Spain
Bekaert completes pressure vessels for Spain's desalination plant
Bekaert Progressive Composites has finished production of 1,830 PROTEC pressure vessels for the 97,200 m3/d (26 MGD) Campo de Dalias seawater… Continue reading
Desal activity moves to Canaries
Now that the government's AGUA program on the Mediterranean Coast is winding down, the Canary Islands have once again become the center of Spain's… Continue reading
Victor Hernando newly appointed as GM of BEL Composite Iberica
Victor Hernando Rico has been appointed general manager of BEL Composite Iberica's production facility in Murcia, Spain. He was formerly with GE… Continue reading
BEL announce shipment of pressure vessels to Spain
BEL Group Ltd, the Cypriot-based pressure vessel producer, has announced shipment of its 10,000th pressure vessel from its Fuente Alamo (Murcia… Continue reading
Chinese investors tour Wind-powered RO
A project being developed in the Canary Islands to directly harness renewable energy to desalinate seawater by reverse osmosis has attracted the… Continue reading
All dressed up with Nowhere to go
Construction work on Europe's biggest seawater desal plant at Torrevieja, Alicante is nearly complete, but the plant will be unable to produce at… Continue reading
Europe's largest SWRO plant opens
During last year's drought, Barcelona was forced to import water by ship at a cost of 1 €/m3 ($1.42/m3; $5.38/kgal). Last week, the city took a big… Continue reading
Political differences delays completion of Torrevieja SWRO plant
One year ago this month, WDR reported that work on Spain's 240,000 m3/d (63.4 MGD) Torrevieja SWRO plant was "hindered by resistance resulting from… Continue reading
High boron levels disrupt water supply
Excess boron levels in desalinated seawater have led to a ban on the use of tap water for drinking or food preparation in most of the city of Las… Continue reading
Aqualia receives two SWRO plants
In last week's WDR, it was reported that a contract to increase the capacity and operate two SWRO plants on the island of Ibiza was awarded to the… Continue reading
