estuary in the Basque Country, a project that will mean more efficient and sustainable management of the water resources in the Urdaibai area, declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1984. ACCIONA has completed the construction of the wastewater...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Summer 2021 Issue By Dr. Mohamed Ateia, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University The recent estimates suggest that 5000–9000 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are already in the market taking many forms as varied as clothing, furniture, adhesives, food packaging, heat-resistant non-stick cooking surfaces, electronic devices, batteries and firefighting foam for combating...
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. (September 7, 2021) –– The Orange County Water District (OCWD; the District) has been named a California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA) 2021 Resource Efficiency & Community Service Award winner, receiving first place in the small-size utility water program category for launching the nation’s largest per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pilot testing program. OCWD is one of...
