Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has announced that a total of 14 developer/developer consortiums have been prequalified for the Rayis-Rabigh Independent Water Transmission Pipeline (IWTP) project that has a total transmission capacity of 900,000 cu m per day. The list of the pre-qualified bidders (lead and/or technical) for the project include global players such as...
Dupont Water Solutions‘ corporate values are the cornerstone of who they are, what they stand for and what they do. They strive every day to find new discoveries, create new products and grow their business by focusing on developing innovative solutions in a responsible and collaborative way. Smart Water Magazine recently spoke with Guillem Gilabert...
Jacobs will design the Changi NEWater Factory 3, which will be one of the first reclamation plants to use membrane bioreactor filtrate to feed reverse osmosis membranes. Jacobs, an international engineering company, announced that it was selected by PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, to design and supervise construction and commissioning one of the world’s largest...
National water agency PUB is trialling new technology that aims to make the energy-intensive desalination process more efficient. Achieving this will help to boost the country’s water and energy security, especially as the Republic moves to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels for energy. Two new types of membranes will be tested at PUB’s research...
Veolia Water Technologies, a subsidiary of the Veolia group and a leading specialist in water treatment has announced the Asia Pacific launch of the Barrel™, an integrated plug-and-play Reverse Osmosis (RO) technology. The Barrel will be showcased at the upcoming CleanEnviro Summit Singapore (18-21 April) and OzWater 2022 trade exhibition in Brisbane, Australia (10-12 May)....
Opening officiated by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat and Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu Plant equipped to produce up to 137,000 cubic metres (30 million gallons) of potable water, strengthening Singapore’s water security About 5% more energy-efficient compared to other desalination plants due to co-location with existing power plant The...
Marubeni Corporation (hereinafter “Marubeni”) is pleased to announce that Shuqaiq Three Company for Water owned by Marubeni, Abdul Latif Jameel Commercial Development Company Ltd. (hereinafter “ALJ”), Rawafid Alhadarah Holding Ltd. (hereinafter “Rawafid”), and Acciona Agua S.A. (hereinafter “Acciona”) commenced commercial operation of the Shuqaiq 3 Independent Water Project (hereinafter “Project”) in the Kingdom of Saudi...
SUEZ, through a local joint venture*, was recently awarded a 30-year, build-and-operate contract for an industrial wastewater treatment plant in Changshu. This expands the already-broad strategic partnership between SUEZ and the City of Changshu, which spans a portfolio of water, wastewater, and waste management projects. The project will reinforce the high quality, environmentally sustainable development...
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company (TRANSCO), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA Group), will make three interconnections that can transfer a total of 117 MIGD to different areas in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, supporting reliable water supply to customers across the nation. The move...
The R&D Department of ACCIONA’s Water Division has developed an innovative solution to generate a cloud of microbubbles at low pressure in high-speed floats, which means that saturators and compressors do not need to be used. Dissolved air flotation (DAF) is one of the most widely used technologies in the removal of low-density solids, algae,...
