Noticias sobre Egypt
Orascom and Metito to develop seawater treatment and water transportation project for $2.4B
A consortium of Orascom Construction and Metito will, together with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company PJSC (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA), develop, own, and operate a large-scale seawater treatment and water transportation project worth up to $2.4 billion in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Xylem opens water pump manufacturing facility in Egypt
Xylem, a leading firm in developing innovative water solutions through smart technology, officially inaugurated a manufacturing plant in Egypt for water pumps, according to Zawya.
LG Water Solutions awarded Ashdod desalination project
LG Water Solutions, LG Chem's water treatment business unit and a leading manufacturer of NanoH2O™, announced that it has been selected as the exclusive reverse osmosis (RO) membrane supplier for the Ashdod Rehabilitation Project in Israel.
Egypt prequalifies 17 consortia for its water desalination program
The program aims to launch multiple projects with a total capacity of 8.85 million m3/day by 2050, with the first phase planned to generate 3.35 million m3/day by 2025.
SUEZ and ONAS sign Tunisian water industry’s first €200m public-private partnership
ONAS (National Office of Sanitation of Tunisia) has selected SUEZ and its partners, Segor, SCET Group and BIAT1, to operate the public wastewater treatment service for the governorates of Sfax, Gabès, Medenine and Tataouine.
Egypt and UK sign MoU on water partnership
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been agreed between Egypt and the UK’s leading water sector trade association to establish a framework for bilateral cooperation on water projects for 27 governorates and the new cities across Egypt.
Bottled water masks world’s failure to supply safe water for all, can slow sustainable development
Needed to provide safe water to roughly 2 billion people without it: an annual investment less than half the US$ 270 billion now spent each year on bottled water.
Three companies bid for Rayis- Rabigh IWTP, first Saudi water pipeline PPP
Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has revealed it has received three bids for the Rayis-Rabigh Independent Water Transmission Pipeline (IWTP) project, reports MEED.
Iconic Nile River Delta faces existential threats, according to new study
First program of its kind in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that focuses on training females in the renewable energy and water fields. First batch will include 60 female trainees in the disciplines of water and mechanical maintenance.
European Investment Bank report urges public sector to address microplastics in water
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the European Union, has released a new report on “Microplastics and micropollutants in Water’ during the Our Ocean Conference in Panama.
Cannon Artes awarded contract to build a desalination plant in Egypt
Cannon Artes, a Cannon Group company, has been awarded a turnkey contract by the Suez Oil Processing Company (SOPC) to build a desalination and demineralisation plant in Egypt…
Aguas San Pedro, Almar Water Solutions subsidiary, acquires Empresa de Sanitarios Aguas de Colinas
The company provides drinking water and sanitation services in the municipal market under a concession in Chile. This operation is aimed at expanding the company's activities in Chile.
Devastating cost of future coastal flooding for many developing nations predicted in new study
New global modeling predicts the devastating socioeconomic impacts of future extreme coastal flooding for developing nations caused by climate change, with Asia, West Africa and Egypt facing severe costs in the coming decades.
Escalating climate crisis reveals need for new paradigm for water
Worldwide, decision makers face critical choices for achieving SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation).
Nile countries could gain economic benefits from new framework
New research led by The University of Manchester has developed unique river basin modeling software which, for the first time, combines reservoir management, economy-wide performance, and artificial intelligence techniques to design adaptive plans for various climate change situations.
New report: Top 10 climate disasters cost the world billions in 2022
Study identifies the year’s 10 costliest extreme events influenced by the climate crisis - each caused more than $3 billion in damage. Report also examines 10 other extreme events that caused massive human and environmental damage, mostly in the poorest countries.
Egypt plans to build 21 desalination plants worth $3 billion to boost water security
Egypt will award contracts next year to build 21 desalination plants, reports Arab News.
Large parts of world drier than normal in 2021: WMO
Most of the globe was drier than normal in 2021, with “cascading effects on economies, ecosystems and our daily lives”, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday.
IDB Invest issues blue bond to finance water projects in Latin America and the Caribbean
IDB Invest, rated AAA/Aa1/AA+, priced a 20-year AUD 50 million blue bond due November 2042.
ACCIONA wins operation and maintenance contract for Egypt’s Gabal El Asfar WWTP
The WWTP treats the wastewater of four million residents of Cairo and features an experimental plot of land for the agricultural use of dehydrated sludge