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The European Council has approved the new Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, which extends the scope to smaller agglomerations and covers more pollutants, including micropollutants

The Cabildo of Tenerife will invest 3.8 million euros in the commissioning of a desalination plant in Costa de Rojas, in the municipality of El Sauzal, which will provide 1,800 cubic metres of water per day

The Cabildo of Lanzarote plans to install five portable desalination plants and to accelerate the construction of a new 20,000m3/day desalination plant following the declaration of the Water Emergency

The Bahrain Electricity and Water Authority begins prequalification for interested bidders for the Sitra Independent Water and Power Plant (IWPP) project, which includes a 136,000 m3/day desalination plant

The current Secretary of State for Energy, Sara Aagesen, will replace Teresa Ribera as Third Vice-President of the Government and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge

The Balearic Islands allocates €288 million to water management by 2025. Among the planned actions is the expansion of the Alcúdia desalination plant (Mallorca) and the construction of new desalination plants in Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza

The project for the construction of a desalination plant to replace the existing portable desalination plant in Valle de Güímar (Tenerife) is moving forward

The Canary Islands Government will invest 2.3 million euros to increase the production capacity of the Los Cangrejos and La Restinga desalination plants, both located on the island of El Hierro

The Business Confederation of the Province of Almeria, Asempal, defends the reuse of reclaimed wastewater as a future solution for Almeria

The Secretary of State for the Environment has launched a tender for the implementation of a 3.79 MW photovoltaic generation system for complementary self-consumption at the Alicante I Desalination Plant

The Region of Murcia has invested 467,000 euros in the renovation of the tertiary treatment system of the Cieza WWTP

The tertiary treatment at the Almuñécar WWTP (Granada) will be expanded with a new reverse osmosis treatment stage to reduce the salinity of reclaimed water for agricultural irrigation

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development approves 200 million loan to the OCP Group for the construction of two desalination plants at its industrial complexes in El Jadida (Jorf Lasfar) and Safi in Morocco

The Government of Cyprus has approved a plan to build up to 10 new mobile desalination plants with a capacity of between 2000 and 10000 m3/day at a total estimated cost of 66.4 million euros

A joint venture between McCarthy and Jacobs will design and build the expansion of the Torrance brackish groundwater desalination plant in southern California

The Regional Government of Andalusia has approved the first Strategy for Non-Conventional Water Resources in Andalusia, which plans to increase the production capacity of these resources

The Cabildo de Tenerife improves the technical efficiency of the Fonsalía desalination plant and manages to increase the reserves of the Lomo de Balo reservoir

The Mexican Government presents a National Water Plan with 16 projects such as dams, aqueducts and desalination plants to guarantee water supply

A scientific team in Japan has developed a new plastic that is durable and biodegradable, but breaks down in seawater

Andalusia promotes with 50 M€ the use of reclaimed water in farms through the “Plan Parra”

The Provincial Council of Almeria will invest 2 million euros to bring to the province more than 1hm3 of desalinated water from the Águilas desalination plant (Murcia)

Three alternative locations are being considered for the Axarquia desalination plant (Malaga)

Research concludes that water scarcity threatens up to 40% of Brazil’s agriculture, which will reach critical levels in Matopiba, affecting key crops and the country’s food security

The Cabildo of Tenerife proposes to the Mesa de la Sequía to extend the Declaration of Water Emergency for three months, which will extend the measure until February 28th

The Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias (ITC) partners with Brineworks to validate a large-scale, low-cost CO2 capture technology from brine, while producing green hydrogen

Israel has shown interest in assisting Tanzania with seawater desalination

A hotel in Playa Blanca (Lanzarote) has requested permission from the Lanzarote Water Board to start up a desalination plant for its own consumption

As in many other Mediterranean regions, drought and water stress affect a large part of Italy, where investment in water infrastructure, including desalination and reuse, is needed

Cadiz doubles water reserves compared to November 2023

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