Water. Desalination + reuse
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Water. desalination + reuse June 2017 The Quarterly 5 AUSTRALIA Victorian Desalination Plant fails to deliver full water order AquaSure fell short on its fi rst water delivery from the Victorian Desalination Plant (VDP) in Melbourne, Australia, by four million metres cubed. The plant, a joint venture by Degrémont, Macquarie Capital, and Thiess (now Ventia), was due to deliver 50 million cubes of desalinated water by 30 June 2017, but was hampered by damage to a switchgear during re- energisation in January. Victoria minister for water Lisa Neville said that the authority would reduce the payment for water from $27 million to $25 million, and cut payments due under the contract. The annual payment for the plant is pegged at $604 million for 2016-17. Monies paid will be placed in trust in case AquaSure disputes the adjustments. AquaSure said: "We are obviously disappointed that issues with the electricity supply meant that the plant was not able to start water production at an earlier date. The plant was up and running within two weeks of the power supply being reconnected, and at full production, running all three streams, a er only three weeks. The VDP will continue operating until end of September." The shortfall equates to about eight days of production. Since water production started in March 2017, the plant's output has averaged 467,000 m3/d, or 105 per cent of its nominal capacity. TAIWAN IDE Technologies wins desal project at Mai-Liao Power Plant, Taiwan IDE Technologies is to build and operate a seawater reverse osmosis desalination facility at Mai-Liao Power Plant in Yunlin County, west Taiwan. The contract with Formosa Petrochemical Corporation (FPCC) is for a 105,000 m3/d desal plant to produce water for use in its oil refi nery operations at the site, plus two years' operations and maintenance. The project is going ahead a er the Taiwan government reduced water rights for FPCC, in favour of agriculture in the region. The plant will use IDE's boron removal system to meet FPCC's highly challenging boron concentration level requirement of less than 0.01 ppm, and to optimise energy and chemicals consumption. "The quality of boron in this plant is extremely low, which was an exciting milestone for us. We believe that we have attained an industry fi rst, while maintaining high water quality," said IDE Projects chief executive Amnon Levy. The solution aims to help Mai-Liao Power Plant to meet its water requirements and to comply with local regulations. SAUDI ARABIA SWCC to shape up operations as privatisation begins Saudi Arabia's Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) has hired DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) to brush up operational performance across the organisation in preparation for privatisation. The initiative is to enhance operational performance throughout SWCC, beginning with the largest facilities, including desalination plants, transmission pipelines, and the company's headquarters in Riyadh. Cost effi ciency and safety of operations at the desalination plants are among the priorities. The move comes as SWCC issued a request for proposals for consultancy on the sale of Ras Al Khair desalination plant. "Every activity at SWCC now is to prepare for the privatisation of the company. We want to enable SWCC to compete internationally," said SWCC governor Ali Al- Hazmi. "This project will aim to strengthen our practices. TUNISIA Tunisia's SONEDE secures $328 million for Sfax seawater desal project Tunisia's national water utility SONEDE has secured a loan of JPY 36.7 billion ($328 million) from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to build a seawater desalination plant at Sfax. The money is for a 100,000 m3d/d facility, for construction, procurement and installation of water transportation pipes, and for consultation services including bidding assistance and construction supervision. A tender announcement of the initial procurement package for international competitive bidding on project construction is scheduled for August 2017, and a letter of invitation for consulting services including construction supervision will come in October 2017. The project is expected to complete by June 2023. Sfax is Tunisia's second largest city, with a population in the metro district of 600,000 people. It has been hit by a water shortage in 2017, and the gap between water supply and demand is predicted to reach 150,000 m3/d by 2030. The project is expected to improve the living environment, and to contribute to economic development and social stability in the region. The loan term is for 25 years, of which the fi rst seven will be a grace period with interest of 1.7 per cent.