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Veolia Appoints New CEO for its Mobile Water & Integrated Services

V eolia has appointed Nicole Springer as CEO of Mobile Water and Integrated Services for its water technologies activities.

In this role, Springer will lead the global business line dedicated to services and mobile units, accelerating the deployment of Veolia’s large mobile fleet and expanding its emergency response capabilities, helping clients ensure business continuity while meeting increasingly stringent environmental requirements.

Springer comes to Veolia from Xylem, where she most recently led the utility services division in North America. During her six-year tenure, she also served as general counsel in Singapore before successfully transitioning to general management in Budapest, Hungary. www.veolia.com

Subsea Desalination Will Turn Pacific Ocean into Tap Water

Several dozen water-harvesting pods are set to be deployed along the sea floor off the coast of California as the United States ramps up its first subsea desalination project. The effort is expected to produce 60 million gallons of fresh water per day.

Water technology company OceanWell has just announced the launch of Water Farm 1 project in cooperation with Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, which manages fresh water for around 70,000 residents located in western Los Angeles County.

The project will see roughly 60 of the company’s modular subsea pods submerged to a depth of about 1,300 ft and mounted to the ocean floor in Santa Monica Bay. The tremendous pressure at this depth forces water through the filters in each pod through reverse osmosis. A pilot project has demonstrated the efficacy of the underwater system. www.oceanwellwater.com