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28 Feb 2019 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

China's Three Gorges Corporation Will Build $2.7 Billion USD Pakistan Hydro Project

Pakistan officials announced February 27 that China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC) has been selected to construct the 1,124 MW Kohala Hydropower Project (KHPP) along the Neelum-Jhelum River. The $2.7 Billion USD project is the largest project and is expected to take 6.5 years to complete.This is the second such mega project in Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) along the river despite protests against unacceptable environmental issues in Muzaffarabad city caused by the diversion of the Neelum River after commissioning of Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHP)...

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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...

30 Sep 2014 NEW ORLEANS, LA

GE’s Ralph Exton Serve on Water Environment Federation Board

GE announced the appointment of Ralph Exton to serve as 2014-2015 treasurer on the board of trustees for the Water Environment Federation (WEF), an international organization of water quality professionals headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. He was first elected to WEF’s board of trustees in 2012...

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11 Jun 2014 TREVOSE

Thai Power Plant Chooses GE for Water Treatment

GE’s advanced water treatment technology will help purify water at IRPC Public Company Limited’s new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Rayong, Thailand. GE's ZeeWeed 1500 ultrafiltration membranes, reverse osmosis (RO) and electrodeionization (EDI) technologies will be used to make high-quality demineralized water for boiler feed water and to reduce the use of chemicals...

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3 Jun 2014 MOSCOW

Russian Refinery Selects GE Technology for Wastewater Treatment

Russian oil company Bashneft will use GE’s new membrane bioreactor(MBR) with membrane-accommodating carrier (MACarrier) for treatment of refinery wastewater from the Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim oil processing complex and other enterprises of the Northern Industrial Block of Ufa. Strict discharge regulations and the need to reuse the treated water led Bashneft to also choose GE's ZeeWeed MBR, electrodialysis reversal(EDR), reverse osmosis (RO) and ion-selective ionic exchange technologies for its new wastewater treatment plant...

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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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27 May 2014 SINGAPORE

GE to Present on Wastewater at Singapore International Water Week

Singapore International Water Week will take place June 1-5, 2014, in Singapore, and GE (NYSE: GE) will have experts from its water and process technologies business on-site to present technical papers and posters. Three papers will be presented as part of the “Treatment Processes and Energy Recovery -- Effective and Efficient Wastewater Management” track sessions...

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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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10 Oct 2013 KINSHASA

DRC Open to More Investors in Inga Hydropower Project

The Democratic Republic of Congo is open to more investors joining three groups of companies bidding to construct the $12 billion Inga 3 hydropower project, Energy Minister Bruno Kapandji said. “We’re open to other operators” joining the bid groups, Kapandji told the iPad mining and infrastructure conference yesterday in the capital, Kinshasa...

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6 Jun 2013 SHANGHAI, China

Chinese Concerned About Water Quality, Availability, Reuse: GE Survey

Chinese people are more concerned about water quality and availability for future generations and show more interest in water reuse than their American and Singaporean counterparts, according to a new 3,000-person survey conducted by GE in partnership with StrategyOne.GE released the results of the water reuse survey on June 5...