Korean Researchers Develop Dual-Sided Membrane That Cleans Oily Seawater and Desalinates It in One Step
By John — Desalination News Researchers at Pusan National University in South Korea, working with collaborators in Singapore, have developed…
South Padre Island’s $1B Desalination Plant Will Produce Privately Owned Water, Developers Confirm
By John — Desalination News The developers of a $1 billion seawater desalination plant proposed for South Padre Island have…
Rochester Researchers Unveil Solar Desalination System That Produces No Brine — And Recovers Lithium
By John — Desalination News A team at the University of Rochester has built a solar-powered desalination device that turns…
Maui Weighs $53 Million Kīhei Desalination Plant as South Maui Water Supply Nears Capacity
By John — Desalination News Maui County is exploring whether desalination should become part of South Maui’s water supply after…
Israel’s Desalination “Iron Dome” Strained as Drought Drains Water Reserves
By John — Desalination News Israel’s network of seawater desalination plants — often described as the country’s water-security “Iron Dome”…
Tunisia’s Sousse Region Turns to Seawater Desalination to Combat Chronic Water Shortages
By John — Desalination News A new seawater desalination plant serving Tunisia’s Sousse, Monastir and Mahdia regions has reached full…
Aqualia Wins Three-Year Renewal to Operate Floating Desalination Plants in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
By John — Desalination News Spanish water group Aqualia, operating through its Saudi joint venture Haji Abdullah Alireza Integrated Services…
Israel Launches Tender for One of the World’s Largest Desalination Plants in Emek Hefer
By John — Desalination News Israel’s Water Authority has opened a competitive tender for the construction and operation of a…
VA Tech Wabag, HEISCO Sign $372 Million Contract for Kuwait’s Doha SWRO Desalination Plant
By John — Desalination News VA Tech Wabag and its Kuwaiti joint-venture partner Heavy Engineering Industries & Shipbuilding Company (HEISCO)…
Mumbai Awards Afcons $200 Million Contract for Deep-Water Desalination Conveyance Tunnel
The BMC has awarded Afcons Infrastructure a ~$200 million contract to build a deep-water tunnel carrying water from a planned…
Greece Pilots Floating Hybrid System Combining Desalination with Pumped-Storage Power
By John — Desalination News Greece’s Ministry of Environment and Energy has begun testing a floating system that combines desalination…
Membrane Biofouling Inhibitors Market Set to Grow Through 2035, Driven by the Desalination Boom
By John — Desalination News The market for chemicals that keep desalination and water-treatment membranes free of biological fouling is…
Yindjibarndi WaterCo Poised to Buy A$1.1 Billion Dampier Desalination Plant from Rio Tinto and WA Government
By John — Desalination News Rio Tinto and the Western Australian government have signed agreements advancing a plan to sell…
PowerChina Subsidiary Wins $1.32 Billion Pipeline Contract for Iraq’s Basra Desalination Project
By John — Desalination News A subsidiary of Chinese state-owned construction giant PowerChina has been awarded a $1.32 billion contract…
Gulf States Ramp Up Desalination Spending as AI Data Centers Strain Water Supplies
By John — Desalination News Gulf governments are pouring billions of dollars into desalination and water infrastructure as the region’s…