Desalination News

  1. IDRA Joins The 50L Home Coalition To Advance Global Water Sustainability 2/17/2025

    The International Desalination & Reuse Association (IDRA) is proud to announce its membership in the 50L Home Coalition, a global initiative dedicated to revolutionizing water consumption and addressing urban water challenges through innovation, collaboration, and sustainable solutions.

  2. ACWA Power Announces Seven Partnership Agreements At Innovation Days 2025 2/6/2025

    Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: ACWA Power, the world's largest private water desalination company, leader in energy transition, and first mover into green hydrogen, today announced seven partnership agreements on the sidelines of ACWA Power’s Riyadh-based flagship Innovation Days event (ID25), the highest in the history of the annual event.

  3. Jazan Emir Launches And Lays Foundation Stone For 73 Regional Water And Sanitation Projects At SR +4.7B 1/29/2025

    His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz, Emir of Jazan region, today inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 73 environmental, water, and agricultural projects worth more than 4.7 billion Saudi Riyals in the presence of the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Engineer Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadhli, at the main conference hall of the Emirate.

  4. ACWA Power Signs Key Collaborative Agreements With Leading Italian Entities To Drive Sustainable Growth 1/27/2025

    ACWA Power, the world's largest private water desalination company, leader in energy transition, and first mover into green hydrogen, has signed strategic Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with four prominent Italian organisations.

  5. De Nora Signs Two Collaboration Contracts With Saudi Water Authority And ACWA Power In Water And Hydrogen Contributing To The Sustainable Development And Technological Innovation Goals Required By Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 1/27/2025

    De Nora, an Italian multinational company specializing in electrochemistry, a leader in sustainable technologies and the emerging green hydrogen industry - has signed two collaboration and research contracts with Saudi companies ACWA Power and Saudi Water Authority on the occasion of bilateral meetings signed between Italy and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

  6. International Water Leaders Share Insights During Global Dialogue On Water Reuse 1/22/2025

    The WateReuse Association (WateReuse) and the International Desalination and Reuse Association (IDRA) are collaborating on a Global Dialogue on Water Reuse examining the drivers, challenges, and opportunities for accelerating the adoption of water reuse around the world.

  7. New Water Purification Technology Helps Turn Seawater Into Drinking Water Without Tons Of Chemicals 1/20/2025

    Water desalination plants could replace expensive chemicals with new carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron from seawater, an important step of turning seawater into safe drinking water.

  8. ACWA Power Wins Water Desalination Project In Azerbaijan 1/17/2025

    ACWA Power, the world's largest private water desalination company, a leader in energy transition, and a pioneer in green hydrogen, announces that the consortium of ACWA Power and IC İÇTAŞ İNŞAAT SANAYİ VE TİCARET A.Ş. has been selected as the successful bidder for the Caspian SWRO project by the Government of Azerbaijan.

  9. New USGS Model Uses Dragonflies To Estimate Freshwater Mercury Risk On U.S. Protected Lands 1/16/2025

    In a U.S. Geological Survey-led study, researchers combined more than a decade of data on dragonfly mercury concentrations with commonly measured water-quality and landscape characteristics to develop a model that estimates freshwater mercury risk on protected lands across the nation.

  10. Graphene Made Permeable For Ions 1/15/2025

    Würzburg chemists have for the first time created a defect in graphene that allows ions to pass through. As they report in ‘Nature’, this could lead to new applications in water filtration or sensor technology.