South West Water is hosting five public information events this month to discuss its proposals for a desalination plant in Cornwall with local residents as part of its plans for improving water resilience across the region.

South West Water’s plans to deliver desalination in Cornwall as part of its investment in long-term water resilience across the region have progressed as it announces it will deliver the scheme in two phases.

Southern Water has gone out to tender with an AMP7 contract planning and consenting services, including Development Consent Order (DCO ) and Town and Country Planning, worth an estimated £4 million.

The Government is being warned that England’s homes and businesses could face having their water supplies cut off in times of severe drought, if the water industry does not improve infrastructure and water efficiency.

Technology developed by Cranfield University researchers has played a key role in a multi-purpose concentrated solar power plant which has opened in Egypt.

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, a leading provider of seawater desalination solutions, has won a US$422 million contract to build a seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant in Saudi Arabia.

EU-funded researchers are developing a self-cleaning filter membrane for desalination plants that could deliver significant reductions in energy use, waste and maintenance costs compared to those of existing filters.

The Iraqi Ministry for Municipalities and Public Works has chosen Veolia to build and operate for five years a desalination plant in Basra, Iraq. For Veolia, this contract represents cumulated sales of $115 million.

Thames Water has started up its desalination plant at Beckton in East London.

Thames Water has opened mainland UK's first-ever desalination plant to provide "seriously water-stressed" London with a much-needed back-up supply to use in the event of a drought.