Namibia

Namibia's first desalination plant is now online

26 April 2010

Namibia's first seawater desalination plant was commissioned on 16 April and will supply 55,000 m3/d (14.5 MGD) of potable water for use at UraMin's… Continue reading

Namibia desalination plant starts operation

2 November 2009

Namibia's first large-scale seawater desalination plant was commissioned near Swakopmund last week. The N$1 billion ($129 million) SWRO plant will… Continue reading

NamWater receives eight shortlisted firms for seawater desalination plant

21 September 2009

Eight firms have been shortlisted from the 19 expressions of interest (EOI) submitted to Namibia Water in March. The firms are vying to develop and… Continue reading

Desal plant financing sought

9 March 2009

Developers, investors and financial institutions have been invited to submit an expression of interest (EOI) for the financing of or investment in a… Continue reading

Namibia appoints task force to develop Swakopmund project

17 November 2008

Namibia's government has appointed a ministerial task force to develop a detailed project proposal for a 50,000 m3/d SWRO (13.2 MGD) plant that can… Continue reading

EOIs invited for SWRO intake/outfall

14 July 2008

Initial plans called for Namibia Water Corp (NamWater) to share a seawater intake and concentrate outfall with the nearby UraMin SWRO plant. But… Continue reading

NamWater SWRO bids opened

23 June 2008

Four bidders have responded to Namibian Water's (NamWater) call for EPC/O&M tenders for a SWRO facility in the central coastal city of Swakopmund… Continue reading

Namibia SWRO plant appoints RosTek as consulting engineering

3 December 2007

RosTek Associates’ Ian Watson told WDR that his firm has been appointed to provide consulting engineering services for the development of Namibia… Continue reading

Facilities to share intake & outfall

26 November 2007

A Namibian Water Corp (NamWater) representative has confirmed to WDR that the company has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with… Continue reading

SWRO EPC contractors sought

10 September 2007

Namibian Water Corporation (NamWater) is taking the next step in the implementation of its first large-scale seawater desalination plant with the… Continue reading