Latest Water desalination Stories

By EHUD ZION WALDOKS Knesset Interior and Environment Committee chairman Ophir Paz- Pines (Labor) has wholeheartedly embraced his role as a champion of the environment and goad to the government. Unlike his colleague Dov Henin (Hadash), Paz- Pines is not an environmental activist by profession. A career politician, his causes have included immigrants, pluralism, children of foreign workers, but not the environment. Before being appointed chairman of the committee, the closest he came...

A U.S. scientist proposes using decommissioned ships as mobile desalinization plants to provide drinking water to areas with limited fresh surface water. Geoscientist David Kreamer of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas notes at least 37 percent of the world's population lives within about 60 miles of a coastline. That, said Kreamer, means desalinization -- removing salt from ocean water to create fresh water -- is a practical way to meet the growing need for potable water. Kreamer says...

By Owen, Ted After nearly a decade of blood, sweat and tears, the city of Carlsbad and its partner, Poseidon Resources Corp., could finally raise their water glasses and cheer Aug. 6 when the California Coastal Commission finally approved all of its stipulations to allow the biggest water desalination plant in the nation to begin construction. With water being a century-old malady in California, the plant, by most expert opinions, should already be up and pumping. How many cities in the...

By DAMIEN HENDERSON THEY are surrounded by miles and miles of water but their few residents have had trouble of late getting their hands on a drinkable drop. But now a supply of drinking water has been installed at a group of the most remote islands off Britain's coast after a drought last summer. The archipelago of St Kilda, which lies 41 miles west of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, is home to about 30 Ministry of Defence workers and National Trust for Scotland staff. They had no ready...

GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. , which develops and operates seawater desalination plants and water distribution systems in areas of the world where naturally occurring supplies of potable water are scarce or nonexistent, today announced that the Company will present at the Wall Street Analyst Forum's 19th Annual Institutional Investor Conference on Tuesday, September 9, 2008. The conference is being held at The...

Energy Recovery, Inc. ("ERI") (NASDAQ:ERII), a global leader of ultra-high-efficiency energy recovery products and technology for desalination, announces that the Spanish joint venture of FCC / AQUALIA / BEFESA group of companies awarded the contract for energy recovery equipment for its Bajo Almanzora seawater desalination project to ERI. The plant will supply 60,000 m3/day (15.9 MGD) of fresh water to the region. The design, build and operate seawater desalination project was awarded to...

Text of report by state-owned Namibian newspaper New Era website on 1 September [Report by Charles Tjatindi: "Mining Puts Water Supply in Tight Squeeze"] WALVIS BAY While Namibia largely benefits from uranium and other mining, these economic activities put a strain on the country's supply of vital services such as water. In a presentation given recently by one of the country's foremost experts on water issues Piet Heyns, it came to light that the imminent development of uranium mines will...

Arizona's future water needs might be met by a planned desalination plant in Mexico, officials say. The Arizona Republic reported Sunday that officials are studying the idea of importing filtered ocean water from a desalination plant planned for Puerto Penasco, Mexico, 60 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border. The state could get billions of gallons a year from the Mexican plant, the report said. Some Arizona water managers say the state could team with Puerto Penasco to build a larger...

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders says a drinking water desalination plant proposal has been approved by the California Coastal Commission. The California official said the proposal from the Connecticut-based company, Poseidon Resources Inc., passed a committee review despite stern opposition from environmentalists, the San Diego Union-Tribune said Thursday. Sanders said during Tuesday's review that the proposed plant in Carlsbad, Calif., would increase the state's available water supply during...

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0259fe/saudi_arabia_power) has announced the addition of the "Saudi Arabia Power & Water Desalination Industry Overview" report to their offering. This report has been compiled in order to provide an in depth overview of the water desalination and electricity sectors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). This report aims at assessing the prospects for water desalination and electricity sectors by providing detailed...