Noticias sobre United Arab Emirates
Barcelona relies on desalination to face drought
Europe's largest desalination plant near Barcelona has become crucial in providing drinking water during the sustained drought affecting Spain’s second-largest city, reports Associated Press.
H2O Innovation breaks into Israeli market
H2O Innovation announces that it has recently received two large coupling orders and that it is experiencing a breakthrough in the Israeli desalination market.
Celeste Saulo of Argentina appointed first female Secretary-General of WMO
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Fisia Italimpianti (Webuild Group) awarded $439m water treatment plant contracts in Saudi Arabia
Subsidiary Fisia Italimpianti is a global leader in water treatment and desalination plants. Contract to build and manage ZULUF water treatment plant.
Abengoa starts commercial operation of phase two of the Taweelah desalination plant in Abu Dhabi
Abengoa has passed the contractual tests of phase two of the Taweelah desalination plant, which has desalinated 83.33 MIGD.
Desalination-induced salinity increases are not a cause of concern in the Gulf
Desalination is the only means of reliable water supply in most of the Arabian Gulf states.
Bottled water masks world’s failure to supply safe water for all, can slow sustainable development
Needed to provide safe water to roughly 2 billion people without it: an annual investment less than half the US$ 270 billion now spent each year on bottled water.
Saur inaugurates new international headquarters in Dubai
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD&CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), inaugurated Saur's first office in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates; a move that symbolises the Group's ambition to power ahead with its international expansion and make its expertise available to facilitate the water transition for all Middle Eastern countries.
New land creation on waterfronts increasing, study finds
Humans are artificially expanding cities' coastlines by extending industrial ports and creating luxury residential waterfronts.
Spanish water management for more than eight million Saudis
The state-owned NWC (National Water Company) has just awarded a Spanish-Saudi consortium led by Aqualia the water and sanitation management of a region equivalent to three quarters of Spain.
Canadian Annabelle M. Rayson wins Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2022
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UN and partners detail the abundance and promise of diverse “unconventional” water resources
UN and partner water experts say it’s time to increase the tapping of Earth’s diverse and abundant unconventional water resources – the millions of cubic kilometres of water in deep land-based and seabed aquifers, in fog and icebergs, in the ballast holds of thousands of ships, and elsewhere.
Al Mazrouei: UAE to invest $2.08 billion in new desalination plants
The minister of energy in the United Arab Emirates, Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, told News Agency WAM on Tuesday, that the value of investments in new desalination plants in…
Toray wins RO membrane order for UAE’s Taweelah desalination plant
Toray Industries has received a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane order for the Taweelah desalination plant in the United Arab Emirates.
“In recent years we witnessed a flourish in development of technologies for membrane desalination”
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Spanish water management sector shows its potential at the Expo Dubai thanks to Aqualia
On Water Week, Aqualia participated in the Water Business Forum, where it shared a panel with the Colombian Vice-Minister of Water and Sanitation and presented the most advanced technologies for obtaining water resources through efficient desalination.
Egis to acquire engineering consultancy WME
WME is a leading engineering design consultancy providing innovative, sustainable and cost-effective solutions in Civil, Structural, MEP, AV/IT & Security, Architect of Record and Infrastructure engineering services for the built environment.
Datakorum, Almar Water Solutions investee, to develop project for smart infrastructure management
E& Enterprise (formerly Etisalat Digital) has awarded Datakorum, the new investee of Almar Water Solutions, a project to provide smart-communication services for water and energy infrastructure in Abu Dhabi.
Tedagua to present its experience in desalination at the MENA Desalination Projects Forum
Luis Miguel Arauzo led a presentation where Tedagua's success stories were shown, which have added value both in the application of technological improvements and in environmentally sustainable solutions for water desalination projects in the regions where they have been carried out.
Abengoa awarded the contract to expand Tan-Tan desalination plant in Morocco
Abengoa, international leader in reverse osmosis water treatment and desalination, continues to add references. The project was awarded by ONEE to the consortium formed by Abengoa and the local company ATNER (Atlas Energie) on February 11.