MONTHLY NEWS

MITECO earmarks €1.4 billion to tackle the drought. The measures include the construction of 3 new desalination plants and the doubling of reuse capacity

Published in the BOE (Official State Gazette) the expansion of the Torrevieja desalination plant with a base tender budget of more than 70 million euros and a completion period of 20 months

The Government allocates 41 million euros to improve the efficiency of the Carboneras desalination plant

The Balearic Water Agency to invest 43.1 million in the remodelling of the Palma desalination plant

Strong presence of our partners among the 17 construction consortia that have been pre-qualified to build 21 seawater desalination plants in Egypt

Construction work begins on CODELCO’s desalination plant in Tocopilla (Chile)

The Government of the Canary Islands authorises the drilling of boreholes for the water intakes of the Salto de Chira desalination plant (Gran Canaria)

Cabildo de Tenerife and the Ministry of Agriculture sign an 18 M€ agreement to promote regenerated water in the south of Tenerife

The Melilla desalination plant will be the responsibility of the Autonomous City from December and the management of the plant will be in charge of a private company for four years and more than 13 million euros

The repair of the Bajo Almanzora desalination plant will be delayed by five months, as a new break has been detected in an underwater element

The Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura will allocate 20 hm3 from the Torrevieja desalination plant to the irrigation communities

The Mancomunidad del Taibilla earmarks almost 200 million euros for solar panels for desalination plants and facilities

The Palos Irrigation Community (Huelva) is committed to starting up desalination plants to guarantee the future of irrigation in the province of Huelva

Australian company LithTech is seeking funding to develop its magnesium separation technology that increases the efficiency of concentrate recovery

Experts call for the development of a National Desalination Policy in Chile

Iraq considers water desalination as an emergency measure to combat the drought in the Tigris and Euphrates

A new international study analysing water levels in nearly 2,000 of the world’s largest lakes and reservoirs reveals that 50% have lower water levels today than they did a few decades ago

The Government of Portugal declares severe and extreme drought situation in about 40% of the territory

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