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5 May 2021 Islamabad, Pakistan

China, Pakistan Sign Kohala Hydropower Agreements

The investment of $2.4 Biillion USD in the 1124 MW Kohala will be China's largest in Pakistan and is the second of six planned hydroelectric projects on the Jhelum river.

16 Aug 2017 WARRENTON VA, United States

China Roundup: Water Quality Improving, Deadly Storms Cause Landslides and Dam Breach, Beihatan Dam Construction Commences, Polluted River Media Stunt, South-North Transfer: Farms Closed and More

Uneven Progress in Reducing Water PollutionChina's water quality is improving overall but progress is uneven, with some regions finding it hard to meet the annual quality improvement targets, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) said Monday. Xinhua reported August 14th that in the first half of the year, the proportion of monitored surface water reaching Grade III or above, which could be used for drinking, rose to 70 percent across the country, up 1...

8 Aug 2017 WUHAN

Beihatan Dam Construction Begins

China Three Gorges Corp. (CTGC) has begun construction of the 16-GW Baihetan hydropower station located on the lower reaches of the Jinsha River, between the borders of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in Southwest China. According to 2016 estimates from China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the project will cost about US$6...

11 Jan 2016 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

China Three Gorges Corporation to Build $2.4 Billion Kohala Hydropower Project in Pakistan

Chinese state-owned power company China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC) has announced that it will develop the $2.4 billion USD, 1,100-megawatt Kohala Hydropower Project on the Jhelum River in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.It will be the company’s biggest investment in the Pakistani hydropower market...

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20 Feb 2015 AL KHOBAR

GE Releases Paper on Reuse Options in Saudi Arabia

GE will unveil an industry white paper on “Addressing Water Scarcity in Saudi Arabia: Policy Options for Continued Success,” at the Water Arabia 2015 Conference & Exhibition being held at Le Meridien Hotel in Al Khobar, February 17-19, 2015. The white paper highlights four major water reuse policy options to governments including education and outreach, removing barriers, incentives, mandates and regulations...

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18 Dec 2014 YAOUNDE, Cameroon

GE, ECC Start Work on Cameroon Supply Project

A consortium of two American companies has started work on a project to boost potable water supply in Cameroon's Capital, Yaoundé.The two companies, GE and Environmental Chemical Corp. (ECC) will install equipment at Akom Nyada, a small locality near Yaoundé, for immediate use.GE Sales Executive Ali Ben Haj Hamida said that under the project "water treatment will be done through the application of membrane and desalinization technology...

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2 Jun 2014 SINGAPORE

GE to Highlight Efficient Technology at SIWW

GE will showcase its advanced energy-saving and efficient technologies, products and services designed to help industrial and municipal customers meet their toughest water challenges at Singapore International Water Week 2014, taking place June 1-5, 2014, in Singapore. “We are committed to developing technologies that enable our customers to achieve energy savings that also increase operating efficiencies while helping to conserve and reuse water...

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20 Jan 2014 HONG KONG

US Looks to Partner With Chinese Companies on DRC’s Inga III Dam

The US government is considering partnering with the Chinese state companies that are expected to win the contracts to construct the controversial $12 billion USD Inga III dam project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a report in the South China Morning Post.The Chinese consortium currently bidding for the project consists of Sinohydro and China Three Gorges Corp...

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3 Jan 2014 SINGAPORE

Conversations With Water Leaders: Indar Maharaj, Chairman, Water and Sewerage Authority and President, National Gas Company on Trinidad and Tobago’s Water Challenges as an Island Nation

Eleventh in a series, “Conversations With Water Leaders,” conducted by OOSKAnews in association with Singapore International Water Week.In this edition, Indar Maharaj, Chairman, Water and Sewerage Authority [WASA] and President, National Gas Company [NGC], speaks with OOSKAnews correspondent Renee Martin-Nagle about the water issues of Trinidad and Tobago as an island nation with limited resources, WASA’s financial challenges, inefficiencies in the local water sector and more...

21 Nov 2013 WASHINGTON, DC, United States

Worldwide Water Crisis Is About Distribution, Not Scarcity: Forum

The water crisis that millions of people worldwide are currently facing is rarely about absolute water scarcity, but rather is an issue of economic scarcity resulting in problems with distribution, according to Jerry Delli Priscoli, a senior adviser at the US Army Corp of Engineers’ (USACE) Institute for Water Resources...

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11 Nov 2013 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa

GE, Sasol Team Up for Municipal Water Treatment Plant in South Africa

US-based multinational GE and South African energy and chemical company Sasol are collaborating on a water technology pilot project that will clean wastewater from plants producing synthetic fuels and chemicals and generate biogas for power generation.The anaerobic membrane technology will be developed at a new demonstration plant at Sasol’s research campus in Sasolburg, Free State province, the companies said on November 6 at an event marking the partnership...

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22 Oct 2013 TIANJIN

GE Introduces New Ultrafiltration Membranes for Seawater Reverse Osmosis

GE today announced new pressurized and submerged ultrafiltration (UF) membranes designed for pretreatment of feedwater for seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) systems. The new technology includes GE’s ZeeWeed* 1000 and ZeeWeed 1500 hollow-fiber membranes that provide a reduced plant footprint and lower installed cost versus previous generation ZeeWeed products...

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