MONTHLY NEWS

The Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (UAE) has invited pre-qualified contractors to submit bids for the Al Hamriyah desalination plant by August

Jordan’s Ministry of Water and Irrigation has extended the deadline for submission of financial and technical bids for the Aqaba-Amman Desalination and Water Transport Project until 3rd July

The Balearic Water Agency has put out to tender the installation of isobaric energy recovery equipment at the Alcúdia, Andratx, Ciutadella and Santa Eulària desalination plants to optimise energy consumption

A consortium consisting of ACWA Power, Haji Abdullah Alireza & Partners Company and Almoayyed Contracting Group has won the contract for the 600,000 m³/d Rabigh 4 desalination plant

Calpe (Alicante) has approved the extension of the Barranc Salat desalination plant with a planned investment of 1.6 million euros

Benidorm council wants to build its desalination plant and asks SPTCV to cede pumping and pipelines to it

The works to extend the treatment capacity of the El Atabal Brackish Water Desalination Plant (IDAS) have been completed, coinciding with its 18th anniversary

Work on the Corralejo desalination plant (Fuerteventura) will increase the flow by 1,000 cubic metres per day

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) will launch its second nanosatellite in April. The images from the two nanosatellites will improve the operational performance of desalination plants

A new study by the University of Alicante and the Spanish Institute of Oceanography suggests extending the safety distance of anthropogenic spills to 2.5 km to protect posidonia

Researchers are developing a new class of materials, so-called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which can be used to selectively and more effectively remove the herbicide glyphosate from water

The Catalan Water Agency will allocate €50 million as an emergency drought relief measure

Morocco’s tomato industry is increasingly turning to seawater desalination plants to secure its water supply

Tunisian government plans to rely on desalination and water reuse to secure water supply

The Besòs Tordera Consortium has installed hydrants at 12 WWTPs to provide their municipalities with reclaimed water

The Andalusian Regional Government has granted the Unified Environmental Authorisation to six irrigation communities in Cordoba so that they can apply for the use of reclaimed water for irrigation

The Santa Cruz-Arona reclaimed water pipeline was the first water reuse system to come into operation in Tenerife in 1993

According to ICEX, India is one of the markets that offers new opportunities for Spanish companies in the water sector, and more specifically for those specialising in desalination

Oman inaugurates its first-ever floating desalination plant

California invests in projects to advance water desalination research and implementation to diversify water supply sources

The European Desalination Society (EDS) will present at its next Congress new awards in two different categories

Macron unveils France’s drought plan with target of reusing 10% of all wastewater by 2030

Brussels fines Catalonia, Andalusia and the Canary Islands for failing to submit on time the hydrological planning of their basins for the period 2022-2027

After almost two decades of process, UN member states have reached an agreement to protect the high seas, with the Global Oceans Treaty

More than a third of the drinking water in Cornwall, on the south-western tip of England, could come from desalination if plans to build two desalination plants go ahead

Researchers from the University of Cadiz are involved in the design of new membranes for wastewater treatment and desalination

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