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Forward Osmosis companies up to 10 years behind, says Modern Water
British company Modern Water which has the world’s first commercial scale Forward Osmosis (FO) drinking water desalination plant up and running in the Middle East has said that global competition could be as much as ten years behind. The company trialled its FO technology at a 18 m3/day plant in Gibraltar, before rolling it out to a 100 m3/day plant at Al Khaluf in Oman. It was then at the end of 2012 when the company announced its 200 m3/day plant at Al Najdah, with Oman’s Public Authority for Electricity & Water in what was called “the world’s first commercial FO desalination plant”. In an exclusive interview with Water & Wastewater International (WWi) magazine, executive chairman Neil McDougall said: “In terms of forward osmosis for desalination purposes, we are years ahead of anybody else – at least five if not 10 years ahead. “There’s nobody that I’m aware of, particularly for drinking water purposes who have anything like we have. Nobody else has a large scale plant. Our technology is fully protected – we have over 99 patents now. It would be very difficult for somebody to try and catch up to where we are.” The company was formed in 2006 after taking the FO technology concept from the University of Surrey with the aim of developing it on a commercial scale. Since then it has been applying its FO technology to industrial water in Kuwait and has signed an agreement with China’s Hangzhou Water. Source WaterWorld. |
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Jordan to Begin Experimental Water Pumping
The Disi Water Company will begin experimental pumping at the Disi aquifer in Jordan later this month, a source involved in the project told the Jordan Times. The company has cleaned out 42 kilometers of pipeline in preparation to being pumping from 22 wells. A total of more than 45 wells have been completed. The Disi Water Conveyance Project is intending to provide the Jordanian capital of Amman with fresh water from the Disi aquifer in the south of the country, ensuring the nation’s water security. The project involves the drilling of 64 wells – 55 for water generation and 9 piezometer wells – in order to provide 110 million cubic meters of water annually via a 340 kilometer pipelines. The amount of water in the aquifer is finite and non-renewable. According to the anonymous source, the Disi Water Company has flushed, disinfected, and filled 20 kilometer of conveyance pipeline between the header tank at the well filed and the collection tank at the pumping station, and another 22 kilometers between the pumping station and the regulating tank in the area of Batn Al Ghoul. “Preparations are underway for the filling of 95 kilometers of the conveyance pipeline between the regulating tank in Batn Al Ghoul and the break pressure tank near Al Jafer area. This phase will start in early June,” the source added. Jordan has been using a water rationing system since the 1980s to deliver water once every 7-10 days on a rotating basis in order to preserve the arid country’s limited resources.. Source Nuqudy. |
| SAUDI ARABIA |
NWC to invest SR50b on new water projects
National Water Company (NWC) is planning a capital expenditure of SR50 billion on new projects from 2013 to 2017 to improve and expand the Kingdom’s water and wastewater infrastructure. Speaking at Saudi Arabian Energy EPC Projects 2013 conference in Al-Khobar, Yahya Al-Yousef, asset director at NWC, said the utility was planning to spend the money to expand its coverage of water services throughout the Kingdom’s major cities. NWC currently manages water services in Riyadh, Jeddah, Makkah and Taif, which have a combined population of 10.6 million people and a daily potable water supply of 2.7 million cubic meters a day (cm/d). By the end of 2014, NWC is aiming to provide water and wastewater services for Madinah, Dammam and Al-Khobar, which will involve servicing a total population of 2.2 million and a daily potable water supply of 809,000 cm/d. Al-Yousef said that as of April 2013, NWC had 243 projects under construction with a total value of SR19.8 billion.
Source Saudi Gazette.
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| IRAQ |
Iraq to Launch Satellite to Deal with Water Crisis
Iraq is to launch a satellite at the end of this year as part of a scientific project dedicated to monitoring desertification and water shortages, whose repercussions have cast a shadow over the country for years. Last week, seven Iraqi ministries held a meeting to discuss procedures for launching and studying the economic feasibility of the project. Deputy Minister of Communications Amir al-Bayati said: “Members of the high commission for the satellite project, which consists of seven ministries, have discussed the launching mechanism of the project and its economic feasibility, in addition to a well-defined cooperation process between all concerned parties in order to avoid any roadblocks that might stand in the way of completing the project.” Rafed al-Jabouri, the general coordinator of the project, said: “Iraq will accomplish this project in cooperation with the Italian La Sapienza University and an Iraqi team of 15 researchers from three ministries, who underwent space training.” Sources in the Ministry of Sciences and Technology — one of the ministries participating in the project — said that the cost of the project has reached $150 million. Source Iraq Business News |
| FROST & SULLIVAN REPORT ON FOOD AND WATER SECURITY |
Explore Frost & Sullivan's latest thinking of the challenges and opportunities around food and water security.
Innovative business ideas, adjustments to different local conditions and advanced technological solutions from forward thinking organisations are those that will take advantage of opportunities in the market globally, which is expected to growth to about $5 billion by 2020 driven by the key aspects of conservation, water reuse and resource/energy recovery.
Download their presentation, read our current article and listen to our analysts' views to gain further insight on:
• Significant opportunities for water companies across segments created by an increased focus on water efficiency by food and beverage companies,
• Applications of advanced treatment technologies in the food and beverage water cycle,
• Cost-savings to be gained as a result of improved water quality as well as overall plant operational efficiency,
• Prospects as identified for food and beverage water and wastewater solutions/services, and
• Forecasted market-specific technologies and how it will evolve through to 2020
To better understand the market dynamics, the prospects of food and beverage water and wastewater solutions/services, and how food and beverage companies can turn water risks into business opportunities, schedule a meeting with John Raspin, Partner - Energy & Environment, Frost & Sullivan. |
| TANZANIA |
Tanzanian Tales: Why PPP Failed to Scale a Mountain of Water Problems
The case of privatisation in Tanzania can be seen as an example of how international vendors should not enter a developing market. Tanzania is one of the world's poorest countries. During the 1990's the government embarked on a liberalization program that included the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, private participation in infrastructure services and the divestiture of about 350 parastatal entities. By the late 1990's, the country was driven by chronic water shortages in Dar es Salaam and other parts of the country, the poor and declining quality of services and the mounting backlog of unserved households. Mounting pressure to improve water supply and sanitation services caused the government to mount a significant effort to reform the policy environment and create an institutional framework that would promote greater accountability. In 1997, the Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority (DAWASA) was created to develop and operate the water supply and sewerage services in the metropolitan area of Dar es Salaam, Kibaha and Bagamoyo. Funding for maintenance and repairs had been inadequate for some years and the infrastructure that DAWASA took over was in need of rehabilitation. Following six years of negotiations with private companies and two failed bidding processes, the operating company, City Water Services Limited (CWS), was then engaged under a lease contract with the Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority (DAWASA) to provide water supply and sewerage services in Tanzania's largest city. Following a series of fiascos and missed deadlines, DAWASA served a notice of termination of the contract in May 2005. However, CWS would not agree to the termination of the contract. In the face of declining public support for private participation and with elections looming, the Minister of Water decided to end the stalemate and in less than two years the contract had collapsed with the dramatic expulsion of its expatriate managers from the country. Two international arbitration tribunals ensued. Read the full story - WaterWorld. |
| INDONESIA |
IFC offers support to Indonesian drinking water BOT
IFC is considering offering a $35 million financing package to developer and operator Moya Asia for its 25-year BOT project in Tangerang, Indonesia. The package will combine an equity investment in the company’s local entity PTMI and an A-loan to the project, which has an expected capital cost of $120 millioThe project involves the construction and operation of water treatment plants with a total capacity of 129,600m³/d, and the rehabilitation of 38,880m³/d of existing capacity. Construction of the first phase has already begun. Assuming an equity contribution of $30 million, the project would need $50-60 million more to reach completion, and IFC is now exploring options to bring in other lenders – including Indonesian financial institutions SMI and IIF – via a B-loan. In addition to the Tangerang project, Moya Asia is developing another BOT in Bekasi, Indonesia, and is in the process of commissioning a water treatment project in Cambodia.Source Global Water Intelligence.
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| SAUDI ARABIA |
Mecca O&M deal rounds off Gulf hat-trick for Acciona
Spanish company Acciona has made further progress in the Saudi operations market by winning a €14 million contract to operate and maintain two wastewater treatment plants in Mecca. The company will operate the Hadda 1 and Arana 1 plants, which have capacities of 125,000m³/d and 250,000m³/d, respectively, for a period of two years. It won the contract as part of a JV with local company Miahona. Acciona has now won three contracts in the Gulf region, all in the last three months. In October it was named as joint contractor for the 100,000m³/d SWRO-4 plant in Jubail, and earlier this month it was awarded the DBO contract for a 137,000m³/d expansion at the Fujairah 1 IWPP. Acciona Agua Middle East director Jesús Sancho told GWI: “The last few months have been extremely successful for our Company in the GCC. We believe that Acciona Agua has a lot to offer to the Middle East and we are delighted to have the chance to prove it and to best serve our customers.” The client on the new O&M, Saudi Arabia’s National Water Company, has been looking to get involved with as many foreign operators as possible ahead of a long-awaited move towards privatisation in key cities. Source Global Water Intelligence. |
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Leakage detection company secures over £2 million to expand globally
UK-based pipeline monitoring company Syrinix has secured £2.1 million of investment which it will use to help develop the company internationally.
The £2.1 million new funding has been raised from the part EU funded Low Carbon Innovation Fund, the Angel CoFund, the LBA EIS Roundtable Syndicate Fund 2012 as well as a number of other individual “angel” investors. The company provides monitoring technologies for water utilities and its TrunkMinder technology is being used by major utility Thames Water in connection to the Crossrail tunneling project. Leakage detection is becoming a big business globally, with utilities globally losing on average 30% of their water supply through leakages and non-revenue water. Estimates suggest this lost costs utilities $14 billion per year. In Asia alone, 29 billion cubic meters of water is lost each year, according to the Asian Development Bank. James Dunning, the CEO of Syrinix, said: “With this funding round complete, a platform is in place to accelerate that growth both nationally and internationally as well as to expand our already excellent R&D team led by Dr Paul Linford.” Source WaterWorld.
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| QATAR |
QR1.83bn plant to meet rising water demand
The Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC) yesterday signed a deal with a consortium of Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan and Toyo Thai Engineering Company to build a QR1.83bn water plant, capable of generating 36mn gallons a day (MIGD) when it is completed in the first half of 2015. Energy and Industry Minister HE Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada, who was present at the signing, termed the new plant’s construction as “a major development aimed at boosting the country’s water generation”. QEWC general manager Fahad al-Mohannadi said the plant, which will come up in Ras Abu Fontas, was being built using the latest technologies available in the industry. Al-Mohannadi said it was perhaps the first time in Qatar that the construction of either a power or water plant was financed wholly by a consortium of local banks, in which QNB, Qatar Islamic Bank, Barwa Bank and Masraf Al Rayan are partners. Al-Mohannadi pointed out that Japanese firms had been making major contributions to the utilities sector in Qatar for more than three decades now. “One of the prominent examples of Japanese success in the utilities sector is the 2,742MW Ras Girtas Power and Water Project, which is one of the largest of its kind in the entire Middle East and North African (Mena) region,” said al-Mohannadi. Also yesterday, QEWC and Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) reached a 25-year agreement under which the latter will buy the entire 36mn gallons generated a day from the new plant. Al-Mohannadi and Kahramaa president Issa Hilal al-Kuwari said the agreement was being signed to ensure that the country’s residents received adequate water supplies when the consumption was set to rise considerably in view of the huge increase expected in the country’s population in coming years. Al-Mohannadi said water consumption in Qatar was growing at a rate of more than 10% every year. QEWC’s current portfolios include over 5740MW of power capacity and 258 MIGD of potable water, including the capacity of the project for which contract was signed yesterday. Speaking to Gulf Times later, Al-Kuwari said that even at the current levels of production, Qatar had surplus water at its disposal. “However, the country has demonstrated its commitment to strengthen its utilities sector by undertaking the construction of yet another major water plant in Ras Abu Fontas,” he added. It was also disclosed that the construction of yet another major water and power plant would be announced shortly. Source Gulf Times. |
| KUWAIT |
Membrane Duo Key In Kuwaiti Oil & Gas Water Project
Water is hard to come by in the desert, and expensive to produce for industrial use. A trial with a major petrochemical company shows that although oil and gas wastewater is hard to treat, with the right technology, strict reuse standards can be met. Ajanta Sarkar and Vikrant Sarin describe the EQUATE pilot and implication on the broader region.
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is the most water scarce region of the world, and in recent years, the amount of water available per person has declined dramatically. The acute scarcity of water, coupled with escalating cost of fresh water and its treatment in the Middle East, has prompted the region's industry, which primarily is oil and gas based, to think of water conservation and recycle.
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Smart cities of the future in Asia: The opportunities for UK business
This UK Trade & Investment research report will benchmark the most dynamic cities across Asia in terms of their levels of smart development, and present the opportunities for UK business. It will cover a wide variety of sectors, and initiatives including the built environment, education, energy & environment, health, technology, and transportation and cover Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore and Vietnam. For interim findings covering four of the markets, launched at TechWorld 2011 in November click here.
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| Arab Forum for Environment and Development |
Water Efficiency Guide The Arab Forum for Environment and Development "AFED" is the guide for "the efficient use of water" as a reference for the identification and prioritization of investment in water use efficiency in all sectors of the construction industry and agriculture. This Guide focuses on practical solutions and which has been prepared specifically for the Arab region, which coincides with the launch of the report of the Forum on Arab water.
"AFED is proud to make a long-term commitment to disseminating knowledge about efficient water use in the Arab region," said Najib Saab, Secretary General of AFED. "Public and private sector organizations in Arab countries often lack water efficiency plans. This handbook presents practical methods to develop and implement water efficiency strategies. By making this handbook available, households as well as institutional water consumers will be better informed about opportunities for improving water efficiency. AFED calls upon government and private bodies in the Arab region to make a sustained commitment to preserving water as a limited resource, and to meet the highest possible standards for water efficiency." The handbook offers proven methods to cut water consumption, and water costs, by suggesting changes in existing practices and water use behavior in all sectors. It targets water consumption in residential and commercial buildings, industry, and in agriculture. |
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The UK Trade and Investment team in Canada are pleased to present to you our third issue of the Cleantech Canada January 2013 newsletter featuring:
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• Canada’s first public charging network for electric vehicles
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Danish Water Forum, Agern Allé 5 2970 Hørsholm, Danmark Tel: +45 4516 9038. |
| EEA |
The territorial dimension of environmental sustainability - Potential territorial indicators to support the environmental dimension of territorial cohesion This EEA study undertakes an analysis of the environmental dimensions of territorial cohesion and of related EU policies. It is intended to contribute to and support external processes including the European Commission's Green Paper on Territorial Cohesion, revision of the EU budget (e.g. regarding Cohesion Policy) and the work of ESPON (the European Spatial Planning Observation Network) on territorial indicator development.
In this context, the Water Framework Directive provides a good example of how the environmental dimensions of territorial cohesion can be integrated into policy because it calls for water services (clean drinking water, irrigation, hydropower, wastewater treatment, etc.) to be charged at a price which fully reflects the services provided. This implicitly recognises the value of ecosystems services, and thus, the inherent features of a territory. It therefore provides a mechanism to address interdependencies and relationships between territories. Click here for the report. |
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| Export: Environment & Water Opportunities Overseas |
the third edition of the quarterly digital news and market update from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). ‘Export’ gives you news of overseas missions, insights into opportunity markets, interviews with industry experts and first hand accounts of export breakthroughs from the companies who have succeeded in doing business abroad. Click here to view. |
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The Future of the UK’s Energy and Water Industries Marketforce and KPMG report into the views of 320 senior executives in UK utilities companies, 190 from energy and 130 from water. Click here to download the full report.
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| Frost & Sullivan Water Growth Partnership Service |
Water and Wastewater Treatment Solutions in the Power Industry
Report Code: P5AF Date Published: 9 March 2012
Asia Pacific to Witness Growth in the Water and Wastewater Treatment Solutions in the Power Industry
This research service covers the Asia Pacific water and wastewater treatment solutions market in the power industry. This study covers ultrafiltration/microfiltration (UF/MF), electrodeionization (EDI), ultraviolet (UV)/ozonation/elctrochlorination, physical/chemical filtration, zero liquid discharge (ZLD), and flue gas desulphurization (FGD) systems. Besides the key research findings, the study highlights market size forecasts, market trends, competitive analysis, distribution chain analysis, and other key trends. Separate chapters are provided for the segments of water treatment solutions and wastewater treatment solutions, besides offering a selected country analysis. |
| Global – the international briefing |
Global – the international briefing Global magazine is committed to giving a fresh perspective on global issues with a close focus on the countries of the Commonwealth as they try to manage the stresses and strains of rapid globalisation. Global is sent directly to the highest levels of readership within governments, international organisations, major corporations and civil society groups. The editorial policy is however independent and is not dictated by the Commonwealth. The 5th edition (Q1 2011) of Global will contain a major focus on Water . Millennium Development Goal 7.C commits global governments to double the proportion of their citizens that can sustainably access safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Water security is not just a problem at the individual level, of course: whether harnessed for agriculture, industry or hydroelectric power, or to meet the needs of a rapidly urbanising world, water management has major municipal, economic, political and geostrategic implications. The water focus will look at the looming water crisis, politics of water, water financing and water security. Global will also be highlighting World Water Day 2011.
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| GWI (Global Water Intelligence) |
Industrial Desalination and Water Reuse: Ultrapure water, challenging waste streams and improved efficiency
This report dissects the eight most water-intensive industrial sectors in the water industry. Covering technologies, water challenges, business models and market entry opportunities, this is your strategic guide to making the most of this expanding market. Click here to order.
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IWA Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, Volume 1 Issue 1. The first issue is free to view. |
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Major Events Monthly July 2012 |
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Major Events Brazil May 2012 |
| MEXICO WATER REPORTS |
Mexico Water Report issue 6 Winter 2011
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| Middle East Economic Digest |
The MEED Projects data shows that the power and water projects market in the MENA region has continued to pick up in 2013. The power and water sector is a rapidly growing marketing in the region, particularly in Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait, the levant state of Jordan and across the North African countries of Egypt, Morocco and Algeria. We aim to provide you, through our publications, reports and features, with an up-to-date industry view on the power and water sector. Click here for the Power and Water Market Update document
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