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The International Desalination Association (IDA) postpones conference on water reuse in Rome (Italy) to June

The Bajo Almanzora desalination plant protection works are put out to tender for 9.3 million euros

The consortium formed by South Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, France’s Engie and Saudi Arabia’s Mowah and Nesma has closed a $707.8 million deal to build the Yanbu 4 Desalination Plant (IWPP) in Saudi Arabia

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) $72,632,000 to provide low-interest loans to fund water projects in Texas

Saudi Arabia has announced the implementation of two wastewater infrastructure projects in Yanbu worth $33.6 million

The public information process for the first Circular Economy Action Plan 2021-2023 is open until February 26th. One of the 8 main lines of action is about water reuse

The design, engineering and construction project for the Jubail-II desalination plant (Saudi Arabia), with a capacity of 400,000m3/day, has been awarded to Metito by SEPCO Electric Power Construction Corporation

Murcia will allocate 4 million euros to modernize the sanitation of the WWTP of Alcantarilla

Chilean mining industry plans to build 15 desalination plants by 2028

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) plan to set up a desalination plant in Mumbai received an in-principle approval from the civic standing committee

A study supports the installation of a floating solar field at the Las Palmas III desalination plant (Gran Canaria)

ACUAES signs the agreement for the construction and operation of the new Silvouta WWTP (Santiago de Compostela) with an expected investment of 68 million euros

A new international study concludes that about half of the world’s wastewater is treated, instead of the previous estimate of 20%, and that only 11% of reclaimed water is reused

European Desalination Society (EDS) holds webinar on innovations in desalination and brine processing

98% of reclaimed water is reused in the Region of Murcia and already represents 15% of the total water used for agricultural irrigation

The municipalities of l’Horta Sud (Valencia) will have a comprehensive sanitation project with the dual objective of reducing the pollution load in the Albufera and increasing water reuse, mainly for irrigation

Atlantic Ocean is widening due to a rare geological phenomenon

The Life 3E project will combine the reuse of water from the Comillas WWTP (Cantabria) with the generation of continuous energy through reverse electrodialysis (EDR), by bringing treated water and seawater into contact with each other

Sea level rises more than expected due to temperature rise according to new scientific model from University of Copenhagen

An investigation alerts to the presence of emerging pathogens in water reused for irrigation after analyzing water samples from a WWTP located in the province of Valencia

Experts warn of “significant water deficit” in Germany, especially in the last three years

Metals recovered from brine could be used in electronic devices

Cala Tarida (Ibiza) will irrigate its gardens with reused water from summer onward

Miguel Polo Cebellán is the new president of the Confederación Hidrográfica del Júcar

Cybercriminals have infiltrated the computer system that controls a water facility in a city in Florida (USA) and have managed to manipulate the recommended chemical levels, but without harming the population

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