Keppel has beaten 15 local and international bidders for a contract to build Singapore’s fourth desalination plant at Marina East.
Hitachi Zosen takes a majority stake in Osmoflo
Hitachi Zosen is to buy a majority stake in Australia’s Osmoflo Holdings, with Osmoflo becoming a subsidiary of Hitachi Zosen.
IDA Fellowship Award goes to Holly Johnson Churman
The International Desalination Association (IDA) has awarded its Fellowship Award 2016-17 to Holly Johnson Churman, technology manager at Water Standard.
Sovereign funds back private utility Utico in UAE
Asma Capital has paid $147 million for a “significant minority stake” in Utico, the United Arab Emirates’ only private utility, reports Reuters.
AMTA names 10 new board directors
The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) has named 10 new board directors who will serve for two years from 2017 to 2019.
Black & Veatch provides design services for Missouri American Water
New Parkville Treatment Plant will increase water output and quality.
U of Arizona professor recognized for novel approaches to identifying drinking water contaminants
Agilent Technologies presents Thought Leader Award to Dr. Shane Snyder, influential water-quality researcher
Obama preparing semiconductor industry protection report for Donald Trump
Before President Obama hands over to Donald Trump on January 20th, the chief science adviser to the president, John Holdren, will produce a report on Chinese investment in the US semiconductor industry, reports the Wall Street Journal. The report is thought to be a guideline for the incoming president about protecting the US chip industry …
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CES: Small cell deployment on the agenda
5G mobile technology groups – Small Cell Forum (SCF) and 5G Americas – have worked together on tech papers to support the deployment of small cells. The reports, Small Cell Siting: Regulatory and Deployment Considerations and Multi-Operator and Neutral Host Small Cells: Drivers, Architectures, Planning and Regulation, are hoped to simplify the planning and regulatory issues associated with the dense Heterogeneous …
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CES: Autonomous cars and the sensors to make them safe
The technology for autonomous cars needs to progress before they become a practical reality, so let’s start with the countless sensors along with other technologies as V2X communications that autonomous vehicles will rely on to navigate safely, writes Davide Santo. Plenty of countries have now provided testing grounds for autonomous cars, from entire custom-built towns …
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