Water. Desalination + reuse
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Water. desalination + reuse March 2019 The Quarterly 7 What happens next? What did people say? The editor India requires suppliers to rethink fi nancing India's GDP is projected to grow at 7.5 per cent on average over the next three years. That's according to the World Bank's Global Economic Prospects re- port. Continued industrial development is driving that growth. And underlying that is water. Unregulated disposal of effl uents into waterways such as the Ganges has ad- versely aff ected natural wa- ter supplies in India. Water reuse is seen as a low-cost alternative for non-potable supply particularly. And where viable, desalination is on the agenda. DuPont (see page 8) has established a major manufacturing site in the Middle East partly to improve lead-times into Asia. Others have struck deals with local distribu- tors. There's no shortage of opportunity. The challenge for conventional desalina- tion providers is to come up with new ways to deliver solutions that don't require big capital outlays. New hybrid models of funding are emerging to support projects. But more ideas are required if technol- ogy is to get to where it's needed most. Email the editor at desalination@fav- house.com The paper in question, 'The state of desalination and brine production: A global outlook', is to be published in peer-review journal Science of the Total Environment on 20 March 2019. The International Desalination Association (IDA) is preparing material that addresses the topic of environmental stewardship and desalination. The information will published on IDA's website in due course. "High salinity and reduced dissolved oxygen levels can have profound impacts on benthic organisms, which can translate into ecological eff ects observable throughout the food chain." Edward Jones, UNU-IWEH AquaVenture has secured fi nancing of $50 million to cover the deal on completion. However in January it extended the long-stop date on the acquisition for a second time, to 31 March 2019 - suggesting that negotiations are dragging on longer than expected. The PUWU is alarmed that the utility will be required to assume $10 million in debt if the deal goes ahead. Fluence is to invest $8.4 million in a seawater desalination plant in Peru to provide process water to industrial clients. The company signed a 10-year water purchase agreement (WPA) with an industrial customer that will generate $1.7 million in yearly revenue. Plant operator Veolia will begin the start-up process, from recruiting staff to priming the membranes to disinfecting pipes. The facility will take up to eight months to reach full capacity of 250,000 m3/d, at which point it will be supplying 15 per cent of Sydney's drinking water. "This $50 million facility is a major step forward for Fluence, which now has ready access to the funding needed to undertake projects… particularly those using our fl eet of smart packaged systems." Fluence chief fi nancial offi cer Francesco Fragasso "We estimate that drinkable water will be supplied within the next three to four months." Keith Davies, chief executive of Sydney Desalination Plant "This is nothing but another trap by private investors to exploit a state company." Michael Adumatta Nyantakyi, Public Utility Workers Union of Ghana secretary general opportunity. The challenge for conventional desalina- tion providers is to come up with new ways to deliver solutions that don't require big capital outlays. New hybrid models of funding are emerging to support projects. But more ideas are required if technol- ogy is to get to where it's needed most. Email the editor at desalination@fav- house.com of smart packaged systems." Fluence chief fi nancial offi cer Francesco Fragasso "We estimate that drinkable water will be supplied within the next three to four months." chief executive