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February 2012
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PERC Water to upgrade Adelanto wastewater treatment facility in the US
PERC Water has secured a contract from the Adelanto City Council to upgrade the city's wastewater treatment facility located in the US state of...
US announces funding plans for west coast water infrastructure
The US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) has allocated $50m in funding for water infrastructure projects in western...
Veolia-led consortium to renovate French wastewater treatment plant
OTV, a subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies, has been selected by SIAAP to lead a consortium to renovate a wastewater treatment plant in Acheres,...
Arcis Resources completes trial of water solids reduction solution
Arcis Resources Corp has completed the trial of its new water-borne solids waste reduction solution at the Mercedes-Benz facility located in Alabama,...
Western Virginia Water Authority implements Innovyze mobile solution
Water and wastewater services provider Western Virginia Water Authority (WVWA) has implemented Innovyze's InfoNet and InfoNet Mobile solutions across its enterprise in Roanoke in Virginia,...
Kauai County DOW completes water storage tank in Hawaii
Kauai County Department of Water (DOW) has completed the new $60m Piwai water storage tank project in Hawaii, the...
Calgon Carbon secures conditional acceptance for wastewater system
Calgon Carbon has secured conditional acceptance for its C3500D wastewater disinfection...
Defra provides funding for cleanup of England's rivers
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has awarded £28m in funding to clean up the rivers in England, the...
Ecologix designs new water treatment system for hydraulic fracturing
Ecologix Environmental Systems has introduced a mobile integrated treatment system (ITS) for hydraulic...
DEP to fund watershed protection projects in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will invest in 73 projects to protect and improve watersheds in 36 counties in the US...
Thames Water begins tunnelling works at UK sewage plant
Thames Water has started tunnelling works as part of the planned £190m expansion project to extend Beckton sewage works located in east London,...
CLF, Waterkeeper Alliance launch water conservation programme
The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and the Waterkeeper Alliance have launched a new water conservation programme for the protection of the Great Bay estuary located in New Hampshire,...
D & R Technology signs LOI with Judo Water Treatment
D & R Technology, a subsidiary of Ecoland International, has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Jud Water Treatment to manufacture water treatment...
American Water closes sale of regulated operations to Epcor
Water and wastewater utility firm American Water Works Company has completed its sale of regulated operations in the US states of Arizona and New Mexico to Epcor Water...
EPA seeks public comment on Alaska wastewater discharge permits
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on two draft wastewater discharge permits for oil and gas exploration activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas in the...
LG and Hitachi form new water treatment company
LG Electronics and Hitachi Plant Technologies have established a joint venture (JV) to form a new company, LG-Hitachi Water Solutions Co, as per a previous agreement signed in July...
January 2012
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Monadelphous secures water contract from Rio Tinto
Monadelphous Group has secured water and transmission pipeline construction contracts from global miner Rio Tinto, which will be implemented in the Pilbara region of Western...
APP and MAB partner on Indonesian pilot water project
The Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) has collaborated with the Man and Biosphere Programme (MAB) Indonesia-Limnology Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) on a community-based water...
ADB sells second water bond to Japanese investors
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is issuing its second water bond to Japanese investors to provide assistance to the water...
World Bank provides loan for water project in Brazil
The World Bank has provided a $70.3m loan to the Brazilian state of Sergipe for a water project that will provide improved water services to the...
Dhanoa to acquire majority stake of desalination project in Guinea
Dhanoa Minerals has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Vision Energy Corp to acquire a majority stake in a desalination plant in the Republic of Guinea in West...
Pall to provide water treatment solution for Qatar Petroleum
Pall Corp has signed an agreement with contractor SEG Qatar to deliver a water treatment solution for Qatar Petroleum's (QP) Ras Laffan Emergency and Safety College...
EPA launches new water pollution monitoring tool
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a new tool that provides information about pollutants that are released into the country's local...
Canada to invest in flood mitigation projects
Flood mitigation projects in British Columbia, Canada, are getting a boost from a partnership between the national and provincial...
Innovyze provides network management solution to Bulgarian utility
Innovyze has provided its InfoNet solution to Bulgarian water utility ViK Lovetch to manage its complex water network, as part of a pilot project to provide better water and sewerage services...
Aclara unveils automated leak-detection system
Aclara has unveiled its STAR ZoneScan, an automated system used for detecting underground leaks on water mains, for widespread...
Scottish Water invests in wastewater treatment works
Scottish Water is set to start three major projects to improve wastewater treatment works around Glasgow and Paisley in...
USDA provides funding for water supply improvement projects
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has allocated 26 grants worth $13.4m to improve water supply in communities across the...
Water Resources and Mandala Water to focus on South Asian market
Water Resources Group (WRG) has entered into a joint venture agreement with Mandala Water to use all of WRG's products and water technologies in South...
Ontario Clean Water Agency wins operating contract for two drinking water systems
The Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) has secured an operations and maintenance (O&M) contract for the two regional drinking water systems in...
EAD completes construction of 22 solar desalination plants
The Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD) has completed the construction of 22 solar desalination plants in Abu Dhabi, the...
EIB provides funding for Seychelles water project
European Investment Bank (EIB) has allocated €27m in funding to upgrade water infrastructure in the...
WB approves clean-up project for flood mitigation in Indonesia
The World Bank (WB) has approved a clean-up project to support the provincial government’s flood management system in Jakarta,...
Thames Water sewage plant upgrade to complete milestone in 2012
Ongoing upgrade works at Mogden sewage works in Isleworth, UK, will be 50% complete this year, Thames Water has...
HyperSolar to turn wastewater into renewable power
HyperSolar plans to optimise its technology to turn wastewater into renewable hydrogen and natural...
USDA and EPA sign MoU for water conservation in Minnesota
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of Minnesota have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to improve water quality in the...
El Paso Water to complete water plant upgrade in the US
El Paso Water Utilities has announced it will complete the ongoing $16.2m upgrade of its Fred Hervey water reclamation plant in Texas, US, by the end of this...
US develops plan to address ocean challenges
The US Government has developed a draft implementation plan, which seeks to address the most pressing challenges facing ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources in the...
Middlesex Water unit to operate wastewater treatment plant in the US
Utility Service Affiliates, a subsidiary of Middlesex Water Company, has signed an agreement with Sunoco Logistics Partners to operate the Eagle Point Biological wastewater treatment facility...
UK utility employs PerkinElmer water monitoring solution
UK-based water utility South West Water has received a monitoring solution from PerkinElmer for water services in southern...
Colombian municipal utility gets IFC loan for water project
Colombian municipal utility company Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM) has secured a $349m loan from IFC for the improvement of water services in the...
US utilities establish interim water management plan
Duke Energy, Greenville Water and Seneca Light & Water have established an interim plan to manage the use of water resources in the...
NRC report calls for wastewater recycling in the US
A new report by the National Research Council (NRC) calls for treatment and reuse of municipal wastewater, which could help the US Government increase and secure exiting water resources for...
Metito on target for sewage treatment projects in Qatar
Metito has announced it will complete treatment work at three new sewage projects for Ashghal in Qatar by the end of the...
Severn Trent awards contract to Bluewater Bio
Severn Trent Water has awarded a contract to Bluewater Bio International to provide its HYBACS wastewater treatment technology to upgrade the Ashbourne sewage treatment works (STW) in Derbyshire,...
DEWA begins new water pipeline project in Dubai
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has begun a water pipeline project costing AED96m...
Israel and UK sign landmark water deal
The Israeli Center for Research and Development, MATIMOP, has made a landmark agreement on strategic water cooperation with British...
Thames Water to employ sludge handling technology
Thames Water is investing £24m to employ Hydro International's Zickert sludge handling technology at its sewage treatment works in London,...
STW Resources to commission pilot water processing project in the US
STW Resources Holding Corp will commission an oilfield-produced water processing pilot in the Permian Basin of West Texas,...
Praj Industries acquires majority stake in Neela Systems
India's Praj Industries has acquired a majority stake in Neela Systems for a total consideration of Rs640m...
Scottish Water to upgrade waste water infrastructure at UK plant
Scottish Water has unveiled plans to make additional upgrades at the Dalmuir wastewater treatment works located in Clydebank,...
Two Rivers Water files water applications for irrigation projects in the US
Two Rivers Water Company has filed two applications with the Colorado District Court Water Division 2 for several planned farmland irrigation projects in the...
EPA releases study for Gowanus Canal clean up in New York
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a feasibility study of the options for cleaning up chemical contamination in the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New...
Blue Aquifer signs binding water offtake agreement in Cape Verde
Blue Aquifer LDA has signed a $95m binding water offtake agreement with the municipality of Santa Catarina in the Republic of Cape Verde, to supply drinking water in the...
American Water expands services in four US states
American Water Works Company is expanding its water and sewer line protection programmes to homeowners in the US states of Georgia, Kansas, North Carolina and...
EU launches desalination plant in Gaza Strip
The European Union (EU) has launched a €10m low-volume desalination project in the Gaza Strip in response to a humanitarian water crises in the...
Indiana and EPA sign deal to improve sewer system
The US city of South Bend has signed an agreement with the country's attorney’s office and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address Clean Water Act violations in addition to...
HCC secures contract for water transmission system in India
Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has secured a letter of acceptance (LOA) for an Rs289Cr ($54.29m) contract from Gujarat Water Infrastructure for the construction of a bulk water...
December 2011
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Missouri American Water completes water system upgrade in the US
Wastewater utility Missouri American Water has completed a water system improvement project in Jefferson City in the US state of...
Season's Greetings from the editorial team
We will be taking a short break over the holiday season. Our daily news service will return in full on 3...
EBRD to provide loan for water infrastructure in Romania
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has allocated a loan of €8.8m to help improve water infrastructure in the county of Braila,...
EPA funded wastewater treatment facility unveiled in the US
A new EPA funded wastewater treatment facility has been opened in Maryland, US, after a significant infrastructure...
NI Water unveils upgrade project for wastewater treatment works
Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) has unveiled plans to invest a total of £7m to upgrade the wastewater treatment works in Newcastle,...
ADB provides loan for wetland restoration in China
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $37m loan to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to restore and preserve two national nature reserves that are part of its coastal...
US utility selects ICM software for sewerage modelling
Innovyze has been selected by water utility Sacramento Area Sewer District (SASD) to provide InfoWorks ICM software to meet its sewerage modeling requirements for its operations in California,...
Saudi Arabia to establish tertiary sewage treatment plant
The National Water Company (NWC) has signed an agreement to establish a tertiary sewage purification plant in Saudi Arabia with Al-Arrab Company, PWT German Company and ELF Austrian...
Elster secures water meter order from COPASA in Brazil
Elster has secured an order from Companhia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais (COPASA) to supply 111,000 S120 single-jet water meters in Brazil over the next 12...
Acciona secures water services contract in Spain
Acciona Agua has secured a €300m contract to provide water management services to the city of Caceres, Spain, for the next 24...
Heckmann begins fresh water pipeline operation in the US
Heckmann has started operations of its new fresh water pipeline in the Haynesville Shale area, in the south of the US, planning to deliver about 16,000 barrels of water a...
Indian state to receive World Bank loan for water project
The World Bank (WB) has finalised a $155.3m loan to the southern Indian state of Kerala to help village communities to enhance water supply and sanitation services for some 1.84 million...
EPA and MWRD to settle sewage overflow in Chicago
Authorities in the US state of Illinois have announced a clean water act (CWA) settlement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) to reduce sewage...
Italian utility selects InfoWorks ICM for hydraulic modeling
Italian multi-utility Dolomiti Reti has selected InfoWorks ICM from Innovyze for its wastewater and stormwater modelling...
Acciona to perform extension works at Chilean desalination plant
Acciona has secured a contract from the Compania Minera del Pacifico (CAP Group) to perform extension works at a desalination plant in...
UK utility begins public consultation of water management plan
Thames Water has started a seven-week public consultation on its proposed water resources management plan, which aims to improve the water infrastructure network across its operations in the...
Kafubu Water secures $23m grant in Zambia
Kafubu Water and Sewerage Company has secured a ZMK115bn ($23m) grant from Japanese International Co-operation Agency (JICA) for the improvement of water services in Ndola,...
Resource Generation to build wastewater treatment plant in South Africa
Resource Generation has signed a contract with the Lephalale Local Municipality (LLM) to build a wastewater treatment plant in Limpopo Province, South...
EPA bans sewage discharge from boats into Lake Ontario
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a proposal from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to ban sewage discharge from boats into Lake...
US water utility seeks approval to build WTP
The Ames Water Department has submitted a proposal to the local city council for a land exchange agreement to build its proposed water treatment plant (WTP) in Iowa,...
Toshiba, Shaw utilise Honeywell UOP adsorbents for Japanese nuclear plant
Toshiba Corp and Shaw Global Services are using adsorbent ion exchange products from UOP for the clean up of radiation-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in...
STW and WorleyParsons partner to provide water treatment services
STW Resources Holding has signed a memorandum of understanding with WorleyParsons Group to pursue joint business...
Ashdod Desalination to receive EIB loan for water plant in Israel
The European investment bank has signed a contract to provide a €120m loan to fund the construction of a new seawater desalination plant in Ashdod,...
Tri-Tech to deliver seawater desalination unit in Qatar
Tri-Tech Holding, through its subsidiary Tri-Tech Infrastructure (Tri-Tech US), has secured a contract from Qatar Petrochemical (QAPCO) to deliver a seawater desalination unit in Doha,...
Veolia upgrades water treatment facility at Sasol Synfuels refinery
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies has upgraded the water treatment facility at the Sasol Synfuels refinery in Secunda, South...
Umgeni Water to receive EIB loan for water projects in South Africa
State water utility Umgeni Water will receive a €35m loan from the European Investment Bank to improve water infrastructure in the city of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South...
Lehigh County Authority selects InfoWorks CS for wastewater facilities
The Lehigh County Authority (LCA), in the US state of Pennsylvania, has selected InfoWorks CS software from Innovyze to manage its wastewater...
National Water to invest $66.4bn in water and wastewater projects
Saudi Arabia's National Water Co is set to invest about $66.4bn in water and wastewater projects over the next eight...
EPA urges Honolulu to settle stormwater violations
The City and County of Honolulu and Waste Management have been issued an order by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to settle stormwater violations at the Waimanalo Gulch...
BioLargo selected to develop water treatment solution in Canada
US-based BioLargo has been selected by the Canadian Government to develop water treatment solutions, as its new founding member for its Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council...
CH2M HILL begins operations of a $173m water reclamation facility
CH2M HILL Constructors has started operations of the new $173m Spokane County water reclamation facility, ahead of schedule, in the US state of...
Elster and Freestyle integrate Ember ZigBee technology into V200 water meter
Germany-based Elster and Australia's Freestyle Technology have integrated ZigBee technology from Ember, a supplier of wireless semiconductor solutions, into the new Elster V200 digital water...
ANRA to improve water resources in East Texas
The Angelina and Neches River Authority (ANRA) is planning to start a new project in the Huntington area as part of its efforts to improve and protect water resources in East Texas,...
Romanian water utility gets EBRD loan for water projects
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has allocated a €17.1m loan to the Romanian water utility SC Apa-Canal Sibiu to support its plan to modernise water services in the...
November 2011
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PwC to study water supply in Indian state
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been selected by the state government of Gujarat in India to prepare a report of the supply of water to the industries in the...
Severn Trent wins deal for ballast water treatment systems
Severn Trent De Nora has received an order to supply its BALPURE ballast water treatment systems to four LNG carriers being constructed by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines...
Evides signs water cooperation agreement in China
Dutch water firm Evides has signed a cooperation agreement with the Technical University of Delft (TUD) in the Netherlands, as well as the China-based National Engineering Center of Urban...
Hyundai Heavy receives test approval for HiBallast system
Korean firm Hyundai Heavy Industries has received final test approval for its electrolysis HiBallast system from the Government of...
Filipino potable water supply project secures loan
A new water supply source project planned to be developed in Metro Manila, the Philippines has received funding approval from the country's project development and monitoring facility (PDMF)...
CWC identifies river water contamination in eight Indian states
The Central Water Commission (CWC) of India has identified 12 zones of river water contamination in eight Indian states in a new...
Brazil launches tender for $3.5bn water and sanitation concession
Brazil has launched a tender for a 30-year water and sanitation service concession worth R$6.63bn ($3.59bn) in the city of Cuiabá in Mato Grosso...
IDB provides loan to improve sewage collection in Brazil
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $452m loan to Brazil, to improve sewage collection at Baía de Guanabara in Rio de Janeiro...
DP Barros to start Guamiranga reservoir construction in 2012
Brazilian firm DP Barros is planning to start the construction of the R$114m ($63m) Guamiranga reservoir in the first quarter of...
NRC provides loan for water projects in Indian State
The National Capital Region (NCR) planning board of India has approved three water projects worth Rs1.1bn($20.8m) to improve water supply and sewerage facilities in the Gurgaon district of...
Hydro International to expand operations in Japan
UK-based Hydro International has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Japanese firm Haneda Zenith Techno to expand its business in...
IDB provides loan to improve drainage infrastructure in Uruguay
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has allocated a $20.5m loan to improve the urban drainage infrastructure in Montevideo,...
Corson to conduct sanitation projects in Rio Grande do Sul
Brazilian water utility Corson is planning to invest R$45m ($24.8m) for basic sanitation services in Rio Pardo, Rio Grande do Sul...
Inter-American Development Bank to provide water loan to the Bahamas
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will provide an $81m loan to the Bahamas to overhaul major parts of the water infrastructure in New...
Infiltrator Systems to acquire ADS assets
Infiltrator Systems has agreed to acquire the assets of septic chamber business Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) and its...
Xylem commences water operations in India
Xylem Water Solutions has started operations in India and plans to invest $22m over the next three years in projects in the...
South Africa opens seawater desalination plant
South Africa has opened the largest seawater desalination plant in the Western Cape province, which has a capacity of 15 million megalitres a...
Enzen Water signs MoU for restoration projects in India
Enzen Water Solutions has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with France-based Tech to collaborate on restoring lakes and water bodies in...
Sabesp to receive funding for water projects in Brazil
Sao Paulo state water utility Sabesp will receive $26.7m from the federal government for several water supply projects in...
FEMA awards grant to upgrade flooded Iowa plant
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a $15.68m grant to upgrade Iowa's Water Pollution Control plant, which was flooded by a tropical storm in...
Canadian dam project to complete by 2014
Officials working on the Tower Road dam and reservoir project in New Brunswick, Canada, expect it to be complete by...
Chile to invest in irrigation projects next year
The Chilean government is expected to spend $104m to finance irrigation projects over the next year, planned by the national irrigation commission,...
Ethiopia to build new water dams
The provincial government of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia has unveiled plans to build new water dams for an estimated cost of ETB8bn...
Portsmouth Water opens treatment plant in the US
Portsmouth Water System has opened its new water treatment plant in the US state of New...
Chile to build four reservoirs
The government in Chile is planning to invest more than $200m in building four reservoirs in the...
IDB provides loan to Jamaica National Water Commission
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has allocated a $133m loan to Jamaica National Water Commission to improve water supply in the city of Kingston and the surrounding...
Veidekke Entreprenør to renovate Tunhovd dam in Norway
Veidekke Entreprenør has signed a NOK 162m ($27.9m) contract with Statkraft to renovate the Tunhovd Dam and to construct a submerged weir at Pålsbufjorden lake in Nore and Uvdal in Buskerud,...
Canada must take up measures for sustainable water supply, says report
A report has called for the Canadian government to engage in more collaborative models of governance to ensure the sustainability of its water...
GS Engineering & Construction to acquire OHL's subsidiary
Spanish firm Obrascon Huarte Lain (OHL) has signed an agreement with Korean firm GS Engineering & Construction, to sell its subsidiary OHL Medio Ambiente Inima for...
European bank to provide loan to Russian water operator
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has allocated a loan of RUR1.5bn ($48m) to the Russian water operator Rosvodokanal...
USACE and Nature Conservancy to improve US river basins
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has signed an agreement with the Nature Conservancy to improve the health of the large working rivers nationally and...
Conagua signs water technology agreement with Israel
The Government of Israel and the Mexican national water authority Conagua have signed a water technology cooperation...
Yissum develops new technology to purify contaminated water
Israel-based Yissum Research Development has developed a new biological solution for purifying contaminated...
MinDa to launch water programme in the Philippines
The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and its partner agencies are planning to launch the Midanao Nuturing Our Waters Programme in the Philippines later this...
Yorkshire Water to modernise treatment works on River Rother
Yorkshire Water is planning to invest £20m for the modernisation of water treatment works on the River Rother, which flows in England from Pilsley, near Chesterfield, to...
Brazil allocates funds for water and sanitation projects
Brazil's cities ministry has assigned R$140m ($79.6m) for water and sanitation projects in the north eastern state of...
AbTech completes field testing of Smart Sponge Contractor
AbTech Holdings has completed field testing of its Smart Sponge Mixed Media Contractor to treat produced water at a natural gas exploration and production site in Wyoming,...
UCFC to clean up Clark Fork river in the US
The Upper Clark Fork Council (UCFC) has approved a plan for the cleanup of the Clark Fork river in Montana,...
Saneago to launch tenders for water projects in Brazil
Brazilian water utility Saneago is expecting to start tenders for water and sewerage upgrade works worth R$81.7m ($46.4m) in Goiás state by the end of the...
EZPack develops new water storage system
EZPack Water has developed a new water storage and distribution system (WSDS) for portable water supply, which will be distributed to municipalities and utilities in...
IVRCL bags water pipeline contract in India
IVRCL has received a contract worth Rs6.91bn ($138m) for water pipelines in India from the Gujarat Water...
Malaysia to complete first phase of Kuching project by 2012
The Malaysian Government is planning to complete the first phase of the MYR4bn ($952m) Kuching sewerage project by the end of...
IDB to provide loan for wastewater projects in Iran
Tehran Wastewater firm will receive a €240m loan from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) for wastewater projects in...
Tibet to improve irrigation and water conservation infrastructure
The Tibet autonomous region in China is planning to invest CNY 380m ($59m) in the coming months to improve its farmland irrigation and water conservation...
Itron to supply water meters to Australian water utility
Itron will supply its advanced water metering solutions to the city of Kalgoorlie in...
Protesa to supply GRP piping for Israel desalination plant
Spanish firm Protesa has received a contract to supply and install glass fibre reinforced polyester (GRP) piping for the Sorek desalination plant in...
Atlantium to develop new technology for reverse osmosis membrane
Atlantium Technologies will work with the Israeli Government and several universities to develop a new way to sustain reverse osmosis membrane performance at desalination plants in...
Tri-Tech bags EPC contract in India
Tri-Tech Beijing, a subsidiary of Chinese firm Tri-Tech Holding, has received an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development (BUIDC) in...
Elster to supply water meters to SEWA
The Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) has selected Elster to supply more than 30,000 V100 volumetric water meters in the...
APTwater merges with Rochem
US-based APTwater and European firm Rochem have merged to form a new advanced water technology...
GE, Desalitech and Mekorot develop wastewater treatment plant in Israel
GE, Desalitech and Israel's national water firm Mekorot are working together to develop an innovative membrane-based municipal wastewater treatment system in...
FSI bags bench testing contract from Canadian firm
FSI Energy Services has entered into a contract with a major Canadian oil firm to complete bench testing for specialised water treatment technologies and...
Sound Global to build wastewater treatment plant in China
Sound Global has received a contract to build a municipal wastewater treatment project in Ningyuan of Anshan City, in the Liaoning Province of...
Manila Water to acquire Clark Water Corporation
Manila Water has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire Clark Water...
Innovyze to provide InfoWorks ICM solution to MSD
The Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) has selected Innovyze's InfoWorks ICM for the sewerage and drainage modelling requirements within its combined sewer system...
Saneago to launch tender for potable water supply project
Brazilian water utility Saneago is planning to release a tender worth R$102m ($59.1m) to expand potable water supply service in Goiânia city by the end of the...
Vissering Construction starts WTP work in the US
Vissering Construction has started work on phase two of construction to build a four-million-gallon a day water treatment plant (WTP) in the US city of Princeton,...
New York DEP teams up with Veolia to improve water services
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has launched a new programme to improve the DEP's efficiency and operations in partnership with Veolia...
Brazilian state receives bids for water supply projects
Brazilian state Alagoas has received three proposals for a 30-year public-private partnership (PPP) to improve water supply in the Agreste region, estimated to cost R$143m...
US EPA approves water quality standards in Illinois
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved new and revised water quality standards for five segments of the Chicago and Calumet Rivers in...
Halifax starts construction work at Easter Passage facility
Halifax Water has started construction work for the expansion of the $61.7m Easter Passage wastewater treatment facility in Nova Scotia,...
Brazilian state to invest $2.2bn for water and sanitation projects
Brazilian State Rio Grande do Sul's government is planning to invest R$3.8bn ($2.2bn) in potable water and sanitation projects by...
United Utilities receives EIB fund for water projects
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved £400m in funding to help United Utilities improve water supply and wastewater management in the...
China CAMC to build water reservoir in Sri Lanka
Chinese firm China CAMC Engineering has signed a contract with the the Sri Lanka Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management for the construction of a water reservoir to...
Argentina receives IDB loan for water and sanitation projects
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $200m loan to Argentina, to expand and improve water and sanitation services in Buenos Aires and its...
EPA introduces research plan on hydraulic fracturing
The US Environmental Protection Agency has developed a final research plan on hydraulic fracturing in order to understand its potential impacts on drinking water...
Energy Recovery wins expansion contract for desalination plant in Australia
Southern Seawater Alliance (SSWA) has selected Energy Recovery for the expansion of its desalination plant in Western...
US Marine Corps to recycle blackwater at MCRD
The US Marine Corps will install a Living Machine system at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego to recycle blackwater for sub-surface irrigation and minimise water...
ThermoEnergy to supply distillation system for water treatment plant
ThermoEnergy has received a contract to supply its CAST flash distillation system for a new wastewater recovery system at a municipal treatment plant in the western region of the...
Xylem and GE sign agreement for membrane filtration products
Water technology firm Xylem has entered into an agreement to become General Electric's distribution partner for its advanced membrane filtration...
Purestream to treat frac water at Williston Basin operations
Purestream Technology has received an order for its Avara technology from Whiting Oil and Gas to treat frac...
Pentair develops new water purification technology
US-based Pentair has developed a new electronic water purification system Hybrid Deionization (Hybrid DI) for residential...
EPA starts cleanup work at Passaic River
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has started work to remove contaminated sediment from the lower Passaic River in New Jersey,...
HSL to build water treatment plant in Malaysia
Malaysian firm Hock Seng Lee (HSL) has received a MYR90.28m ($29m) contract for the construction of a new rural water treatment plant in Sarawak on the island of...
GE to supply SPS pumps to ProWater's SWD systems
General Electric has received a contract to build key components for ProWater's Centerline modular saltwater disposal (SWD) and deep injection well (DIW)...
FRC Systems to build DAF system for Chilean mine
FRC Systems International has been awarded a contract for the manufacturing and delivery of a dissolved air flotation (DAF) mining waste water treatment system for a copper mine in...
Ambienta makes equity investment in Amplio Filtration Group
Ambienta SGR has made an equity investment of €16m in Amplio Group's water filtration subsidiary Amplio Filtration Group to become a minority...
AMC to carry out water projects to improve water supply
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is planning 57 projects worth Rs2.47bn ($50m) to improve water supply in the city of Ahmedabad in...
Xylem completes spinoff from ITT
Global water technology company Xylem has began operations as a $3.3bn standalone global water technology firm by completing its spinoff from ITT...
Bluewater Bio and IDI to expand wastewater treatment technology in North America
Bluewater Bio International has entered into an agreement with Infilco Degremont (IDI) for energy-efficient nutrient removal across North...
IDB provides water loan to Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a loan of $50m to improve the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago's wastewater infrastructure services and reduce contamination along the...
SWCC to develop $10.6bn desalination projects
The Saline Water Conversion (SWCC) of Saudi Arabia is carrying out desalination projects worth SAR 40bn ($10.6bn) in the...
EPA develops planning process to improve water quality
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed an integrated planning process to help local governments improve water quality across the...
Escave and SulBrasil start construction of sanitation project in Brazil
Brazilian firms Escave Bahia and SulBrasil have started construction of the R$320m ($189m) sanitation project in Blumenau City, Santa Catarina...
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EPA to clean up Centredale Manor restoration project site
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan for the clean-up of the Centredale Manor restoration project site in North Providence, Rhode...
Thermo Energy to sell wastewater recovery system to recycling firm
ThermoEnergy Corporation has signed a contract to sell its CAST wastewater recovery system to a major recycling firm for an undisclosed...
Mechel starts construction of biochemical cleaning facility in Russia
Mechel has started the construction of a biochemical cleaning facility in Chelyabinsk, Russia, to treat phenolic waste water from Mechel-Coke’s coke and chemicals production...
Pennsylvania State allocates funds for water projects
The Pennsylvania State Government has allocated $84m for 18 non-point source, drinking water and wastewater projects in 14 counties of the US...
Casal to receive funds for water and sanitation projects
Brazilian water utility Casal is to receive R$681m ($391m) in federal government funding for water and sanitation projects in the state of Alagoas,...
Qatar University, ConocoPhillips sign research agreement
Qatar University and ConocoPhillips Water Technology have signed a research agreement to develop a new desalination process based on membrane...
Fountain Quail develops new wastewater treatment technology
Fountain Quail Water Management, a subsidiary of Aqua-Pure Ventures, has developed a new system for the treatment of wastewater at oil and gas...
World Bank provides loan for Armenian irrigation rehabilitation project
The World Bank has approved a loan of $18m for a irrigation rehabilitation emergency project in...
Southern Botanical, ET Water Systems form smart irrigation partnership
Southern Botanical and ET Water Systems have formed a strategic partnership to introduce smart irrigation systems in Texas,...
Sound Global awarded $75m Chinese water contract
Singapore-based Sound Global has received a CNY480m ($75.3m) contract for the construction of wastewater treatment plants in...
IDB, Spain to provide grants for water projects in Bolivia
Bolivia will receive $40m to improve its drinking water, sanitation and wastewater treatment services in rural communities and small...
Energy Recovery to supply PX devices for UAE project
Spanish firm Cadagua and UAE-based ESSA Engineering & Marine Services have selected Energy Recovery to supply equipment for the new Al Zawrah seawater reverse osmosis project in the Emirate...
US provides funding for irrigation projects
The US Department of the Interior has awarded $20.1m federal funding for four irrigation districts in Western Colorado,...
Sembcorp to expand operations in China
Sembcorp China Holding is to sign a letter of intent with Qidong LVSI Coastal Economic Development Zone (Qidong EDZ) to form a new joint...
Wadpa to build carryover dam on Haro River
Pakistan's Water and Power Development Authority is to construct a carryover dam upstream of the Khanpur Dam, which is located on the Haro River,...
CAVU Energy, PPV to develop SWDF
CAVU Energy Services and PPV are to form a joint venture to acquire or build and operate oil and gas-produced salt water disposal facilities in the...
AbTech, Waste Management start stormwater solutions services
AbTech Holdings, in collaboration with Waste Management, has begun stormwater solutions services in California, parts of south-east US and...
ItN Nanovation, Juffali form CFM joint venture
Germany-based ItN Nanovation has finalised contracts on a joint venture with Saudi Arabian firm Juffali and a consortium of German investors to produce and supply ceramic flat membranes...
EIA approves Escondida water treatment plant
Minera Escondida has received environmental impact assessment approval for the construction of a $120m potable water and wastewater treatment...
Canada to fund Stave Lake water project
The Canadian Government is to provide up to $65.6m to the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, for the Stave Lake water project under the P3 Canada...
New York to reduce combined sewer overflows
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) have reached a draft agreement to reduce combined sewer...
Formation Fluid wins contract from Canadian firm
Formation Fluid Management's Formation Fluids Mobile Water Treatment Unit has received a contract from a Canadian oil and gas producer in Calgary, Alberta,...
EPA to develop standards for wastewater discharges
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to develop standards for wastewater discharges produced by natural gas extraction from underground coalbed and shale...
Iraq to build water-injection plants
Iraq has agreed to work in collaboration with major oil firms to construct a water injection plant in the south of the...
HPA wins $42m contract from US Army Corps
The US Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $42m contract to EMCOR Group's subsidiary Harry Pepper & Associates (HPA) to replace two culverts that control water flow for Lake Okeechobee in the...
Metito to acquire stake in Berlinwasser China
UAE-based water management solutions provider Metito will acquire Berlinwasser International's minority stake in Berlinwasser China Holdings...
Ridgeline to install STCI at Canadian oil site
Ridgeline Energy Services has signed a development agreement with a North American oil and gas producer to install its single train commercial installations (STCI) at an oil production...
Abengoa wins contract for El Zapotillo aqueduct project
Abengoa has received a $566m contract from Mexican water utility Conagua to develop the El Zapotillo aqueduct project in...
Saudi Arabia to award $773m water contracts
The National Water Company (NWC of Saudi Arabia is to award SAR2.9bn ($773m) of contracts for 55 water and wastewater projects in Riyadh and Jeddah by the second quarter of...
Emerson to install Ovation technology at MWRA treatment plant
Emerson Process Management has been selected by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) to install its Ovation technology at MWRA's Deer Island wastewater treatment plant, replacing...
Australia, Victoria governments sign contract for second stage of NVIRP
The Australian and Victorian governments have signed a new contract for stage two of the $1.2bn Northern Victoria Irrigation Renewal Project...
IPTC, PMC to team up for wastewater sludge reduction
In-Pipe Technology (IPTC) has entered a multi-year marketing agreement with PMC BioTec (PMC) to use PMC's process technology, equipment and engineering services for the US municipal...
Paraguay to improve Asunción’s sewerage networks
Paraguay's Ministry of Public Works and Communications is to renovate basic services and environmental sanitation in the city of Asunción with an investment of...
Siemens develops new metal removal media for water sector
Siemens has unveiled a new speciality media that removes regulated metals from industrial wastewater, groundwater and storm runoff...
Kurita, JAXA to research space station water recycling system
Kurita Water Industries has signed a joint research agreement with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to study a new water recycling...
Syabas receives government loan for water projects
The Malaysia Government has provided a MYR110m ($35.2m) loan to Puncak Niaga Holdings subsidiary Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) to finance its water...
OTV partnership to build Philippines sewage treatment plant
Manila Water has awarded a $62m contract to OTV and civil contractor Sta.Clara to design and develop a sewage treatment plant in Manila, the...
Electrolytic to supply equipment for Alaskan wastewater facility
Electrolytic Technologies is to provide its Klorigen on-site chlorine and sodium hypochlorite generators for Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility's John M Asplund wastewater treatment facility...
SES, LMS to deliver water solution for disaster relief
TIE Technologies subsidiary Smart Environmental Systems has entered a teaming agreement with water treatment unit manufacturer LMS France World Water Treatment to deliver a new clean water...
Moltz to start construction of Colorado water purification facility
Moltz Construction will begin the development of the $22.6m Plum Creek water purification facility in Colorado, US, next...
STW Resources to treat brackish / produced water in Texas
STW Resources Holding has executed a joint venture agreement with CK Investments Energy to commission a proprietary brackish / produced water processing facility in the Permian and Delaware...
SourceOne upgrades Deer Island wastewater treatment plant
Veolia Energy North America's subsidiary SourceOne has completed upgrade works for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority's (MWRA) Deer Island wastewater treatment plant in Boston,...
GreenHunter Water develops water management solution
GreenHunter Water has created a produced water custody tracking solution equipped with integrated GPS route verification and...
DC Water launches $2.6bn US Clean Rivers project
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority has launched the $2.6bn Clean Rivers project in Washington DC,...
ENPAR, Miahona sign MoU for water treatment technologies
ENPAR Technologies has entered a memorandum of understanding with Miahona to develop markets for ENPAR's range of water treatment technologies in the Middle...
China to invest £400bn in water sector
China will spend £400bn over the next decade on helping the nation overcome its water...
Bio-Microbics receives NSF certification for water reuse technology
Bio-Microbics has been awarded NSF/ANSI 350 certification for its Bio-Barrier membrane bioreactor (MBR) from the National Science Foundation...
Operations underway at American Water’s Hidden Lake plant
American Water's subsidiary Indiana American Water has started operations at its upgraded Hidden Lake water treatment facility in Indiana,...
Scottish Water completes upgrade works at Scotland sites
Scottish Water has completed £34.5m of upgrade works at its three wastewater sites in Dumfries and Castle Douglas,...
Echologics signs services agreement with United Water
Echologics, a unit of Mueller Water Products, has secured a master services agreement with United Water by which any operating division of United Water will use Echologics' leak detection...
Caern to launch tender for Brazilian potable water supply system
Brazilian water utility Caern is to release a R$110m ($62.6m) tender by the end of the year to build a potable water supply system for the city of Mossoró in Rio Grande do Norte,...
Freestone, MEA to work on water resource management solution
Freestone Resources and MEA Solutions have formed a joint venture to deliver a total solution for water resource management in the oilfield services...
Corsan receives funding for Brazilian water projects
Brazilian water utility Corsan is to be given R$632m ($357m) to carry out water projects under the country's PAC growth acceleration...
Thermo Fisher develops water-based informatics solution
Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a new informatics solution that can be used by water and environmental testing...
FlowWorks launches graphic editing tool for water utilities
FlowWorks has unveiled a new data editing and analysis tool that can help water utilities streamline workflow...
Hydro International wins sand filtration contract from Scottish Water
Scottish Water has awarded a five-year framework agreement contract to Hydro International to supply sand filtration...
Agilent, BIO5 to develop contamination detection methods
Agilent Technologies is to work in collaboration with the University of Arizona's Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering's BIO5 Institute to develop ways of detecting and...
AdEdge Water wins contract for water treatment systems to remove arsenic
AdEdge Water Technologies has received a contract from Sunrise Engineering to design and build three AdEdge WaterPOD containerised water treatment systems for Spring Creek Utilities in Nevada,...
China Three Gorges to build water conservation dam in Mauritius
China Three Gorges has signed a contract with the Government of Mauritius for the construction of the Bagatelle Dam across the Terre Rouge Rive in...
Saudi Arabia signs $226m deals for water and sewage projects
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Water and Electricity has signed contracts worth SAR851m ($226m) to carry out water and sewage projects in the...
John Meunier, Veolia awarded water treatment system supply contract
John Meunier and Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies have won a contract to supply a drinking water treatment system to the village of Gitwinksihlkw in British Columbia,...
Severn Trent to supply ballast water treatment systems to Japan
Severn Trent De Nora will provide its BALPURE ballast water treatment systems for new bulk carriers being constructed by Sasaki Shipbuilding in Japan for Toko Kaiun...
PPC, Siemens complete UK smart metering pilot project
Power Plus Communications (PPC) and Siemens Metering, Communications & Services (MCS) have completed the pilot installation of smart water meters at Chips Apartments in Manchester,...
Trojan Technologies to supply wastewater disinfection system to LBVSD
Trojan Technologies will supply its new Trojan UVSigna open channel wastewater ultraviolet light disinfection system to the Little Blue Valley Sewer District (LBVSD) in Missouri,...
Colombia launches $100m water projects
Colombia's Ministry of Housing, City and Territory has launched three water projects worth COP200m...
Capstone acquires 70% stake in Bristol Water
Suez Environment has completed the sale of 70% of Bristol Water through its subsidiary AGBAR to Capstone Infrastructure for...
California American Water releases Monterey Peninsula water shortage study
California American Water has issued a technical memorandum regarding water supply alternatives that are designed to meet water shortages in Monterey Peninsula, California,...
GES acquires Israeli desalination plant
Azrieli Group's Global Environmental Solutions (GES) has acquired Tahal Group International's 28% stake in the Palmachim desalination plant for ILS62m...
Elster wins UK water meter supply contract
Peterborough Utilities Commission will integrate Elster water meters into its existing EnergyAxis metering infrastructure...
EPA to clean up contaminated groundwater at Peninsula Boulevard
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalised a plan to clean up groundwater at the Peninsula Boulevard Groundwater Plume site in Hempstead, New York,...
Cosanpa to improve Brazilian state's water supply
The state government of Pará in Brazil will provide R$225m ($119m) through water utility Cosanpa to improve water supply throughout the...
South Korea to develop water desalination technology
The South Korean Government is developing a new desalination technology that uses natural gas hydrate to treat...
Paraguay to improve water and sanitation services
Paraguay is to expand its potable water and sanitation coverage under an $88m programme backed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Spanish...
Chinese province to invest $3.2bn in water diversion project
The provincial government of Shandong in China will provide CNY20.6bn ($3.2bn) for the construction of the eastern route of the South-North Water Diversion (SNWD) project over the next two...
ADB to fund Indian water improvement projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated $200m to improve the water supply and other urban services in the cities of Guwahati and Dibrugarh in Assam,...
Copasa to expand Brazilian sewerage system
Brazilian water utility Copasa will expand the sewerage system of the city of Timóteo, in Minas Gerais, with an investment of BRL55m...
US Army Corps awards water contracts for HHD project
The US Army Corps of Engineers has awarded two contracts worth $89m to Odebrecht Construction to replace four water control structures on Herbert Hoover Dike (HHD) near Lake Okeechobee in...
Galfar to build water pipeline in Oman
The Public Authority of Electricity and Water of Oman has awarded a OMR13.96m ($36m) contract to Galfar Engineering and Contracting to construct a water...
EBRD to provide €13.4m loan to water project in Romania
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has allocated a €13.4m loan to Compania de Apa Targoviste-Dambovita to upgrade and expand its water services in Dambovita,...
EPA to treat contaminated groundwater at Omega Chemical site
The US Environmental Protection Agency has selected an interim remedy to capture and treat groundwater contaminated at Omega Chemicals' site in the state of California,...
Cotter ordered to build water pipeline at Schwartzwalder mine
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Water Quality Control Division has ordered Cotter Corporation to build a bypass pipeline at its Schwartzwalder mine in Jefferson...
Sanitation firms receive BNDES funding for water projects
Brazilian development bank BNDES will give R$178.6m ($97.6m) to sanitation firms Sanepar and CESAN to upgrade water projects in the state of...
Aecom wins $25m water tunnel services contract
Aecom Technology has received a $25m contract from the City of Indianapolis to provide construction management services for the Deep Rock Tunnel Connection (DRTC) and dewatering pump station...
Aerojet to clean up groundwater at California site
The US Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a $60m clean-up of rocket fuel-polluted groundwater at the Aerojet Superfund Site in Sacramento County, California,...
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John Holland Group wins $400m water pipeline contract
Leighton Holdings subsidiary John Holland Group has received a $400m construction contract from SunWater for the Connors River Dam to the Moranbah Pipeline in Central Queensland,...
Brac System awarded supply contract for black water treatment solution
Brac Systems has received a contract to supply its black water treatments system (BWTS) for a 600-unit residential project in San Miguel de Allende,...
Jamaica to undergo $2.8bn water system improvement projects
Jamaica's Ministry of Housing, Environment and Water has signed four major contracts worth $2.8bn to improve its water...
American Water gets patent for wastewater treatment process
Utility American Water has received a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for its optimised nutrient removal from wastewater...
Two Rivers, Pueblo sign water storage agreement
Two Rivers Water has executed an agreement with the Pueblo Board of Water Works for the lease and exchange of 500 acre-feet of water into Two Rivers' storage facilities in Colorado,...
MWH wins $28m water contract from US Department of Defense
MWH Americas has received a $28m contract from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to provide architectural and engineering services for water and wastewater system projects at Marine...
SCWS to provide finance for Coverted Organics project
Converted Organics has signed an agreement with South Canyon Waste Systems (SCWS) to provide financing for an industrial wastewater project at the South Canyon Landfill in Colorado,...
Ridgeline to build STCI water treatment system in New Mexico
Ridgeline Energy Services has signed a development agreement with an North American oil and gas producer to construct a single train commercial installation (STCI) in the Leonard Shale, New...
USBR releases report for Californian water conservation project
The US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) has released the draft environmental assessment for the Garibaldi and McCoy Canals water conservation project in California,...
Unitywater to research new purifying methods
Unitywater is to work in collaboration with the University of Queensland and Veolia Water Australia to investigate new methods of purifying treated wastewater at its Caboolture sewage...
Brazil to launch $68m tender for Natal drainage tunnel project
The provincial government of Natal is to release a R$126m ($68.2m) tender to build a drainage tunnel in Rio Grande do Norte,...
Israel requires $53bn to develop water infrastructure
Israel needs an investment of ILS200bn ($53.7bn) to cover the development of water installations over the next four...
RSC wins $1.23m contract for US dam upgrade
Construction firm Record Steel and Construction (RSC) has received a $21.3m contract to undertake upgrade works at the Minidoka Dam at Snake River in Idaho,...
ADB grants loan for Niger water and sanitation projects
The African Development Bank has approved a $59.64m loan to support water and sanitation projects in...
R3 Fusion wins patent for water purification technology
Cleantech company R3 Fusion has received a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office for its water purification...
Arkansas to receive federal loan for water plant construction
The US federal government will provide a $24.5m loan to Lonoke-White Public Water Authority (LWPWA) to build a new water treatment plant and transmission line in...
Aguas submits EIA application for Chilean desalination plant
Chilean water utility Aguas de Antofagasta has submitted a new environmental impact assessment (EIA) application to the Antofagasta to the environment ministry (MMA) for construction of...
Ridgeline to treat flowback water at Canadian project
Ridgeline Energy Services has signed a development agreement with a North American oil and gas producer to install mobile development laboratories at a hydraulic fracturing well site in...
Select Energy forms strategic alliance with Water Rescue
Select Energy Services has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Water Rescue Holdings to enhance its services...
Triune-Beck to build national water centre in the US
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded an $18.8m contract to Triune-Beck to build the new NOAA National Water Center at the University of Alabama in Alabama,...
Osum Oil to use Veolia's water-treatment systems at Canadian project
Osum Oil Sands is to employ Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies' water-treatment solutions to process produced water at its Taiga project at Cold Lake in Alberta,...
GE to supply water-treatment technology to Australian project
GE will supply its power and water technology solutions to GELOR, an Australian-based consortium of GE Betz and Laing O'Rourke...
Jacobs Engineering wins $1bn contract for Marafiq project
Saudi Arabian utility Marafiq has awarded a $1bn contract to US-based Jacobs Engineering...
GE to provide water evaporation technology for Algar Lake project
Canadian firm Grizzly Oil Sands LC has selected GE's produced water evaporation technology for its Algar Lake project near Fort McMurray in Alberta,...
Innovyze awarded supply contracts for Colorado wastewater projects
The South Adams County Water and Sanitation District has selected Innovyze's InfoSewer solution to support its wastewater system improvement projects being implemented in Colorado,...
Aqua America, PVR to build water pipeline in Pennsylvania
Aqua America and Penn Virginia Resource Partners (PVR) have formed a joint venture, Aqua-PVR Water, to construct and operate a private pipeline system to supply fresh water to natural gas...
Abengoa, Abeinsa to build Mexican potable water system
The Abengoa Mexico and Abeinsa consortium has won a MXN4.57bn ($347m) contract to build and operate the El Zapotillo-León potable water system in...
Japan, Saudi Arabia to jointly develop water projects
Japan and Saudi Arabia are to sign a memorandum later this week under an agreement to cooperate on several water-related...
ADB to provide $80m for water supply project in Nepal
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to give an $80m loan to Nepal for the Kathmandu Valley water supply improvement...
Severn Trent wins contract for Chinese wastewater plant
Severn Trent Services is to provide its TETRA Denite denitrification system to the Zhang Gui Zhuang wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Tianjin,...
Samsung consortium secures funds for Bahrain wastewater plant
A consortium of Samsung Engineering, Invest AD and United Utilities has arranged $280m in financing for the Muharraq wastewater treatment plant project in...
KOICA to improve Azerbaijan water infrastructure
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Azersu have signed an agreement to establish a water supply and sanitation system in the Absheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan. KOICA...
Thailand to develop river basin water-management guidelines
The Government of Thailand is to set up a national-level committee for the administration of water management in 25 river basins. The committee will include officials from the ministries...
PAEW begins $181m water projects in Oman
The Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) has started work on water projects worth OMR70m ($181m) in the Al Dakhiliyah region of Oman. The projects involve developing...
Lanxess unveils chemical water treatment plant in Germany
Lanxess has opened a new 4,000km² chemical plant, which will use membrane filtration technology to treat water at its Bitterfeld site in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The €30m plant...
USAID, Jordan to build wastewater treatment plant
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Water and Irrigation of Jordan have signed a contract to construct a new wastewater treatment plant in...
Northrop to build groundwater clean-up system at California facility
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Northrop Grumman Systems to build a $20m groundwater clean-up system at the Benchmark Technology facility in California, US. ...
GE unveils water management software solution
GE Energy has created a new software solution to help water supply and drainage utilities meet their spatial asset management needs. The Smallworld Water Office is a suite of data...
China develops water regulations to protect Lake Taihu
China has released regulations for the protection of water resources and pollution treatment in the areas surrounding Lake Taihu in the Yangtze Delta plain. The Regulations on the Management...
VINCI to build sewer systems in the Dominican Republic
France-based VINCI has received a €108m contract from Instituto Nacional de Aguas Potables y Alcantarillados for the construction of sewer systems in five cities in the Dominican Republic. ...
Scottish Water to start work on wastewater pipeline
Water utility Scottish Water will begin laying a wastewater pipeline between Cheapside Street and Howard Park in Kilmarnock, Scotland, next week. The first section of pipe will be...
Puerto Rican water utility launches Valenciano transfer pipeline tender
Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, Puerto Rico's water utility, has launched a tender for the construction of phase II of the $200m Valenciano transfer pipeline. The scope of...
Lakeland to use Ridgeline Energy wastewater treatment technology
Ridgeline Energy Services have signed a development agreement with Lakeland Processing to supply its electro-catalytic process to treat multiple types of wastewater at Lakeland's facility in...
US Air Force to clean up groundwater at Arizona plant
The US Air Force has signed an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to clean up groundwater at Air Force Plant 44...
FFM completes testing of mobile water treatment unit
Formation Fluid Management (FFM) has completed the construction and testing of its first Mobile Industrial Wastewater Treatment Unit and will conduct field testing with a major oil and gas...
Doosan to construct desalination plant in Saudi Arabia
South Korean firm Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has received a $80m contract from Marafiq to build a seawater desalination plant in Saudi Arabia. Under the contract, Doosan...
OWRB approves loan for Oklahoma water treatment facility
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) has approved $74m in low-interest loans to finance the city of Broken Arrow's water treatment facility on the Verdigris River in Oklahoma, US. ...
VWS Westgarth to provide SRP system to SBM Offshore
UK-based VWS Westgarth has won a contract from SBM Offshore to create a specialist water treatment system to remove sulphates from water during the oil-extracting process. Under the...
Philippines to create groundwater resources database
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Philippines has started a groundwater resources and vulnerability assessment programme to create a database of the country's water resources. ...
Select Energy, ProTreat Technology form strategic partnership
Select Energy Services has signed a licence agreement with ProTreat Technology to expand its water solution and environmental service capabilities through a strategic partnership. Under...
DSWP wins $20m UAE sewerage project contract
Drake & Scull Water and Power (DSWP), a subsidiary of Drake & Scull International (DSI), has secured a AED75m ($20.4m) infrastructure contract for the construction of a sewerage project...
Brazilian water utility to carry out $93m sewerage projects
Brazilian water utility Casan is to invest R$156m ($93.1m) in sewerage system projects in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. A Casan spokesperson said that the projects will receive...
Hydro International completes trials of stormwater treatment technology
Hydro International has completed successful trials of the Downstream Defender hydrodynamic vortex separator, a stormwater treatment technology that tackles troublesome pollution created...
Geoscience BC to conduct research on Horn River Basin in Canada
Geoscience BC and the Horn River Basin Producers Group have launched the second phase of baseline research on water resources located in the Horn River Basin in Canada. The three-year...
DBP to provide funds for Philippines water projects
The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is to invest PHP5bn ($117m) in a water infrastructure development programme, which aims to provide safe, potable and affordable water supply...
Tampa Bay Water, Veolia unveil US water treatment plant
Tampa Bay Water has completed the construction of a new 120 million gallons per day water treatment plant in Tampa Bay, Florida, US, which was designed, built and will be operated by Veolia...
FilterBoxx, Simpcw First Nation to work on water treatment projects
Simpcw First Nation and FilterBoxx Water and Environmental have signed a cooperation agreement to establish a partnership to work on water treatment projects within Simpcw First Nation's...
Rio Tinto to develop coastal water supply project in Australia
Rio Tinto is to invest $310m in a coastal water supply project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia to ensure a sustainable water supply for its iron ore operations. The project...
B & V Water starts UK water research project
B & V Water Treatment has started a research project to reduce water waste and improve water use efficiency to mitigate potable water scarcity in the UK. The situation is expected to...
US launches protection agenda for Atlantic Ocean estuary
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection have unveiled an agenda to protect and restore the Long Island Sound,...
Innovyze unveils water analytics management suite
Innovyze has developed a strategic analytics centric asset management (ACAM) suite, a GIS-centric analytics and system dynamics tool that will help intelligent business decision-making in the...
OHL to build desalination plant in Mexico
Spanish firm OHL Medio Ambiente, Inima has received a contract to design, build, operate and maintain a desalination plant to supply drinking water to the municipality of Ensenada in...
GreenHunter to treat Marcellus Shale water for reuse
GreenHunter Energy subsidiary GreenHunter Water has entered a definitive agreement to install and operate an onsite semi-portable water treatment facility in the Marcellus Shale, US. ...
Nalco launches membrane technology for RO systems
Nalco has unveiled its 3D TRASAR membrane technology, which has been developed to improve the performance of industrial reverse osmosis (RO) systems and reduce their total cost of ownership. ...
Osmoflo, GE to expand in Australian water market
Australia-based desalination and water recycling firm Osmoflo has formed a strategic alliance with GE to expand its product portfolio and allow GE to deepen its presence in the Australian...
PWT signs sales representative agreement with Omya
H2O Innovation's business unit Professional Water Technologies (PWT) has signed a sales representative agreement with Swiss-based Omya International. Under the terms of the agreement, Omya...
Cesan to create PPP for Brazilian sanitation improvements
Brazilian water company Cesan is to create a R$700m ($423m) public-private partnership to improve the basic sanitation services of the city of Serra, Espirito Santo, Brazil. Cesan...
PAEW embarks on Omani water improvements
Oman's Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) is carrying out $84m of projects to improve potable water resources and distribution networks in the A'Sharqiyah region. The...
NUS introduces new ballast water treatment technology
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a compact and environmentally friendly technology to disinfect ballast water in ships. The system uses a patented electrode and a...
Embasa to improve water supply and sewerage services in Brazilian city
Brazilian water and sewerage utility Embasa is to spend R$190m ($115m) on water supply and sewerage works in the city of Vitoria da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil. The work will be carried out in...
Australia opens desalination research facility
The Australian Government has opened a new desalination research facility at Murdoch University's Rockingham campus in Perth, Australia, to develop and research new technologies. The...
Casan to improve Brazilian city's sewerage services
Brazilian utility Casan is to spend R$125m ($76.3m) on improving sewerage services in the city of Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. A Casan spokesperson said that the improvements...
IPPR to reconstruct Uzbekistan pumping stations
Chinese firm IPPR Int Engineering has signed a $30.8m contract with Uzbekistan's Agriculture and Water Resources Ministry for the reconstruction of two pumping stations. Under the contract,...
Flowserve wins contract for Singapore desalination plant
Flowserve has won a contract from Hyflux to provide energy recovery devices for the Tuaspring desalination plant in Singapore. Under the contract, Flowserve will manufacture 68 Calder dual...
IDB approves loan for Venezuelan water and sanitation improvements
The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a loan of $100m for Venezuela to improve access to water and sanitation services for 11,000 households in 68 rural communities and towns. ...
Brazilian town launches $483m tender for water project
The southern Brazilian town of Imbituba has launched a R$783m ($483m) tender to provide municipal water supply and sewerage services for a 35-year period. The town's contract with...
Belhasa to build water network in Dubai
Belhasa Projects has secured a contract to build a 30km water transmission network in Dubai, UAE. The $16.3m deal was awarded by water utility Federal Electricity and Water Authority. ...
Trinity River Authority renews Systemates software contract
US-based water utility Trinity River Authority will renew its long-term contract with Systemates for its Projectmates construction management software. The utility has used Systemates...
Water Corporation opens desalination plant in Australia
Water utility Water Corporation has opened the new Southern Seawater Desalination Plant, which is located in Binningup, Western Australia, three months ahead of schedule. The project was...
Trimble develops drainage solution for water management
US-based firm Trimble has developed a new drainage solution for agricultural water management. The new solution, Trimble WM-Drain, was designed to assist farmers and contractors throughout...
Sionix to build WWTF in US Shale Formation
Sionix has executed an agreement with Dakota Solutions to lease property for the construction and operation of a wastewater treatment facility (WWTF) in the Bakken Shale Formation, North...
NEI to supply ballast water treatment systems for Russian vessels
NEI Treatment Systems has received an order to supply two Venturi Oxygen Stripping (VOS) ballast water treatment systems to Russian firm Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry. The systems will...
Massachusetts upgrades Loring wastewater facility
Limestone Water and Sewer District (LWSD) has completed upgrade works at the former Loring wastewater facility and effluent pump station in Massachusetts, US. The utility will own and...
Jelly Belly Candy to use HydroPoint smart water management solution
HydroPoint Data Systems and ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance have formed a partnership with Jelly Belly Candy to use the WeatherTRAK smart water management solution. The new technology will...
UK Environment Agency reveals top ten most-improved rivers
The UK Environment Agency has released a list of the UK's ten most-improved rivers that have undergone upgrades. The rivers include the River Wandle, Thames, Wear, Stour, Darent, Dee, Nar,...
US city completes sewer replacement project
Water utility Sioux Falls Public Works has completed a $13m sewer replacement project in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, US, two years ahead of schedule. The upgrade of the ageing sewer system...
DEWA completes Dubai water supply project
Water utility Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has finished a AED340m ($92.5m) project to supply water to heritage farms in Dubai, UAE. The project involved the extension of...
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LG Electronics buys Daewoo ENTEC
South Korea's LG Electronics has acquired sewage treatment services provider Daewoo ENTEC so it can expand into the water treatment sector. The acquisition combines LG...
US environmental commission approves grey water reuse rules
The US state of Oregon's Environmental Quality Commission has approved rules that will create a new programme to permit grey water reuse and disposal systems. Grey water includes...
USGS tests for pesticides after Hurricane Irene
The US Geological Survey (USGS) is collecting samples of water to test and document the presence of pesticides, E coli, nutrients and sediment in areas of the US east coast affected by...
Hurricane Irene hits New Jersey water treatment plant
Operations at New Jersey American Water's Canoe Brook water treatment plant have slowed after Hurricane Irene hit the US east coast last week, causing major floods. The floods have disrupted...
Australia Global, CLLEEN Water to develop water processing system
Australia Global Trading has formed a strategic alliance with US-based CLLEEN Water and Power to introduce a new method of water processing in Australia. The new mobile water treatment...
ThermoEnergy starts manufacturing phase of ammonia recovery system
ThermoEnergy has started the manufacturing phase of the ammonia recovery system at the 26th Ward wastewater treatment plant, which is situated on Jamaica Bay in New York, US. The firm...
UN report reveals financial needs of global water sector
The global water sector needs $198bn to reduce water scarcity and improve sanitation and drinking water accessibility, according to a green economy report by the United Nations (UN). The...
Sionix, SEEPL to form joint venture in India
Sionix Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Superklean Environmental Engineers (SEEPL) to form a joint venture to address India's water treatment requirements. The...
ADB to fund Pakistan barrage renovation
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $270m loan to Pakistan for the rehabilitation of the Sulemanki barrage, in the state of Punjab. Official sources told Pakistan newspaper...
California DWR allocates $30m for water projects
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has approved funds of $30.1m for the Bay Area region of California, US, and $8.2m for the North Coast region's water projects. The North...
Ontario to invest $19.5m in clean water technologies
The Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, Canada, is to spend $19.5m on a new partnership to develop clean water technologies in the region. Universities, private...
Colorado utility begins construction of water supply project
Colorado Springs Utilities has started building the Southern Delivery System (SDS) project, which will serve the communities of Colorado Springs, Pueblo West, Fountain and Security in Colorado,...
Indian State allocates $4bn for irrigation projects
The State Government of Karnataka is to provide Rs190bn ($4.1bn) for irrigation projects in the Upper Krishna basin in India. The government will prepare a comprehensive action plan...
DWR to provide $205m for Californian water projects
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) is to spend $204.9m on supporting 190 water projects in the US state. The projects will be implemented under the DWR's integrated...
DENR to reduce pollution in Manila Bay
The Philippines' Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is to reduce pollution in Manila Bay by 50% by 2015. DENR secretary Ramon Paje said that the agency will work...
Blue Aquifer to supply potable water to Cape Verde
Water Resources Group (WRG)'s joint venture Blue Aquifer has signed a letter of intent with the Municipal Council of Santa Catarina in the Republic of Cape Verde to supply 4,000 cubic metres...
Indian Ministry grants approval for Kajauli canal project progression
The Indian Ministry of Urban Development has given technical approval for phases VII and VIII of the Kajauli canal project in Chandigarh, India. The development will provide 40 million...
Contech agrees to sell StormTrap stormwater management systems
Contech Construction will have the right to sell StormTrap's concrete modular stormwater management systems across all states west of the Mississippi, US, under a deal between the two companies. ...
Amafi to begin construction of Brazilian wastewater treatment plant
Brazil-based Amafi Comercial e Construtora is to begin building a wastewater treatment plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The R$65.6m ($41m) project in the city of Franco da Rocha will also...
EPA unveils groundwater treatment system in New York
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has introduced a treatment system that will remove contaminants from groundwater near the Lawrence Aviation site in New York, US. The...
Desmi Ocean Guard completes ballast water treatment test
Desmi Ocean Guard has completed a land-based test of its ballast water treatment system at the DHI test facility in Denmark. The system was tested in salt water and fresh water in line...
India provides $177m for Musi River upgrade
India's Federal Ministry of Environment and Forests has allocated $177m for the second phase of the Musi River upgrade project in Hyderabad, India. The scope of work will involve...
Philippines to start Chico River irrigation project in 2012
The Philippines Government is to start the construction of the Chico River Pump Irrigation Project next year. The PHP2.3bn ($53m) project will provide water services to an estimated area...
Yorkshire Water to upgrade water infrastructure
Yorkshire Water has started the next phase of the £58m sewage infrastructure upgrade project in South Yorkshire, UK. Engineering contractors Mott MacDonald Bentley and ETM will undertake...
WRI launches alliance to address global water risks
The World Resources Institute (WRI) has launched Aqueduct Alliance, a consortium that will assess and address the issue of rising water risks worldwide. The consortium will provide a...
Unimas, EPC Synergy to improve Malaysia's water infrastructure
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) has signed a memorandum of understanding with EPC Synergy to develop a drinking water infrastructure and sanitation services in rural Malaysia. Unimas...
US EPA starts clean-up work at New Jersey river
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has started clean-up work to remove contaminated sediment from an area of the Passaic River near the Diamond Alkali site in New Jersey, US. The...
ADB funds water and sewer systems in Zimbabwe
The African Development Bank (ADB) has allocated a loan of $29.6m to upgrade water and sewer systems in Zimbabwe. A total of $5.9m will be used for capacity building, medium to...
GreenHunter acquires Texan land for water services facility
GreenHunter Water has executed a long-term agreement to lease five acres of surface and mineral rights in the Eagle Ford Shale region of South Texas, US, to develop a new commercial water...
BASF completes acquisition of German ultrafiltration firm
BASF has completed the acquisition of German ultrafiltration specialist inge watertechnologies. The acquisition has enabled BASF to gain access to ultrafiltration technology, a process used...
Innovyze water management software to be used in Kurdistan
Innovyze is to deploy its water supply and distribution modelling, management and optimisation software in Kurdistan. The company will supply its ArcGIS-centric software, which is part of...
Aecom to provide dewatering plan for Canadian mine
Cadillac Ventures has selected Aecom to supply an implementation plan for dewatering at the Thierry Mine site in north-east Ontario, Canada. Aecom has completed a baseline water...
Veolia to Operate Water Treatment Plant at UK Mine
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies is to operate and maintain a water treatment plant at the Wheal Jane mine in Cornwall, UK. The mine, which closed in 1991, has released over...
United Envirotech to Build Wastewater Treatment Plant in China
United Envirotech has won a RMB220m ($34m) contract to develop a wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 50,000m³ per day in Dafeng, Jiangsu, China. Phase I of the project...
Aecom, Parsons Win San Francisco Water Management Contract
The Aecom Technology and Parsons joint venture has won a $150m contract to provide programme management services for San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's wastewater enterprise...
Sabesp Funds Brazilian Water and Sanitation Projects
Brazilian water utility Sabesp is to invest R$520m ($326m) in achieving universal water and sanitation coverage for the Paraiba Valley, Brazil, by 2014. The funds will help municipalities...
Tampa Bay Water Board Approves Reservoir Renovation
Tampa Bay Water in Florida, US, has approved a $162m contract with Kiewit Infrastructure South to improve the regional reservoir and increase its storage by three billion gallons of water. ...
China to Invest $1.8bn in Tibet Water Projects
China is to invest more than CYN11.6bn ($1.8bn) in constructing irrigation and drinking water projects in Tibet through to 2015. According to sources from Tibet's Water Resources Department,...
US EPA to Create Panel to Solve Drinking Water Issues
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to set up a new panel that will focus on a new rule that regulates the amount of perchlorate, a potentially harmful chemical, in drinking...
UNICEF Funds Potable Water Improvements in Kerala
The Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) of India has started a pilot project to improve the quality of potable water across Kerala in southern India. The project...
Rhode Island to Settle Water Violations
The city of Newport in Rhode Island, US, has agreed to spend $25m on upgrading facilities at its wastewater treatment plant and wastewater collection system in order to settle water...
Controls Engineering Wins AECOM Automation System Contract
AECOM has awarded a contract to GreenHouse Holdings subsidiary Controls Engineering (CEI) to provide control system engineering services for a groundwater remediation project in California,...
Scottish Water to Start Final Phase of Airdrie Project
Scottish Water is to start essential works for the final phase of the £22m Airdrie Environmental Project in Scotland, UK, this week. The construction of a massive storm transfer sewer along...
Colorado WISE Project Gets Green Light
US federal water authorities have given initial approval for the $558m water infrastructure supply efficiency (WISE) project, which will divert treated wastewater from Denver and Aurora,...
Wachs Receives Water Network Programme Contract Extension
Wachs Water Services has received a contract extension from the City of Atlanta in Georgia, US, to assess, test and survey thousands of valves and fire hydrants throughout the city's water...
Severn Trent Receives Type Approval for Ballast Water Treatment System
Severn Trent De Nora has received type approval for its BalPure ballast water treatment system from the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The BalPure system is an...
Florida Receives USDA Funds
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has allocated $100m in financial assistance to the State of Florida to acquire permanent easements in four counties and assist with wetland restoration...
Select Energy Acquires Exco Water Pipeline
Select Energy Services has bought Exco Water Resources, an industrial pipeline used to deliver water for hydraulic fracturing operations in the Haynesville Shale, Louisiana, US. Exco built...
US State Allocates $129m for Water Projects
The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved $129m in grants to reduce pollution in the US state of Maryland and improve water quality by upgrading its wastewater treatment plants and...
EPA Orders Battery Recycling to Reduce Water Violations
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken legal action against Battery Recycling, urging the firm to reduce the pollution of air and water from lead at its Arecibo facility in...
Bali Begins Operations of Denpasar Sewage Project
The Denpasar sewage development project, which turns treated sewage water into clean usable water, has started operations in Bali, Indonesia. The project was jointly developed by the...
Minnesota to Invest $17m in Water Sector Improvements
Minnesota Waters is to provide $16.6m in competitive grants to protect and restore streams, rivers, lakes and groundwater in Minnesota, US. The grants will be given to Minnesota's...
Southern Seawater Alliance to Expand Australian Desalination Plant
The Southern Seawater Alliance, a consortium led by Spain's Tecnicas Reunidas, has won a €350m contract to expand a desalination plant near Binningup, Western Australia. The scope of...
Cesan Seeks Approval for Brazilian Waterworks Projects
Brazilian water firm Cesan has submitted waterworks projects worth R$49.6m ($30.5m) to the Brazilian Government for consideration under group III of the second phase of the country's...
Draft Plans Submitted for Goan Sewerage Treatment Plant
The Government of Goa has received a draft plan from a consultancy team for a Rs2.5bn ($54m) sewerage treatment plant to be built in Goa, India, according to The Times of India. Ponda...
AECOM Awarded $66m Contract for US Sewer Facility
AECOM Technology has received a design and construction management contract worth $66m for the Dugway West Interceptor Relief Sewer in Cleveland, Ohio, US. Under the contract, AECOM will...
EPA, USDA to Form Drinking Water Partnership for Rural US
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to form a national partnership to improve rural drinking water and wastewater systems in the US. ...
Sabesp to Tender Sewerage Works at Brazilian Project
Brazilian water utility Sabesp is to start tenders worth R$150m ($93.8m) for sewerage works under its reservoir clean-up programme in Brazil. The scope of work includes the installation...
McCarthy Secures SJRA Water Facilities Project
The San Jacinto River Authority (SJRA) in Texas, US, has awarded a surface water facilities project worth $191m to US firm McCarthy. The project will allow treated surface water from Lake...
Mekorot to Build Desalination Plant in Israel
Israeli water firm Mekorot has signed an agreement with the Israeli Government for the construction of a desalination plant in the coastal city of Ashdod, Israel. Mekotor will build and...
KWD to Upgrade US Water Treatment Plant
The Northern Kentucky Water District has received approval to upgrade the Taylor Mill water treatment plant in Kentucky, US. The $28m project, which was approved by the Kentucky Public...
Guyana Launches National Water Information System
The Government of Guyana has launched a National Water Information System (NWIS) to improve the management of the country's integrated water resources. NWIS is an internet-based application...
US State Receives Loans for Water Improvement Programmes
The Government of New Jersey, US, has allocated $650m in loans to improve water quality across the state. The loans come under the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure financing...
IDB to Fund Brazilian Water and Sanitation Projects
The International Development Bank (IDB) is to provide a loan of $692m for water and sanitation works in Rio de Janeiro, Amazonas and Pernambuco, Brazil. The works include improving...
US State Receives Grants to Improve Water Quality
The US State of Washington is to receive $111m from the State Department of Ecology to improve and protect its water quality. The funds will be used to carry out 56 projects selected by...
Funds Secured for Australian Desalination Plant Expansion
The Australian Government has agreed to provide A$228m ($238m) for the expansion of the Adelaide desalination plant, Adelaide, South Australia. The funding agreement signed with the...
MSD to Carry Out $4.7bn Sewer System Improvements
The Metropolitan St Louis Sewer District (MSD) will spend $4.7bn on improving its sewer systems and treatment plants in Missouri, US, over the next 23 years. The move is part of a...
Orica Watercare to Supply Nitrate Removal System in Canada
Orica Watercare is to provide a water treatment system that will remove nitrate in a new water supply system located in the County of Brant in Ontario, Canada. The ENviroPak system will...
Acciona to Provide Water Management Services to Spanish City
Acciona Agua has won a €300m contract to provide municipal drinking water supplies and sewage and wastewater treatment services to the city of Caceres, Spain. Under the 24-year...
Purifics to Decontaminate Lockheed Martin Facility
Purifics ES will supply its groundwater purification system to Lockheed Martin to purify contaminated groundwater at the former American Beryllium facility in Sarasota, Florida, US. ...
NCB to Refinance Jamaica's Central Wastewater Treatment Loan
The National Commercial Bank (NCB) has signed a $37m contract with Jamaica's Ministry of Housing, Environment and Water to refinance a loan for the Central Wastewater Treatment Company. ...
Brazil Funds Sao Francisco River Diversion Project
Brazil is to invest a total of R$1.03bn ($659m) in the Sao Francisco river diversion project in 2011. The project aims to divert water to Ceara, Pernambuco, Paraiba and Rio Grande do Norte...
Augusto Velloso to Build Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brazil
Brazilian engineering firm Augusto Velloso will begin construction of a wastewater treatment plant in the city of Caieiras in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Work will start this month and be completed...
IDB to Provide Water Development Grants to Honduras
The Inter-American Development Bank is to allocate $25m to Honduras to expand and improve drinking water and sanitation services in its rural communities. Honduras will receive this grant...
GreenHunter to Develop Water Service Facility in West Virginia
GreenHunter Water has entered a definitive agreement to acquire land in West Virginia, US, to develop a commercial water service facility. The area includes 99 mineral acres and 84...
Deloitte, CDP to Conduct Water Disclosure Programme
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTTL) and Deloitte Consulting will work with Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) to drive its water disclosure programme. The goal of the CDP Water Disclosure is...
C'treat Secures Contract for Potable Water Supply
ITT’s unit C'treat Offshore has been awarded a contract for Spain’s Castor underground storage project in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, to enable the supply of potable water. Under the...
World Bank to Fund Irrigation Project in India
The World Bank (WB) is expected to sign an agreement with West Bengal's Government to provide financial assistance to a $300m project in the irrigation sector. The project will involve...
JICA to Provide Loan for Water Project in Morocco
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide a loan of up to 17.44bn yen ($225m) for the Fez and Meknes regions' water supply project in Morocco. The project will provide...
NSF to Implement Urban Water Infrastructure Research Center
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected Stanford University, New Mexico State University, Colorado School of Mines and the University of California to implement an Urban...
United Envirotech Secures KKR Loan
Water solutions provider United Envirotech has secured a $113.8m loan from an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) to fund its expansion projects in China. Global investment firm...
Sulzer Finalises Cardo Flow Solutions Purchase
Sulzer has completed the acquisition of Cardo Flow Solutions for a total cash consideration of Skr5.9bn ($7.4bn). Sweden-based Cardo Flow Solutions is a supplier of pumps and related...
Work Begins on Southern Seawater Plant Expansion
Southern Seawater has started work on the $500m expansion of its desalination plant in Binningup, Western Australia. The first stage of the project was completed at a cost of $955m and...
China Creates Bionic Robot to Monitor Water Pollution
China's Zhejiang University has developed a robot that can be used to monitor causes of pollution in water bodies. The aquatic microrobot weighs the same as 390 water striders and is...
Metrowater to Begin Work on India Sewerage Project
The Chennai metropolitan water supply and sewerage board (Metrowater) is to invest $9.5bn ($219m) in improving drainage and waste disposal in the Indian city of Chennai and its suburbs. ...
Maynilad Water to Renovate Philippines Water Pipelines
Maynilad Water Services is to renovate its pipeline network in the cities of Paranaque and Valenzuela in the Philippines. The firm will decommission the old 900mm steel pipeline along the...
Imbrium to Use Stormwater Treatment Solutions at US Lake
Imbrium Systems is to deploy two treatment solutions to handle stormwater entering Flathead Lake in north-west Montana, US. Imbrium's hydrodynamic oil and sediment separator Stormceptor STC...
EPA to Clean-Up Groundwater at New York Site
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to clean up the Peninsula Boulevard Superfund site in New York, US, by removing and treating contaminated groundwater from the site. The...
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Erma First Gets Approval for Ballast Water Treatment System
Greek engineering firm Erma First has received basic approval for its ballast water treatment system from the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee. The system is equipped...
HydroPoint Launches US Water Conservation Programme
The Department of Water Resources and Conservation (WRC) for the City of Petaluma, California, US, has launched the water conservation programme Smart Yard in collaboration with HydroPoint...
Connecticut Water to Acquire Aqua America's Maine Operations
Aqua America has made an agreement with Connecticut Water Services to sell its operations in Maine, US, for $53.5m. The assets include 11 water systems, which serve 16,000 customers in...
Conagua Invites Bids to Modernise Mexican Irrigation System
Conagua, Mexico's national water authority, has invited bids to overhaul the La Purisima irrigation system in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. The aim of the project is to improve...
EU Provides Funds for Algerian Water Projects
The EU has allocated €30m to support water projects in Algeria. The EU will provide 75% of the funding for the country's DZD4bn water sanitation programme (EAU II), while the...
Oklahoma to Use Innovyze Water Software Solutions
Oklahoma City, US, is to deploy a suite of geospatial water software developed by Innovyze, which is designed to provide accurate models of water supply and distribution systems. The city...
Manitoba to Build Emergency Channel for Flood Drainage
The Canadian state government of Manitoba will begin construction of a five-mile emergency channel to divert water from swollen Lake Manitoba and Lake St Martin to Lake Winnipeg. ...
Dow to Build Manufacturing Facility in Saudi Arabia
Dow Chemical is to build a manufacturing facility for its Dow Filmtec reverse osmosis elements in Saudi Arabia. The facility will deliver technologies for water desalination and water...
Rexnord to Acquire VAG Holding
Rexnord has entered a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding stock of valve manufacturer VAG Holding for an estimated value of €175m. The transaction is expected to...
Kroff Launches Lab Services
US-based water treatment firm Kroff has launched its new Kroff Lab Services in Pennsylvania, US, to expand its services in the water and wastewater treatment market. The lab has a...
Japan to Fund Vietnamese Water Supply Project
The Japanese Government is to provide JPY10-15bn for the development of a water supply project in Vietnam. The funds will be used to construct and manage water supply systems in Hanoi and...
Ampac Develops Reverse Osmosis Technology for Hydroponics
Ampac USA has created an advanced reverse osmosis system, specifically designed for the hydroponics industry. The R5 Hydro Reverse Osmosis treats the water supply by removing up to 99%...
EIB Funds Emscher River Rehabilitation
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has allocated €450m to German project promoter Emschergenossenschaft to rehabilitate the Emscher river in Germany. The project will involve a...
Guyana Water Treatment Plant to Undergo Restoration
Guyana Water Incorporated has signed a $83m contract with ASH Civil Engineering Works for the rehabilitation of the Kwakwani water treatment plant in Guyana. The project will be executed...
Veolia to Supply IFG System for Canadian Project
Devon Energy Corporation has awarded a contract to Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies to supply one of the largest induced gas flotation (IGF) systems for the Devon Jackfish 3 project...
United Utilities to Renovate Liverpool's Victorian Water Mains
United Utilities is to start renovating the Victorian water mains of Liverpool, UK, by January 2012. The firm will carry out a major revamp of the pipe network following a dramatic water...
BioteQ to Provide Water Treatment Solutions to Minera Mexico
BioteQ Environmental Technologies is to provide water treatment solutions for the sustainable development of Minera Mexico's mineral resources. The company will provide process design...
Araucaria Saneamento to Start $68m Wastewater Treatment Project
Brazilian water utility Sabesp has authorised the Araucaria Saneamento consortium to begin work on the R$106m ($67.9m) wastewater treatment project in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The consortium...
Bion Waste Treatment Technology to Protect Chesapeake Bay
Bion Environmental Technologies has developed a new technology to protect local streams in Pennsylvania and Chesapeake Bay, US. Bion's new microaerobic digestion technology is designed...
Kruger Supplies Odour Treatment Solution to Virginia Treatment Plant
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies subsidiary Kruger has supplied an odour treatment solution for Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD)'s Chesapeake-Elizabeth treatment plant, which...
Pennsylvania to Spend $99m on Water Infrastructure Improvements
The US state of Pennsylvania is to spend $99m on improving the water and wastewater infrastructure of 20 counties across the state. Among the projects, $20m will be used to upgrade and...
Nalco to Merge with Ecolab
Nalco Holding is to merge with an Ecolab subsidiary under a definitive agreement with Ecolab. The transaction, which is valued at $8bn, including assumed Nalco net debt, has been approved by...
Crown to Supply Water Treatment System for Solar Power Plant
Crown Solutions, a subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, has signed a contract with Abener-Teyma, an Abengoa joint venture, to supply an integrated, near zero liquid...
New Jersey to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations
The New Jersey Municipal Utilities Authority is to invest $52m in upgrading and renovating the state's water infrastructure to resolve Clean Water Act violations. The water authority will pay...
EPA to Protect Raritan River from Groundwater Contamination
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made an agreement with Wyeth Holdings to install a system for collecting and treating contaminated groundwater from the American Cyanamid...
Sierra Leone Begins $61m Water Station Renovations
Sierra Leone authorities have started a $61m project to renovate three water stations and supply pipe-borne water to the cities of Bo, Kenema and Makeni within four years. The...
Elster Wins Three-Year Supply Contract
Belgium firm Vlaamse Maatschappij voor Watervoorziening (VMW) has selected Elster to supply up to 120,000 V200 volumetric water meters with automated meter reading capability over the next...
Koch to Supply Membrane Modules for Chinese Wastewater Plant
Pacific Water Treatment Engineering has selected Koch Membrane Systems to provide PURON membrane modules for a new wastewater treatment facility in Zhangjiagang, China. Pacific Water...
ACCIONA Agua to Build Wastewater Treatment Plant in Peru
ACCIONA Agua has won a €17.4m build-design-operate-maintain contract for the Escalerilla wastewater treatment plant in Arequipa, Peru. The new plant will help solve the sanitation...
Corsan Seeks Funds for Brazilian Sanitation Works
Brazilian water utility Corsan has requested R$32m ($20.25m) from the federal government for sanitation works in the town of Nova Prata in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. A...
Sembcorp Completes First Phase of Water and Power Plant Project
Sembcorp Salalah Power and Water has completed the first phase of its $1bn Salalah Independent Water and Power Plant project in Oman. The facility has begun dispatching 61MW of power to...
Phillips & Jordan Wins US Army Corps Contract
The US Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $32.4m contract to Phillips & Jordan to build stormwater treatment areas and a reservoir along the St Lucie Canal in Florida, US. Phillips...
OTPP Strengthens Interests in Chilean Water Utilities
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) has increased its stakes in two Chilean water utilities by making a successful bid of C$541m ($567m). Following the completion of the auction...
Alaska Receives Grants to Improve Water Quality
The US state of Alaska is to receive a $23.6m grant from the federal government to improve water quality in rural villages in the region. The state received the grant following the signing...
Toshiba to Provide Water Treatment System to TEPCO
Toshiba is to deliver a water treatment system to Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan to help with decontamination efforts. The new system...
Imbrium Filter Technology to Treat Chesapeake Bay Polluted Water
Imbrium Systems has received approval from the Montgomery County Maryland Department of Permitting Services for its Jellyfish Filter to be used to treat polluted stormwater runoff heading...
Maynilad to Build 11 Sewage Treatment Plants in the Philippines
Maynilad Water Services and Metro Pacific Investments are to invest PHP1.6bn ($37m) in building 11 sewage treatment plants in the Philippines. Maynilad will build ten plants in the city...
IFC to Fund Indian Water Projects
The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank, is to invest $150m in water management and water treatment projects in India over the next three years. The funds will be...
Conagua to Tender $193m Water Projects
Mexican water authority Conagua is to tender two potable water projects worth MXN2.27bn ($193m) under Sonara state water authority CEA's Sonora Si water management programme. The...
World Bank to Provide Loans for Vietnamese Water Projects
The World Bank has signed agreements with the State Bank of Vietnam to provide a loan of $710m to implement three water projects under the second Public Investment Reform Programme...
New Jersey American Water Begins Hospital Water Pipeline Installation
American Water subsidiary New Jersey American Water has started installing a two-mile water main in New Jersey, US. The water main will be connected to the township's existing...
World Bank Approves Loan for Brazil's Integrated Water Project
The World Bank has approved a loan of $107.3m (£66.6m) for the Federal Integrated Water Sector Project in Brazil to provide equitable, reliable and sustainable access to water supply and...
Saneago Starts Work on Brazilian Water Projects
Brazilian water utility Saneago has started work on projects to improve the water supply and sewerage services of 36 municipalities in the state of Goias. The R$1.08bn (£393m) scope of...
MacroAsia Consortium to Develop Philippines Bulk Water Project
The MacroAsia Properties Development and Watergy Business Solutions consortium is to develop a bulk water treatment plant and distribution facility in Cavite, Philippines, with an...
Kishon River to Undergo $63m Clean-Up Operation
The Israeli Government has approved the proposal by the Ministry of Environmental Protection to clean up and rehabilitate the Kishon River in Haifa, Israel. The three-year clean-up project...
Koch Membrane to Expand Florida Water Treatment Plant
Koch Membrane Systems has been selected by Aerex Industries to expand the municipal water treatment plant in Davie, Florida, US. Koch Membrane will install its TFC reverse osmosis (RO)...
CKI Bids £2.4bn for Northumbrian Water Group
Hong Kong-based Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings (CKI) has made an offer of £2.4bn to acquire UK-based water company Northumbrian Water Group. CKI revised its initial offer, proposed...
Minera Candelaria Receives EIS Approval for Chile Desalination Plant
Chilean copper producer Minera Candelaria has received environmental impact study (EIS) approval from the Environment Ministry for its $270m desalination plant in Chile's northern region...
LG, Hitachi to Form Joint Venture in Korean Water Sector
LG Electronics and Hitachi Plant Technologies have agreed to form a joint venture to expand into Korea's water sector. The joint venture company, LG-Hitachi Water Solutions, will be set up...
Sri Lanka Plans $70m Water Supply Project
Sri Lanka's National Water Supply and Drainage Board is to build a LKR7.7bn ($70.2m) water supply project in the district of Ampara. A senior officer from the board said that the...
American Water and Aqua America Swap Water Operations
American Water Works and Aqua America have agreed transactions to swap operations in two US states. American Water will acquire seven regulated water systems in New York from Aqua...
Strauss Water Purification Technology to be Tested in Space
The Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies and Strauss Water are to test a new water purification technology in space. Research teams hope to purify drinking water using...
Sweco to Expand Norwegian Wastewater Treatment Plant
Sweco has won a contract to double the capacity of the Bekkelagret wastewater treatment facility in Oslo, Norway. Under the contract, Sweco's units in Sweden and Norway will carry out a...
STW, BJJA to Work on Oilfield Water Treatment Systems
STW Resources and Bob J Johnson & Associates (BJJA) have signed a memorandum of understanding to analyse oilfield water and design appropriate treatment systems in the US. The agreement...
Mekotor to Build Desalination Plant in Israel
Mekotor National Water has received approval from Israel's finance ministry to build a desalination plant in Ashdod, Israel. The plant is expected to supply 100 million cubic metres of...
China to Speed Up Water Facilities Construction
The Chinese Government is to intensify the construction of its water facilities in a bid to protect the nation from frequent flooding and drought. A new water system, to be built by 2020,...
ADB Funds China's Clean Water Supply Project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide $200m to the China Water Affairs Group (CWA) to improve the delivery of treated water in China. The ADB's funds will be used to set up...
Compesa to Begin Sanitation Project in Brazil
Water utility Compesa is to start a R$109m ($69.8m) sanitation project to improve wastewater collection and treatment in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. The utility has completed...
EPA to Clean Groundwater at NL Industries Site
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan to clean up groundwater at the NL Industries site in New Jersey, which is contaminated with heavy metals such as lead and cadmium. ...
Veolia Builds Wastewater Plant for L'Oreal Unit in China
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (VWS) has constructed a wastewater treatment plant for L'Oreal's manufacturing facility in China, in a bid to reduce the unit's environmental...
Siemens to Provide Water Treatment System to Indian Power Plant
Siemens Water Technologies has received a contract to provide a water treatment system for Torrent Power's UNOSUGEN gas-based combined cycle power plant in Surat, India. Under the...
PUB, ITT Complete Pilot Oxidation System
Singapore's national water agency PUB and ITT Corporation have completed the installation of an advanced oxidation process (AOP) pilot system at Choa Chu Kang Water Works in Singapore. ...
World Bank Provides Loan for Nepalese Irrigation Scheme
The World Bank has approved a $43m loan for the first phase of the Rani Jamara Kulariya irrigation modernisation scheme in Nepal. The Rani Jamara Kulariya irrigation scheme covers an area...
Sembcorp Utilities to Expand Water Business in China
Sembcorp Utilities will sign three memorandum of understandings (MoU) with Chinese firms to further expand its water business in China. Sembcorp will sign an MoU with Tianjin Lingang...
Siemens to Supply Carbon Replacements to Thai Plant
Siemens is to provide bulk carbon media replacement and reactivation services for the wastewater treatment plant at Asia Industrial Estate in Rayong, Thailand. The wastewater treatment...
United Water to Provide Management Services to Michigan City
United Water has signed a $40m contract to provide professional operations, maintenance and management services for the water and wastewater systems of Pontiac City in Michigan, US. Under...
Aquatech Acquires WEX Technologies
Aquatech has acquired WEX Technologies, an India-based water treatment chemicals and services provider. WEX's chemical product solutions address applications for boilers, cooling towers...
GE Unveils Next-Generation MBR Wastewater Treatment Technology
GE has developed a next-generation membrane bioreactor (MBR) wastewater treatment technology to address the pressing water quality and operational cost issues faced by municipalities,...
WHO Releases Revised Drinking Water Guidelines
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released revised guidelines for the quality of drinking water to prevent waterborne diseases. Governments can now strengthen their management of...
Tuaspring Secures Loan for Singapore Desalination Plant
Singapore-based Tuaspring has secured S$150m ($122m) to fund a desalination facility to be built on the site of the Tuaspring Desalination Plant. The financing was provided by DBS Bank,...
Sembcorp Begins Building Singapore Wastewater Treatment Plant
Sembcorp has started the construction of a $40m integrated wastewater treatment plant on Jurong Island in Singapore. The new plant will be capable of treating 9,600 cubic metres per day...
ADB to Provide $6bn for Pakistan Dam Project
The Asian Development Bank has agreed to provide a $6bn loan to Pakistan for the construction of the Diamer-Bhasha dam. Pakistan is also expecting additional funding of $12.5bn from the...
Anglian Water to Build £40m Reservoir and Treatment Works
Anglian Water is to build a new reservoir and water treatment works outside the city of Lincoln, UK, at a total cost of £40m. Under the Anglian Water scheme, water will be taken from the...
ST Electronics Wins Singapore Water Management Contract
PUB, Singapore's national water agency, has awarded a contract to ST Electronics to provide consultancy services, and to develop and implement parts of an intelligent water management...
ECSI Develops New Water Monitoring System
Electronic Control Security (ECSI) has developed a new water monitoring system that can identify and report the presence of chemical and biological contaminants. If a contamination...
Thailand to Invest $20bn in Water Management Improvements
The Finance Ministry of Thailand is to invest THB638bn ($20bn) in its water management and agricultural infrastructure over the next five years. The Water Resources Department will...
Scottish Water to Start Work on Irvine Water Project
Scottish Water is to start the next stage of work on its £31m ($50m) water improvement project in Irvine, in Ayrshire, Scotland, which will provide environmental benefits to rivers and...
PGE Gets DEP Approval for New Coffer Dam
Pennsylvania General Energy (PGE) has received water obstruction and encroachment permit amendment approval from the US Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to finish the construction of...
Poyry Awarded Contract for Saudi Arabian Desalination Plant
Finnish firm Poyry has won a €15m engineering services contract from the Saline Water Conversion Corporation for the Ras Az Zawr power and desalination plant in Saudi Arabia. Poyry...
World Bank Approves Loan for Egyptian Sanitation Project
The World Bank has approved a loan of $200m to support Egypt's second integrated sanitation and sewerage infrastructure project in four governorates. The project will be carried out by...
Scottish Water Starts Equipment Testing at Treatment Plant
Water utility Scottish Water has begun testing equipment at its new £24m ($39m) water treatment plant in Aviemore, Scotland. The plant will supply clearer, fresh drinking water to over...
Malaysian Authority to Upgrade Water Supply Systems
The Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) in Malaysia has allocated more than MYR220m ($72m) to upgrade water supply systems in all of its land development schemes throughout the country...
Lemminkainen Wins Water Infrastructure Contract in Norway
Finland-based Lemminkainen has received a €19m ($27m) contract from Sunnhordland Kraftlag for its Eikemo hydropower plant in Norway. Under the contract Lemminkainen will construct a...
MIOX Supplies Oxidant Units to Colombian Water Plant
MIOX Corporation has supplied two MIOX RIO Grande mixed oxidant units to the largest water treatment plant in Colombia. The Francisco Wiesner treatment plant purifies water with chlorine...
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Japan Certifies MOL Ballast Water Treatment System
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has received certification for its ozone-based ballast water treatment system from the Japanese Government. MOL developed the FineBallast OZ ballast water...
Tri-Tech to Expand Chinese Water Treatment Plant
Tri-Tech Holding has been awarded a CYN130m ($20m) contract for the expansion phase of a water treatment plant in the city of Ordos in China. The company will provide design...
Conagua to Start Tendering Process for Mexican Reservoir
Mexican state water utility Conagua is to start the tendering process for the construction of the El Purgatorio reservoir in Jalisco, Mexico, by the end of 2011. The reservoir will have a...
Israel to Share Water Management Solutions with India
India's CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre has entered a partnership with Israel's Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour to exchange water management solutions. Both countries...
ADB to Help Bangladesh City Expand Potable Water Access
The Bangladesh Government has signed a $75m loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to expand reliable access to potable water in the city of Khulna. The loan will be used...
Fountain Quail Wins Eagle Ford Shale Wastewater Recycling Contract
Fountain Quail Water Management, a subsidiary of Aqua-Pure Ventures, has signed a subcontracting agreement with NAC Services to expand operations in Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas,...
Jordan to Reduce Energy Consumption at Wastewater Plant
Jordan's Ministry of Water and Irrigation has signed an agreement with engineering firm Engicon and Germany-based Huber Technology to carry out a pilot project at the Madaba wastewater...
New York to Improve Jamaica Bay Water Quality
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), US, have signed two parallel agreements to improve the...
PWA Receives Support for Gaza Desalination Plant
The Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) has received support from the Union for the Mediterranean for the construction of a desalination plant in Gaza City. The project will include...
Yorkshire Water to Spend £400m on Water and Sewer Projects
UK water utility Yorkshire Water is to spend £400m ($638m) on the development of water and sewer infrastructure projects by April 2012 as part of its five-year plan to deliver £1.9bn...
NDRC to Develop Seawater Desalination Guidelines in China
China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is to work in collaboration with 11 other departments on guidelines to accelerate the development of the country's seawater...
South Australia Completes Water Reuse Project
The South Australia Government has completed the construction of a A$62.6m ($65.3m) southern urban reuse project that will provide a recycled water system for the region. The project has...
Canadian Water Authority Buys Mesa Water
The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority (CRMWA) has acquired water service provider Mesa Water for $103m. CRMWA will now own 211,000 acres of underground water near Roberts County...
Suez Environnement Wins Tanzanian Water Plant Expansion Contract
Suez Environnement, in a consortium with Kenyan civil engineering company Spencon, has received a contract for the expansion of a drinking water plant in Tanzania. The contract value...
Brazilian Utility Seeks $12.6m for Sewerage System Upgrade
Corsan, the water utility of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, and the government of the city of Veranopolis are seeking $12.6m in federal funding to upgrade the region's sewerage network....
Ethiopia to Build $4.78bn Dam
Ethiopia has begun the construction of a 5,250MW dam along the River Nile at an estimated cost of $4.78bn. The new dam project, expected to be Africa's largest, will be complete within five...
Water Standard Signs Global Frame Agreement with Shell
Global water treatment company Water Standard has entered a global frame agreement with Shell for the development of water-based enhanced oil recovery methods. Under the engineering...
NGRI Study Uses Electricity to Detect Water
Electricity can be used to detect groundwater in semi-arid hard rock areas, thereby improving water supply globally, according to a new research conducted by India-based research institute...
South East Water Awards £500m Contract to Clancy Docwra
UK-based water utility South East Water has awarded a maintenance deal to Clancy Docwra to oversee repair works of its water network in south-east England. The maintenance deal is estimated...
Modern Water to Build Desalination Plant in Oman
Modern Water has received a contract to build and operate a desalination plant at Al Naghdah in the Al Wusta region of Oman. The contract was awarded by Oman's Public Authority for...
ANSAL Gives Completion Date for Maphou Dam
Construction firm ANSAL is expected to complete work on the Rs9.82bn ($218.9m) Maphou Dam project in Manipur, India, by December this year. The dam project, which was sanctioned two...
Shaw Group to Operate Hudson River Sediment Processing Facility
The Shaw Group has received a contract to operate the sediment processing facility for the second phase of General Electric's Hudson River dredging project in New York, US. The...
Palestine Extends Gaza Strip Sewage Network
The Palestinian Water Authority and the Coastal Municipal Water Utility has jointly launched a project for the extension of the sewage network in the city of Rafah, which is located on the...
Peru Allocates Funds for Sanitation Projects
Peru has allocated PEN474m ($172m) to fund sanitation projects in the country as part of its Water for Everyone programme. Peru's economy and finance ministry awarded PEN441m ($159.8m) to...
Kiewit Infrastructure to Renovate US Reservoir
Construction firm Kiewit Infrastructure Group has been selected by Tampa Bay Water to renovate the CW Bill Young Regional reservoir located in Florida, US. The 15.5 billion gallon...
UK Firm Launches Asset Protection Solution
UK-based Triopsis has unveiled its Visual Intelligence for Utilities solution, which is designed to deliver asset protection through real-time visibility. The solution combines...
Malaysia to Commence Water Fluoridation Programme
The Malaysian state of Sabah is to begin the first phase of a water fluoridation programme by the end of this year. Under the first phase, the state Infrastructure Development Ministry...
Alabama Varsity to House NOAA Water Research Unit
The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, US, is to establish the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Water Center. The proposed centre will act as...
Sabesp to Begin Construction of Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brazil
Brazilian water utility Sabesp is planning to begin the construction of the R$112m (US$69.6m) wastewater treatment plant in the Campos do Jordão City of Sãu Paulo State, Brazil, by the end of...
Arcadis Wins Management Contract for $1.6bn Sewer Upgrade in US
Arcadis has received two contracts worth $60m to assist in the implementation of state agency District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority's (DC Water) $1.6bn sewer upgrade programme in...
IDB Approves Loan for Guyana Water Projects
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $12m loan to Linden, Guyana, to improve its drinking water service efficiency, quality and sustainability. The loan will help the...
Skanska to Build Wastewater Tunnel in Washington DC
Skanska USA has been awarded a $83m contract to design and build a wastewater overflow tunnel in Washington DC, which is operated by DC Water and the District of Columbia Water and Sewer...
Balfour Beatty Acquires Fru-Con
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure has acquired water and wastewater infrastructure contractor Fru-Con Construction, from Germany-based Bilfinger-Berger. Balfour Beatty Infrastructure president...
Rodale Institute and EPA Complete Water Treatment Facility in Pennsylvania
Rodale Institute and the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) have completed the construction of the Water Purification Eco-Center at the Rodale Institute in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, US. ...
TEPCO Halts Radioactive Water Clean-up at Fukushima
Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) has suspended the clean-up of radioactive water at the Fukushima nuclear plant just hours after it began the activity. TEPCO had to halt the clean-up as the...
Armenia Requires $1bn for Drinking Water Supply Systems
Armenian Water and Sewerage Company (AWSC) will require a $1bn investment to improve the drinking water supply system in the country. AWSC director general Patrick Lorin said $100m has...
Degremont to Expand Wastewater Treatment Plant in Doha
Public Works Authority of the State of Qatar (Ashghal) has awarded a €35m contract to Suez Environment's subsidiary Degremont to expand the Doha West wastewater treatment and recycling plant....
Maynilad to Receive World Bank Loan for Sewage Treatment Plants
Philippines' Maynilad Water Services is expecting to receive a $137.5m loan from the World Bank for construction of four sewage treatment plants. The four treatment plants will have a...
Thames Water Awards Water Contracts to Galliford Try JV
Galliford Try, MWH Treatment and Mott MacDonald's joint venture, GBM, has been awarded a suite of contracts by Thames Water. One contract, worth £28m, involves the development of...
GE to Upgrade Wastewater Treatment Plant in Canada
GE will upgrade its wastewater treatment plant in Brandon, Canada, with its membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology. The company will supply MBR technology and equipment featuring...
Mexican Water Authority to Improve Atoyac and Saloda River Beds
Mexico's water authority Conagua is planning to invest about Mex$2.6bn (US$220m) on a dam and pipeline project on the Atoyac and Salado rivers in Oaxaca State, as part of a water...
Jordon to Receive JICA Grant for Water Rehabilitation in Tafileh
Jordan will receive a $23m grant from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to implement a project for the rehabilitation and improvement of water facilities in the southern...
NIB Provides Loan for Aquifer Project in Finland
Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has provided a €50m loan to Turun Seudun Vesi Oy for an artificial recharge aquifer project in Turku, Finland. Funds will be used to design and construct a...
Amaid to Provide Disc Filters to Brazilian Wastewater Plant
Water filters and filtration systems provider Amiad will provide its proprietary SpinKlin disc filters for the Aquapolo tertiary wastewater treatment project in São Paulo, Brazil. ...
Calgon Carbon to Supply UV Disinfection Systems to US State
Calgon Carbon has been awarded a contract by the Indianapolis and Fort Wayne cities in Indiana, US, to supply Sentinel ultraviolet (UV) disinfection systems at drinking water production...
Dow Water Technology Center Opens Technology Centre in Spain
Dow Water & Process Solutions has opened its new Global Water Technology Development Center at Dow facilities in Tarragona, Spain. The research centre is designed to accelerate...
Corsan to Carry Out Sewerage and Water Supply Works in Brazil
Brazilian water utility Corsan is planning to invest BRL49m ($30.9m) as part of its investment plan to renew its contract with the São Luiz Gonzaga town in Rio Grande do Sul state,...
Zimbabwe Receives Aid for Water Infrastructure Upgrade
Zimbabwe has received a $30m grant from the African Development Bank to rehabilitate the water and sanitation systems in six towns and cities around the country. The upgrade work will...
Geosyntec, ioBridge to Develop Storm Water Management Technology
Geosyntec Consultants (Geosyntec) has partnered with ioBridge to co-develop and deploy smart technologies for the management of urban storm water infrastructure. The companies will...
BioteQ Begins Water Treatment Operations at Canadian Nickel Mine
BioteQ Environmental Technologies has begun work to provide water treatment operations at Xstrata Nickel's Raglan mine site in Quebec, Canada. The company is responsible for operating...
Aquatech to Build Desalination Facility in the UAE
Aquatech has bagged a $82m contract to build a 15 million gallons per day seawater reverse osmosis-based desalination facility for Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE. The facility, to be located...
Femsa to Protect Water Resources in Latin America
A new Latin American Water Fund Alliance has been launched by Mexican beverage company Femsa in a bid to protect water resources in the region. The alliance plans to set up 32 funds over...
Earth Tech Begins Water Plant Construction in UK
Earth Tech Morrison has begun work to build a new £16m water treatment plant in York, UK, to replace an existing facility. The work is being implemented by UK water utility Yorkshire Water...
Wachs Water Bags Contract to Upgrade Water Infrastructure in the US
Wachs Water Services has bagged a $6m service contract from US utility Water Services Department of Kansas City to ensure sustainability of water distribution in the US state of Kansas. ...
New York Water Tunnel Repair to Cost $2bn
The New York Department of Environmental Protection estimates that repairs to the 45-mile Rondout-West Branch tunnel located in New York, US, will cost $2bn. Two sets of cracks in the...
H2O to Build Water Treatment Infrastructure in Canada
H2O Innovation has received a contract to design, build, install, and commission a water treatment infrastructure at the Fort Hills Project currently under development in Alberta, Canada. ...
Irish District to Upgrade Water Infrastructure
The Irish Government has allocated €15m to upgrade the water infrastructure in the district of Connemara. Two new reservoirs are planned, to be built at Rosmuc and An Cheathru Rua...
Peruvian Utility to Begin Operations at Water Plant Next Month
Peru water utility Sedapal will begin operations at the $181m Huachipa potable water plant from next month. The plant will provide water to 2.4 million residents in eight eastern and...
TEPCO Water Processing Facility to Begin Operations this Month
A new water treatment facility to treat radioactive water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan will commence operations from 15 June. France's Areva will provide the water...
Hawaiian Firm Wins Contract for Water Infrastructure Upgrade
Hawaii based dck/TtEC has received a contract from the US Department of Defense to upgrade the utilities and communications infrastructure at the Marine Corps Air Station in Arizona, US. ...
Imperial Resources to Develop Salt Water Facility in Texas
Imperial Resources subsidiary Imperial Oil & Gas has signed a non-binding letter of intent to fund a salt water disposal facility located in Barnett Shale in Texas, US. The company...
E Coli Pollution Forces Indonesia to Build Wastewater Plant
The Jakarta Capital City (JCC) Government has unveiled plans to construct a Rs3.8tn ($448.4m) integrated wastewater treatment plant (IPALT) in North Jakarta, Indonesia. The move has been...
Middlesex Water Affiliate Acquires US Wastewater Treatment Facility
Middlesex Water Company affiliate Tidewater Environmental Services (TESI) has acquired a 70,000gal-a-day wastewater treatment facility in Delaware, US. The sequential batch reactor facility...
Bluewater Bio Completes Installation at South African Water Plant
Bluewater Bio International has completed the installation of the HYBACS plant at the Botleng wastewater treatment facility in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The plant, which will be commissioned...
Hydreon Develops Rain Sensor for Wastewater Treatment
Hydreon Corporation has developed a new Hydreon optical rain sensor which can be used by wastewater utilities to differentiate between rainwater or sewage. It uses infrared light beams to...
WBHO Receives Contract to Upgrade Mozambique Dam
South African contractor WBHO Construction has been awarded a $28m contract to upgrade the Nacala dam in Nampula, Mozambique. The contract was awarded by the Millennium Challenge Account, a...
Caern Renews Sanitation Contract with Brazilian Municipality
Brazil's Rio Grande do Norte state water utility Caern will renew its sanitation concession contract with the city of São José de Mipibu to provide water infrastructure services. Under...
Welsh Agency Completes Mine Water Discharge Work
Environment Agency Wales has completed the first phase of work to reduce mine water pollution into River Ystwyth near Aberystwyth, Wales. The abandoned Frongoch Mine has discharged over a...
Calgon Carbon to Provide Reactivation Services to Arizona
Calgon Carbon has been selected to negotiate a contract to provide reactivation services for a ten-year period to the US city of Phoenix, along with the construction of a reactivation facility...
Hyflux Seeks Funds for Singapore Desalination Plant
Hyflux is looking for loans of up to $650m to fund the construction of the Tuaspring desalination plant and a 400MW gas-fired power plant in Singapore. The 318,500 cubic metres per...
TEPCO to Get Tanks to Hold Fukushima Contaminated Water
Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) is to receive 370 tanks in mid-August this year to store contaminated water at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. The tanks will have a total capacity...
US Cities Sign Water Management Agreement
A new water management agreement has been signed to improve water management in the Delaware River reservoirs located in New York, US. The agreement has been signed between New York...
Seawater Desalination Plant Opened in Qatar
The new Ras Laffan C power and desalination plant has officially opened in Qatar. The 286,000m²/d seawater desalination plant was built by Sidem for the Mitsui Bahrain consortium under...
KBR Secures Procurement Contract from SA Water
KBR has received a project management and procurement contract by SA Water to deliver water infrastructure projects in Adelaide, South Australia. The scope of work under the contract will...
Aecon, McNally to Build Canadian Water Tunnel
The Aecon Group and McNally International joint venture has won a contract worth $150m from Metro Vancouver for the construction of a water supply tunnel under the Fraser River in British...
Indian River Clean-Up Project Gets World Bank Boost
The World Bank has approved a $1bn loan to help clean the Ganga River as part of the Indian Government's river upgrade programme. The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) will use...
Innovyze to Provide Water Management Solutions to US City
Innovyze's InfoWater Suite is to replace the existing water distribution modelling and design solution of the city of Greensboro, North Carolina, US. The InfoWater Suite's range...
GeoSyntec Receives Funding for Stormwater Study
Geosyntec Consultants has received funding to study distributed green infrastructure approaches for urban stormwater control in the US. Through the integration of inexpensive hardware...
BioteQ Wins SART Plant Contract for Chilean Mine
BioteQ Environmental has signed a contract with Compania Minera Maricunga to provide process review and commissioning services for a 750m³-per-hour SART plant, which is under construction...
IVRCL Wins Multiple Indian, UAE Water Services Contracts
Indian firm IVRCL has received contracts worth Rs2.94bn ($64m) for the water sector of India and the UAE. Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam awarded a ten-year contract to IVRCL to provide...
Conagua to Construct $172m Irrigation Canal in Mexico
Mexican water authority Conagua is to build a 30km irrigation canal in Baja California with a total investment of Mex2bn ($172m). Conagua will build the new canal along the Colorado...
ADB to Fund Ugandan Water Plant
The African Development Bank (ADB) is to provide $130m for the construction of a water plant on River Ririma in Manafwa District, Uganda. The project is expected to benefit 20,000 households...
Siemens to Provide Wasterwater Solutions to Chinese Refinery
Siemens Water Technologies will provide wastewater treatment solutions to China Petroleum & Chemical's Anqing refinery in Anhui Province, China. The solutions include a powdered...
Philippines to Launch Water Quality Management Areas
The Philippines' Environment and Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is to introduce water quality management areas in Tuguegarao and Penablanca. ...
ADB Funds Vietnamese Water Projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed two loan agreements worth $198m with the Vietnamese Government to provide potable water to the residents of Ho Chi Minh City and complete a...
Saudi Arabia to Upgrade Water and Sewerage Infrastructure
Saudi Arabia is to invest SAR10bn ($2.7bn) in upgrading the nation's water and sewerage infrastructure over the next two years. The work will involve the expansion of its wastewater...
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ADB Pledges $4.5bn for Diamer-Bhasha Dam
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to give $4.5bn to Pakistan for the construction of the Diamer-Bhasha Dam, which will boost the country's water storage and hydropower generation. The...
DSWP Integrates Passavant-Roediger into DSI Portfolio
Drake & Scull Water and Power (DSWP) has completed the integration of Passavant-Roediger into Drake & Scull International's business platform. Passavant-Roediger recently...
Washington to Expand Wastewater Treatment Plant
Design work is underway at the planned $350m expansion of the wastewater treatment plant located at University Place, Pierce County, in Washington, US. The improvements will include...
European Investment Bank Funds Israeli Desalination Plant
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €142m ($200m) to Sorek Desalination for the design and construction of a seawater desalination plant using reverse osmosis technology in...
Chile to Spend $76.3m on Irrigation Projects
Chile's Ministry of Agriculture is to invest CLP36bn ($76.3m) in irrigation projects during 2011. Agriculture Minister Jose Antonio Galilea said that the ministry aims to increase the...
World Bank Grants $80m for Chinese Water Project
The World Bank has approved a loan of $80m for the Bayannaoer Water Comprehensive Environment Management project in China. The new project will improve water reclamation and...
Jabil to Manufacture Latitude Solutions' Water Treatment Systems
Jabil, an electronics company based in Florida, US, has entered an agreement with the UK's Latitude Solutions to manufacture Proprietary Electro Precipitation and Integrated Water...
Hyde Marine Receives Contracts for BWT Systems
Calgon Carbon subsidiary Hyde Marine has been awarded three contracts to supply 13 Hyde Guardian ballast water treatment systems for use on various vessels. The systems will use filtration...
EBRD Signs MoU to Improve Kazakhstan's Water Infrastructure
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kazakhstan authorities to improve drinking water supply and wastewater...
Cadagua to Build Moroccon Desalination Plant
Cadagua, a subsidiary of Ferrovial Agroman, has been selected by Office Cherifien des Phosphates to design and build a desalination plant at the Jorf Lasfar industrial complex in...
Mexican Utility to Spend $85bn on Water Projects
Conagua, Mexico's national water authority, is to spend over Mex$1trn ($85.3bn) on water projects over the next 20 years under the country's 2030 water and sanitation plan. The projects...
Lokoja Water Project to End Water Crisis
The State Government of Kogi in Nigeria has completed construction work on the N10bn ($63m) Greater Lokoja water project, which will begin operations next month. The project is expected...
TEPCO Delays Fukushima Decontamination Facility
Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) has postponed the construction of a decontamination facility to treat radioactive water at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant by up to two weeks. ...
New Partnership to Address Water Safety Needs in Developing Countries
Procter & Gamble, Africare, H2O for Life and the Water & Sanitation Rotarian Action Group (Wasrag) have formed a new partnership to address the urgent need for safe water,...
Water Solutions Acquires Braco Castings
US-based Water Solutions has bought Braco Castings, a supplier of high pressure water pipe fittings used in purification and desalination equipment. The acquisition was completed with...
Nigerian State Inaugurates Water Project
The N5bn ($31m) Watari water project, built by a consortium of Paterson Candy International and Costain West Africa in Kano, Nigeria, has been launched. Now operational, the...
NEDA Confirms Metro Manila Wastewater Management Project
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) of the Philippines has confirmed that it will carry out the $275m Metro Manila Wastewater Management (MWM) project to improve...
Chilean Utility to Use TaKaDu Water Infrastructure Monitoring Technology
The water infrastructure monitoring technology of Israel's TaKaDu is to be used to improve the water services of Chilean water utility Aguas de Antofagasta. Aguas de Antofagasta supplies...
Sionix to Test Mobile Water Treatment System
Sionix Corporation is to test its Mobile Water Treatment System (MWTS) to check its accuracy and performance. The MWTS will be assembled for a comprehensive battery of wet tests, which...
VA Tech To Employ Amiad Filtration Technology for India Plant
Indian Firm VA Tech Wabag has selected Amiad Filtration Systems' Arkal disc filtration technology for its new seawater desalination plant in Chennai, India. The project will draw water from...
Peru to Fund Water Projects Under Agua Para Todos Programme
The Peruvian Government will offer more than PEN162m ($58.8m) to local governments and state-owned utilities to carry out 23 water projects under the Agua Para Todos programme. President...
GE Unveils Portable Technology for Municipal Water Systems
GE has introduced a new portable technology to help municipal water system operators to closely monitor and protect drinking water supplies. The Sievers 5310 C Portable Total Organic...
Hyde Marine's Ballast Water Treatment Receives Type Approval
Calgon Carbon Corporation's subsidiary Hyde Marine has received type approval for its Hyde Guardian ballast water treatment system from the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS). ...
Gadgil, Garud Win European Award for Water Purification
The European Patent Office (EPO), in cooperation with the Hungarian EU Council Presidency and the European Commission, has awarded a prize to two scientists for innovation in water purification. ...
Indian State to Build Water Treatment Plant on Gurgoan Canal
The state government of Haryana in India is to set up a water treatment plant on the Gurgaon Canal using Israeli technology. The move was taken following a study undertaken by the...
Zimbabwe Signs MOU for Zambezi Water Project
The Zimbabwe Government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with an unnamed foreign investor to implement the National Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project. The project will draw...
Parsons Awarded $128m Construction Management Contract
Parsons has received a construction management services contract from Orange County Water District for the initial expansion of a groundwater replenishment system in Fountain Valley,...
Philippine Agencies Sign IRR for Water and Sanitation Programme
Government agencies in the Philippines have joined forces to sign the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for a water and sanitation programme targeting the country's waterless...
Brazilian Utility to Expand Sao Paulo Wastewater Treatment Plant
State utility Sabesp has launched a tender to expand its Parque Nova Mundo wastewater treatment plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for R$70m ($43m). Sabesp will award a two-year contract to carry...
DC Water Breaks Ground on $1.4bn Environmental Projects
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) in the US will begin work on two massive environmental projects worth $1.4bn at the Blue Plains advanced wastewater treatment plant. ...
EPA Urges Illinois to Upgrade its Water Standards for Rivers
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has notified the State of Illinois to upgrade water quality standards for portions of the Chicago and Calumet rivers. The agency has directed...
Teijin to Install Wastewater Treatment System in Angola Factory
Marubeni Tekmatex has selected Teijin's multi-stage activated biological process (MSABP) as the wastewater treatment system for a textile factory in Luanda, Republic of Angola. Under...
Process Solutions to Supply Generators to Texas Water Utility
Process Solutions is to supply its MicrOclor hypochlorite generators to the Upper Trinity Regional Water District in Texas, US. Three MicrOclor Model MC-2000 systems will be installed at...
Zhaoyuan Dye Factory to Use Teijin Technology to Treat Wastewater
Chinese firm Zhaoyuan Advanced Chemical will use Teijin's multi-stage activated biological process (MSABP) system and electro catalytic method treatment (ELCAT) system to treat wastewater at...
Japan to Provide $600m for Bangladeshi Water Projects
Japan is to sign a loan agreement to provide $600m to Bangladesh for three major water projects. The funds include $400m for the Padma multipurpose bridge, $160m for the Khulna water...
European Banks and DBSA to Finance South African Water Project
Three European development finance partners and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) have formally agreed to finance the Mooi-Mgeni water supply project in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. ...
EPA Issues Cease Order to Smith and Smith Petroleum
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a cease and desist administrative order to Smith and Smith Petroleum for violating the federal Clean Water Act. The agency took...
Instrata Capital Acquires Stake in Barka 1 Project
Bahrain-based Instrata Capital has closed the acquisition of an indirect 8% stake in Oman's Barka 1 independent water and power project and related companies for its infrastructure fund. ...
Pakistan to Allocate $381m for Water Sector
The Pakistan Government is to provide a PKR33bn ($381m) budget to fund 83 water development projects under the public sector development programme. The budget also covers 17 new...
Nova Scotia Utility Approves Sewage Plant Upgrade
Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board has given the go-ahead to Halifax Regional Water Commission (HRWC) to upgrade the Eastern Passage wastewater treatment plant in Nova Scotia, Canada, in a bid...
NYC Starts Work on $404m Brooklyn Sewer Facility
New York City Department of Environmental Protection has started work on the new Paerdegat Basin Combined Sewer Overflow Facility in Brooklyn, New York, US. During heavy rain the $404m...
Consolidated Water to Bid for Mexican Desalination Plant
Consolidated Water is to bid for a tender to design, build and operate the El Salitral desalination plant in Ensenada, Baja California, in north-west Mexico. The Mex$400m ($34.3m) plant will...
EPA Seeks Wastewater Disposal Data from Pennsylvanian Gas Drillers
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has directed six natural gas drillers to disclose details of their drilling process water disposal in Pennsylvania, US. The EPA is working...
Pentair Acquires CPT for $714m
Pentair has completed the acquisition of Norit Holding's Clean Process Technologies (CPT) division in the Netherlands for €503m ($714m). The CPT provides membrane solutions and...
ITT to Provide Water Pumping Stations for Indian Project
A consortium led by ITT Corporation has received a $74m contract to provide two water pumping stations for Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam's Kutch Branch Canal Lift Irrigation project in India. ...
Ghana Launches Five-Year Water and Sanitation Project
A $75m water and sanitation development programme has been launched in Ghana's Central Region, with the support of funds secured from the International Development Agency. The five-year...
AECOM Wins $171m Water Management Contract in Saudi Arabia
AECOM Technology has received a $171m contract to provide stormwater infrastructure services in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Under the contract, the company will provide project management...
Agencies Sign MOU for US Water Management
Three US federal agencies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to address water resource challenges in the nation. The partnership was formed by the US Army Corps of Engineers,...
CARIS Wins Netherlands Waterway Project
The Netherlands government body Rijkswaterstaat has awarded Canadian firm CARIS the National Survey Storage System project. CARIS will implement its software in the processing, storage...
Energy Recovery to Supply Devices for Bahamas Desalination Plant
Consolidated Water has selected Energy Recovery to supply desalination devices as part of a major expansion of the Bahamas Water and Sewerage Corporation's Blue Hills large-scale seawater...
Dublin San Ramon to Carry Out Water Recycling Expansion Study
Dublin San Ramon Services District has received a grant from the US Department of Interior's Bureau of Reclamation to conduct a feasibility study for a recycled water distribution system...
Heckmann Acquires US Water Assets
Heckmann Corporation has completed four acquisitions to expand its water solutions for the energy development business segment. Heckmann acquired fresh water and produced water...
Chile Approves Hydro Dam Proposal
Chilean regulators have approved a proposal for the construction of the $3bn HidroAysen project in Patagonia. The scheme is awaiting final approvals from the federal government. The...
Acciona to Build Desalination Plant in Chile
CAP Group has awarded a contract to Acciona to build and operate a seawater desalination plant in Capiapo Valley, Atacana Desert, Chile. Under the $63.5m contract, Acciona will design and...
Thames Water Plans Improvements to Sewage Treatment Facilities
Thames Water has awarded a contract to Black & Veatch to improve and expand sludge treatment operations at its Basingstoke and Bracknell Sewage Treatment Works in the UK. The upgrade...
Green Oasis Environmental to Upgrade US Facility
Custom Carbon Processing, a subsidiary of Green Oasis Environmental, is to overhaul its salt water injection facility in Montana, US. The firm has also expanded its operations at the Waldo...
Brazilian Water Utility to Improve Sewerage Services
Brazilian state water utility Saneago is to invest R$93.4m ($58.2m) in improving the sewerage services of the surrounding areas of Goiania. The scope of work involves the construction of...
Pennsylvania Receives Funds for Water Infrastructure Projects
The US Commonwealth Financing Authority has approved a loan of $172m to fund 160 water infrastructure projects under the H2O PA programme in 51 counties in the state of Pennsylvania. The...
SPML Awarded $36m Indian Water Contracts
India-based SPML Infra has received two water management and treatment contracts worth Rs1.6bn ($36m). The first Rs1.36bn ($30.5m) contract, from Goa Water Supply and Sewerage Board,...
JCSD Joins Cadiz Valley Water Project
Cadiz has entered into an option agreement with Jurupa Community Services District (JCSD) for conserved water and carryover storage capacity from its Cadiz Valley water conservation, recovery...
Elster to Install Water Meters for Brazilian Utilities
Elster has been selected by two Brazilian utilities to provide AMCO Water meters in order to accurately measure water usage and drive increased revenues. Elster will install about 170,000...
TSJD Wins $330m Sewerage Tunnel Contract
The joint venture of Traylor Brothers-Skanska-JayDee (TSJD) has received a $330m contract to design and construct a storage and conveyance tunnel in Columbia, US. The contract will...
Ameron to Bid for Pipeline Project in Mexico
US-based Ameron International, in collaboration with French firm Degremont and Mexican construction firms Makro and Prodemex, is planning to bid for the El Zapotillo-Leon pipeline...
Santander Suspends Funding to Brazilian Dams
Santander Bank of Europe has suspended its funding to Brazil's Santo Antonio dam, citing environmental and social concerns. The Santo Antonio and another dam, which are being built on...
Vietnam Signs $1bn Drinking Water Programme with ADB
Asian Development Bank has signed a $1bn financial assistance package with Vietnam to enhance the country's drinking water access as part of a larger $2.8bn investment programme. The...
Thermax to Acquire Overseas Wastewater Treatment Firm
India-based Thermax is planning to buy an overseas industrial wastewater treatment company worth $100m. The company to be acquired has a technology tie-up with GE Water for sewage treatment...
Indonesia Provides Grants for Clean Water and Waste Management
The Indonesia Government has allocated Rp231.05bn ($27m) in foreign grants to 40 local administrations for clean water and waste management programmes. The government has provided $22m...
Cesan to Improve Sewerage Services in Brazilian State
Brazilian state utility Cesan will invest R154m ($96.2m) to improve sewerage services in rural areas of the south-eastern Espírito Santo state for 2011. A Cesan spokesperson said...
SWC to Improve Water Efficiency at Murrumbidgee Valley
Water utility State Water Corporation (SWC) has commenced work at Murrumbidgee valley in New South Wales, Australia, in a bid to enhance water management services in the region. The...
Haya Water Builds New Water Treatment Plant in Oman
Haya Water has started the construction of a new water treatment plant at Darsait in Oman, as part of the Muscat Water Reuse Project. The plant will use membrane bio reactor technology...
US University Develops Water Treatment Alloy
Researchers at Purdue University in the US have developed an aluminium alloy that could be used to convert non-potable water into drinking water, while also extracting hydrogen to...
Brazilian State Utility to Invest $343m in Sanitation Projects
Brazilian state utility Casan plans to invest $343m in sanitation projects to upgrade water infrastructure in the state of Santa Catarina. The state agency plans to upgrade facilities in...
ACWA Wins Two Saudi Water Contracts
Dubai's ACWA Emirates has received two contracts for membrane-based water and wastewater projects in Saudi Arabia. ACWA will carry out a fast-track irrigation water project in Riyadh,...
Sri Lanka to Regulate Groundwater Usage
The Sri Lanka Government is to introduce legislation to regulate the use of groundwater, especially for commercial purposes. The legislation, which is being prepared by the Irrigation and...
EPA to Protect US Coastal Waters
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to designate the coastal waters of six towns and the Cape Cod National Seashore as 'No Discharge Areas'. With this step, the EPA can...
Costa Rica Needs $2.3bn to Improve Sanitation
The Republic of Costa Rica requires an investment of $2.36bn to improve water systems under its 2010-30 water and sanitation programme, according to national water and sewerage utility AyA. ...
Watts Water Acquires Danfoss Socla for $175m
US-based Watts Water Technologies has completed the acquisition of Denmark-based Danfoss Group's Danfoss Socla and its related water controls business entities in a share and asset...
Abengoa to Build Desalination Plant in Ghana
Abengoa has signed an agreement with Ghana Water Limited Company to construct a desalination plant in the town of Nungua in south-east Ghana for a total value of $115m. The new...
Waste Management Buys Bosque's Portable Water Treatment Assets
Waste Management of Pennsylvania, US, has bought Bosque Disposal System's portable water treatment assets related to the treatment and recycling of flow back and produced water from wells...
Aquatech to Build Desalination Plant for Indian Power Plant
Coastal Energen has awarded Aquatech a contract to design, engineer, fabricate and build a 13,000m³ per day seawater reverse osmosis-based desalination plant for its coal-fired thermal...
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KBR to Build Texan Water Pipeline System
KBR has received an engineering contract for Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD)'s 350 million gallon per day raw water transmission pipeline system, which will serve the cities of Fort...
Noida Jal Nigam to Build Sewage Treatment Plants in India
Noida Jal Nigam is to install four new sewage treatment plants at a cost of Rs1.55bn ($34m) in Noida, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The treatment plants will feature Sequential...
BASF to Acquire German Membrane Business
BASF has signed an agreement with Germany-based Inge Watertechnologies to acquire the company and its ultrafiltration membrane business. The transaction, which is subject to approval by...
DMAE to Invest in Brazilian Water Projects
Brazil's water utility DMAE is to invest R$519m ($332m) in waterworks projects in Porto Alegre, Brazil, by 2014. DMAE director Flavio Ferreira Presser said that in 2011 the firm will invest...
Cesan to Improve Brazil's Sewerage Services
Brazil-based water company Cesan will provide R$108m ($69m) to improve sewerage services in Vitoria, the capital of Espirito Santo. Vitoria will receive R$26.5m ($16.8m), of which R$23.6m...
LADWP Builds UV Water Treatment Facility
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has started the construction of a new ultraviolet (UV) water treatment facility at the Los Angeles Aqueduct Filtration Plant (LAAFP) in...
Pratibha Wins $53m Construction Contract for Indian Project
Indian firm Pratibha Industries has received a contract for the construction and rehabilitation of a transmission main from the Goa Water Supply and Sewerage Project in India. The firm...
Samsung Commissions Hyder for Bahrain Sewage Plant
Samsung Engineering has contracted Hyder Consulting to provide detailed design services for the Muharraq sewage treatment plant and flow conveyance scheme in Bahrain. Hyder will provide a...
US State to Invest $134m in Water Projects
The US state of Pennsylvania will invest $134m in 25 non-point source, drinking water and wastewater projects in 21 counties, according to the state governor Tom Corbett. The governor said...
Minera Escondida to Build Wastewater Treatment Plant at Chile Copper Mine
Minera Escondida has submitted an environmental impact assessment application (EIA) to the environment ministry for new potable water and wastewater treatment plants in Chile. The...
OAS to Complete Huascacocha Dam Construction in Peru
Brazil-based construction firm OAS is expecting to complete the construction of a $94.7m Huascacocha dam in Peru next month, the company has announced. Water utility Sedapal said that 98%...
Georgia Power to Develop Water Research Centre
Georgia Power, in collaboration with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), will launch a new Water Research Center (WRC) at its Plant Bowen in the US to develop and test water...
Cesan to Improve Water Supply in Brazilian State
Water company Cesan will invest $45.3m to improve the water supply in the south-eastern Espírito Santo state of Brazil this year. Cesan spokesperson told Business News Americas that the...
EU and Unicef to Develop Water Projects in Guinea Bissua
The Government of Guinea Bissua, Unicef and the European Union (EU) have launched a joint project to provide clean water, sanitation and hygiene to 60,000 people in Guinea Bissua. The EU...
AECOM Wins US Water Services Contract
AECOM Technology has won a contract to provide aquatic and hydrodynamic technical services to the California Department of Water Resources' activities in Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta,...
Serbia Needs $7.8bn for Water Utility Systems
Serbia needs to invest €5.5bn ($7.8bn) for construction of wastewater treatment facilities and utility systems by 2013, in order to meet European standards, a government official has said. ...
Changsha Valve to Test Leakage Control Device
Changsha Valve, a subsidiary of China Valves Technology, is to test a new leakage control device, which could save up to 17,900t of water per month, at the end of June 2011. The device will...
AMMB, IFC and ADB Launch Asia Water Fund
AMMB Holdings, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have launched an offshore private equity fund, which will invest in Asia's water sector. The...
Australia Approves Tasmanian Irrigation Scheme
Australia has approved an A$88m ($92.07m) irrigation scheme for the Midlands region of Tasmania as part of a project to improve water infrastructure in the area. The Midlands scheme...
Veolia and CONSOL Energy to Build Zero Liquid Waste Discharge System
CONSOL Energy and Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies have entered into an agreement to design and build a zero liquid waste discharge system to treat mine water in the US state of...
United Utilities to Build UK Wastewater Treatment Plant
United Utilities is to build a new wastewater treatment plant on the banks of the River Mersey in north-west England with an investment of £200m ($326m) to improve its water quality. The...
Mekorot to Build Water Projects in Uganda
Mekorot Development and Initiatives, a subsidiary of Israel-based water company Mekorot, has signed an agreement with Uganda's National Water and Sewerage Corporation to build 11 dams...
Noveda, Rimat Explore Water Technology Development
Noveda Technologies and Israel-based Rimat Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore synergies in water technology development. Both firms will evaluate opportunities to...
APTWater Plan Nitrate Removal Technology Demonstration
APTwater has signed an agreement with the Cucamonga Valley Water District (CVWD) to demonstrate its ARoNite nitrate removal technology. Under the terms of agreement, APTwater will design,...
Parsons to Upgrade El Segundo Water Facility
State water utility West Basin has awarded a contract to design firm Parsons to upgrade its Edward C Little Water Recycling Facility in the city of El Segundo in California, US. West...
Veolia Water to Build Californian Water Reclamation Facility
Veolia Water has signed a contract with Plains Exploration & Production to build a produced water reclamation facility at its Arroyo Grande Oilfield in California, US. The treatment...
Uganda to Build $306m Water Treatment Plant in Katosi
Uganda's National Water and Sewerage Corporation is to construct a water treatment plant in Katosi and will upgrade the Ggaba complex with an investment of €212m ($306m). The water...
CBY Wins $675m US Army Corp Contract
The US Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $675m contract to CBY Design Builders to design and build permanent pumping stations at the Lake Pontchartrain entrances of the 17th Street,...
China Receives World Bank Loan for River Channel Project
The World Bank has approved a $100m loan to improve China's inland waterway transport infrastructure. Under the project, the 205.6km Shaying River channel between Changshenggou on...
Sembcorp to Explore Water Projects in China's Shandong Province
Sembcorp Utilities and Sembcorp Industrial Parks, subsidiaries of Singapore-based Sembcorp, have signed contract agreements with Jinan Quancheng Water and Rizhao Municipal People's...
Hitachi to Study Dubai's Sewage Water Quality
Hitachi Plant Technologies has signed a joint development agreement with Dubai Municipality to set up an experimental system to study and improve the quality of the emirate's sewage...
Pacific Power Upgrades Alabama Wastewater Treatment Plant
Pacific Power Renewables has installed a 690kV solar array on a wastewater treatment plant in Auburn City in the US state of Alabama. The solar array will use clean and renewable solar power...
India to Develop New Water Policy
The Indian Government will develop a new national water policy in 2012 to address the issues of water scarcity, management and conservation. Salman Khurshid, Minister of Water Resources,...
Sulzer to Acquire Cardo Flow Solutions
Sulzer and Assa Abloy have signed an agreement with Cardo to acquire its Flow Solutions business for Skr5.9bn ($937m). On completion of the transaction, the wastewater pumps business will...
CWC Acquires Green Springs Water Company
Connecticut Water Company (CWC) has completed its acquisition of the Green Springs Water Company, which is located in Connecticut, US. CWC vice-president Terrance O'Neill said that...
Veolia Wins Supply Contract for Canadian Thermal Project
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies has received a contract from Southern Pacific Resource to provide a water treatment system for its STP-McKay Thermal Project in Northern Alberta, Canada. ...
Manila Water Unveils $232m Upgrade Project
Manila Water Company (MWC) of the Philippines is to invest more than PHP10bn ($232m) during 2011 in upgrading its water infrastructure. The plan includes the expansion of water and...
University of Queensland Develops Method for Mineral Treatment
The University of Queensland is developing a new method to deal with water technology issues in Australia's minerals industry as part of its fellowships scheme. Jurg Keller, the...
China Plans Desalination Expansion
China is to increase its desalination capacity to produce up to three million tonnes of desalinated water per day by 2020. State Oceanic Administration deputy director Chen Lianzeng told...
Malaysia to Complete Kuching Project First Phase by 2012
Malaysia's Sewerage Services Department Sarawak is to complete the first phase of the Kuching Centralised Sewerage System project by the end of 2012. Construction of the MYR530m ($175m)...
Desalitech Awarded EPT Reverse Osmosis Contract
Desalitech has won a contract to design and build a reverse osmosis (RO) desalination system for Environmental Protection Technologies (EPT) in Israel. The 600m³ per day brackish water...
Canada Authority to Acquire Groundwater Rights from Mesa
The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority (CRMWA) has entered into a preliminary agreement to acquire 211,000 surface acres of water rights owned by Boone Pickens and Mesa Water. Under...
World Bank Helps Zambia Develop Irrigation Sector
The World Bank has approved a $115m credit to help Zambia improve its irrigation sub-sector under the Irrigation Development and Support Project. The project will have four key...
Peru to Receive IDB-AECID Loan for Water and Sanitation Works
Peru's housing, construction and sanitation ministry has signed a cooperation agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Spain's International Cooperation and Development...
Sionix to Supply Water Treatment Systems in Japan
US-based water treatment company Sionix Corporation is to provide 30 mobile water treatment systems to TII Trading International Investment, following the signing of a memorandum of...
Malaysia to Begin Water Facilities Upgrade
The Malaysian Government has unveiled plans for a MYR280m ($92m) project to improve its water utility facilities as part of a water infrastructure upgrade programme. The project includes...
EBRD to Co-Finance Romania's Water Infrastructure Improvement
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a €22m ($31m) loan to water utility ApaVital Iasi to improve Romania's water infrastructure. ApaVital will use...
Peru to Receive World Bank Loan for Water Network Rehabilitation
The World Bank has approved a loan of $54.5m to Peru to renovate water and sewer networks across 16 districts in Northern Lima. Water utility SEDAPAL's general manager Jorge Barco Martinez...
Pakistan to Receive US Aid for Dam Project
Pakistan will receive more than $500m in financial aid from the US Government for the construction of the Diamer-Bhasha Dam. The US will assist the project under commitments made by...
GE Doubles Production Capacity at Chinese Plant
GE has doubled the production capacity of its water technologies manufacturing plant in Wuxi New Zone, in eastern China. The expanded facility has reduced GE's time in fulfilling local...
Hyflux, PUB Sign Water Purchase Agreement
Singapore's national water agency PUB has signed a water purchase agreement with Hyflux subsidiary Tuaspring for the delivery of desalinated water to the utility. Under the agreement,...
ADB to Give Additional Funds for Vietnamese Water Project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide a loan of $60m towards the Phuoc Hoa water resources project in Vietnam. French development agency Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD)...
ADF to Fund Kenyan Lake Sanitation Programme
The East African Community has signed an agreement with the African Development Fund (ADF) to finance the second phase of the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Programme in Kenya. ADF...
World Bank Approves Loan for Argentine Sanitation Upgrade
The World Bank has approved a $200m loan to upgrade sanitation services in nine provinces across Argentina. The loan is part of the Argentine Government's Great North Development Programme...
AWR Receives Approval for CCWC Sale
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has approved the sale of American States Water Company (ASWR)'s wholly owned subsidiary Chaparral City Water Company (CCWC) for $35m. In 2010,...
ASCC Submits $30m Bid for Indian Irrigation Project
Evader subsidiary Avtar Singh Construction Company (ASCC) has submitted a tender worth $30m to the irrigation department of Bihar Irrigation Corporation for an irrigation project in Bihar, India. ...
GE Agrees Water Equipment Deal for South African Power Plant
GE has signed an agreement with Eskom to provide advanced water and wastewater equipment for Eskom's Kusile Power Plant in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The equipment will filter 250 million...
United Utilities to Overhaul UK Water Treatment Plant
Water network operator United Utilities has unveiled plans to upgrade the Bickerstaffe treatment plant in West Lancashire, UK, following planning approval. The plant will be extended as part...
Pentair Acquires Norit Clean Processing Technologies Division
Pentair has signed a definitive agreement with Norit Holding for the acquisition of its Clean Processing Technologies (CPT) division. Under the terms of the contract, Pentair will make...
Corsan to Provide Sanitation Services in Brazilian State
State water utility Corsan has agreed a 25-year concession contract to provide sanitation services for the town of Derrubadas in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Under the terms of...
Ethiopia Prepares for Construction of $4.7bn Dam
The Ethiopian Government plans to begin the construction of the Great Millennium Nile Dam Project in the region of Benishangul-Gumuz soon. Ethiopia Water and Energy Minister Alemayehu...
Georgia Awarded Bank Loan to Improve Water and Sanitation
The Asian Development Bank is to provide a $500m loan to Georgia to improve water and sanitation services in expanding secondary towns in the country. The loan facility will support...
Bolivia to Build Reservoir for Drinking and Irrigation
The environment and water ministry of Bolivia is planning to build a $62m dam and reservoir to supply water for drinking and irrigation in La Paz Department. According to state news agency...
South Korea to Build Sewage Treatment Equipment in Vietnam
The Ministry of Environment of South Korea, the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute and KOLON Engineering & Construction are to build sewage treatment equipment...
KfW to Finance Azerbaijan Water and Sewage Projects
German development bank KfW will provide €125m for rehabilitation of the water and sewage systems of Ganja and Sheki in the Republic of Azerbaijan. At a presentation in Ganja,...
World Bank Funds Vietnam Sanitation Project
The World Bank has approved a loan of $65m to Vietnam to implement the Coastal Cities Environmental Sanitation Project. The loan is part of $456.5m in credit provided by the bank for...
ITT Launches Challenge to Address Water Problems
ITT Residential & Commercial Water and its foundation partner ITT Watermark have launched the 'Ideation Challenge' to help address water problems worldwide. The challenge is supported...
Russian Cities to Receive EBRD Loan for Water Treatment Projects
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved infrastructure loans for the Russian cities of Lipetsk and Vologda to modernise their district heating and water...
Pima County Completes First Phase of Sewer Project
Pima County in Arizona, US, has completed the first phase of a large-scale sewer project, with completion of the entire project expected in 2015. Pima County installed a 72in sewer line...
Consortium to Build Sewerage Pipeline in Colombia
Mexican company ICA, along with its consortium partners Cotrisa and Estyma Estudios y Manejos, will today begin construction work on the Interceptor Norte sewerage pipeline in the city of...
Delhi Unveils $377m Water Investment Budget
Delhi Jal Board (DJB) of India has a budget of Rs17.16bn ($377m) to improve and modernise Delhi's water distribution and sewerage network system for 2011-12. DJB will use Rs9.25bn ($200m)...
May Gurney Wins UK Water Contract
May Gurney has won £43m of AMP5 utilities framework contracts from Anglian Water and South West Water to carry out water improvement works in the UK. Two of the contracts, which are for...
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Bolivia to Invest in Water and Sanitation Projects
The Environment and Water Ministry of Bolivia is to invest $200m in a potable water and sanitation programme in the country's urban areas, with additional funding from Spanish cooperation...
Nigeria to Complete $100m Water Treatment Plant
Nigeria is to complete the N15.7bn ($100m) Zaria water treatment plant in the state of Kaduna in the next six months; 50% of the project has been completed so far. The project includes...
F Cubed to Launch Desalination System
Australian company F Cubed is to launch a solar-powered desalination system called Carocell to produce high-quality potable water for industry use, with the help of Onesteel. The new...
Sudan Secures $350m Loan for Dams Project
Sudan has received a $350m concessional loan from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development to build two dams and an airport. Out of the total loan $175m will be used to raise two...
Mexico Requires $20.9bn for Water Management Project
The Government of Mexico needs Mex$250bn ($20.9bn) to fund a project to provide sustainable water management for the Valley of Mexico, according to Conagua president Luis Luege. The...
Allconnex to Embark on $50m Redland Water Infrastructure Projects
Allconnex Water in Australia is to spend $50m over the next five years on improving the water infrastructure of the city of Redland, Queensland, including new water mains for Coochiemudlo Island. ...
Venezuela Reveals Annual Potable Water Investment
The Government of Venezuela has invested an average of $600m per year since 1999 in improving access to potable water and water treatment systems, according to Environment Ministry director...
Serbian City to Build Wastewater Treatment Plant
The Serbian city of Leskovac is to build a wastewater treatment plant with funds from the Netherlands Development Agency and IPA. The plant will be constructed in the village of Bogojevce,...
Brazil Requires $42bn Water Investments by 2015
Brazil requires R$70bn ($42bn) by 2015 to ensure water supplies to its major cities and to treat its waste, according to national water agency ANA. Although Brazil has one of the...
Mumbai Tries New Sludge Disposal System
India's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is to apply a new method for the disposal of sludge produced by the treatment of sewage water at pumping stations in and around the city of Mumbai....
Angola Receives Loan to Modernise Hydroelectric Dam
The Angolan Government has signed an agreement with several foreign financiers, including French banking group BNP Paribas, for a $100m loan to renovate and modernise the Cambambe...
Peru Awards $118m Water Contract to Abengoa Consortium
The Abengoa and Grana y Montero consortium has won a $118m contract to expand and improve the drinking water and sewerage system of the Peruvian province of Callao, as part of the...
World Bank to Fund Indonesia Projects
The World Bank has approved a loan of $150m to Indonesia under the Water Resources and Irrigation Sector Management Program (APL Phase II). The objective of APL Phase II, which consists of...
Peru Improves Water Access With Pronasar
Peru has provided water and sanitation access to more than 522,000 people through the national rural water and sanitation programme Pronasar. Under the programme, Peru has completed 311...
Mexico to Spend $83bn on Water Projects
Mexico is to invest more than Mex$1trn ($83.3bn) in hydraulic infrastructure projects over the next 20 years to improve water supplies under its 2030 Water Initiative. The programme will...
UNEP Warns of Water Crisis in Mongolia
More than half of Mongolia's population have no access to clean water, and the country's water resources are under threat due to climate change and rapid urbanisation, according to a...
EIB Loan to Boost Belgium's Water Treatment Projects
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the Walloon Government and water management company Societe Publique de Gestion de l'Eau (SPGE) have signed a €200m loan agreement for water...
Hilton Foundation to Fund Water Projects
The Conrad N Hilton Foundation in the US is to provide $50m to deal with the water needs of more than one million people in sub-Saharan Africa and water-deprived areas of India and Mexico. ...
World Bank, US to Deal with Global Water Crises
The World Bank Group will work in collaboration with 17 agencies of the US Government to support the management of global water crises such as the lack of safe drinking water and...
Majority of Congolese Lack Access to Drinking Water
Approximately 51 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) do not have access to safe drinking water, even though the country holds over half of Africa's water...
ADB to Part-Fund Chinese Water Efficiency Project
The Asian Development Bank is to provide a $60m loan to China to part-fund water efficiency projects in three agricultural counties in the province of Qinghai. The loan will go towards...
Conagua to Invest in Water Distribution Improvement
Mexico's national water authority Conagua is to invest Mex$1.2bn ($100m) in improving the Cutzamala potable water distribution system. The project involves the construction of a...
Saudi Arabia Awards Pipeline Contract to PSL Subsidiary
Saline Water Conversion Corporation of Saudi Arabia has awarded an $80m contract to PSL FZE Hamriyah, a subsidiary of Indian pipeline company PSL, to supply a bare line pipe. The...
Syabas to Develop Pipe Network System
Malaysia-based Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) has invested MYR115m ($37.7m) in an alternative pipe network system to deal with the country's rising demand for water. A 19km...
Ukraine Approves Revised Drinking Water Draft
The Government of Ukraine has approved a draft law of its national drinking water programme for 2011-20, which is a revision of the 2006-20 national drinking water programme. The law...
Nigerian State Seeks $478m for Wastewater Recycling
Lagos, Nigeria, requires N75bn ($478m) to recycle the 1.4 million gallons of wastewater that it generates daily, according to Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola. Fashola said the...
South Africa to Build $280m Dam
South Africa's Department of Water Affairs is to spend over R2bn ($280m) on the construction of the Spring Grove Dam, which will provide water to more than two million people in the province...
Uganda to Build Water-Treatment Plant
State-owned Ugandan water company National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) is to build a new water treatment plant for UGX660bn ($271m) in Katosi, Nkokonjeru, to alleviate pressure on...
AECOM Secures Nitrogen Removal Project in US
AECOM Technology has won a $40m contract for the construction management of DC Water's Enhanced Nitrogen Removal Program in Washington DC, US. Under the five-year contract, AECOM will...
Brazil’s Paraopeba River Cleanup Project Moves Forward
Brazil's international affairs department SAIN is taking charge of the approval process for the Minas Gerais state utility Copasa's project to clean up the Paraopeba River basin. The...
Bangladeshi City to Invest in Drinking Water Projects
The Chittagong Water and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) of Bangladesh is planning to invest around BDT30bn ($421m) by 2015 to provide safe water in the city of Chittagong. The projects will...
Indian State Secures Loan for Water Project
The Indian Government, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the State Government of Rajasthan have signed an agreement for a third tranche loan of $63m for the ongoing Rajasthan Urban...
University of Buffalo Develops New Nanomembrane System
A research team at the University at Buffalo, US, has developed a new nanomembrane to separate bacteria from drinking water. The nanomembrane, which was created with the help of a...
ADB to Fund Tanzania's Water Sector Development
The African Development Bank has signed two agreements with Tanzania to provide a TZS251.62bn ($164m) loan for the development of its energy and water sectors. Tanzania Finance Minister...
EuroChem to Perform Novomoskovsk Pure Water Programme
Russian mineral fertiliser company EuroChem is to implement the Novomoskovsk Pure Water programme to reduce Novomoskovskiy Azot mill's freshwater consumption by increasing its use of...
Brazilian City to Develop Flood-Control Projects
The Brazilian city of Sao Bernardo do Campo is to develop flood-control projects at a cost of R$384m ($230m), according to a city government spokesperson. The city will spend R$111m ($66m)...
Siemens Wins Philippines Wastewater Treatment Management Contract
Siemens Water Technologies has been selected by a soft drink manufacturer to provide on-demand wastewater treatment management in a new bottling plant in the Philippines. Siemens will use...
Uganda Raises Cost Estimate for Karuma Hydroelectric Dam
Uganda has raised its cost estimation for the 650MW Karuma hydroelectric dam project to $2.2bn. The dam, which is to be built on the Nile River, was initially projected to cost $1.3bn,...
US Municipalities Ordered to Protect San Francisco Bay
The US Environmental Protection Agency, the Justice Department, California Water Boards and San Francisco Baykeeper have ordered seven municipalities in the East Bay Municipal Utility...
Consortium Wins Pachacutec-Ventanilla Water Project in Peru
A Peruvian consortium consisting of construction firms Grana y Montero and Abengoa Peru has won a PEN326m ($118m) contract to implement the Pachacutec-Ventanilla water project in the city...
Consol Energy to Build Treatment Plant for Mining Wastewater
US coal producer Consol Energy is to pay $200m in pollution controls to reduce discharges of harmful mining wastewater into the streams and rivers of the Appalachia region. The company...
Sabesp Launches Tender to Develop Water Supply System
Sabesp, the water utility of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, has launched R$42m ($25.4m) tender to build a water supply system in Sao Paulo's metropolitan area. The project will be...
NJIT Develops New Desalination Process
A faster and cheaper desalination process enhanced by carbon nanotubes has been developed by New Jersey Institute of Technology Professor Somenath Mitra. The process creates a new...
Ethiopia to Construct Nile River Hydro Dam
The Ethiopian Government is to build a dam along the Nile River to generate hydropower and increase electricity production, according to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. The dam will be built...
Brazil Begins Construction on Belo Monte Dam
Norte Energia Consortium has commenced construction work on the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in Brazil. The £7bn project is being built on the Xingu River in the Amazon rainforest. ...
Aboitiz Plans Ilaguen Hydropower Project in Philippines
SN Aboitiz Power, a joint venture of SN Power of Norway and Aboitiz Power, is to build the Ilaguen hydropower and bulk water reservoir project in the Philippines province of Isabela at a cost...
Saudi Arabia to Carry Out Water and Sanitation Projects
The Government of Saudi Arabia has awarded contracts worth SAR487m ($130m) to implement water and sanitation projects in the country. The projects will take place in the provinces of ...
Jamaica to Implement $211m Water Supply Project
The National Water Commission (NWC) of Jamaica is to carry out the Jamaica Water Supply Improvement Project at a cost of $211m. The project will provide an additional 20 million gallons...
Sanepar Seeks $77m to Develop Sanitation in Coastal Areas
Sanepar, the water utility of the Brazilian state of Parana, is requesting R$128m ($77m) to finance projects to improve wastewater collection and treatment along the state's coast. A...
Iraq Opens $130m Sewage Treatment Plant
Iraq has inaugurated a new sewage treatment plant in the province of al-Muthanna. The plant and another water desalination project were carried out at a cost of NID160bn ($130m). The...
US State to Build Wastewater Treatment Plant
The US state of Missouri has granted a $37.8m loan to the Little Blue Valley Sewer District to construct water projects to improve the collection and treatment of wastewater in the Kansas...
First Gen to Develop Philippines Multipurpose Dam
First Gen Luzon Power has signed an agreement with the Philippines province of Nueva Ecija and the municipality of General Tinio for the development of the Balintingon Reservoir...
Welsh Water Signs Loan Agreement with EIB
UK-based Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has signed a £100m ($161m) loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to fund water and wastewater improvement schemes throughout Wales, UK. The...
DEWA Awards Al Ghafat Reservoir Contract
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has signed a AED284m ($77m) contract with Pratibha Industries to construct the first two phases of the Al Ghafat reservoirs. The Al...
US City Begins Construction of Surface Water Treatment Plant
The city of Sugar Land in Texas, US, has started building a $69m surface water treatment plant at Gannoway Lake with an allocation of $7.3m for the first phase of construction. The plant...
Siemens to Provide Hydro Recovery with Wastewater Reuse System
Siemens Water Technologies is to supply Hydro Recovery with a wastewater treatment system to treat natural gas hydraulic fracturing wastewater from Marcellus Shale drilling in the US. ...
Mexican State to Launch Independencia Pipeline Tender
CEA, the water authority of the Mexican state of Sonora, is to launch a tender for the construction of the second phase of the Independencia potable water pipeline by the end of April...
Global Water and Wastewater Market to Rise in Oil and Gas
The global water and wastewater treatment market in the oil and gas industry is expected to rise to $1.9bn in 2016 from $926.6m in 2010, according to new report by Frost & Sullivan. ...
Hyflux to Build Desalination Plant in Singapore
Singapore's national water agency PUB has awarded a S$890m ($702m) contract to Hyflux to design, build, own and operate a desalination plant in Tuas, Singapore. The new reverse osmosis plant...
Jeddah Closes 50 Water Bottling Plants
Municipal authorities in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, have shut down more than 50 local water bottling plants for violation of health and safety regulations. Authorities took the step after three...
Namibia Unveils Water Projects
Namibia's Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry is to construct a desalination plant worth R2bn ($290m) at Mile Six on the Namibian coast. The Ministry's permanent secretary...
Clean Water Makes Offer for Sinomem Technology
Clean Water Investment has launched a voluntary conditional cash offer to acquire Sinomem Technology, a Singapore-listed water treatment group, for S$351m ($276m). Clean Water offered...
EPA Seeks Public Comment on Contaminant Monitoring
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on its plan to monitor 30 unregulated contaminants in water systems as required by the Safe Drinking Water Act. ...
San Francisco to Upgrade Crystal Springs Pipeline
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is to invest $32.5m in improving the Peninsula water main that runs in sections of El Camino Real and Crystal Springs Road. SFPUC, owner...
Pakistan Seeks US Funding for Diamer Basha Dam
Pakistan has sought funding from the US to finance the construction of the $11.6bn Diamer Basha dam, which is being built on the Indus River in the northern part of the country. Pakistan...
ACTEW Gets Green Light for Water Pipeline Project
Landholders in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, have given the nod to Canberra's water authority ACTEW for a new $150m water pipeline that extends from Murrumbidgee to Googong. ACTEW...
Aqua-Chem Develops New Dye-Removal Solution in Wastewater
Aqua-Chem, in collaboration with J&J Industries, has developed a new solution to remove dye and chemical additives from industrial wastewater used in large-scale carpet manufacturing. ...
Brazil Lifts Suspension on Belo Monte Dam
A Brazilian court has lifted the construction suspension for the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. The Belo Monte Dam, which will be the world's...
Mexican State to Award Desalination Plant Contract
Baja California state water authority CEA is to award a Mex$400m ($33.2m) contract to build and operate the El Salitral desalination plant in Ensenada, Mexico. CEA launched the tender on...
China to Clean Up Taihu Lake
The Chinese city of Wuxi is to invest CNY4.5bn ($648m) in cleaning up Taihu Lake, which is polluted due to the growth of wild blue algae, sewage discharges and industrial and agricultural waste. ...
American Water Breaks Ground at Water Treatment Plant
American Water's subsidiary New Jersey American Water has begun construction on a $75m water treatment plant in Short Hills in the US state of New Jersey. The new plant will replace...
Qatar to Build $2.8bn Mega-Reservoir
Qatar is to invest QR10bn ($2.75bn) in the construction of a mega-reservoir, which will hold seven days of back-up fresh water to meet emergency requirements. The project will help prevent...
World Bank to Fund Uzbekistan Water Supply Project
The World Bank is to provide $88m in credit to Uzbekistan to improve the water supply network in the Syrdarya region of the country. The credit facility will finance the Syrdarya Water...
AAA to Build Reservoirs in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's water utility AAA is to invest $475m in the construction of two new reservoirs to improve potable water services in the eastern part of the country. The Valenciano reservoir...
Halla Energy Wins Saudi Arabia Sewage Treatment Plant Deal
Halla Energy & Environment Company has secured a $85m contract from Murafiq to expand a sewage treatment plant in western Saudi Arabia. Under the deal with the Saudi Arabian power and...
UK Water Utility to Boost Sheffield's Water Supply
Yorkshire Water is to invest £15m ($24.4m) in upgrading the Rivelin Water Treatment Works near Sheffield, UK. The project involves improvements to the plant's water treatment process...
Contra Costa Water District to Expand Los Vaqueros Reservoir
Contra Costa County in California, US, is to expand the south side of the Los Vaqueros Reservoir. The $120m project will raise the dam height by 34ft, increasing its capacity from...
AAA to Launch Tender for Valenciano Reservoir
Puerto Rico-based water utility AAA is to float a tender for the $250m Valenciano reservoir and potable water project by April 2011. The project includes the construction of a reservoir,...
USAID to Renovate Pakistani Water Supply System
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government of Pakistan have signed an agreement to revitalise the water supply system in the city...
Japan Funds Jericho Water Treatment Project
Japan has signed an agreement with the Palestinian Authority to provide $32m to carry out a water treatment project in the city of Jericho. The project includes the construction of a...
United Utilities to Improve Water Supply in North-West England
United Utilities is planning to invest £750m ($1.2bn) to improve water supply to households across the north-west of England over the next year. The utility will carry out engineering schemes...
Iran and China to Construct Bakhtiari Dam in Iran
Iran and China are planning to sign a cooperation deal by 20 March 2011 to construct the Bakhtiari Dam in Iran. Bakhtiari Dam will be an arched dam on the Bakhtiari River within the...
Business Stream to Provide Water Services to Scotland’s Public Sector
Business Stream has secured a £220m ($358m) contract from Procurement Scotland to provide supply water services to Scotland's entire public sector over the next three years. Under the...
Haya Water Opens Bausher Water Reuse Project in Oman
State-owned Omani water company Haya Water has opened the main part of the Bausher water reuse project at Al Ansab, Oman. When complete, the project will process 55,000m³ a day of...
DEWA to Float Desalination Plant Contract
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is planning to award contracts worth AED1bn ($272m) in March 2011. The contract includes the Hassyan desalination plant, which will have a...
US City Completes Water Projects
Santa Monica in the US has completed the clean up of Charnock water wells and the renovation of the city's water treatment plant, reducing its dependence on imported water. The projects...
Oman Opens Wastewater Treatment Plant
Oman has opened the first phase of the $207m Muscat wastewater project executed by Haya Water. The project includes the Al-Ansab wastewater treatment plant, the Al-Ghubrah and Al-Athaibah...
Arcadis Secures US Water Contract
Malcolm Pirnie, the water division of Arcadis, has secured a $43m contract from Henrico County, US, to implement a regional water supply programme in central Virginia. Under the...
Pakistan Completes Water Supply Projects
The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) of Pakistan has completed 200 water supply projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Abbottabad, Pakistan, built at a cost of Rs832m...
China to Invest in Water Diversion Project
China is planning to invest 52bn yuan ($7bn) for the south-to-north water diversion project in 2011. Work on the project will begin in the first half of 2011, along with relocation of...
Befasa and GWCL Sign Water Supply Contract
The Ghana Water Company (GWCL) has signed a $110m contract with Spain's Befasa Agua to supply purified sea water to residents located in Teshie, Nungua, La, Tema, Burma Camp in Ghana. Under...
Toray to Supply RO Membranes for Chinese Water Plants
Toray Industries is to supply reverse osmosis (RO) membranes to seawater desalination plants in Qingdao and Caofeidian in China. The two plants will have a capacity to produce 150,000m³...
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Galliford Try Secures UK Water Contract
Galliford Try has secured a £33m ($53m) contract from Northumbrian Water to design and build an advanced anaerobic digestion plant in the UK. The plant will be built in partnership with...
OFID to Fund Sierra Leone Water Projects
The OPEC Fund for International Development is to provide $19m to Sierra Leone to implement water supply and sanitation projects in the country. The loan will be used to carry out water...
Ghana to Upgrade Water Supply Systems
Ghana is to upgrade and expand six urban water supply systems in the region of Brong-Ahafo. Water systems will be expanded in Abesim, Acherensua, Berekum, Dormaa-Ahenkro, Techiman and...
Argentina Floats $297m Tender for Chaco Pipeline Project
Argentina has floated a tender to build the $297m Lavalle-Juan Jose Castelli potable water pipeline in the province of Chaco. The project includes building an intake line at Bermejo River...
US County Approves $280m Reservoir Project
Henrico County in Virginia, US, is going ahead with a new $280m reservoir in north-west Cumberland County near the James River. The 1,100 acre reservoir, called the Cobbs Creek Regional...
Hyflux Secures $30m Chinese Wastewater Contract
Water technology company Hyflux has secured a CNY200m ($30m) contract from the Chinese city of Zunyi to build and operate a wastewater plant. The plant will have a capacity to...
Malta to Unveil Sewage Treatment Plant
The Republic of Malta is to open an €85m ($116.5m) sewage treatment plant at Ta' Barkat in Xghajra next month. The plant is spread over an area of 45,000m² and has a capacity...
ADB to Support Vietnam's Clean Water Project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a series of loans worth $1bn to enable Vietnam to provide clean water access for three million people and improve its water infrastructure. Out...
Mexican State to Award $41m Wastewater Contract
CEA, the water utility of the Mexican state of Nayarit, has floated a $41m tender to build and operate a new wastewater plant in the coastal city Bahia de Banderas. The water utility...
Oman Plans Darsait Wastewater Plant
Oman is to build a OMR37m ($95.7m) wastewater treatment plant in Darsait, replacing the old plant, which was built in the late 1970s. The new project, part of the Muscat sewage initiative,...
New York Completes Wastewater Plant Reconstruction
The New York Department of Environment Protection, US, has completed a $25.6m project to reconstruct the odour control system of the Coney Island Wastewater Treatment Plant and replace its...
Western Australia Awards Mundaring Water Treatment Contract
The state of Western Australia has awarded a contract to the Helena Water consortium to build and operate the new A$300m ($300m) Mundaring Water Treatment Plant. Helena Water is a...
Brazilian State to Award Sanitation Contract
The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul is to award a Rs1.2bn ($724m) contract for the provision of sanitation services to the city of Santa Cruz do Sul for 30 years. Three companies –...
Japan Funds Indian River Clean-Up Project
Japan is to provide a Rs25bn ($563m) loan to India to carry out three projects covering improvements to agriculture, biodiversity and the environment, including the Yamuna River clean-up project. ...
Ghana Plans Water Supply Project
Ghana is to carry out a $77.34m water project to help increase water access in remote parts of the country. The project will benefit over 600,000 people in the Central, Volta, Eastern...
Peru to Award Wastewater Concessions
ProInversion, the private investment promotion agency of Peru, is to award maintenance and operation concessions for 12 wastewater plants in Lima and Callao. The plan includes the...
CAF, World Bank to Part-Fund Peruvian Water Management Project
The Andean Development Corporation and the World Bank Group are to provide $57m towards improving Peru's water resources management over the next five years. The funding includes $43m from...
World Bank to Fund Azerbaijan Irrigation Project
The World Bank Group is evaluating a proposal to extend $80m in credit to Azerbaijan to carry out a new irrigation project, replacing the Irrigation Distribution System and Management...
Marubeni Acquires Stake in Osmoflo
Marubeni Corporation has signed an agreement to acquire a 40% stake in Australian desalination company Osmoflo Holding. Osmoflo was founded in Adelaide, Australia, in 1991 and operates...
Oman Sewage Treatment Plant to Open
Oman's Haya Water is to open the Al-Ansab sewage treatment plant, the main part of the Bausher Water Reuse Project in Bausher, Oman. The Al-Ansab Sewage Treatment project, started in 2009...
ADB to Finance Vietnamese Water Projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to fund the Northern Chu and Southern Ma Rivers Irrigation Project in Vietnam, which requires a total investment of $115m. The project will be carried...
Sabesp to Carry Out $2.5bn Water Projects
Sabesp, the water utility of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, is to invest $2.47bn in environmental clean-up and water loss control projects. The projects include $1.9bn for phase IV of...
New York Signs Water Security Agreement
The US state of New York and New York City have signed a new 15-year agreement to guarantee the city's drinking water supply. The agreement was signed between the New York State Department...
US City Plans $91m Wastewater Plant Relocation
Iowa City, US, is to invest $91m in relocating its north wastewater treatment plant to prevent it from flooding. Following major flooding in 2008, the city decided to shut the plant and...
Sabesp Launches $92m Water and Sewage Tender
Sabesp, the water utility of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, has launched a $92m tender to build and operate water and sewage systems in the city of Franca. The project involves...
US Cuts Drinking Water Allocation
The US Government has proposed a reduction in its 2012 budget for the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) by $947m to $2.5bn. The SRFs were established to help...
Saur Awaits Jubail Water Contract Confirmation
Saudi Arabian utility Marafiq is to award a $400m contract to French water company Saur to provide water services in the city of Jubail. Saur will form a joint company with Marafiq to...
IDB and Spain to Fund Dominican Republic Water Projects
Spain and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) are to provide $97m to fund water projects in the Dominican Republic. The money will be used in five water projects to increase...
Chile to Spend $900m on New Reservoirs
Chile's Public Works Ministry (PWM) will invest $900m in the construction of six new reservoirs to combat drought in the country. The reservoirs will have a capacity to store 817 million...
ADB to Fund Vietnamese Water Projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide $1bn to Vietnam between 2011 and 2020 to develop the country's water supply system. In 2011, ADB will provide $250m for projects to prevent...
Iran Opens Mamlow Dam
Iran has officially opened the Mamlow Dam on the Jajrood River, 45km east of Tehran. The dam will supply drinking water to Tehran and irrigation water to farms in Varamin and Pakdasht. ...
Saudi Arabia Invests $896m in Water and Sanitation Projects
The Ministry of Water and Electricity of Saudi Arabia has signed contracts worth SAR3.36bn ($895.7m) for water, sanitation, service and maintenance works. The projects include a...
Watts Water to Acquire Danfoss
Watts Water Technologies is to acquire Danfoss A / S subsidiary Danfoss Socla and its related water controls business for €120m. France-based Danfoss Socla manufactures water...
AFD to Fund Palestinian Water Projects
The French Development Agency (AFD) is to extend a €10m ($13m) grant to Palestine to improve drinking water services in Bethlehem. The project will upgrade the drinking water...
Senepar Plans $54m Sanitation Improvements Project
Senepar, the water utility of the Brazilian state of Parana, is to invest R$90m ($54m) by 2013 in improving sanitation services in the city of Foz do Iguaçu. The investment will improve...
Sri Lanka to Carry Out $90m Water and Sanitation Project
Sri Lanka is to launch the Jaffna and Kilinochchi Water Supply and Sanitation Project with LKR10bn ($90m) funding from the Asian Development Bank. The project will improve water supply...
New South Wales to Upgrade Chaffey Dam
The Australian state of New South Wales has set aside A$43.33m ($43.38m) to upgrade and expand the capacity of Chaffey Dam to increase water availability in the city of Tamworth. The...
Senepar to Invest $214m in Water and Sanitation Projects
Senepar, the water utility of Brazilian state Parana, is to invest R$355m ($214m) in drinking water and sanitation projects in 2011. The water utility will provide R$233m ($139.7m) for...
AfDB to Fund Mozambique Water Projects
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will extend a $15m loan to fund water and sanitation projects in the Mozambican provinces of Nampula and Zambezia. Only 48% of the provinces'...
Drake & Scull Wins Riyadh Water Cooling Plant Contract
Drake & Scull Water and Power (DSWP), a subsidiary of Dubai-based Drake & Scull International, has secured a $79m contract to design and construct a district water cooling plant in...
Philippines Plans Irrigation Improvements
The Philippines is to invest PHP19.2bn ($438m) in the Jalaur River Multi-Purpose Project II (JRMP II) to improve irrigation and water supplies in the province of Iloilo. The JRMP II project...
Morocco to Invest $3bn in Wastewater Projects
Morocco is to spend MAD15bn ($3bn) on the construction of 79 wastewater treatment plants by 2012. The plants will be implemented as part of the country's national wastewater...
Suez Environment Reports 40% Income Rise
Suez Environment received an income of €565m ($771.8m) for 2010, an increase of 40% compared with 2009's figure of €403m ($550.5m). The France-based company's revenue...
Transfield Joint Venture Wins $1.1bn Australian Water Contract
The Government of South Australia has awarded a A$1.1bn ($1.1bn) contract to a joint venture of Transfield and Suez Environment's subsidiary Degremont to supply water and wastewater services...
United Envirotech Secures China Wastewater Contract
United Envirotech has secured a CNY280m ($42m) contract to acquire, upgrade and operate a wastewater treatment plant and a recycling plant in China's Hebei province. Under the contract,...
LVBC to Carry Out $398m Lake Victoria Environment Plan
The Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) is to invest $398.2m in improving the climate around Lake Victoria in East Africa. The LVBC projects include the $252m Lake Victoria...
Bahrain Plans $325m Wastewater Plant
Bahrain is to invest an estimated $325m in the construction of a new wastewater plant and conveyance system in Muharraq. The project includes building a 100,000m³ a day capacity...
India Unveils Ganges Clean-Up Projects
The Indian Government has unveiled a plan to carry out four projects worth Rs5bn ($109m) to clean up the River Ganges. The plan includes a Rs2.7bn ($61m) project in Moradabad, a Rs426m...
Conagua Plans Mexico City Pipeline Project
Mexico's national water authority Conagua is planning a Mex$4.5bn ($375m) pipeline project for Mexico City. Conagua will tender the project this year, which will form part of Mexico...
US City to Upgrade Wastewater Plant
Visalia in the US state of California is to upgrade its wastewater plant to increase the amount of water that can be recycled and help reduce the need for pumping groundwater. The plant will...
Doosan Heavy Secures Saudi Arabian Desalination Project
Doosan Heavy Industries has secured a $124m contract from Saline Water Conversion Corporation of Saudi Arabia to build a desalination plant in the Yanbu region, 350km north of Jeddah. ...
Dewa Carries Out Dubai Pipeline Project
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) of the UAE is carrying out an AED204m ($55.5m) water pipeline project to meet the emirate's water demands. The project includes installing...
US Cities Plan $230m Water Treatment Upgrade
The US cities of Lake Oswego and Tigard are to invest $230m in upgrading their water treatment capacity. The project includes building an intake facility at the Clackamas River at...
Argentina Seeks $200m Loan for Norte Grande Water Projects
Argentina is seeking a $200m loan from the World Bank to finance sanitation projects in Norte Grande. The Norte Grande project will address infrastructure gaps and increase sustainable...
Australian Universities to Study Desalination Effects on Marine Life
Deakin University and the University of Western Australia are to collaborate on a study to assess the effects of desalination on marine ecosystems. The A$1.1m ($1.1m) study will evaluate...
Thames Water to Award $822m Sewerage Contract
UK water utility Thames Water is to award a £510m ($822m) contract to improve sewer facilities in its service area. The project involves increasing the number of Thames Water-operated...
Chile to Award Chacrillas Reservoir Project
Chile is to award a $60m contract to build the Chacrillas irrigation reservoir to Spanish company OHL. Eight firms offered bids for the project. The reservoir will be built on a 92ha...
EPA to Introduce New US Water Regulation
The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) is to formulate new regulations to prevent perchlorate and other toxic chemicals from entering US drinking water. The EPA reversed an earlier...
Envirogen Begins Construction of Drinking Water Treatment Plant
Envirogen Technologies has started building the first biological drinking water treatment plant for perchlorate removal in collaboration with West Valley Water District and the city of...
Jamaica Starts Work on Negril Water Treatment Plant
Jamaica has begun renovating the $278m Negril Waste Water Treatment plant to preserve the natural coastal environment and aquatic biodiversity of the Negril area. The project is funded by...
Vennsys to Manage London's Water Metering Service
Vennsys, a consortium led by Veolia Water, has won a £240m ($387m) contract to manage Thames Water's metering service in the UK for ten years. The project includes meter installation,...
Samsung Consortium Awarded Bahrain Water Contract
A consortium of South Korea's Samsung Engineering and UAE's Invest has won a contract from Bahrain to build and operate the Muharraq sewage treatment plant in Manama. Samsung will take a...
Nigeria Awards $35m Irrigation Deal
The Nigerian Government has awarded a N5.41bn ($35m) contract to construction company Dantata & Sawoe to expand the Watari Irrigation project in the state of Kano State, Bagwai. ...
HCC Secures Indian Irrigation Contract
Hindustan Construction Company has secured a Rs3.4bn ($75m) contract from the Indian state of Gujarat to construct the 57km Kutch Branch Canal. The contract involves design and...
Colombia to Tender Bello Wastewater Plant Contract
Colombian water utility EPM will launch a tender to build the Bello wastewater treatment plant on 6 February 2011. Construction costs for the plant are estimated at around $350m. The plant...
Israel to Increase Desalinated Water Production
Israel is to increase its desalinated water production to 420 million cubic metres by 2013. The Israeli Government approved a proposal to build another desalination plant in Ashdod to...
Nigerian State Starts 17 Water Projects
The Nigerian state of Anambra has launched 17 new water projects at a total cost of N2.55bn ($16.5m) under its medium-term water supply programme. The water projects will benefit 40...
Brazilian State Plans $155m Sanitation Investment
Sabesp, the water utility of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, is to invest R$257m ($155m) in improving sanitation services in the metropolitan area surrounding Itapecerica da Serra over the...
Peruvian State Plans $433m Water and Sanitation Investment
The Peruvian state of Cuzco is to invest PEN1.2bn ($433m) into water and sanitation projects. The plan includes improving the region's potable water, sanitation and solid waste...
San Francisco to Upgrade Water Treatment Plant
The US city of San Francisco is to upgrade the Harry Tracy Water treatment plant at a cost of $174m to improve back-up water supplies to 11 cities. A contract was awarded to US-based...
Oman Begins Water Projects
Oman's Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) has embarked on water projects worth OMR111m ($289m) in the Al Batinah region. The projects include the extension of...
Costa Rica Plans Sewage Plant
Costa Rica is to build a sewage treatment plant in La Carpio, a neighbourhood of capital city San Jose, to treat sewage in the Central Valley region. The plant will treat sewage produced...
US City to Replace Seismically Unsafe Dam
San Francisco Planning Department and Public Utilities Commission in the US has approved a plan to replace Calaveras Dam, which is in an active fault zone and is said to have structural problems. ...
Taliworks to Take Over Four China Water Treatment Plants
Taliworks is to take over four municipal wastewater plants with recycling facilities in the city of Yinchuan, China, on its own after it failed to formalise a joint venture with...
Clearford Secures Maldives Water Contract
Clearford Industries has secured a $40m contract from Upper South Utilities (USUL) of the Republic of Maldives to build a sewerage infrastructure in the country. Under the agreement,...
EBRD to Fund Romanian Water Projects
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is considering a €27.5m ($37m) loan for Romania to help the county of Brasov meet EU water and wastewater guidelines. ...
World Bank to Help Brazilian Water Project
The government of Brazilian state Ceara is to carry out a $300m water supply management project with assistance from the World Bank's International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). ...
South Korea to Fund Indonesia Reservoir Project
South Korea is to provide $100m through the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to Indonesia to finance the construction of the Karian Reservoir in Banten, Indonesia. The...
Philippines Water Utility Unveils Capex Plan
Maynilad Water Service of the Philippines has unveiled a PHP8.5bn ($192.6m) capital expenditure plan for water projects in 2011. Maynilad has earmarked PHP3.7bn ($83.8m) to expand its...
Germany to Fund Tanzanian Water Project
Germany, in collaboration with international development agency FIDA, has offered to extend $55m to Tanzania to fund a water project in the rural district of Moshi, Kilimanjaro. The funds...
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US State Unveils Stormwater Funding
The Washington State Department of Ecology in the US has announced that it will extend $23m in grants to 43 cities and counties to design and build stormwater retrofit and low-impact...
Indian State to Carry Out $1.5bn Water Projects
The Indian state of Gujarat has contracted India-based Jindal Group to carry out water projects worth Rs70bn ($1.5bn) in various districts of the state by 2030. The projects will be carried...
Andrade Gutierrez Plans Sanitation Investment in Brazil
A consortium led by construction firm Andrade Gutierrez in Brazil has presented a plan to invest R$3.5bn ($2.1bn) in sanitation projects in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco under a public...
CSC Secures US Water Contract
US-based technology firm CSC has secured a $100m contract from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to extend support services to help ensure the country's water security. Under...
Mexico Earmarks $3bn for Water Projects
Mexico's national water authority Conagua is to receive MXN36.9bn ($3.06bn) in 2011 to invest in water and irrigation projects. The authority will allocate MXN17.9bn ($1.4bn) for potable...
Malaysia to Start $3bn Dam Project
Malaysia is to start construction next month at the Klau Dam, one of the components of the Pahang-Selangor Raw Water Transfer Project (PPAMPS). Costing MYR9bn ($2.94bn), PPAMPS will...
Memsys, NTU Collaborate on Water Treatment Research
Memsys Clearwater and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) of Singapore have partnered for a joint research programme to develop an oil-removal, membrane-distillation process. The...
American Water to Sell Subsidiaries to EPCOR
American Water Works is to sell its two subsidiaries, which provide water and wastewater services in the US states of Arizona and New Mexico, to a unit of EPCOR Utilities for $470m. ...
China Invests in Water Diversion Project
China invested CNY115bn ($17bn) in the South-to-North Water Diversion Project up to the end of 2010. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project will divert water from the south of China to...
UK County Plans Water Treatment Plant
The UK county of Yorkshire is to build a £16m ($25m) water treatment plant to improve drinking water in the city of York. The plant will increase the city's water treatment capacity by...
Brazil to Invest in PAC Sanitation Projects
Brazil has earmarked R$80m ($48m) from its growth acceleration plan PAC to carry out sanitation projects in Salvador, the state capital of Bahia. The money was given to state water...
US Army Depot Opens Wastewater Treatment Plant
Anniston Army Depot in the US has opened a $40m industrial wastewater treatment plant, which can purify 600,000 gallons of muddied, oil-covered or chemical-filled water a day. The new...
Hong Kong Awards Victoria Harbour Sewage Contract
The Drainage Services Department of Hong Kong has awarded a HK$625m ($80m) contract to improve Victoria Harbour's water quality. The project includes upgrading the preliminary sewage...
Caesb to Tender $66m Sewage Contract
Brazilian water utility Caesb is to launch a R$110m ($66m) tender by June 2011 for the construction of a sewerage system for Grande Colorado, Sao Bartolomeu and Jardim Botanico. The...
Sri Lanka Plans $88m Water Supply Project
Sri Lanka is to invest LKR9.7bn ($87.7m) in the Ruhunupura Water Supply Project, which will provide water to the region of Hambantota. The project is expected to supply 17,500m³ of...
US University to Upgrade Water Treatment Plant
Pennsylvania State University, US, is to invest $30m in upgrading its water treatment systems. The university appointed Pennsylvania-based Buchart Horn as architect for the treatment plant. ...
China to Invest $300bn in Water Projects
China is to invest CNY2trn ($303.8bn) over the next five years in building water-related infrastructure projects and improving the quality of rural drinking water. The Chinese Government...
Galliford Try Wins $47m UK Sewage Treatment Contract
Galliford Try has secured a £30m ($47m) contract to design and build an advanced anaerobic digestion plant at Howdon Sewage Treatment Works in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. The UK-based group...
Oman Awards $38m Desalination Plant Contract
Majis Industrial Services (MISC) has awarded a joint venture of VA Tech Wabag and Nagarjuna Construction Company a OMR14.5m ($37.5m) contract to set up a desalination plant in Oman. The...
Conagua to Complete Nogales Wastewater Plant by Early 2012
Mexico's national water authority Conagua aims to complete a $19m wastewater treatment plant in Nogales, in the state of Sonora, by February 2012. The project is being funded jointly by...
Oman Awards Sewage Treatment Plant Contract
Oman has awarded a $96m contract to a consortium comprising Spanish company Cadagua and Oman-based Galfar Engineering to build a sewage-treatment plant in the Darsait district of Muscat. ...
Peru to Invest in Piura Water Project
Peru's housing, construction and sanitation ministry is to invest PEN50m ($18m) in carrying out 80 water and sanitation projects within 104 communities in the Piura region as part of its...
Czech Republic to Revise Tender for Water Treatment Contract
The Czech Republic is to revise a $1bn water treatment plant contract to make it open to more bidders. The revised tender will be announced in late February 2011 and bids must be submitted...
Abu Dhabi Trials Solar Desalination Projects
The Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi, UAE, is testing a new system to desalinate sea water using solar energy. The agency is carrying out tests at 30 locations across Abu Dhabi. The new...
Impregilo Wins Abu Dhabi Sewer Tunnel Project
Abu Dhabi has awarded an AED725m ($197m) project to Italian construction group Impregilo to build a gravity-driven wastewater tunnel. The tunnel project is part of the AED5.7bn...
Mozambique Plans Irrigation Project
Mozambique is to invest $19m in the Vale do Save Irrigation Project (Pivasa) to improve water resources in the southern Mozambique basin. Pivasa aims to mitigate the effects of droughts...
Oman Expands Water Distribution Network
Oman's Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) has launched several water projects in the region of Al Dakhiliyah, including water distribution networks, tanks, a pumping station...
US County Completes $342m Water Storage Project
San Diego in California, US, has completed the $342m San Vicente Pipeline project, which is expected to improve the county's emergency water distribution. The project, part of San...
Dubai Completes Water Projects
Dubai's Drainage and Irrigation Department has completed several water projects as part of its plan to deliver water services throughout the city. The projects include establishing a...
Nigeria Launches Water Roadmap
Nigeria has launched a long-term water programme, called the Road map for Nigeria Water Sector, which aims to make potable water available throughout the country by 2015. Under the...
Bahrain Plans $290m Water Treatment Plant
Bahrain is to set up a BD110m ($290m) sewage treatment plant in the city of Muharraq to reduce the burden on the country's water network. The project includes the construction of the...
Pakistan Awarded $2bn to Build Sewage Plants
National Water Engineering (NWE) in Pakistan has secured $2bn in foreign investment to develop sewage treatment plants in the country through the Kyoto Protocol Act. The company plans to set...
Brazilian State to Build $120m Sanitation Project
Sabesp, the water utility of Brazilian state Sao Paulo, is to build a $120m sewage system for the city of Sao Jose dos Campos. Six bidders have prequalified for the project:...
VA Tech Signs Joint Venture with Zawawi Trading
VA Tech Wabag has signed a joint venture agreement with Oman's Zawawi Trading Company to enter the operation and maintenance sector of Oman's water industry. VA Tech Wabag will float...
Malaysia Plans Water Treatment Plant
The Malaysian state of Selangor is to build a water treatment plant, Langat 2, which will prevent water shortages for consumers in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya. The project will...
SDL Begins Israeli Desalination Plant
SDL Desalination has started the construction of a desalination plant in Israel, which is expected to combat water shortages in the country. The plant will be set up in central Israel...
Brazilian State to Invest $34m in Sanitation Project
The Brazilian Government has allocated R$567m ($341m) to Bahia state water utility Embasa to carry out basic sanitation work under phase II of the country's growth acceleration plan. Out of...
Indian State to Invest in Sewage Treatment Plants
The Indian state of Bihar is to get Rs30bn ($646.6m) in government funding to set up sewage treatment plants in 19 towns. The projects include a sewage plant in state capital Patna, which...
IDB Funds Iran, Senegal and Yemen Water Projects
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has provided $123m for water projects in Iran, Senegal and Yemen. The funding includes $84.3m for the Rural Areas Wastewater Project in the north-west...
US County Approves $400m Desalination Plant
Monterey County in California, US, is to build a $400m desalination plant to supply drinking water for communities in the Monterey Peninsula. The project includes a desalination plant with...
EPA Orders Chromium VI Testing in US Tap Water
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued guidance for the careful testing of hexavalent chromium (chromium VI), a probable carcinogen in tap water. The recommendations came...
Tetra Tech Secures $62m US Water Project
Tetra Tech has secured a $62m contract from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help it protect the country's water and wastewater. Tetra Tech will support various EPA...
Uruguay to Expand Sanitation Coverage
Uruguay is to invest $80m during 2011 in expanding its sanitation coverage. The projects will be carried out by the state-owned water utility OSE to increase its sanitation coverage to...
IDB Funds Mexico Water and Sanitation Project
The Inter-American Development Bank is to give $600m to Mexico to improve water, sanitation and hygiene in its rural communities and public schools. The funding includes two loans, which...
Hyflux Wins Three China Water Projects
Hyflux has won contracts worth $45m to build three water projects at Hechuan Industrial Park in Chongqing City, China. The Singapore-based company won the contract on a build-own-transfer...
Iran Plans Caspian Sea Water Canal
Iran is to build a $15m water canal that will run from the Caspian Sea to Semnan province to solve water scarcity. Under the project, 70km of water channels will be built, benefiting...
El Salvador Plans Water Management Project
El Salvador's Environment and Natural Resources Ministry is to carry out a $79m water management programme in the country. The project, which is planned for 2011, is funded by the...
Turkey to Construct 18 Dam Projects
Turkey is to build 18 dams on its borders along with Iraq, Syria, Iran, Georgia, Bulgaria and Greece. The country completed a plan with Syria to construct a dam on the Orontes River, known...
Bulgaria Launches Water Treatment Plant
Bulgaria has launched a wastewater plant in the south-western town of Dimitrovgrad on the Maritsa River. The total cost of the plant is €61m ($78.9m), out of which 75% was provided...
Brazilian City Starts $29m Sewer Project
A consortium comprising Brazilian engineering firms Aliter Construçoes e Saneamento and Enotec Engenharia has started work on a R$48m ($28.5m) sewer project in Sao Paulo, Brazil. ...
Punj Lloyd Wins India Water Project
Punj Lloyd has secured a contract from the Indian state of Bihar for the construction of a centralised water treatment plant. The work includes the engineering, procurement,...
BNDES to Fund Brazilian State Water Project
Brazilian development bank BNDES is to provide $93m to Ceara state water utility Cagece to carry out water projects. Out of the fund, R$127m ($75m) will be invested in phase II of the...
Maynilad Water Unveils Water Investment Plan
Maynilad Water Services has unveiled a plan to invest PHP78.8bn ($1.77bn) in sewerage and sanitation projects until 2037. The Philippines-based water utility has earmarked PHP5.1bn...
Bosnia Herzegovina Starts $30m Wastewater Project
Vodovod i Kanalizacija has started a wastewater project in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The project, which will cost €23m ($29.7m), is funded by the European Bank for...
US City Completes Water Pipeline Extension
The City of Lincoln in Nebraska, US, has completed a $24m water pipeline project, extending an existing pipeline. The 60in water transmission pipeline was extended 20 miles from the...
Azerbaijan Commissions Oguz-Gabala-Baku Water Pipeline
Azerbaijan has started the $1bn Oguz-Gabala-Baku water pipeline, which will carry drinking water from the Caucasus Mountains to the city of Baku in order to meet water deficits in the...
Abu Dhabi to Build Artificial Aquifer
Abu Dhabi is planning to construct an artificial aquifer beneath sand at a cost of $436m. The reservoir, to be built by Arabian Construction and Korean firm POSCO Engineering and...
Saudi Arabia Awards $149m Water Contract
Saudi Arabia has awarded a SAR559m ($149m) contract to carry out water and sanitation projects in the country. The contract includes studying water resources in the Empty Quarter, which lies...
US State to Invest Millions in Water Projects
South Dakota Board of Water and Natural Resources in the US has approved a grant and loan of $34.4m to be used for drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, watershed improvements and...
Florida Desalination Plant Opens
Tampa Bay Water of Florida, US, has reopened its $160m desalination plant for the first time since 19 April 2010. The desalination plant is a drought-proof, alternative water supply plant...
US City to Begin $359m Upgrade to Katrina-Damaged Sewers
The city of Biloxi in Mississippi, US, is to begin a $359m project to upgrade sewerage and water lines damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The project will overhaul more than one million...
Brazilian State Secures $59m Water Project Funding
Casal, the water utility of the Brazilian state of Alagoas, has secured R$100m ($59m) for water projects under the country's growth acceleration plan. The Brazilian state will use some of...
Black & Veatch Secures Scottish Water Project
Black & Veatch, in a joint venture with Morrison Construction, has secured a £31m ($48m) contract to construct a stormwater project in Scotland. The project includes design...
Global Water Treatment Chemical Market to Grow
The global drinking water and wastewater treatment chemical market is expected to reach $23.9bn by 2015, driven by demand for potable and fresh water for agriculture and industry, according to...
US City to Invest $100m in Sewage Improvements
The US city of Keokuk, Iowa, has signed an agreement with the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to improve sewer systems over the next 20 years and reduce sewer discharge into the...
Florida to Turn Sewage into Drinking Water
Pemroke Pines of Florida, US, is planning a $47m project to turn sewage into drinking water and supply it to residents. The plant will pump seven million gallons of treated sewage a day...
Chile Plans $120m Desalination Plant
Chilean water utility Aguas Antofagasta is to build a $120m desalination plant in the Chilean city of Antofagasta. The project includes the construction of a desalination plant in the...
Brazilian State Spent $4bn on Water Projects
Sabesp, the water utility of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, invested R$6.8bn ($4bn) in water projects during 2007-10. The funding covers the R$1.23bn ($740m) Onda Limpa clean-up...
US City Plans $50m Sewer Project
The city of Lorain in Ohio, US, is to build a $50m sewage tunnel to prevent raw sewage flowing into Black River and Lake Erie. The city's council approved the project's loan application to...
Brazilian State Spent $255m on Sanitation Projects
Embasa, the water utility of the Brazilian state of Bahia, invested R$583m ($255m) in sanitation projects during 2010. The state spent R$469m ($283m) during the first nine months of...
GUH Secures Water Treatment Plant Contract
GUH Holdings, a subsidiary of GUH International, has secured a CNY180m ($27m) contract to build a water treatment plant in Jiangsu Province, China. The contract includes the construction of...
Nicaragua to Complete Sewage Project Expansion
Enacal, Nicaragua's national water and sewerage utility, expects to complete its $12m expansion of water and sewage networks in Boaco by May this year. The project includes the construction...
Dhaka to Undergo $166m Sanitation Project
Bangladesh is to carry out the $165.7m Dhaka Water Supply and Sanitation Project, which aims to expand drainage and sanitation services throughout the capital city. The project also...
Chile Plans $60m Reservoir Project
Chile is to award a $60m contract for the construction of the Chacrillas irrigation reservoir in mid-April as part of its CLP62bn ($133m) infrastructure investment in central region V for 2011. ...
Brazilian State Plans Water Project
The Brazilian state of Alagoas is to tender a R$132m ($80m) project this month for a 30-year public-private partnership to upgrade the water supply system in the city of Arapiraca and...
France Funds Kazakhstan Desalination Projects
France is to extend a $32m loan to Kazakhstan for the construction of two desalination plants in the west of the country. The desalination plants will be built by a consortium led by...
Colombia Launches $20m Pipeline Project
Edesa, the water utility of the Colombian department of Meta, has launched a COP40bn ($20m) tender to rebuild a pipeline to provide potable water to departmental capital Villavicencio. The...
Kolon Secures Bangladesh Water Contract
Kolon Engineering and Construction has secured a $24m contract to carry out a water project in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The project includes building water distribution and pump stations at...
Uruguay to Open $50m Water Project
Uruguay's state-owned water utility OSE is to open a $50m potable water pumping station by February 2011. The water pumping system includes a 33km distribution network in the department...
World Bank Funds Cameroon Water Projects
The World Bank is to extend a $28m loan to Cameroon to carry out water infrastructure projects that will ensure the provision of clean water in capital Yaounde and the port city of Douala. ...
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water-technology.net will be taking a short break over the holiday season. Our full daily news service will return on 4 January 2011. Thank you for your support in 2010 and we wish you a...
IDB, Japan, Spain to Support Costa Rican Water Projects
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Japan and Spain will fund Costa Rica's water projects to improve drinking water, sanitation and wastewater treatment services in urban and...
Amec Secures UK Water Contract
Entec, a subsidiary of Amec, has won a contract to provide support to Northumbrian Water's AMP5 Technical Services and Commercial Services frameworks in the UK. The frameworks will...
Mozambique to Raise Funds for Irrigation Projects
Mozambique is to raise $645m by 2019 so that it can finance its irrigation projects. The government has already secured $135m and plans to raise another $510m. Mozambique has...
EBRD to Invest in Turkish Water Projects
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will extend a €16m ($20.9m) loan to the privately owned group TASK to finance water projects in Turkey. The loan will...
Desalination Investment Necessary by 2016
Desalination will become a key technology to meet the world's water demand, and will generate a cumulative capital investment of $87.8bn worldwide from 2010 to 2016, according to Pike Research. ...
Saudi Arabia Awards Water Projects
Saudi Arabia has awarded SAR343m ($94m) worth of water projects to be implemented across the country. Al Rafie'a Contracting has been awarded a SAR62.7m ($16m) contract to lay water...
IDB Funds Belize Water Projects
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will extend a $10m loan to Belize to improve water treatment facilitates in Placencia Peninsula. The fund will be used to design and build...
Columbia City to Launch Water Project
Columbia's Cartagena de Indias city is planning to launch a 168bn peso ($87.5m) potable water project in 2011. The project includes optimising water use of the Arroyo Tabacal reservoir,...
Ireland Opens Wastewater Project
NI Water has opened a £23m ($35.6m) wastewater project in Antrim, Ireland. The project will benefit about 87,000 people in the county of Antrim, including parts of Crumlin, Randalstown...
Aquatech Wins China Water Plant Contract
Aquatech has secured a contract for a zero liquid discharge water treatment plant for a coal chemical plant in Hailer, Mongolia, China. The plant will use a high efficiency reverse osmosis...
Caisse Acquires 50% Stake in UK Water Utility
Canadian fund manager Caisse has acquired a 50% stake in UK water utility South East Water for £165m ($256m). The transaction involves the purchase of all shares owned by...
Veolia Secures $35.5m US Water Contract
Veolia subsidiary Veolia Water North America has secured a $35.5m contract from the International Boundary & Water Commission (IBWC) to provide sanitation services in the Mexican border city...
World Bank Gives £200m for Lebanon Water Scheme
The World Bank is to provide $200m to Lebanon to fund the Greater Beirut water project, which aims to supply water in Beirut and its suburbs. The project includes building the...
EIBC Funds Cameroon Water Supply System
Export-Import Bank of China (EIBC) will lend $736m to Cameroon to fund the construction of a water supply system in the capital city of Yaounde and nearby villages. The project includes...
Saudi Arabia to Begin Water Projects
Saudi Arabia's National Water Company is to start SAR3bn ($800m) of water projects next year. The investment will focus on the expansion of existing water projects and the construction of...
Azerbaijan Starts Water Projects
Azerbaijan has started the second phase of upgrades for water and sewage projects in the cities of Ganja and Sheki. The second phase includes the rehabilitation of water supplies and...
World Bank Funds Egyptian Irrigation Modernisation
The World Bank is to extend a $100m loan to Egypt to support its farm-level irrigation modernisation project (FIMP). The project is being carried out as Egypt's strategy of...
VA Tech Secures Oman Desalination Contract
VA Tech Wabag, in a joint venture with Nagarjuna Construction, has secured a Rs1.7bn ($36.8m) contract from Oman based Company-Majis Industrial Services to build a desalination plant in...
Marubeni to Double Water Assets
Marubeni is planning to invest $297m to double its international water assets within two years. The Japan-based company plans to buy water-service companies in south-east Asia, Australia and...
Brazilian State Plans Water Projects
Brazil's Alagoas state water utility, Casal, has signed contracts worth R$193m (US$114m) to carry out five water projects in the state. The investment includes a R$132m (US$77m) project...
EIB to Fund South African Water Infrastructure
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to extend a €50m ($66m) loan to fund the upgrading and expansion of water infrastructure in eThekwini municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South...
Saudi Arabia Plans to Sell Desalination Plants
Saudi Arabia's state-owned water utility Saline Water Conversion is seeking government approval to sell off 30 desalination plants. It is part of the utility's plan, begun in 2005, to...
Saudi Arabia to Invest in Water Projects
Saudi Arabia is expected to invest $53bn in water projects over the next 15 years. According to research by Frost & Sullivan, the water treatment market is expected to grow in the region...
Brazilian State to Begin Sanitation Project
Brazil's Sau Paulo state is planning to start a R$164m (US$96m) project under the Reagua water recovery programme, which aims to improve sanitation services in 27 municipalities across the state. ...
Mexico Plans Water Project
Mexico has floated a $433m tender to design, build and operate the El Zapotillo-Leon potable water system. Mexico's national water authority Conagua, which will award the contract, is...
Aqualia Secures Chile Water Contract
FCC, a subsidiary of Spanish water company Aqualia, has secured a €17m ($22.7m) contract to design and supply seawater reverse-osmosis equipment for a desalination plant in Chile. ...
Dubai Starts Al Ghafat Reservoir Project
Dubai has started construction of two reservoir projects, which will add 120 million gallons of desalinated water to the emirate's strategic water reserves. The Al Ghafat reservoirs...
France Funds Pakistan Drinking Water Project
France is to provide €33.44m ($44m) to Pakistan to modernise drinking water facilities in the city of Faisalabad. The project will connect half of the city's households to its...
Saudi Arabia Plans $2.67bn Water Storage Facilities
Saudi Arabia's National Water plans to invest $2.67bn in the construction of strategic water storage facilities in Riyadh and the Jeddah province. The country will invest SAR5bn ($1.33bn)...
Jordan Unveils Emergency Water Plan
Jordan is to build a JD12m ($16.8m) project to transfer water from the Mujib Dam to the Zara Maeen Water Treatment Plant, and will carry out the rehabilitation of deteriorating water...
New York Raises Funds for Wastewater Plant
Monroe County in New York, US is to issue $94.5m in bonds to help finance the construction of a new water treatment plant in Webster, New York. The proceeds of the bonds will be used to pay...
US City to Expand Water Treatment Plant
Bossier City in Louisiana, US, is to invest $72m in boosting the capacity of a water treatment plant on Hamilton Road. In addition to the construction of a new plant, the project will...
World Bank Funds Peruvian Water and Sanitation Project
The World Bank is to provide $30m of additional funding to the National Rural Water and Sanitation Program (PRONASAR) to expand the coverage and sustainability of water and sanitation services...
US County to Reconstruct Wastewater Plant
Pima, a county in the state of Arizona, US, has awarded a contract to Denver-based CH2M Hill Engineers to reconstruct a wastewater plant for $164m. The contract includes designing and...
Barnard Construction Secures US County Water Project
The Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) in California, US, has awarded a $35m contract to Barnard Construction to enlarge the Los Vaqueros dam under the Los Vaqueros Expansion Project. The...
Sabesp Secures $223m Sanitation Contract
Brazil's state-owned water utility Sabesp has signed a R$376m ($223m) renewal contract with the city of Ferraz de Vasconcelos to provide sanitation services for the next 30 years. Under...
May Gurney Secures UK Sewage Maintenance Contract
May Gurney has secured a £62m ($97.8m) contract from Severn Trent Water for the handling of sewage services in the eastern region of Severn Trent's service area in the UK. The contract...
Poland Completes $80m Water Project
Poland has completed a €60m ($79.5m) water enhancement project in Warsaw, benefiting 900,000 residents in the city. Under the project, a water treatment plant was upgraded and...
Northumbrian Water Plans Water Projects
Northumbrian Water is to invest £1.5bn ($2.36bn) in water and sewage projects over the next ten years in northern UK. The Durham-based company has shortlisted 19 contractors and consultants...
Ghana Launches Rural Water Project
Ghana has launched a $77.3m rural water and sanitation project to improve the water supply of six regions within the country. The project will improve and increase access to water through...
Aecom Secures Canadian Water Treatment Contract
Aecom affiliate Lockerbie & Hole Mechanical has secured a $25m contract from Bird Construction to complete upgrades on a water treatment plant in Alberta, Canada. Under the contract...
EIB Funds Syrian Water Project
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide €55m ($72.7m) to improve the water supplies and wastewater collection and treatment of north-west Syria. The project will improve...
Brazilian State to Carry Out $65m Water Supply Project
The Brazilian state of Alagoas is to invest R$111m ($65m) in improving its water supply. The project's work includes drilling wells, installing pipelines, rebuilding the Cardoso water...
Saur, Al Zamil to Start Saudi Arabian Water Management Contract
The Saur Group of France and Al Zamil Group Holding are to begin the management of the water networks of Mecca and Taif, Saudi Arabia, as part of the country's efforts to better use its...
GE Water Wins Wastewater Equipment Contract
GE Water Engineered Systems, a division of GE Power and Water & Process Technologies, has secured a $42m contract from Eskom to supply water and wastewater equipment for the Kusile power...
Malaysia to Invest in Rural Water Supply Projects
Malaysia is to invest MYR2.5bn ($794.7m) in rural water supply projects by 2010 in Sarawak, Malaysia. Out of the total investment MYR1bn ($317.8bn) will be allocated under the...
IDB to Fund Nicaragua Water Project
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is to extend $30m to Nicaragua to upgrade drinking water and sanitation services in the city of Managua. The project will renew and optimise the...
EIB to Fund Belgian Sewage Project
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to extend €168m ($223.9m) to Belgium to expand and upgrade wastewater and stormwater treatment systems in the Brussels-Capital Region (BCR). The...
Peru to Invest in Water Projects
The National bank of Peru Banco de la Nacion is to extend a PEN122m ($43.3m) loan to carry out potable water and sewage projects throughout the country. The funds will be used to...
India Funds Sierra Leone Water Supply Projects
India is to extend a $30m loan to Sierra Leone to revamp its ageing water system in the capital Freetown and the town of Kailahun. The loan will help improve the country's water...
Galliford Try Secures Water Contract
Galliford Try has secured a £30m ($47m) contract from Scottish Water for the Meadowhead and Stevenston work package 6 in Scotland. The project will be carried out by Morrison Construction in...
INCJ to Buy Water Supply Companies
Innovation Network of Japan (INCJ), a Japanese Government-backed investment fund, is to spend ¥135bn ($1.6bn) in acquiring water supply firms overseas in an effort to help domestic...
Insituform Secures Chilean Mine Contract
Insituform Technologies has secured a $10.3m contract from Freeport-McMoRan Mining Company to install mining pipelines at Minera Candelaria, Chile Under the project, the US-based company...
IDB Funds Peru Water Project
Inter-American Development Bank will extend a $25m loan to Peru to support the third stage of a water resources management reform programme. Under the project, Peru will strengthen measures...
ADB Finances Sri Lankan Water Project
Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to extend a loan of $90m to Sri Lanka to restore the water supply and sanitation infrastructure of the conflict-affected Northern Province. The loan was...
CAF to Fund Water and Sanitation Project in Panama
The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) will provide $100m for water and sanitation projects in Panama. The loan will be given to Panama's state-owned water and sanitation utility Idaan...
Drake and Scull Wins Saudi Arabia Water Cooling Contract
Drake and Scull has secured a AED290m ($78.9m) contract to build a district cooling plant in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The engineering, procurement, construction and operation contract...
EBRD to Fund Romania Water Infrastructure Project
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to extend €200m ($263m) to Romania to co-finance modernisation and regionalisation of water utilities in the...
Aecom Secures Jordan Water Contract
Aecom Technology has secured a $28m contract from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to work on an environmental conservation and water reuse project in Amman, Jordan. Under...
UAE Awards Hydraulic Tunnel Contract to Impregilo
Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company has awarded a $200m contract to Italian construction company Impregilo to build an additional section of a hydraulic tunnel in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Under...
US Unveils Funding for Mississippi River Basin Project
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to fund 41 watersheds in 12 states as part of its Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative to protect the quality of water in the...
ANZ to Fund Sri Lankan Water Project
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, the Australian Government's export credit agency, and ANZ have agreed to extend a loan of $105.2m to Outotec to construct a water treatment plant in...
Australia Trials Underground Water Recharging Project
Water Corporation has started trials of a groundwater replenishment project in Craigie, Australia, to treat recycled water to drinking standards and recharge it underground. The trial...
Brazilian State Plans Sanitation Project
The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo is to carry out a R$662m ($364m) sanitation project in the city of Santos. The plan includes diagnosis of the city's sanitation system, its goals for...
Brazilian State Floats Sewer Project
The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo has floated a R$39.4m ($22.8m) tender to build trunk sewers in the southern areas of the city of Sao Paulo. The project includes laying 1.79km of...
QGC to Build Australian Water Treatment Plant
Queensland Gas Company (QGC) is to build a $350m water treatment plant in Australia's Western Downs region, which will treat water from its coal seam gas project and supply it to farmers,...
Peru, Ecuador to Start Puyango-Tumbes Irrigation Project
Peru and Ecuador have awarded two contracts to mark the start of the binational Puyango-Tumbes River irrigation project. A $79.6m contract was awarded to Consorcio Fronterizo - Construccion...
Kuwait Plans Wastewater Treatment Plant
Kuwait is to build a KD500m ($1.8bn) wastewater-treatment plant in Umm Al Hayman, south of Kuwait City. The plant will be constructed in two phases and will treat 650,000m³ of...
Ecuador City Plans $120m Wastewater Project
Guayaquil, Ecuador, is to embark on a $120m wastewater project to improve its wastewater services. The project involves construction of the country's two largest wastewater treatment...
Construction Underway at Gaza Wastewater Treatment Plant
Construction has begun at a €48m ($63m) wastewater treatment plant in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip. The plant is being constructed in two phases, with the first phase...
EBRD to Fund Tajikistan Water Projects
Tajikistan is to carry out a $22.7m water supply project with funding from the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The EBRD will extend a $10m loan to State...
Outotec Secures $92m Sri Lankan Water Contract
Outotec has secured a €70m ($92m) contract from Sri Lanka to build a water treatment plant to supply drinking water to the rural areas of the district of Ampara. The contract awarded...
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LG Unveils MBR Wastewater Treatment Process
Marking its entry into the water industry LG Electronics has unveiled its first wastewater treatment solution, the Green Membrane Bioreactor (G-MBR). The G-MBR uses a slimmer...
Brazilian State Plans Sanitation Expansion
The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul is to carry out a R$590m ($343m) project over the next two years to improve and expand sanitation services in state capital Porto Alegre. The project...
Mexico Awards $39m Reservoir Contract
Mexico has awarded a $39m contract to domestic construction firm ICA to build the Los Panales reservoir in the state of Jalisco. Construction of the project will cost Mex$464m ($37m),...
Australia Commissions Water Treatment Plant
Australia has commissioned a A$82m ($79m) water treatment plant at Bootawa, New South Wales. The plant, which is located near the Bootawa Dam in the Manning-Great Lakes, is capable...
ESB to Fund Croatian Water Projects
Erste & Steiermaerkische Bank (ESB), part of Austria's Erste Group, is to lend HRK1.3bn ($234m) to water management company Hrvatske Vode to carry out improvements in Croatia. The loan...
Florida to Open Wastewater Plant
Escambia County in Florida, US, is to open its $316m water reclamation plant in December 2010. The new plant can treat 1,200gal of water a minute and will treat 2.5 billon gallons of water...
United Water to Build US Desalination Plant
Rockland County, New York, US, is to build a $116.4m desalination plant that will draw water from the Hudson River and supply it to Rockland customers. Water utility United Water, a...
Brazilian State Floats Sanitation Tender
The Brazilian state of Parana has floated a R$27.5m ($15.9m) tender to improve its sanitation services. The project involves carrying out maintenance work on sanitation networks,...
CWDH Secures Hong Kong Sewage Project
Chun Wo Development Holdings (CWDH) has secured a HK$710m (US$91.5m) contract from the drainage services department of Hong Kong to build the Tuen Mun western trunk sewerage project. ...
BHEL and GE India Form JV for Water Treatment Solutions
Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) and GE India, a subsidiary of GE US, have formed a joint venture to manufacture water treatment equipment. Under the agreement, BHEL and GE will jointly...
Severn Trent's H1 Profit Drop
Severn Trent has reported 16% drop in profit during the first half of 2010 to £158m ($253m), compared with the profit of £188m ($296.9m) during the same period the previous year. The UK...
US Unveils Additional Funding for Wastewater Plant
The US Federal Emergency Management Agency has unveiled additional funding of $21m for the elevation of East Bank wastewater treatment plant levee in New Orleans, US, to prevent it from flooding....
Acciona Aqua Consortium Secures Peruvian Water-Treatment Contract
Peru has awarded a €280m ($378m) contract to a consortium comprising Spanish water utility Acciona Agua and Peruvian utility Grana y Montero to build the La Chira Water Treatment Plant...
Brazilian State Approves Tiete River Clean-Up Project
The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo has approved a $425m project to clean up the Tiete River under phase III of the sanitation project. Phase III involves building 580km of main sewers, 1,250km...
New York Plans Water Tunnel Project
The US city of New York is to build a three-mile tunnel to divert water from a leaking aqueduct, which supplies half of the city's drinking water. Construction of the tunnel will begin in...
Hitachi, Chengdu Xingrong Collaborate on Water Projects
Hitachi is to work with Chinese company Chengdu Xingrong Group on water projects in China. The companies will set up a special-purpose firm next year and cooperate in areas such as...
ADB to Fund Chinese Dam Rehabilitation Project
Asian Development Bank has approved a $29.8m loan to rehabilitate and improve the efficiency of water reservoirs in the drought-stricken Shandong province of China. The Manila-based...
Sri Lanka Seeks ADB Funding for Water Projects
Sri Lanka has sought $90m from the Asian Development Bank to help finance water supply and sanitation projects in the northern part of the country. The Jaffna and Kilinochchi Water Supply...
Mexico Plans Reservoir Construction
Mexico is to award a $93m tender to build the Los Panales reservoir in the state of Jalisco in November this year. The project includes building a 79m-high dam wall and reservoir to store...
Peru to Tender Lomas de Carabayllo Water Project
Peru is to award a $42m tender to build the Lomas de Carabayllo water project in January 2011. The project includes the construction of five reservoirs, two cisterns and renovation of the...
ADB to Fund Vietnam Water Projects
Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to give $45m to Vietnam to finance a drinking water project in the central region of the country. The project will supply water and improve sanitation in...
Mexico to Tender Desalination Plant Contract
The Mexican state of Baja California is to float a $33m contract to build and operate a desalination plant in the municipality of Ensenada. The desalination plant will have the capacity...
Texan City Invests in Water Treatment Plant
The US city of Austin, Texas, is to invest $300m in making sure the completion of Water Treatment Plant No 4 is on schedule. The first phase of the plant is to be completed by 2014 and...
Aqua America Issues Bonds for Capex Plan
Aqua America's subsidiary Aqua Pennsylvania has issued $141m of mortgage bonds to fund the expansion of the US state of Pennsylvania's water infrastructure and to pay off debts. The...
Brazilian State to Tender Water Pipeline Project
The Brazilian state of Alagoas is to float a R$180m ($104m) tender in 2011 to build the Medio Sertao potable water pipeline. The project includes improvements to the Bacia Leiteira...
ADB to Invest in Asia's Water Infrastructure
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to invest $20m in a private equity fund that will be used to support the development of Asia's water infrastructure. The fund will be owned by a...
World Bank, Australia to Fund Mozambique Water Projects
The World Bank and Australia have agreed to provide $143m to Mozambique to fund four water projects in the country. The Mozambique Government will contribute $15m and the city of Maputo...
Wabag Secures Indian Water Treatment Plant Contract
VA Tech Wabag, under a consortium, has secured a Rs2.9bn ($63m) contract from Kakatiya and Rayalaseema Thermal Power Projects in the Indian state of Andhrapradesh. The project includes...
IDB to Fund Suriname Water Project
The Inter-American Development Bank will extend a $12m loan to Suriname to finance improvements in water services across the country's coastal areas. The loan will help Suriname upgrade...
AECOM Secures Hong Kong Water Treatment Project
Aecom Technology has secured a contract to reconstruct and upgrade the Sha Tin Water Treatment plant in Hong Kong. The US-based company will provide detailed design and construction...
Colombia Plans Wastewater Project
The Colombian city of Cali is to invest $100m in improving and expanding the Canaveralejo wastewater treatment plant. The city will add a secondary treatment facility to the existing...
Degremont Group Secures French Wastewater Contract
A Degremont-led group, which includes VINCI Construction, SAFEGE and Architectes Associes pour l'Environnement, has won a €230m ($310m) contract to renovate the Seine Aval...
Puerto Rico to Complete Sewage Projects
Puerto Rico has spent $24.8m on sewage improvement projects in the southern coastal city of Guanica to benefit five of the city's districts. Construction of the projects, which began in...
Japan, Singapore Collaborate on Water Research
PUB, Singapore's national water agency, and Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation have signed an agreement to collaborate on used water treatment research projects....
New York to Spend $61.5m on Water Programme
The US state of New York has unveiled a fund of $61.5m to finance more than 40 projects to improve water quality and reduce pollution. The grant was awarded by the New York Department...
Chile Plans Fresh Water Pipeline Project
Chile is to build a $3.85bn pipeline project that will supply fresh water to its arid northern region in order to stimulate economic development. The project involves laying a 600 mile...
Mexico to Improve Water Efficiencies
Mexico is to invest Mex$630m ($51m) in water and sanitation service utilities. The money will be given to 900 water companies to improve their performances, according to waterworld. ...
Morocco Opens Water Treatment Plant
Morocco has launched a drinking water treatment station that will supply water to Ghafsai, Ourtzagh and nine rural communes. The project, which will have a production rate of 100l of water...
CAF to Fund Brazilian Drainage Project
Latin American development bank CAF has agreed to fund $45m to implement the Municipal Urban Drainage Program in the Brazilian state of Ceara. The fund will be used to optimise the...
Hyflux Wins Libya Desalination Plant Contract
Hyflux has secured a $100m contract to carry out engineering, procurement and construction works for a desalination plant at Tobruk in north-east Libya. The desalination plant will use...
US Desalination Plant to Run on Solar Power
The US city of El Paso is planning to run the Kay Bailey Hutchison desalination plant on solar power. The Public Services Board in El Paso, Texas, has hired URS to install solar power...
IDB to Fund Bolivia Drainage Project
Inter-American Development Bank will fund $30m to Bolivia to improve drainage in the cities of La Paz and El Alto. The project will build, rehabilitate and expand storm drainage structures...
ADB to Fund Palau's Water and Sanitation Projects
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $16m to help Palau carry out reforms in its water and sanitation services. The loan from the Philippines-based bank will help...
Brazilian State Plans Water Projects
The Brazilian state of Ceara is to start two water projects with an investment of R$26.7m ($15.5m) in 2011 to improve the water supply of the north-east town of Ibiapaba and its surrounding areas....
World Bank Funds Mexican Water Project
The World Bank has approved a $100m loan for the Mexico Water Utilities Efficiency Improvement Project, which aims to improve the efficiency of water utilities in the country. The...
Brazilian State Unveils Sanitation Outlay
The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo is to invest R$1.75bn ($1.03bn) during 2011 in improving its basic sanitation coverage. R$976m ($567.7m) will be spent on sewerage services and R$777m...
Sterling Water Develops Plug-and-Play Water Treatment Unit
Sterling Water is developing a new solar-powered system that could improve fresh water production in Qatar. The company's Waterpod technology will enable customers to purchase...
Guam Plans Water Investment
Guam is to issue $118m in bonds to raise funds for investment in its water infrastructure. The country plans to replace old water lines and complete upgrades required at Ugum Water...
US Plans Wastewater Tunnel
The US is planning to build a $244m tunnel system, pump station and treatment facility in Cincinnati, US, to prevent sewage and stormwater entering into waterways. US-based engineering firm...
US State Plans Water Investment
The US state of Pennsylvania is planning to invest $174m in 27 drinking water projects in 21 counties. Of the total investment, $154m will be through low-interest loans, while $20m will...
Brunei Awards Sewage Project
Brunei has awarded contracts to Surati Construction and Petar Perunding to upgrade sewage treatment plants in Gadong and Seria. The Gadong project in will cost $7m to increase the...
Saudi Arabia Awards Desalination Plant Contract
Saudi Arabia has awarded a SAR6.62bn ($1.76bn) contract to a consortium led by Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction to build a desalination plant in Ras Al Zour on the Persian Gulf. ...
Brazilian State to Tender $21m Sewer Project
The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo is to launch a R$35.3m ($20.8m) tender to build trunk sewers in the metropolitan area of the state capital. The project includes laying 150m of pipeline with...
Colombia Unveils Sanitation Plan
Colombia is to invest $550m in cleaning up the Medellin River under its phase II Medellin River sanitation plan. The project includes building the $100m Interceptor Norte wastewater...
Heckmann to Acquire CVR
Heckmann is to acquire Texas-based water disposal and transport company Complete Vacuum and Rental (CVR) for $66m. The acquisition includes cash, the assumption of debt, stock and an...
AECOM Secures UK Water Contract
AECOM Technology, in a joint venture with Galliford Try, has secured a $532m contract from Yorkshire Water to build a water treatment plant in the UK. The AECOM and Galliford Try joint...
Saudi Arabia's Desalination Spend Reaches $25bn
Saudi Arabia has spent SAR95bn ($25bn) on desalination projects to meet its long-term water needs. Of the investment, SAR65bn ($17bn) was spent on desalination projects implemented by...
Brazilian State to Invest $208m in Sanitation Improvements
The Brazilian state of Ceara is to invest R$348m ($208m) by the end of 2011 to improve its sanitation services. The state will spend R$233m ($137.5m) on sewage treatment projects and...
Mexico Plans Desalination Plant
Mexico is planning to float a tender to build a 21,600m³ per day desalination plant in the city of Ensenada. The Mexican Government will bear 40% of the total cost, which is...
Banks to Fund Philippines Water Supply Systems
The Development Bank of the Philippines and the Bank of the Philippine Islands is to provide PHP560m ($12.9m) for the rehabilitation of Puerto Princesa's water supply system. The project...
Hydro International Wins UK Wastewater Contract
Hydro International has secured a £15.6m ($25m) contract from GBM, a joint venture between Galliford Try, Biwater Treatment and Mott MacDonald, to provide water quality technology...
Australia Unveils Irrigation Investment
Australia is to invest $1bn in upgrading irrigation systems in the state of Victoria to ease the water supply constraints of farmers. The funding will help upgrade water systems in...
UK to Embark on Coastline Wastewater Treatment
The UK's Yorkshire Water has unveiled a plan to invest £110m ($177.9m) in wastewater treatment works to restore the country's 50 miles of coastline from Withernsea to Staithes to Blue Flag status....
Brazilian State to Invest in Sanitation Project
The Brazilian state of Sergipe is to invest R$475m ($280m) during 2011 to improve its water and sewerage services. The investment will go towards the development of an environmental...
Merubeni, INCJ to Acquire Aquas Nuevas
A joint venture between Marubeni and Innovation Networks Corporation of Japan (INCJ) is planning to acquire Chilean water company Aguas Nuevas for $498m. Aguas Nuevas is one of Chile's...
Gilliford Secures UK Water Contract
Gilliford Try, in a joint venture with Biwater and Mott MacDonald, has secured a £60m ($96m) contract from Thames Water to upgrade the wastewater treatment works in at Beckton in London,...
South Africa Municipality Plans Desalination Plant
South Africa is planning to build a R210m ($30m) plant in Mossel Bay to ease the effects of drought in the region. The project is partly funded by PetroSA, which will fund R80m ($11.5m),...
Mexico Plans Chapala Water Pipeline Project
Mexico is planning to build a potable water pipeline near Lake Chapala to serve Jalisco state capital Guadalajara with an investment of $162m. Under the plan, a 42km pipeline will be...
Turkey Starts Pipeline Construction
Turkey has started construction of the Alakopru Dam project, which will carry fresh water from Turkey to occupied northern Cyprus through an 80km undersea pipeline. The pipeline will be...
Kenya to Purify Indian Ocean Water
Kenya will build a KES2bn ($23.9m) water project to purify water from the Indian Ocean and supply it to residents of Mombasa, Malindi, Lamu and Lunga Lunga for domestic and industrial use. ...
France to Fund Uzbekistan Water Project
France will provide a loan of $26.6m to Uzbekistan for the reconstruction of water pumping stations in the Navoi region. Of the loan $15.4m will be allocated to reconstruct the Navoi...
Metito Awarded Iraqi Water Contract
Metito has won a NID33bn ($28.3m) contract to increase Iraq's drinking water supply. The UAE-based water company will design and construct the Hindiyah water treatment plant in...
Spain, IDB to Fund Dominican Republic Water Project
Spain and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will fund $35m each to the Dominican Republic to expand its water and sanitation services. Spain will provide $35m of grants from the...
Bolivia Plans Water and Sanitation Investment
Bolivia's state owned water utility Epsas is planning to invest $80m to improve water and sanitation services in capital city La Paz and neighbouring city El Alto. It has already chalked out...
US Funds Afghanistan Water and Sanitation Programme
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has signed a three-year agreement with the Afghanistan Government to increase access to clean water and sanitation services in poor...
IDB to Fund Guyana Sanitation Project
Inter-American Development Bank has agreed to extend a loan to Guyana to finance the reconstruction of the sewage systems and improve water efficiency and sanitation services of Georgetown. ...
Suez Environment Profits Rise
Suez Environment's earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) increased 12.8% for the nine months of 2010 to €1.69bn ($2.33bn), boosted by strong profits...
UK Completes Drinking Water Project
Scottish Water has completed a £22m ($35m) project to ensure fresher drinking water for 250,000 users across Lanarkshire, UK. The work in the project included upgrades to the Daer and...
Peru Starts Pipeline Replacement Project
Peru has launched a $900m pipeline replacement project, which will replace ageing primary and secondary pipelines, in order to curb water losses. The project will be executed in five phases...
EU Clears Veolia to Buy United Utilities Businesses
Veolia has secured approval from the EU to purchase several European water supply and treatment businesses from United Utilities. The French water company unveiled its plan to buy...
US City Plans Sewage Plant Repair
Clarksville, Indiana, US, plans to borrow $100m to pay for repairs and renovations to the city's wasterwater treatment plant. The wastewater plant was knocked offline in a flood. The...
Bolivia Launches Water Projects
Bolivia has launched five potable water and three sewerage projects in the south-west department of Potosi, which will cost BOB223m ($31.7m). Work in the water projects include building...
US to Expand Irrigation Project
The US has unveiled a proposal to expand one of the country's largest irrigation projects, including plans to draw more water from Columbia River reservoirs to replace groundwater from a...
ADB to Fund Mozambique Water Projects
African Development Bank (ADB) will grant $26.8m to Mozambique to finance the maintenance of the potable water supply and sanitation systems in the cities of Lichinga and Cuamba in the...
SNC-Lavalin Secures Libya Water Project
SNC-Lavalin has secured a $450m contract from Libya to develop the Al Kufra Wellfield, which transports drinking water from southern Libya to urban areas in the north. The project includes...
Dominican Republic to Invest in Sanitation Project
The Dominican Republic is planning to invest DOP1.67bn ($45m) in ten water and sanitation projects in the province of San Pedro de Macoris. The new project includes a wastewater...
Kemira, PUB Sign Water Research Agreement
Kemira and PUB, Singapore's national water agency, have signed a strategic alliance to conduct research and development in the water sector. The firms will collaborate in the areas of...
Scotland Awards Water Contract to AECOM
AECOM has secured a contract to provide strategic support to Scottish Water to implement a $4bn capital works programme over the next five years. The programme will address Scottish...
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Egypt Reopens Bid for Wastewater Facility
Egypt has re-issued a tender for a wastewater treatment plant under its public-private partnership programme. The pre-qualifiers for a 20-year contract to design, fund, build, operate...
HK to Build Eco-friendly Sludge Plant
The Environmental Protection Department in Hong Kong has contracted Veolia Environnement to design, build and operate a sludge treatment facility at Tsang Tsui, Tuen Mun. Under the contract...
Jordan to Invite Bids for Water Projects
Jordan plans to invite bids to build the Red Sea Project desalination plant, which will be implemented in five phases, with the first phase costing between $4.5bn and $5bn. The entire...
Beijing Enterprises to Acquire Stake in Guiyang Water
Beijing Enterprises Water Group plans to acquire a 45% stake in Guiyang Water for CNY721m ($108m). The Hong Kong-based company will invest CNY1.95bn ($292m) in the...
Indian State Plans Over-the-Sea Dam
The Indian state of Gujarat plans to construct a Rs500bn ($11bn) over-the-sea dam to improve its water supply. The proposed Kalpasar Dam Alignment project will create a freshwater reservoir...
US Funds Jordan Water Projects
Jordan will receive a $275m grant from the US to improve the quality of water services in the Kingdom as part of the US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) programme. The funding will...
Kuwait to Build New Water Pumping Plant
The Ministry of Electricity and Water in Kuwait has contracted ABB to construct and rehabilitate the Mina Abdullah water pumping plant. Under the $148m contract, the company will...
Yemeni Capital May Run Dry by 2025
Sana'a, the capital city of Yemen, could run out of water by around 2025, according to a report by McKinsey & Company. The report revealed that poor water management and excess water...
Australian State to Build New Desalination Plant
The Australian state of Western Australia will build a new seawater desalination plant to supply drinking water for the West Pilbara region. The $370m plant will add an additional six...
Southwest Texas Water Project Moves Ahead
Southwest Texas Water Project in the US has moved ahead following the submission of plans for a proposed $250m regional water pipeline to the San Antonio Water System by Southwest Texas...
Galliford Try JV Selected for UK Water Framework
A Galliford Try-led joint venture has been named as one of four partners on Yorkshire Water's £330m Large Schemes framework in the UK. Under the first two schemes, worth £25m, the joint...
Spain Upgrades Drinking Water Treatment Station
Severn Trent Services – Apliclor has equipped the Cadalso de los Vidrios drinking water treatment station in Madrid, Spain, with a new, two-fold filtration and disinfection solution. As part...
Colombian City to Tender Drinking Water Project
The Colombian city of Bucaramanga plans to launch a $28m tender to build the Los Angelinos potable water treatment plant. The plant will have capacity to treat 1.2m³ of water per...
Russia to Invest in Water Projects
Russia plans to invest RUR9bn ($300m) in water projects over the next three years to ensure the safety of its water-supply infrastructure and improve the protection of water sources. ...
Ghana Plans Sanitation Investment
Ghana has unveiled plans to invest $150m annually in the sanitation sector over the next five years to increase sanitation coverage in the country on its way to achieve its UN...
EPA Funds US Water Projects
The US Environment Projection Agency (EPA) will give $274m in federal grants to California to fund upgrades to drinking water and sewer systems. The EPA will give $127m to the...
Argentinean Province Launches Water Pipeline Tender
Argentina's northern Chaco province has launched a $59m tender to build the Puerto Lavalle-Juan Jose Castelli potable water pipeline. The project includes the construction of an intake on...
ADB to Lend $25bn for Asian Water Projects
Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to raise bonds in 2011 to lend $25bn to water projects over the next decade in Asia. The Manila-based bank will invest as much as $2.5bn for water per...
Colombia to Tender Wastewater Treatment Project
Colombia is to launch a $400m tender in 2011 to expand the El Salitre wastewater treatment plant. The project includes the expansion of the plant's treatment capacity to 8m³ per...
World Bank to Support Brazilian Water Improvement Programme
IFC, a member of World Bank Group, will provide a $22m loan to Brazilian water utility Casan to help optimise the use of water resources in the south-western state of Santa Catarina. ...
Water Agencies Must Integrate Practices to Avoid Failure
The UK's water management industry must undergo a 'cultural shift' and become more integrated in order to survive, according to industry experts. Speakers at the Integrated Water...
US to Fund Jordan Water Projects
US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and Jordan will sign a $275m grant to finance major water projects in the governorate of Zarqa, Jordan. The grant will improve the quality of...
Metito Completes UAE Wastewater Plant Expansion
Metito Utilities has completed the expansion of a wastewater plant at Dubai Investment Park, UAE, with an investment of AED45m ($12m). Following the expansion the plant's capacity will...
US State to Open Water Treatment Plant
The US state of Kentucky will open its $164m water treatment plant in Franklin-Owen county. It is expected to augment water supply for Lexington and its surrounding areas for the next 20-30 years....
Black & Veatch Secures UK Water Contract
Black & Veatch has secured a £13m ($20m) contract from Sutton and East Surrey Water to undertake the second phase of the refurbishment programme at its Bough Beech water treatment works...
IFAD Funds Bangladesh Water Projects
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a $10m supplementary loan to Bangladesh for the sustainable management of water resources, drainage management and...
Brazil Launches Water Treatment Plant Tender
The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo has launched a R$41.7m ($25m) tender to build the Agua Vermelha wastewater treatment plant in state capital Sao Paulo. The plant will be constructed in...
JICA to Fund Brazilian Reservoir Clean-up Project
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will give $62.5m to Brazil's Sao Paulo state water utility Sabesp to clean up the Billings reservoir near Sao Bernardo do Campo. The...
EIB to Fund Lesotho Water Supply Project
European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to give €140m ($197m) to the Republic of Lesotho to help finance the €282m ($396.8m) Metolong Dam and Water Supply Programme, which aims...
Colombia to Launch Wastewater Plant Tender
Colombia plans to launch a tender next year for the first phase of its $1.1bn Canoas wastewater treatment plant, to be constructed in capital Bogota. Phase I includes building a...
MIT Designs Solar Desalination System
A team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US, has designed a solar-powered desalination system that can be rapidly deployed in...
Brazilian State to Improve Sanitation
The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul plans to invest R$1.3bn ($780m) in 2011 to improve its sanitation services. Around half of the investment will be used to improve sewage services...
Veolia Water Secures French Water Contract
A consortium involving Veolia Water has secured a contract to reconstruct the Marquette-lez-Lille wastewater treatment plant in place of an obsolete plant in north France. The project...
Mexican State Plans Pipeline Project
The Mexican state of Nuevo Leon is planning to begin the $1bn Monterrey VI potable water project, which will increase the water supply of the state capital Monterrey. The...
American Water Expands Water Treatment Plant
Pennsylvania American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, has started a $22.4m project to expand the Rock Run Water Treatment Plant, which provides drinking water to 11,500 customers in the...
US City to Upgrade Ageing Water Systems
Oklahoma City, US, has secured two loans worth $70m to fund upgrades to the city's ageing water systems. One loan is worth $35m and will be used to build four miles of pipeline, add...
UAE Annual Desalination Spending Rises
The UAE will spend $3.2bn per year by 2016 on building and operating desalination plants, which is a 305% increase compared with current spending. According to a report by Global...
HaloSource Raises IPO to Expand Water Business
Halosource has raised money in a share sale as it seeks to tap into the growing demand for clean water in emerging markets, such as India and China. The US-based water purification...
Tibet to Open Water Plant
The Tibet Autonomous Region will commission a water treatment plant in Qamdo prefecture, which is expected to serve 640,000 people in the region. Construction on the CNY99.74m ($14.95m)...
Agbar to Construct Chilean Desalination Plant
The Chilean subsidiary of Spanish water group Agbar is planning to build two water desalination plants to serve the mining industry in northern Chile. The water utility had earlier unveiled...
US Annual Desalination Market to Increase by 2016
The US will spend about $3.3bn a year on building and operating desalination plants, according to a report by Global Water Intelligence. The report estimates the current US desalination...
Cadagua Wins UAE Desalination Contract
The UAE's Federal Electricity and Water Authority has awarded a €41m ($56m) contract to the Cadagua-led consortium to build a reverse-osmosis desalination plant in Al Zawrah, UAE. ...
US City Opens Water Treatment Plant
The US city of Aurora has commissioned a $653m water treatment plant designed to pump water out of the South Platte River and send it through a 34-mile pipeline to a new treatment plant. ...
Veolia Wins Australian State Water Project
The Australia state of New South Wales has awarded a A$500m ($490m) contract to build a recycling water plant at the Darling Quarter development. The plant will use a sewer-mining method...
Impregilo and Chinese Firms Form Desalination Joint Venture
Italian construction major Impregilo has signed a deal with Chinese companies to relaunch its loss-making desalination business. The joint venture expects annual global desalination...
Peru to Award Irrigation Project
Peru is planning to award the $265m phase III of the Chavimochic irrigation project in the second quarter of 2011. The work involves the construction of the Palo Redondo reservoir, which...
Texas University Awarded Water Treatment Research Grant
El Paso's College of Engineering of the University of Texas, US, has received a grant from the US Bureau of Reclamation for advanced water treatment research. The University of Texas, El...
Brazil Plans Sanitation Investment
Brazil is planning to invest R$242m ($145m) through its federal budget to improve sanitation services in the north-east state of Ceara through to 2011. Of the total investment, R$226m...
Lebanon Plans Water Project
Lebanon plans to construct a water transfer project to supply water from Awali River in South Lebanon to Beirut. US-based wet infrastructure company MWH was selected to conduct a...
Australian Desalination Plant Costs Increase
The Australian state of Victoria will spend A$24bn on a proposed desalination plant to make Melbourne drought-proof. According to an estimate presented by the Auditor General of Victoria,...
Tri-Tech Secures Water Contract
Tri-Tech Holding has secured a $40m contract to build a water treatment plant in the city of Ordos in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. The Chinese company secured the bid...
Matrix Secures Russian Water Contract
Matrix has secured a contract from the Russian Central Government to build a water purification system in the country. The system will feature a membrane-based reverse osmosis plant,...
Colombian Utility Plans Investment in Water Projects
Colombia's water utility EPM is planning to invest COP546bn ($303m) in water and sanitation projects between 2011 and 2013. The funds will be invested in modernising the potable...
NIB Funds Water Research Programme
The Nordic Investment Bank has agreed to extend a €40m ($55m) loan to Finnish chemical company Kemira to undertake research at its newly established centre for water efficiency excellence. ...
Saudi Arabia Awards $282m Water Contract
Saudi Arabia has signed two contracts worth SAR1.06bn ($282m) for the construction of freshwater pumping stations and a pipeline to supply water between Taif and Baha. The project also...
Veolia Secures Hong Kong Sludge Treatment Contract
Veolia Environment has won a design-build-operate contract for a sludge treatment plant in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The plant will have a capacity to treat 2,000t a day and will...
Mexican State Awards Wastewater Plant Contract
The Mexican state of Sonora has awarded a Mex$800m ($64m) contract to Cobra to build a wastewater plant in state capital Hermosillo. The plant will have a capacity to treat 2.5m³/s water...
GE and Miahona Sign Memorandum of Understanding
GE has signed a memorandum of understanding with Miahona, a subsidiary of Arabian Company for Water and Power Development, to support Saudi Arabia's water reuse goals. GE will combine...
Saudi Arabia to Establish Joint Ventures for Treated Water
Saudi Arabia's state-owned National Water is planning to launch a joint venture in Riyadh to sell treated effluent. Similar joint ventures are planned for Jeddah, Mecca, Dammam and Medina. ...
Veolia Awarded Oman Water Contract
Veolia Water has secured a RO16.82m ($43.5m) contract from the Public Authority for Electricity and Water of Oman to provide water related services in the country. Under the five-year...
IBM, Delft University Partner for Water Research
IBM and the Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, have joined forces to apply technology and analytics to complex water systems to minimise the risk of flooding and ensure better...
Costa Rica Floats Sanitation Tender
Costa Rica has launched a $200m tender to improve its provincial sanitation systems in the province of Heredia. The consultancy involves carrying out a technical and financial...
China Invests in Water Diversion Project
China has invested CNY140.5bn ($20.9bn) in the South-to-North Water Diversion project between 2006 and 2010, which will carry water from Yangtze River in the south to supply drought-prone...
IVRCL Secures $101m Indian Water Contract
IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects has secured Rs4.5bn ($101m) of contracts in India through its water division. The company secured contracts in the states of Tamil Nadu, Rajastan and...
Sembawang Wins Singapore Water Contract
Sembawang Engineers and Constructors, a subsidiary of Punj Lloyd, has secured a $180.6m contract from PUB, the national water agency of Singapore, to build a water plant. The plant will...
Brazilian State to Tender Sanitation Project
The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo will launch a R$94m ($55m) tender to build a sanitation project in the city of Sao Jose dos Campos. The project includes construction of a wastewater...
Australian Desalination Plant Onstream
The Australian state of Queensland has commissioned the Tugun Desalination plant, which was built at a cost of A$1.2bn ($1.16bn). The 125,000m³ per day seawater reverse-osmosis plant...
L&T Secures Indian Water Contracts
Larsen and Turbo has secured a Rs5.4bn ($118m) contract to build drainage and wastewater systems in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Haryana. The first project, worth Rs3,750m...
Thiess to Upgrade Australian Water Reclamation Plant
Thiess has secured a $105m contract to upgrade the Goodna Water Reclamation plant in Ipswich, South East Queensland, Australia. The water reclamation plant is part of South East...
Colorado Springs Utilities Raises Funds For Development
Colorado Springs Utilities has sold $180m in Build American Bonds to fund the construction of the $880m water pipeline project Southern Delivery System. The US state water utility issued...
United Envirotech Completes China Water Project
United Envirotech has completed a CNY264m ($39m) wastewater plant in Guangzhou City, China. The plant uses a membrane-based bioreactor with a treatment capacity of 100,000m³ per...
World Bank Funds Mozambique Water Projects
The World Bank will provide an additional $34m to Mozambique to fund its Water Services and Institutional Support Project. The project aims to increase water service coverage in the cities...
UK County Unveils Water Investment Plan
Yorkshire Water has unveiled a £330m ($521m) investment plan to upgrade water and wastewater treatment works in Yorkshire, UK. The water utility appointed ETM, Morgan Sindall Grontmij,...
US State Funds Drinking Water Projects
The Washington State Public Works Board, US, has approved a $72m low-interest loan to finance 27 public water systems across the state of Washington. The funding was approved under...
Brazil Invests $235m in Water Project
The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo is investing $235m in its watershed recovery project between 2010 and 2016. The project includes cleaning polluted streams, building local wastewater...
New York Plans Sewer Project
The US city of New York plans to invest $1.5bn over the next 20 years to reduce the flow of sewage into the city's waterways. The city will build an infrastructure to capture and...
Darco Wins Water-Treatment Contract
Darco Water Technology has secured a contract from US-based MEMC Electronic Materials to build an industrial water-treatment plant in Malaysia. The contract includes building a...
JICA to Fund Pakistan Water Projects
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed an agreement with Economic Affairs Division (EAD) to fund ¥1.2bn ($14m) to implement water projects in Lahore and Faisalabad...
US City to Implement Sewer Project
Kansas City, US, has received approval from a federal judge to undertake a $2.5bn sewer overhaul project. The city will renovate the antiquated sewer system, which discharges raw sewage...
United Water Plans US Desalination Plant
United Water is planning to construct a pilot desalination plant on the Hudson River in New York, US. The reverse-osmosis desalination plant will have a capacity to produce...
Morgan Sindall, Grontmij Secure Yorkshire Contract
The Grontmij and Morgan Sindall joint venture has secured a £75m ($118.5m) contract from Yorkshire Water to carry out water projects in Yorkshire, UK. The work includes carrying out...
Costa Rica to Invest in Water Projects
Costa Rica is planning to invest CRC773bn ($1.4bn) to upgrade its potable water and sanitation networks. The country's state water utility AyA received CRC127bn (224m) to carry out the...
Aquatech Wins Kuwait Water Recycle Deal
Aquatech has secured a contract from Kuwait's Equate Petrochemical Company to build a water-recycling plant as part of its $11m environment project. The plant will reduce Equate's...
BioteQ, EcoMetales to Develop Waste-Treatment Projects
BioteQ Environmental Technologies and EcoMetales have signed an agreement to jointly evaluate and develop waste-treatment projects. EcoMetales plans to expand its industrial waste...
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Welsh Sewer Network to be Upgraded
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has started work on a £23m ($36m) project, which aims to improve the wastewater network of Wrexham, Wales. The project involves upgrading the existing wastewater...
Saudi Arabia Floats Water Supply Contract
Saudi Arabia has launched two tenders worth SAR3.75bn ($997m) to lay water transmission systems on the Yanbu Madinah water transmission system. The first phase of the project...
UK County to Upgrade Sewer Systems
Yorkshire Water plans to invest £120m ($189m) in upgrading wastewater treatment works and a sewer network to prevent sewer flooding in the county of York, UK. The UK water utility...
Taliworks Secures Chinese Water Contract
Taliworks Corporation has secured a CNY145m ($21m) contract to construct the Meihua industrial wastewater treatment and recycled water plant in Ningxia Province, China. The...
American Water Receives Water Research Grant
American Water Works has received three grants worth $1.7m from the Water Research Foundation to research leak management, pressure management and main breaks. The US-based water utility...
US City Starts Earthquake-Proof Water Pipeline Project
The US city of San Francisco has started the construction of a five-mile tunnel under San Francisco Bay to supply water to Bay Area communities. The $347m tunnel project is part of the...
Puerto Rico to Start Water Project
Puerto Rico will start the new $167m Rio Blanco potable water system in eastern Naguabo by the end of 2010. The project includes building a new reservoir and potable water system near...
ADB to Fund Water Projects in Kyrgyz Republic
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has extended an emergency assistance of $100m to Kyrgyz Republic, including $30m to improve the country's water infrastructure. The money will be used to fund...
Kentucky American to Commission Water Treatment Plant
Kentucky American Water is planning to commission its new water treatment plant in Owen County this month to supply water to Lexington, US. The new plant is part of a $164m project to...
World Bank to Fund Azerbaijan Irrigation Project
The World Bank has agreed to fund $80m to improve irrigation facilities in 33 regions of Azerbaijan. The total budget of the project is $150m, out of which the Azerbaijan Government will...
Brazil Starts Tiete Water Project
Brazil has begun work on phase III of the Tiete river sanitation project in the state of Sao Paulo, which is being implemented at a cost of $1.05bn. Work includes building 580km of main...
Iraq Plans Water Injection Project
Iraq is planning a $10bn water injection project to boost oil production rates from the country's southern oilfields. The project aims to produce 10 million to 15 million barrels per day...
Colombia to Award Pipeline Contract
Colombia will award a $478m contract by the end of 2010 to execute a sewage treatment project in the city of Medellin. The project involves building an 8km pipeline 10m under the Medellin...
Brazilian State Tenders Water Treatment Project
The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo has launched a tender for the R17.1m ($10m) sanitation project in the city of Santana de Parnaiba. The project work includes building a wastewater...
ADB to Fund Cambodia Water Project
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend a $34m loan to Cambodia to improve the management of water resources and upgrade irrigation services in the country. ADB has approved the funds...
Argentina to Float Tender for Water Project
Argentina's Chaco province plans to launch a $60m tender to build the Castelli-Rio Bermejo potable water system before the end of 2010 to increase the water supply to the city of Juan...
NEI Secures HSHI Ballast Water Contracts
NEI has secured an order from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries (HSHI) to provide four ballast water systems. Under the initial order the US-based company will install the ballast water systems...
US Unveils Rural Water Funding
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced funding for 89 rural water projects to improve water quality and sanitation in 32 US states as well as for the Caribbean island of Puerto...
Vietnam Commissions Water Project
Vietnam has commissioned the Thu Duc waterworks project, built at a cost of VND1.7tn ($87m). Constructed by the Vietnam-based water company Thu Duc Water, the project will supply...
POSCO, ACC Win UAE Water Storage Contract
A joint venture between POSCO and Arabian Construction Company (ACC) has secured an AED1.16bn ($315m) contract to build a water storage and recovery system in Abu Dhabi, United Arab...
US Funds Jordan Water Projects
The US will provide $275m to finance improvements in Jordan's water infrastructure. The aid was granted by the US Millennium Challenge Corporation to implement water projects in the...
Clearford Wins Indian Wastewater Collection Systems Deal
Clearford Industries has secured a $15m contract to supply wastewater collection systems for two sites in the suburbs of Delhi, India. Under the contract the Canadian company will design...
Canada Undertakes Oil Sands Water Research Project
The Canadian Government, Alberta Water Research Institute, Outotec, Kemira and Suncor Energy Services have started a research project to foster sustainable water use in the Canadian oil...
NADBank to Fund EL Paso Water Projects
North American Development Bank (NADBank) will provide $36m for the Paisano Waterline Replacement Project in El Paso, US. The project includes the replacement of a 21,600 linear feet...
Brazilian State to Tender Water Project
The Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul will float a 127m reais ($74m) tender to improve water and sewage services in four municipalities. The projects will be executed in the...
JICA to Fund Rwanda Water Project
Rwanda is planning to construct a Rwf21.42bn ($35m) drinking water project in the eastern province of the country with funding from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The...
EIB to Finance Moldova Water Project
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will lend €10m ($13m) to the Republic of Moldova to execute water projects in the country. The project includes rehabilitation and extension of...
Coffman Specialties Wins US Irrigation Project
Coffman Specialties, along with Ames Construction, has secured a $16m contract to rehabilitate an irrigation canal running through the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona, US. The...
Nigeria Allocates Extra Funding for Dam Project
Nigeria has allocated additional funding for the Owena Dam water treatment plant project in Akure, Ondo State. The project, to be built at a cost N7.3bn ($47m), was increased to N11.6bn($75m)....
LG Electronics to Invest in Water Business
LG Electronics is planning to invest KRW500bn ($429m) over the next decade to tap into water-related business, raising its sales to KRW7tn ($6bn) in the segment. The South Korean...
Sumitomo, Beijing Capital Form Water Business Venture
Sumitomo Corporation has formed a joint venture with Beijing Capital for a water infrastructure business. The joint venture will participate in three wastewater treatment projects in...
United Envirotech Secures Chinese Water Contract
United Envirotech (UEL) has secured a CNY200m ($29m) contract to build a wastewater treatment plant in the city of Neijiang, China. The proposed plant will use membrane bio-reactor...
Philippines to Undertake Water Project
The Philippine's Manila Water is planning to invest P1.2bn ($27m) to rehabilitate and improve the water distribution network in Laguna province of the country. The project will provide...
Iraq Floats Bid for Water Projects
Iraq has floated bids for two projects to improve water supply infrastructure in the Kurdistan region. The first project includes the expansion of the Erbil 3 water supply network and...
Peru Awards Irrigation Contract
Peru has awarded the $405m Majes-Siguas II irrigation project to consortium Angostura-Siguas. The consortium consists of Spanish firm Cobra Instalaciones y Servicios and Peruvian firm Cosapi. ...
Southwest Water Goes Private
Southwest Water in the US has become a private entity following the completion of a $427m merger with institutional investors. The Los Angeles-based company provides water services...
Global Water Treatment Market to Reach $38.2bn
The global water treatment equipment and supplies market is expected to reach $38.2bn by 2015, according to a report by Global Industry Analysts. Europe, Asia-Pacific and the US...
Dominican Republic to Launch Drinking Water Projects
The Dominican Republic is planning to launch 35 potable water systems in 17 provinces across the country with an investment of 8.7bn pesos ($232m). These projects will be implemented...
Kazakhstan Announces Annual Drinking Water Spend
Kazakhstan is planning to invest KZT60bn ($401m) annually to improve drinking water supply in the country. The government will also execute two drinking water projects between September...
US Completes Potable Water Projects
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in US has completed a potable water project at a cost of $62.5m. The project includes two 220ft water towers with a capacity to hold 2...
Researchers Develop System to Extract Drinking Water from Air
Fourteen Fraunhofer institutes have joined forces with the Fraunhofer Alliance SysWasser to develop a system to tap drinking water from air. The researchers claim that drinking water can...
Indian State to Build Two Water Treatment Plants
Two water treatment plants are to be built in the Indian state of Goa at a cost of INR1.6bn ($34m). The state government has floated a tender for a 10 million litre-per-day plant in Maisal...
UK Plans Thames Sewer Project
A £3.6bn ($5.5bn) sewerage project to halt pollution of the River Thames in London, England, has been unveiled. The 32km Thames Tunnel will be dug from west to east London, collecting...
Krebs & Sisler Unveils New Carbon Dioxide Water Purification Method
Krebs & Sisler has developed a carbon dioxide water purification method that promises to produce potable water at half the cost of reverse osmosis in large continuous flow volume. ...
Brazilian State Floats Tender for Sewage Project
The Brazilian state of Goias has floated tenders worth R$215m ($124m) for projects to expand sewage services in capital city Goiania. The project includes a R$133m ($77m) tender to...
South Africa Launches Rural Water Project
South Africa has launched a R110m ($15m) project to deal with water shortages and assure a constant supply of water to rural villages. The project, launched by Amathole District, will...
IDB, Spain to Fund Ecuador Water and Sanitation Projects
Spain and the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) will loan $50m to Ecuador to increase water and sanitation coverage in rural areas of the country. IDB will provide a $30m loan while...
EC, Germany Fund Kosovo Water Projects
The European Commission (EC) and the German Government will provide €17m ($21m) to finance water projects in the Kosovo city of Prishtina. The fund comprises an €11m ($14m)...
Indian State Plans Desalination Plants
The Indian state of Maharashtra plans to set up two desalination plants in Mumbai, investing more than Rs6bn ($128m) in each of the plants. The proposed plants will initially have a capacity...
Brazilian State to Invest in Sanitation Projects
Brazil's Parana state will receive R$142m ($82m) from the country's federal banks to finance sanitation and water projects in the state capital of Curitiba. Federal savings bank Caixa...
China to Fund Ghana Water Project
China will extend a $270m loan to Ghana to carry out expansion works at the Kpong Water Project in Ghana. The funding will increase water supplies by 40 million gallons a day to Accra,...
Chile to Invest in Drinking Water Projects
Chile will invest $533m in potable water projects during 2010-21 through water utilities to expand and improve its water supplies. Chile's potable water coverage is 99.8%. The...
ITT to Invest in Global Water and Sanitation
ITT Corporation has pledged to spend $10.5m over the next three years to provide water and sanitation to one million people around the world. The US-based technology company aims to...
ADB to Fund Water Vietnamese Programmes
The Asian Development Bank will provide a $100m loan to finance the expansion of an irrigation infrastructure in Vietnam. The loan will be used to repair the 50-year-old Bac Hung Hai...
JBIC to Fund Overseas Water Supply Projects
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) is planning to lend $2.5bn this year for overseas water supply and clean energy projects to market Japan's environmental technologies. ...
Kemira, IVRCL to Work on Indian Water Projects
Kemira and IVRCL have formed a joint venture to serve India's water treatment market. In the joint venture, Finland-based water chemical producer Kemira will own a 51% stake, while...
United Utilities Starts UK Pipe-Cleaning Project
United Utilities has started a £21m ($32m) project to sanitise 40km of water pipelines in north-west England. The five-year project will clean the pipes to prevent deposits of iron...
Switzerland Funds Colombian Wastewater Project
Switzerland will provide COP18bn ($10m) to Colombia to finance the construction of a wastewater plant that will reduce contamination in the Chicamocha River. The proposed wastewater plant...
Peru Floats Irrigation Tender
Peru has floated a tender for the Majes-Siguas II irrigation project to be built at a cost of $410m. The project work includes construction of the Angostura dam, an 18km water transfer...
Syria Unveils Water Projects
Syria has launched two water projects to improve the water supply of capital city Damascus and its surrounding countryside. The projects include eight node pumping stations in Damascus,...
Syria Commissions Irrigation Project
Syria has commissioned the 6th Section Irrigation Project in the lower Euphrates Basin in Deir Ezzor, built at a cost of SYP5bn ($104m). The project comprises two water-pumping stations at...
US Invests in California Community Sanitation Projects
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that it will fund $87m to Los Osos in California, US, to improve the community's sanitation infrastructure. The project is funded...
Saudi Arabia Commissions Zamzam Water Project
Saudi Arabia has commissioned a SAR700m ($186m) water project in the city of Makkah to maintain the purity of Zamzam water. The project, located in the district of Kuday, will purify...
IDB to Fund Brazilian Sanitation Project
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has agreed to fund $600m to implement sanitation projects in Brazil's Sao Paulo state. The loan from the US-based bank will be used to finance the...
Severn Trent Secures Irish Water Contract
Severn Trent has secured a €25m ($32m) contract to design, build and operate a wastewater treatment plant at Letterkenny in County Donegal, Ireland. The 20-year contract was awarded to...
Posco Wins UAE Water Storage Contract
Posco Engineering has secured a $198m contract to build a water storage facility in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which will supply water to Abu Dhabi in times of emergency. The...
IDB Funds Panama Water Projects
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will fund $40m to Panama to expand sanitation and water coverage in Panama City's central and western provinces as well as nearby peri-urban communities. ...
Paraguay Plans Water and Sanitation Project
Paraguay is planning to implement an $80m water and sanitation project to expand its coverage. The project will include the expansion and replacement of potable water and sewage networks,...
Veolia Water Secures SRP Project from SBM Atlantia
Veolia Water subsidiary VWS Westgarth has secured a contract from SBM Atlantia to supply a seawater sulphate reduction package (SRP) for its FPSO to be installed in the Balia Azul field, Brazil. ...
Brazil State Floats Sanitation Tender
Brazil's Sao Paulo state water utility Sabesp has floated a R36.4m ($20m) tender to execute sewage projects in the municipality of Sao Jose dos Campos. The project will expand the...
Doosan Wins Saudi Desalination Contract
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has secured a $1.46bn contract from Saudi Arabia's Saline Water Conversion to build a desalination plant at Ras Az Zawr, Saudi Arabia. The plant...
Work Begins on Australia Desalination Tunnel
Australia has begun work on a 1.5km tunnel in the state of Victoria to pump drinking water to Melbourne and discharge seawater concentrate back into the Bass Strait. The tunnel is a part of...
US State Approves Funding for Nine Water Projects
The US state of Georgia has approved funding worth $86m for nine water and sewer projects to improve its water supplies. The funding will finance the water and sewer infrastructure of...
Stanford Researchers Develop High-Speed Filters
Stanford University researchers claim to have developed a water purifying filter that can process water 80,000 times faster compared with existing filters. The filters use a plain cotton...
Aqua-Chem Secures US Agency Water Contract
Aqua-Chem has secured a $386m contract from the US Defense Logistics Agency Maritime Division to support water purification for US troops. Under the five-year contract the US-based company...
Disasters Cost Philippines $3bn Annually in Sanitation
The Philippines loses about PHP145bn ($3.2bn) a year from underinvestment in sanitation due to disasters, according to a World Bank report. The 'Sustaining Water for All in a Changing...
EIB Funds Malawi Water Projects
European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted over MWK7.2bn ($46m) in funds to Malawi for the implementation of clean water and sanitation projects in the peri-urban areas of Blantyre and Lilongwe. ...
US County Breaks Ground on Wastewater Plant
Emmons County, US, has broken ground on a $28m water treatment facility in Linton, North Dakota, which will provide drinking water in the South Central Regional district. The project...
US State to Invest in Water and Sewer Projects
The US state of New Jersey plans to invest $821m through no-cost and low-cost loans in its water and sewer infrastructure to secure clean water across the state. The loan will be...
Philippines Water Utility Doubles Capacity
Maynilad Water Services in the Philippines has doubled the water production capacity of its Putatan water treatment plant to 50 million litres per day to serve households in Muntinlupa. ...
Peru, Ecuador Launch Irrigation Project Tender
Peru and Ecuador have launched a $296m tender to carry out the Puyango-Tumbes irrigation project, which involves the construction of two dams to irrigate about 41,500ha of land in the...
Tunisia to Double Desalination Capacity
Tunisia plans to double its desalination capacity to 200,000 cubic metres per day by 2014 from its current capacity of 103,000 cubic metres a day. Tunisian water distribution utility...
US County Starts Wastewater Plant
Escambia County of Florida, US, has brought a $320m new water reclamation facility onstream after the old plant was affected by Hurricane Evan six years ago. The new facility was built...
Energy and Mining Sectors to Boost South Africa Wastewater Treatment
The water and wastewater treatment equipment market in South Africa is expected to reach $25m by 2015 from $17m in 2009, according to a study by Frost & Sullivan. The study 'South...
Fru-Con Completes Water Project in US County
Fru-Con, a US-based contractor, has completed a $136m water project in Arlington County in Virginia, US, expanding the capacity of a 73-year-old water treatment plant. The processing...
Japan Funds Pakistan Water and Sanitation Projects
Japan has extended a grant of $23m to Pakistan for the expansion of water supply systems in Faisalabad and the rehabilitation of sewage and drainage systems in Lahore. In Faisalabad 24...
Brazilian State Floats Sanitation Tender
The Brazilian state of Parana has launched a $20m tender to improve sanitation networks in eight municipalities. The project involves the expansion of water and sewerage systems,...
Aecom Secures US Water Treatment Plant Contract
Aecom has secured a $101m contract to design and build a water treatment plant and a water reclamation plant in Davie, Florida, US. The contract, which was awarded to the...
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Bolivia Plans Water-Sanitation Programme
Bolivia is planning to launch a $100m water and sanitation project to improve water supply and sanitation services in the country's main cities, according to the Bolivian Government. ...
Sri Lanka Begins Water Supply Project
Sri Lanka has launched a LKR5,000 ($44m) plan under the Greater Colombo Water Supply Rehabilitation project to supply potable water to Kolonnawa. The project is designed to supply treated...
Veolia Water to Manage California Facility
The city of Hollister in northern California, US, has awarded a $100m contract to Veolia Water North America, a subsidiary of Veolia Environment, to manage a wastewater treatment facility. ...
Hong Kong Invests in Reprovisioning
Hong Kong Water Supplies Department has awarded a $100m design and construction consultancy agreement for the in situ-reprovisioning of the South Works of the Sha Tin Water Treatment...
Global Water Recycling and Reuse Technology to Reach $57bn
The global market for water recycling and reuse technologies will reach $57bn by 2015, led by increasing demand for water due to population growth and agriculture needs, according to a study by...
UAE to Complete Water Pipeline Project in 2011
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has completed about 80% of the AED450m ($122m) water pipeline project and expects to finish the project by February 2011. DEWA said it...
ADB Awards Water Study Contract to KBR
Asian Development Bank has awarded a contract to US-based engineering group KBR to prepare a national sanitation plan for the Samoan capital of Apia. The contract includes the preparation of...
Peru Launches $137m Water and Sanitation Project
The Peruvian Government has launched a $137m water and sanitation project, which will supply 24-hour drinking water to 11 cities and towns in the Cajamarca region. The project includes...
Tata Steel to Build Indian Desalination Plant
Tata Steel will set up a desalination plant with an investment of almost Rs6bn ($128m) at its proposed industrial park in the Indian state of Orissa. The plant will produce 20-25 million...
Mexico City Invests in Water Projects
Gomez Palacio, in the Mexican state of Durango, has invested Mex500m ($39m) over the last three years in building a sanitation and water infrastructure in the region. The investment...
Abigroup Secures Australian Pipeline Project
Australia-based Abigroup has secured a contract to build a pipeline from Melbourne to Geelong in the Australian state of Victoria. The project involves a $900m investment, out of which...
Siemens Wins Slovakian Water Treatment Contract
Siemens has secured a €10m contract from Slovakia Steel Mills to supply a water treatment plant for its new steelworks in Strazske, Slovakia. The company will set up the plant to...
EU to Fund Bulgarian Sewage Projects
The EU will fund €600m ($762m) to Bulgaria to help improve the country's ageing water infrastructure. The projects will be implemented in 36 municipalities for the construction...
Brazilian State Plans Sanitation Project
The Brazilian state of Maranhao is planning to launch a R154m ($85m) water project in 2011 to improve water and sewage services in Sao Luis, Sao Jose de Ribamar and Chapadinha. Nearly...
Siemens Awarded Malaysian Water Treatment Contract
Siemens has secured a contract to provide a water treatment facility to an unnamed Malaysian soft drinks manufacturer. The facility will process 150m³ of water an hour, thereby...
Calgon Carbon Secures Water Treatment Contract
Calgon Carbon has secured a $19.8m contract from a South Korean shipyard to supply water treatment systems. The Pennsylvania, US-based group will provide water treatment systems to be...
Dubai Commissions Desalination Units
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has commissioned two desalination plants in the port town of Jebel Ali to increase Dubai's water supply. The units each have a capacity...
Veolia Secures Caribbean Desalination Contract
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies has secured a contract through two of its subsidiaries to build a desalination plant for the Caribbean island of Aruba. The company said Water...
Only 17.2% of Nigerians Access Tap Water
Only 17.2% of Nigeria's population of 140 million have access to tap water, according to the fifth annual Water for the Poor Act 2009 Report. The report reveals that about 30%...
Chinese Water Pump Market Grows
The industrial pump market in China is forecast to reach $8.4bn by 2015 due to increasing demand in the wastewater segment. China will account for 21% of the $40bn global pump market in...
American Water Raises Funds for Projects
American Water's subsidiary American Water Capital has closed a $35m bond offering to fund water projects in California, US. The proceedings from the bond will help finance water...
Nigeria to Restart Abandoned Water Projects
Nigeria will invest N3.2bn ($20m) in reviving abandoned water projects in the country. The projects include Tada Shunga Dam and the Araromi-Eiyenkorin irrigation and water supply projects...
Copasa Reports Q2 Profit
Copasa, Brazil's Minas Gerais State water utility, has reported a profit of R121m ($68m) during Q2 2010, up 10% compared with R109 ($62m) posted in 2009. Net revenues increased by...
Ghana Launches Water and Sanitation Project
Ghana has launched a sanitation and water project, Ghana Compact, to ensure water and sanitation access throughout the country. The government will annually allocate $200m towards...
New Zealand to Ensure Kapiti Water Supply
New Zealand is planning a $24m water project to recharge the Waikanae River, ensuring a water supply to Kapiti Coast District for the next 50 years. The project will involve the connection...
Brazil Plans Sanitation Project
Brazil plans to implement a R22.4m ($12m) project to provide sanitation services in Tijucal, Nova Esperança, Sao Joao Del Rey, Pedra 90, Carumbe, Planalto, CPA and its surrounding...
Egypt Completes Canal Project
Egypt has completed a canal project worth $100m to bring water from the River Nile to the Toshka desert, converting arid areas into farmland. The project, which includes the construction of...
Oman to Increase Desalination
Oman plans to tap water from desalination sources because the demand for drinking water is expected to grow, according to a report. The demand for desalinated water will rise to 53.5...
AEH, Tubestar Plan Nuclear Desalination Plant
Green World Water, a subsidiary of Alternate Energy Holding (AEH) in the US, has signed an agreement with Tubestar Oil and Gas to develop a nuclear-powered desalination plant in India. ...
Desalination Costs UAE $3bn a Year
The United Arab Emirates spends nearly AED11.8bn ($3.2bn) every year on the production of desalinated water to meet its drinking water needs. The investment constitutes 70% of...
Ghana Commissions Water Projects
Ghana has started 39 water and sanitation projects in its western and central regions to increase potable water access and sanitation services. The project was jointly funded by the...
Venezuela Reveals Annual Drinking Water Spend
Venezuela is spending $670m annually on the supply of drinking water to ensure potable water coverage to 96% of its residents, according to the government. The country claims it has...
Colombia to Start Sanitation, Water Project
Colombian water utility Aguas y Aguas de Pereira has secured a 97bn peso ($52m) contract from its government for a water and sanitation project. The proposal includes the construction of...
Sri Lanka Plans Reservoir Project
The Sri Lankan Government is planning a LKR2500m ($22m) Rambukkan Oya Reservoir Project to improve irrigation and water supply in the Ampara district. The proposed reservoir will hold...
Brazilian State to Float Tender for Sanitation Project
The water utility of the Sau Paulo state of Brazil plans to spend 67m real ($37m) on sanitation as part of its Pro-Billings reservoir cleanup programme. The work, due to start in...
World Bank to Fund Indian Reservoir Project
The World Bank has agreed to provide INR20bn ($426m) to help modernise Nagarjuna Sagar, a multi-purpose reservoir in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The remaining INR24bn ($509m) of...
India to Invest in Desalination Plants
India will build nine desalination plants on the Lakshadweep group of islands with an investment of Rs590m ($12m). The desalination plants will be set up by the National Institute of...
Mexican State to Tender Water Supply Project
Mexico's Tamaulipas state plans to invest Mex$6.56bn ($516m) in building a 24km pipeline to solve water shortages in the area. The Falcon-Matamoros potable water pipeline will transport...
Bede to Fund Ecuador Water Projects
Bede, the state bank of Ecuador, has signed an agreement with Guayaquil water and sewerage company Ecapag to fund $17m for the construction of drainage systems in the Tarqui district. ...
HaloSource, DelAqua to Develop Water-Testing System
Washington-based HaloSource has signed an agreement with UK water-testing company DelAgua to develop an emergency response point-of-use drinking water device. DelAgua developed the Oxfam...
Atkins Secures UK Water Pipeline Contract
Atkins has secured a contract from Wessex Water for the construction of a water supply grid to provide water security in Wessex, UK. The UK-based engineering group will build the water...
Peru to Invest in Water and Sanitation
Peru will invest PEN382mn ($136m) in water and sanitation projects to improve drinking water and wastewater facilities in the Cajamarca region. The project will expand and improve drinking...
India Invests in Drinking Water Projects
India has released a grant of Rs2bn ($43m) to provide drinking water facilities in rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir states. The grant is the first instalment of a fund worth Rs4bn ($87m) to...
Philippines Plans Pasig River Wastewater Plant
The Philippines plans to construct a wastewater treatment plant to clean up waterways in Metro Manila by cleansing the Pasig River and its tributaries. According to an estimate, the...
India to Launch Satellite to Monitor Seawater
India plans to launch a satellite, named SARAL, in collaboration with the French National Space Agency (FNSA) to monitor seawater levels. The satellite will carry an Altika altimetre to...
Uganda to Build Sewage Treatment Plant
Uganda will construct a sewage treatment plant and additional sewage systems near Kampala with an investment of UGX193bn ($86m). The project includes the construction of a new...
Maryland University Develops Pollution-Reduction Technology
Researchers at the University of Maryland, US, have developed a technology that will significantly reduce urban runoff. The next-generation, low-impact development technology will improve...
Petrofac Wins KOC Water Contract
Petrofac has secured a $430m contract from Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) for the engineering, procurement and construction of effluent water and central seawater injection facilities in Iraq. ...
EPA Software Detects Water Contaminants
The US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy have developed software that helps detect contamination in water systems. The Canary software uses a network of water...
Tanzania Water Project Gets EU Funding
The European Union, in collaboration with German institute KfW, has provided €23.42m ($31m) to Tanzania to implement a water supply and sanitation project in Iringa. The project,...
IDB to Fund El Salvador Water Projects
Inter-American Development Bank has agreed to fund $20m towards water and sanitation projects in El Salvador to ensure adequate water supply and sanitation services to rural areas. The...
Mexico to Launch Desalination Contract
Mexico will launch a $34m contract to build a desalination plant in Ensenada, Baja California, US. The proposed desalination plant will have the capacity to treat 250l per second, and...
CAP Gets Green Light to Build Desalination Plant
Chile's steel and iron producer CAP has secured permission from environmental authorities to set up a $248m desalination plant to support its mining operations in the country. CAP plans...
UK to Purify Vyrnwy Aqueduct
The UK will invest £60m ($95m) to clean up the Vyrnwy Aqueduct, which supplies 210 million litres of water a day to north-west England. The cleaning will prevent water discoloration...
Veolia Environment Profits Up by 70%
Veolia Environment reported a net profit of €374m ($496m) during the first half of 2010, up by 70% from the €220m ($292m) profit it made a year earlier. The Paris-based...
Jain Secures Indian Irrigation Project
Jain Irrigation Systems has secured a Rs1.68bn ($36m) contract from the Indian state of Karnataka to carry out a micro-irrigation project. The plan includes the survey, design, planning,...
Welsh Water to Invest in Treatment Projects
Welsh Water is to invest £200m ($317m) to upgrade water treatment plants across Wales, UK, by 2015. The investment includes a new treatment facility at Cwellyn, which will clarify the...
US County Plans Sewer System Improvements
Pierce County, Washington, US, plans to issue $62m of bonds to fund sewer system improvements to preserve existing systems and meet the county's future requirements. Proceeds from the...
Converted Organics to Develop Self-Powered Wastewater Unit
Converted Organics has signed a letter of intent with Spirit Services, based in Maryland, US, for the development of an industrial wastewater treatment facility in Virginia. ...
Suez Environment Wins Spanish Water Contract
Suez Environment has secured a contract worth €980m ($1.2bn) for the distribution of drinking water in the city of Calvià, Mallorca, Spain. France-based Suez Environment signed...
Peru to Expand Lima's Water Services
Peruvian water authority Sedapal is to invest PEN1.05bn ($3,695m) to expand water and sanitation services in capital city Lima by 2011. Sedapal, which serves Lima and neighbouring...
Hungarian City Commissions Water Treatment Plant
Budapest, Hungary, has commissioned a €430m ($567m) wastewater treatment plant. The new facility provides full biological wastewater treatment and processes 50% of the city's sewage....
Suez Environment Profits Double
Suez Environment's profits doubled to €386m ($509m) in the first half of 2010 compared with €175m ($230m) a year earlier, the company announced. The Paris-based water...
US Drinking Water Funding Bill Moves Ahead
The US House of Representatives has passed the drinking water funding bill, providing a $4.8bn low interest loan under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to communities to build and...
Pengurusan Aset Air Acquires Water-Related Assets in Malaysia
Pengurusan Aset Air has signed an agreement with the Malaysian state of Perlis to acquire water-related assets worth RM203m ($64m) in a bid to consolidate the country's water sector. Under...
Aqua America Posts Improved Q2 Profits
Aqua America has posted a profit of $30m for the quarter ended June 2010 compared to $26m during the corresponding quarter a year earlier. Revenues for the quarter increased 6.6% to $178m...
BNDES to Fund Brazilian Water Projects
Brazil's national development bank BNDES will provide $120m to finance sanitation works in 15 cities in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. A major portion of the funding will be invested...
North American Wastewater Treatment Plants Upgrade to Cost $80bn: Report
Upgrades and expansion work on US and Canadian wastewater plants will cost over $80bn during the next five years, according to a new report. McIlvaine's North American Municipal...
Sri Lanka to Invest in Wastewater Service Enhancement
Sri Lanka will invest $116m in the Greater Colombo wastewater management project, which will improve water and sewage services in the country's capital. The project will modernise the...
Bolivia to Invest in Water Projects
Bolivia is carrying out 200 water, sanitation, irrigation and watershed protection projects with a combined investment of $132m. The project includes the installation of 32,000 domestic...
US City Considers Wastewater Plant Upgrades
The US city of Yakima is considering two upgrades to its wastewater plant. The projects, which could cost $60m in total, would improve the water quality of the Yakima River. One of...
South West Water's Proposed Merger Gets Regulatory Approval
South West Water's proposed merger with JP Morgan Asset Management and Water Asset Management has received approval from Alabama, Mississippi and Texas, three of the required five state...
Veolia Water Wins Water Treatment Contract
Veolia water's subsidiary Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies has secured a contract for the water treatment package of the Petrobras Papa Terra P63 offshore oil production project in the...
Mitsui, Hyflux Form JV for Chinese Water Projects
Mitsui and Hyflux have formed a 50-50 joint venture, called Galaxy NewSpring, to serve as a vehicle for investing, developing and managing water projects in China. Galaxy NewSpring plans...
US City Upgrades its Wastewater Treatment Plant
The city of Ferndale in Whatcom county, US, has begun work on a wastewater treatment plant upgrade with an investment of $10.8m. The upgrades involve removal and replacement of old...
Brazilian State Invests in Water Programmes
Brazil's Espirito Santo state water company Cesan is investing 486m reais ($275m) in water projects under the Aguas Limpas sanitation programme to install sewage collection and water supply...
Chilean Mine Plans Desalination Plant
Chile's Minera Candelaria has submitted an environmental impact assessment to the national environmental authority to set up a desalination plant in Caldera Bay. The proposed desalination...
IVRCL Completes Desalination Plant
IVRCL has completed the construction of a INR6bn ($128m) desalination plant in Chennai city, India. IVRCL was awarded the contract to design, engineer, finance, procure and construct...
Brazilian State Floats Water Contract
The state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has floated a BRL24.8m ($14m) contract to undertake maintenance work on its drinking water and sewage systems. The project will ensure that drinking...
New York City Completes Wastewater Treatment Plant
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection in the US has completed construction of a $12m wastewater treatment plant. The project involved the construction of a...
Clean Water is a Fundamental Right According to UN
The UN has declared access to clean water and sanitation a fundamental right, and termed it essential for the full enjoyment of the right to life. A resolution moved by Bolivia has been...
New Technology to Prevent Storm Water Pollution
Scientists from the Agricultural Research Service in the US have developed a new super sock technology, which can prevent water pollution in storm water. The socks wrap around storm drains...
Japan Provides Irrigation Loan to Kenya
Japan will provide KES12bn ($149m) to Kenya to build an irrigation system to boost food production in the country. The loan will expand the Mwea Irrigation System, which currently...