Archived Events

The International Boundary & Water Commission (IBWC) has signed a five-year agreement with Veolia Water North America for continuing wastewater treatment operations to address sanitation needs on the Tijuana/San Diego border.

QGC, an Australian coal seam gas explorer and producer, has contracted with a consortium of GE and Laing O’Rourke to build a water treatment plant in southwest Queensland that will support the region’s rapidly growing coal seam gas industry.

Aquatech, a developer of water treatment technology for the industrial and infrastructure markets, has secured a contract for a Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) plant for a coal to chemicals facility owned by Hulunbeier New Gold Chemical (NGCC) in Hailer in Inner Mongolia.

Pure Bioscience, a company that develops and markets technology-based bioscience products, has secured contract to sell more than $144m of its IV-7 Water Treatment and other products in the Middle East over the next 10 years.

Pentair, a developer of water treatment products and systems, has signed an agreement to acquire Hidro Filtros do Brasil, a manufacturer of water filters and filtering elements for residential and industrial applications operating in Brazil and neighboring countries.

Global Ecology (GEC), a water treatment and soil remediation company, has signed a joint venture agreement with Isongo Water of South Africa to establish a subsidiary for the sale of GEC’s Mobile PureWater System (MPWS) and its licensed mineral product IMS 1000.

The increased construction of desalination plants due to the steady fall in the cost of several key technologies for seawater-to-freshwater conversion is projected to generate a cumulative capital investment of $87.8bn worldwide from 2010 to 2016, says a report from Pike Research.

Uniti, an industrial titanium joint venture between Allegheny Technologies and Verkhnaya Salda Metallurgical Production Association, has secured a contract from Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction of Korea to supply titanium for a seawater desalination plant in Saudi Arabia.

Green Energy Management (GEM) Services, a national energy management company, has secured a five-year water efficiency installation and maintenance contract from Keystone Holdings, a residential and commercial real estate developer, located in Miami, Florida.