Spain

ERD gets an upgrade

18 August 2008

Calder AG president Beat Schneider told WDR that the company's DWEER isobaric energy recovery device has undergone modifications that will improve… Continue reading

Acuamed awards another SWRO

11 August 2008

A consortium headed by the construction and property group Sacyr has won a contract to build the 50,000 m3/d (13.2 MGD) Costa del Sol SWRO plant for… Continue reading

Updates in Dow

21 July 2008

Dow Water Solutions will build a water technology development center at its Tarragona, Spain facility. The $15 million center is expected to open in… Continue reading

Rain lessens Barcelona's water scarcity

2 June 2008

Recent heavy rains have eased Spain's worst drought in decades and reservoirs serving Barcelona are now at 44 percent of capacity, up from 20 percent… Continue reading

Gov't OKs plant expansion

2 June 2008

Valencia's regional government-the principal thorn in the side of the central government's efforts to expand Spain's desal capacity-has withdrawn its… Continue reading

Spanish to expand SWRO

28 April 2008

Cadagua-construction giant Ferrovial's water arm-has beaten ten rivals to win a contract for the second phase of the Ceuta SWRO facility, a Spanish… Continue reading

Water capacity in Spain decreased at one-fifth

7 April 2008

As reservoirs in northeast Spain dropped to one-fifth of capacity, Barcelona authorities are imposing emergency measures that include emptying… Continue reading

SWRO capacity to be doubled

31 March 2008

A consortium led by FCC’s Aqualia has won a contract worth €56.4 million ($89 million) to double production capacity of the Tordera SWRO to… Continue reading

Approved contract for Acuamed

3 March 2008

Spain’s Acuamed has approved tendering for a 15-year DBO contract on the 55,000 m3/d (14.5 MGD) Mijas SWRO plant in Andalucia, with the plant… Continue reading

Courts back desal plant construction

3 March 2008

Audiencia’s Nacional court in Madrid has turned down the Valencian government’s request to halt Acciona’s construction on the 240,000 m3/d… Continue reading