China’s plan to build a fleet of nuclear power reactors that would provide electrical power to islands on the South China Sea have been suspended over security concerns, the South…

A paper by oceanologists at the University of Rhode Island claims New York will sink by 1-2mm a year under the weight of its buildings. The Weight of New York…

Work began on Saturday to construct a reservoir in central China’s Chongqing metropolitan region, website CGTN reports. The Zaodu Reservoir project, which is expected to cost $14bn, will benefit more…

Morocco will spend $14.3bn on drinking water and irrigation schemes in a renewed push that started in 2020 and runs to 2027, news site Atalayar reports.  It has one of…

Fisia Italimpianti, a subsidiary of Italy’s Webuild Group, has landed two deals worth $350m to build and manage a water treatment plant at the Zuluf offshore oil field in Saudi…

Egypt is planning to build a 114km artificial river to increase food security and boost its agricultural exports. The New Delta project, which the Egyptian government says will cover a…

The 5.1km Dalian Bay Undersea Tunnel across the mouth of Bohai Bay in northern China opened to traffic this week, China Daily reports. The tunnel in Liaoning province consists of…

A Webuild-led consortium has started building a more-than 6km-long breakwater off the Port of Genoa to allow the port to accommodate the biggest ships. It will push the outer barrier…

UK-based Haptic Architects and Norway’s Oslo Works have joined forces to plan an ocean-themed attraction in the municipality of Baerum on the outskirts of Oslo. The 45,000-sq-m “Fornebu Brygge” development…

Milan’s Municipality of Segrate has asked Danish maritime architect Mast to turn a disused, kilometre-wide, 60m-deep sand quarry into a lake park with floating, forested islands. Mast said it would…

A report by the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) has estimated that $158bn is needed to fix the US’ non-federal dams, although this falls to $34bn if repairs…

Hill International will lead an international consortium providing project and construction management for a €225m water and wastewater project in Romania. Largely funded by the EU, the project will boost…

Hochtief subsidiary Flatiron has won water and broadband contracts in California worth a combined $341m. East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) picked the contractor to deliver water treatment projects in…

US contractor Kiewit and South African civil engineer Knight Piesold have begun preliminary works on the Klamath River Renewal Project, the largest of its kind in American history. KRRP comments…

US engineer Jacobs has won a design-and-build contract for a $500m water purification plant in Los Angeles. The Donald C Tillman Advanced Water Purification Facility (AWPF) will gather and store…

Ferrovial, through PLW Waterworks, has won a $146m contract to expand the wastewater treatment plant in Pflugerville, Texas. The work will nearly double the plant’s current capacity of 113 million…

Israel and Jordan have renewed a groundbreaking agreement to trade solar energy generated in Jordan, one of the world’s most water-stressed countries, for water desalinated in Israel. The MoU signed…

A joint venture between Canadian design engineer Stantec and US consultant Freese and Nichols has been awarded a five-year, $25m contract by the US Army Corps of Engineers in Alabama.…