Water. Desalination + reuse
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Water. desalination + reuse March 2017 The Quarterly 7 What happens next? What did people say? The editor The Water and Irrigation Ministry of Jordan has said that it expects the fi rst phase of the project, worth $100 million, to begin construction in Q1 2018, and to complete by 2021. The project proposes pumping seawater 230 metres uphill through Jordan's Arabah Valley. When fully built out, it will be such a big draw on Jordan's power grid that a new nuclear power plant is being planned. "Five candidates have demonstrated compliance with the prequalifi cation requirements, and have been selected to participate in submitting defi nitive bids for the development of the Red Sea-Dead Sea phase one project on a BOT basis." Saad Abu Hammour Secretary general, Jordan Valley Authority The new US president's backing for the project may help to smooth and speed up the labyrinthine permissions process that developer Poseidon is going through to get a regulatory green light for Huntington Beach. However, the project is facing a degree of opposition from Orange County's Municipal Water District. Some of its board members voted in February not to make a resolution to help sell the water that it will produce. "Cost-eff ective, environmentally sensitive solution to provide a safe and reliable water supply to Orange County residents, with… signifi cant economic benefi ts for Huntington Beach and the region." Leaked report of president Donald Trump's top 50 favoured infrastructure projects GE wants to get a deal out of the door by mid 2017 to help smooth its regulatory path over the proposed merger of GE Oil & Gas with Baker Hughes. In its Q4 2016 earnings call, GE said it had received "signifi cant interest" in the business, and that "discussions are progressing". "For Blackstone, too, GE's water business would be comparatively small potatoes." The Motley Fool The evolution has already begun. In February 2017, SWCC signed a memorandum of understanding with Hyfl ux to deliver three seawater reverse osmosis plants, in Duba, Wajh and Haql. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Al-Fadhli, and the Singapore minister of environment and water resources Masagos Zulkifl i bin Massages Mohamad. "Saudi Arabia is undergoing the most amazing inspirational transformation – the kingdom's 'Vision 2030'." Abdulrahman al-Fadhli Minister of environment, agriculture, and water, Saudi Arabia Pilots, pricing and PPPs The year is off to a fl ying start and it's a challenge to pack in all that's happend in Q1. Check out the latest pilot results from Singapore as it continues to validate technologies for its ambi- tions reuse programme, and hear the inside track on how Kuwait's fi rst public-private power and water project was delivered sucessfully. The price of water is increasingly in the news, and it's interesting to compare the two philosophies: While Singapore is to introduce a rate rise of 30 per cent over two years, in Kuwait, the cost of water is subsidised at 95 per cent. Poseidon chief executive Carlos Riva tells us about the company's plans, and explains how the fi nanc- ing structure of a PPP water projects infl uences the cost of water over the lifetime of a contract. We have the very latest on new products, and insight on the ever-challenging pro- cess to commercialise new technology. And we hope you enjoy our new section, View From, which presents a fl avour of AMTA/ AWWA MTC 2017. Email the editor at desalination@fav-house.com