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UK Export Finance secures £226m finance deal for Iraqi government to build new 350km drainage system in Hillah, Iraq
World Meteorological Organization warns 2023 shatters climate records, with major impacts
COP 28 – Dr. Sultan Al Jaber be formally appointed as COP28 President
High Court rules government’s failure to protect English river ‘unlawful’.
ACWA Power spotlights innovation at WETEX 2023.
Zeeland coastline reinforced by Van Oord’s new LNG hopper dredgers.
IWE and Nijhuis Saur Industries lead Dutch paper mills in wastewater reuse pilot.
Do or dye: synthetic colours in wastewater pose a threat to food chains worldwide.
WWF report: world’s water blindness threatens humanity and ecosystems.
ACWA Power achieves financial closure on $14 billion worth of renewable, water desalination, and green hydrogen projects.
September 2023 on track to be the warmest year on record.
Agreement signed for world’s largest renewable energy-powered desalination plant in Dubai.
Latest Tenders & Contracts
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ACWA Power achieves financial closure on $14 billion worth of renewable, water desalination, and green hydrogen projects.
ACWA Power – the world’s largest private water desalination company – has announced it has achieved financial closure for ten key projects with a combined value of over $14 billion, marking the largest financial close in the company’s history. These 10 projects span across Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Uzbekistan, covering a wide range of sectors,
October 11, 2023 -
NASA warns catastrophic collapse of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam has led to disconnection of vital irrigation canals
NASA Harvest says the catastrophic collapse of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam which supplies water to large areas of the Black Sea region’s most productive agricultural lands has resulted in the disconnection of three of the four major canal inlets vital for farm irrigation. NASA Harvest’s satellite-based analysis shows that three of the four major canal inlets
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Howden wins contract to supply energy efficient aeration solutions in South Africa.
Howden, a global provider of air and gas handling products, technologies, and services, has won a contract to provide four high-speed, single-stage integrally geared blowers and a control system to the Athlone Wastewater Treatment Works in Cape Town, South Africa. The upgrades are necessary due to population growth and migrations, which have increased the demand
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Bangladesh – Mott MacDonald leads JV to secure Dhaka’s water supply
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Dhaka WASA) under the Local Government Division (LGD) of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has appointed a joint venture led by Mott MacDonald to the Saidabad water treatment plant project, which will deliver drinking water to more than 4.5 million people in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Working closely with JV partners
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Largest utility in U.A.E. to replace pump and valve bearings with grease-free solutions
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) is a step closer to replacing its industrial pump bearings with grease-free Thordon water lubricated bearing solutions, following the installation of the Canadian company’s pioneering technology to desalination plants across the United Arab Emirates. In the first six months of this year, Ocean Power International (OPI), Thordon Bearings’ Dubai-based
July 7, 2021 -
Binnies awarded over S$28 million PUB tender for Choa Chu Kang Waterworks reconstruction
Binnies Singapore, an RSK Group company, has today announced that it has been selected by PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, to provide detailed design and construction supervision of the reconstruction of Choa Chu Kang Waterworks (CCKWW). The S$28.8 million Professional Engineering Services contract which commenced on 15 June 2021 will be completed in 2026. The
June 21, 2021
Conferences
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ACWA Power spotlights innovation at WETEX 2023.
ACWA Power, the world’s largest private water desalination company, leader in energy transition and first mover into green hydrogen, will spotlight innovation and green technologies deployed on its projects as the Jubilee sponsor of the 25th edition of the Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) and Dubai Solar Show (DSS) in Dubai. ACWA Power’s presence
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38th UN-Water Meeting summary.
The 38th UN-Water Meeting, held on August 18-19, 2023 at the headquarters of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) in Stockholm, Sweden, focused on the follow-up to the UN 2023 Water Conference and the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) – clean water and sanitation. The conference marked an opportunity to address global
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Accelerating water agility: Aquatech Innovation Forum returns with full force.
The Aquatech Innovation Forum returns to spark discussions on water’s future at Aquatech on 6th November, 2023 in Amsterdam. With the tagline ‘Accelerating Water Innovation’, the one-day conference is designed to unite industry thought leaders to think differently about water. Over 300 industry stakeholders, including utilities, regulators, investors, and start-ups, gather to address critical questions
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Summary from UN Water Conference 2023
The UN 2023 Water Conference took place from 22-24 March 2023 at UN Headquarters in New York. This year saw the adoption of the Water Action Agenda, representing voluntary commitments of nations and stakeholders to accomplish the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their targets connected to water. The Conference, formally referred to as the Midterm Comprehensive
May 13, 2023 -
40th International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research World Congress taking place in Austria, 21 to 25 August.
The Congress will be under the overall theme of Rivers — Connecting mountains and coasts, and will focus on the importance of rivers being the lifeline of human civilization. This year’s central theme highlights IAHR’s commitment to the importance of rivers providing safe drinking water, being a source of energy production, acting as lifelines for
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UNESCO-IWRA online conference: Emerging pollutants – protecting water quality for the health of people and the environment taking place 17-19 January 2023.
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) and the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) will hold an online conference to highlight the ways the world can advance knowledge, research, and solutions for managing emerging pollutants to improve and protect water quality in a changing world. This theme was selected to
January 11, 2023
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