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Water - 04/17/2012
AQUAŽ12: Water management under the microscope
Magazine number: 73
The eighth edition of AQUA'12, the Water Management Conference, took place in Santiago de Compostela on the 22nd and 23rd of February. The programme focused on management strategies and practices, political and economic instruments, and resources for public-private management to finance infrastructures and services within the framework of the demands of the Autonomous Communities and political plans and objectives for this resource.
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Water - 04/17/2012
Management, Maintenance and Optimisation of Desalination Plants
Magazine number: 73
This was the title chosen by InfoEnviro for the Technical Conference it organised in cooperation with the Zaragoza Trade Fair Centre within the framework of SMAGUA 2012. The conference was sponsored by Mettler Toledo and took place on the morning of March 6. It attracted over eighty five attendees and boasted the participation of ten experts, who spoke on policy and management plans in Spain, the main issues affecting desalination plants and the most significant technical innovations in this field. The papers presented provided new perspectives and relevant information for all professionals working in the desalination market, both in Spain and abroad.
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Water - 04/17/2012
Honaine Desalination Plant (Algeria)
Magazine number: 73
The Honaine desalination plant located in the surrounding areas of the city of Oran (Algeria) is now in operation. The plant is designed to produce 200,000 m3/day of quality water to cover the needs of a population of 750.000. The Geida consortium, made up of Spanish companies Sadyt, Cobra-Tedagua, Befesa and Codesa, was awarded the contract for the design, construction and operation of the plant, on a concessionary basis for a period of 25 years. The cost of the facility amounted to approximately 226 million dollars.
Read ArticleWaste - 04/03/2012
Waste management = Economic growth
Magazine number: 72
Full implementation of European Union waste legislation would save €72,000 million per year, increase the annual turnover of the EU waste management and recycling sectors by €42,000 million and create over 400,000 jobs by 2020, according to a recent European Commission study.
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Waste - 03/28/2012
2nd annual ASPLARSEM Technical Workshop
Magazine number: 72
For the second consecutive year, Madrid played host to the ASPLARSEM (Association of Municipal Container Recovery and Selection Plants) Annual Technical Workshop, which was held on February 9. The workshop went under the title “Sustainability of the Municipal Container Management System” and was attended by well-known actors operating in the sector.
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