The Most Important 8 Water Industry News for the 1st Week of September

ACWA Power signs financing agreement for Rabigh-4 Independent Water Project in Saudi Arabia

 

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ACWA Power has secured financing and security agreements totalling 2.05 billion Saudi riyals (about US$547 million) for its Rawabi Water Desalination Company (Rabigh-4) Independent Water Plant (IWP) project, informs Zawya.

The Rabigh-4 IWP, which relies on reverse osmosis (RO) technology, will have a potable water production capacity of 600,000 cubic metres per day (m3/d) of desalinated water.

The project also includes infrastructure features such as water tanks with a capacity of 1.2 million cubic metres.

Source: ACWA power
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ACWA Power signs strategic cooperation agreements in green hydrogen, water desalination and R&D

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Saudi-listed ACWA Power has signed strategic agreements with six Italian partners at the Saudi-Italian Investment Forum in Milan on the 4th of September to bolster cooperation in the fields of green hydrogen, water desalination, and research and development.

We have the ambition to make ACWA Power a vehicle to create transformative opportunities for Italian and European enterprises in Saudi Arabia and to drive sustainable progress in Italy and Europe by supplying green hydrogen and technical expertise”, said Marco Arcelli, Chief Executive Officer of ACWA Power.

Source :ACWA Power
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Saudi Arabia launches new Global Water Organization

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Saudi Arabia has announced the establishment of a Global Water Organization, to be headquartered in Riyadh.

According to a press release by the Saudi Press Agency, the new body will integrate and enhance global efforts to achieve water sustainability.

The new organization will collaborate with countries to address their water challenges and prioritise water projects on their national agendas.

Source: Suadi press agency

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Xylem announces CEO succession aligned with growth strategy and next steps in value creation

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President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Decker has announced his plans to retire as CEO at the end of 2023.

Year 2023 guidance Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, today announced that after a distinguished decade leading Xylem, President and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Decker has announced his plans to retire as CEO at the end of 2023.

In accordance with the Company’s long-term succession planning process, Decker will be succeeded by Matthew Pine, Xylem’s Chief Operating Officer, effective January 1, 2024.

Xylem has also appointed William Grogan, formerly Chief Financial Officer of IDEX Corporation, to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1, 2023.
Under Patrick’s visionary and passionate leadership, he and the team have fortified Xylem’s competitive advantages and put the Company on a path of continuing growth.

Source: Xylem
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Researchers develop ultrahigh-water-flux membranes for seawater desalination

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Most membranes are restricted by the low water flux because membrane quality is challenged by harsh conditions and/or complex processes in preparation, leading to low water productivity, energy efficiency and membrane usage.

Thus, it is essential to develop desalination membranes with high flux.

SHI Guosheng at Shanghai University, has developed graphdiyne composite membranes and achieved nearly complete salt rejections and ultrahigh water flux in seawater desalination.

The graphdiyne membranes exhibited over 99.9% rejections to small ions of seawater and 1-3 orders of magnitude higher water fluxes than commercial membranes, such as zeolite membranes, metal-organic frameworks membranes and graphene-based membranes.

Source: Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Aquam signs two standpipe hire contracts

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Aquam Water Services has been selected to operate standpipe hire services on behalf of two New Appointments & Variations (NAVs) companies.

“Outsourcing to Aquam, an established standpipe solutions provider, ensures an efficient end-to-end process for NAVs and their customers who have hired standpipes.

They will also benefit from access to our smart standpipes, which enable more precise network monitoring.”

Source: Aquam
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US$23 m reservoir project in Hatta built by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority near completion

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The project includes the construction of two reservoirs with a storage capacity of 30 million gallons of desalinated water, the construction of supporting buildings, and the extension of entrance and exit pipes.

The structural foundation works for all facilities and reservoirs are 100% complete, while the above-ground works are 92% complete, and nearly 99% of the pipes have been laid.

The water reservoirs that DEWA is building across Dubai support the Dubai Integrated Water Resource Management Strategy 2030, and the UAE Water Security Strategy 2036.

Currently, DEWA is implementing a project to store 6 billion gallons of water in aquifers that can be retrieved when needed.

Source: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)

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NWC completes main water pipeline project under Phase I of Riyadh City Water Strategic Plan

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The National Water Company (NWC) announced the recent completion of the construction of main water pipelines with various diameters and a length of more than 34 kilometers.

The total cost was more than 84 million Saudi Riyals ($22 million dollars) to support the daily distribution system in the north of Riyadh.

The company pointed out that this project aims to improve the efficiency of the daily distribution system for a number of districts north of Riyadh city, including Al-Kairouan, Al-Ared, Al-Yasmine, Al-Narjes and Al-Ghadeer, Al-Muhammadiyah, Al-Nozha, Al-Taawun, Al-Maseif, Al-Murooj, King Fahd and Al-Nakheel districts.

Source: National Water Company (NWC)

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