Topic Filters

4 Jun 2013 AMMAN, Jordan

South Korea Funds $29 Million Wastewater Treatment Plant in Jordan

South Korea last week signed a $29 million USD funding agreement with the Jordanian government for a wastewater treatment plant project in Amman.The agreement was signed by Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ibrahim Saif and South Korean Ambassador to Jordan Shin Hyun-suk.The funds will come through the Export-Import Bank of Korea, according to Jordanian officials...

4 Jun 2013 CAIRO, Egypt

Egypt Seeks Bids for New Cairo Water Treatment Plant

The Egyptian Construction Authority for Potable Water and Wastewater last week requested bids from international companies to build the New Cairo Water Treatment Plant.The project, which will be completed in four phases, includes operation and maintenance of a raw water intake, booster pumping stations, transmission lines and a water treatment plant...

Premium

4 Jun 2013 TEL AVIV, Israel

Israeli West Bank Settlements Dump 2.2 Million Cubic Meters of Untreated Sewage Per Year

Nearly one-third of the sewage treatment plants in Israel’s West Bank settlements are not working properly, allowing some 2.2 million cubic meters of untreated sewage to be dumped directly into waterways each year, according to a new report from the country’s Ministry for Environmental Protection...

Premium

4 Jun 2013 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico to Control Water Tariffs Through Preferential Energy Rates

Puerto Rican Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla last week proposed setting “preferential energy rates” for the island’s aqueduct and sewage authority, AAA, as a means of controlling water prices.AAA had proposed a rate increase of $12 USD to prevent financial collapse.Following a meeting with the Multi-Sector Commission, which analyzed AAA’s rate increase proposal, Garcia Padilla said that preferential energy rates from the Electric Power Authority (AEE) could save AAA $50 million USD per year and cut the rate increase to only $4 USD...

4 Jun 2013 LONDON

UK's Severn Trent Rejects Second Kuwaiti, Canadian Offer

Severn Trent Plc (SVT), the second-largest publicly traded U.K. water utility, rejected a sweetened takeover proposal from a Canadian infrastructure investor and Kuwait’s sovereign wealth fund that valued the company at 5.2 billion pounds ($7.98 billion), saying the offer was too low. The spurned approach, the second since May 14, values the utility at 2,079...

Premium

3 Jun 2013 PERM, Russia

Perm Prosecutors Launch Investigation Into Sewage Plant Accident

A serious accident at a sewage treatment plant in the Perm Region of Russia last resulted in the deaths of two employees and three more in comas. It is the second such incident in the area since 2011.As the news of the event broke, the local prosecutor’s office announced that it was launching a full criminal investigation into the vodokanal (water company) operating the plant...

Premium

3 Jun 2013 SINGAPORE

Singapore Water Companies Interested in China's $850 Billion Investment

Water companies in Singapore are attracting big-name investors as they profit from exporting their expertise to China, which plans to spend $850 billion over the next decade to improve its scarce and polluted water supplies. Singapore is a hub for water technology because of its own concerns about water security...

Premium

3 Jun 2013

Azersu Warns of Supply Disruptions Due to Construction

Azerbaijan’s national water operator Azersu OJSC warns the population about the next interruptions in the water supply. Azersu reports that the supply of water will be limited in some parts of Hajigabul region and Garadagh district of Baku starting from 12 pm on 4 June in connection with the repair of one of the main lines located near Alat settlement of Garadagh district of Baku...

Premium