AMERICAS WATER NEWS IN BRIEF
- From: Vol 11, Issue 3 (March 2010)
- Category: Brief
- Region: Americas
- Country: United States and Virgin Islands, British
- Related Companies: American Water, Biwater, Consolidated Water, Environmental Management Corporation, ITT, Merck, Millipore, Nova Analytics, Ocean Conversion, Sabesp, Trojan Technologies and Wärtsilä Corporation
* Consolidated Water affiliate Ocean Conversion has signed a definitive offtake agreement with the British Virgin Islands government for the purchase of at least 0.6MGD (2,271m3/d) from OC’s Bar Bay desalination plant. The 7-year contract comes with a further 7-year extension.
* Meanwhile, Biwater has been awarded a 16-year BOOT contract with the BVI government for a 2.3MIGD (10,456m3/d) seawater desalination plant, also on the island of Tortola. The new plant puts the future of the island’s Baughers Bay plant – operated by Ocean Conversion – in question.
* In its 2009 full-year results filing, American Water rather obliquely revealed that ...
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