Arizona Advances Second Gulf of California Desalination Study as Acciona-Fengate Alliance Eyes Mexico Water Swap
By John — Desalination News Arizona’s Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) board voted on October 5 to fund feasibility studies…
Second Power Outage in a Week Knocks Out Lanzarote’s Desalination Plants, Straining Island’s Water Supply
By John — Desalination News Lanzarote’s desalination network was knocked offline for the second time in a week on October…
Israel Spent $15 Million Stockpiling Desalination Membranes as Algae Crisis Lingers
By John — Desalination News Israel’s government has spent roughly 45 million shekels (about $15 million) stockpiling replacement reverse osmosis…
Morocco Advances Phase Two of Its Water Highway, Targeting 800 Million m³ a Year
Morocco is advancing phase two of its water highway: a 300 km Sebou to Oum Er-Rbia link designed to move…
US DFC Approves $1.8bn Package for Jordan’s Aqaba-Amman Desalination Project
The US International Development Finance Corporation has approved up to $1bn in loans and $800m in political-risk insurance for Jordan's…
Western Australia Reverses Course, Confirms Esperance Desalination Plant Likely Needed
By John — Desalination News Western Australia’s state government has reversed its position on a desalination plant for the southern…
UAE Hands Over Three Desalination Plants to Seychelles to Shore Up Water Security
By John — Desalination News The United Arab Emirates has formally handed over three desalination plants to Seychelles, part of…
EBRD Makes $32.1 Million Equity Investment in Egyptian Desalination Platform RWD
By John — Desalination News The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved an equity investment of up…
Elsewedy Utilities Secures Three-Year Operating Contract for Egypt’s Al-Dabaa Desalination Plant
By John — Desalination News Elsewedy Utilities, the facilities management division of Egyptian industrial conglomerate Elsewedy Electric, has won a…
Jamaica Reconsiders Desalination as Drought and El Niño Strain Water Supply
By John — Desalination News Jamaica is taking a fresh look at seawater desalination as recurring droughts, intensified by El…
Water Scarcity and Desalination Plans Take Center Stage in Arizona’s 2026 Elections
By John — Desalination News Water scarcity — and the competing desalination plans both parties are pitching to address it…
Ghana Ordered to Pay $235 Million Over Idle Teshie-Nungua Desalination Plant
By John — Desalination News An international arbitration tribunal has ordered Ghana’s state water utility to pay $235 million to…
Climate Advocates Warn Jordan’s $6 Billion Desalination Megaproject Will Deepen Reliance on Israeli Gas
By John — Desalination News Jordan’s roughly $6 billion desalination megaproject, the Aqaba-Amman Water Desalination and Conveyance Project, is drawing…
US Development Finance Corporation Backs Jordan’s $5.8 Billion Desalination Megaproject With Up to $1.8 Billion
By John — Desalination News The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has approved up to $1.8 billion in support…
Liquid-Metal Tin Process Pulls Magnesium From Desalination Brine With Over 99% Recovery
By John — Desalination News Researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo have developed a liquid-metal process that recovers both…