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Jan 03, 2013
News
Launch of the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Improvement Project in Oyo and Taraba States
The Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai and the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Chief Moses Alake Adeyemo launched the Urban Water and Sanitation Improvement Project – with an African Development Bank loan of approximately US $100 million for the rehabilitation, expansion and construction of water and sanitation facilities in Jalingo, Taraba State, and Ibadan, a city located in Oyo State, Nigeria. The project will improve access to clean water and sanitation for an estimated 1.5 million people.
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Jan 02, 2013
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New drinking water system for La Paz, Bolivia
Royal HaskoningDHV and water operator Vitens Evides International (VEI) are advising the Bolivian water company EPSAS on the development of the Chuquiaguillo drinking water project. The project will supply drinking water to approximately 125,000 inhabitants of the Bolivian capital La Paz. It will be the first time that some of them have been connected to the city's drinking water mains.
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Dec 27, 2012
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TigerNET - Earth Observation for the management of water resources in Africa
TIGER-NET is a EUR1.5m project of the European Space Agency (ESA), designed to increase African participation in the rapidly evolving global Earth Observation (EO) system. The project hopes to make a significant contribution to integrated water resources management in Africa. A consortium led by GeoVille and GRAS, a DHI subsidiary company, has been selected to carry out the project.
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Dec 19, 2012
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Sewage treatment
A Sewage Treatment Plant Goes Underground
The town of Villalba de los Barros in Spain is innovating wastewater treatment using using bacterial injections in its sewer system. This process employs the sewer pipes underground to do work prior to the wastewater treatment plant resulting in significant benefits to the town, environment and treatment plant.
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Dec 18, 2012
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Trenchless installation of pipelines
Mechanized Tunneling and Microtunneling Short Course – A Great Success
TSITT (Turkish Society for Infrastructure and Trenchless Technology) held the MECHANIZED TUNNELING AND MICROTUNNELING SHORT COURSE in Sanliurfa Hilton Hotel TR in October 2012 with the valuable support of TTS (Turkish Tunneling Society) and ISTT. Many local and international participants attended this unique mechanized tunneling and microtunneling short course of Turkey.
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Dec 18, 2012
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PII Pipeline Solutions and Alliance Pipeline Partner to Support Engineers of Tomorrow
With an eye toward developing the oil and gas industry’s engineers of tomorrow, PII Pipeline Solutions, a GE Oil & Gas and Al Shaheen joint venture, and Canadian gas pipeline operator Alliance Pipeline, jointly sponsored the engineering student paper competition at the 2012 International Pipeline Conference (IPC) in Calgary. The winning author and runner-up were announced after the competition’s eight finalists presented their papers during the IPC’s closing day on September 28.
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Dec 17, 2012
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Replacement by trenchless method » Pipe bursting, in general
TRIC Trenchless Renews Kellogg's Eggo plant Underground Infrastructure
TRIC Tools, Inc., a Northern California based Pipe Bursting technology company, joined with Therma Corp., a San Jose based mechanical contracting firm, to upgrade underground utility lines at Kellogg's Eggo manufacturing plant in San Jose, CA.
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Dec 17, 2012
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Tunneling and gallery techniques
Herrenknecht supplies first TBM for Metro construction in Rio de Janeiro.
Herrenknecht AG is supplying a tunnel boring machine with a diameter of 11.46 meters for the construction of the new metro line 4 in Rio de Janeiro. It will contribute to relieving the traffic routes in the metropolitan area. At the company’s headquarters in southern German Schwanau the first tunnel boring machine to be used in Rio de Janeiro was accepted by the customer in late September 2012.
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Dec 14, 2012
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Construction site, general » Devices
Ditch Witch® Vacuum Excavator Family Expands
The Charles Machine Works (CMW®), Inc., manufacturer of Ditch Witch® underground construction equipment, announces the release of its latest vacuum excavator: the Ditch Witch FX50.
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Dec 13, 2012
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Bluewater Bio Secures Cleantech Connect’s ‘One to Watch’ Award
Bluewater Bio International, the provider of innovative high-performance, cost-effective water and wastewater treatment technologies, is delighted to announce that it has received the accolade of ‘One to Watch’ at this year’s prestigious Annual Cleantech Connect awards, celebrating Europe’s fastest growing Cleantech companies.
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Dec 12, 2012
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Brazil gets $24.5 million IDB loan for sanitation and water improvements in the Amazon
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a loan for $24.5 million for the municipality of Maués in the Brazilian Amazon to carry out urban and environmental improvements and basic sanitation.
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Dec 11, 2012
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Trelleborg launches IR app for increased accessibility
Trelleborg launches an Investor Relations app for the iPad. It is designed to make Trelleborg's financial communications more accessible and user-friendly for investors, analysts and shareholders. The app includes Trelleborg share graphs, reports, annual reports, IR presentations, press releases and its business concept.
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Dec 10, 2012
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Aarsleff to carry out reservoir pipe near Damhusåen
Aarsleff has entered into a partnering contract with the utility company Københavns Energi A/S for the establishment of a reservoir pipe near the stream Damhusåen below the Vigerslev Park.
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Dec 07, 2012
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TransCanada Awarded Contract to Build US$1 Billion Natural Gas Pipeline in Mexico
TransCanada Corporation announced that its Mexican subsidiary, Transportadora de Gas Natural del Noroeste, has been awarded the contract to build, own and operate the El Encino-to-Topolobampo Pipeline in Mexico by the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Mexico’s federal power company.
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Dec 06, 2012
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Public Services and Fiscal Management Reform to Benefit 10 Million People in Paraná State
About 10 million inhabitants in the state of Paraná will benefit from a US$350 million project approved by the World Bank Board of Directors today. The SWAp for Paraná Multi-sector Development Project, will support a multi-sector reform to improve the state’s fiscal management and will promote the modernization its public services.
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Dec 05, 2012
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Layne Christensen Announces $90.9 Million Wastewater Project for Its Heavy Civil Division
Layne Christensen Company announced that Islamorada, Village of Islands, Florida has approved a design-build-operate contract with Reynolds Water Islamorada, LLC for a centralized wastewater system. The system will satisfy the Village's requirement to implement a mandate from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to eliminate all residential septic systems and private wastewater treatment plants in the Florida Keys by December 31, 2015.
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Dec 04, 2012
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Just published: Water Services Management and Governance – Lessons for a Sustainable Future
Water Services Management and Governance focuses on water services (water supply, wastewater services) and deals with connections between water resources and services and water resources. It covers water supply mainly in urban communities, sanitation and pollution control and water resources and their linkages to water services.
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Dec 03, 2012
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Tunneling and gallery techniques » Jacking by machine » Tunnel boring machine
India: Mechanized Tunnelling for Better Infrastructure
On the Indian subcontinent there is a great need to improve the infrastructure in the areas of transport and supply. In the rapidly growing large cities, Herrenknecht technology is heavily involved in the expansion of both the water supply and the metro systems. This year an Indian record of 525 meters of drilled and secured tunnel in one month was achieved in the Veligonda water project (state of Andhra Pradesh) with a Herrenknecht Double Shield TBM (diameter 7,900 mm).
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Nov 30, 2012
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Infrastructure Conference in Tunisia with strong focus on pipes and sewer, water and trenchless technologies
Since 2008, when 43 states founded the UfM (Union for Mediterranean) many studies have been worked out and pilot projects have been started to help the Mediterranean countries to develop their economies. The EU did provide financial support. Now it is time to integrate economic operators especially small and medium sized enterprises.
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Nov 29, 2012
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Belgium: EIB lends Aquafin EUR 200 million for wastewater treatment and water protection schemes in flemish region
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Aquafin N.V. have signed the first EUR 50 million instalment of a EUR 200 million 30-year loan for financing projects involving the additional sanitation of various discharge locations, the construction of wastewater treatment works and the laying of strategic rainwater piping to improve the existing infrastructure.
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Nov 28, 2012
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Ending open defecation is possible, says UNICEF
UNICEF says that trends in the past five years allow for cautious optimism that significant progress will be made in decreasing the number of people globally who practice open defecation.
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Nov 27, 2012
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Águas de Portugal steps up technical assistance to the Angolan water sector
Águas de Portugal Internacional (AdPI) was recently awarded two new technical assistance contracts in Angola, together worth about €1 million, in the areas of water supply and wastewater sanitation - one in the province of Uíge and the other in Cunene province.
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Nov 26, 2012
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AfDB Board Approves Debt Relief for Guinea, Loan for Marrakech Water Project
Guinea will benefit from assistance estimated at US $639.2 million in end-December 1999 net present value terms, aimed at reducing the country’s external debt burden to sustainable levels following the country’s attainment of the completion point under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) Initiative. By reaching the completion point, Guinea also benefits from additional debt cancellation under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI).
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Nov 23, 2012
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United Waters Dedicates $52 Million Upgrade at East Providence Water Pollution Control Facility
United Water, one of the leading providers of water and wastewater services in the nation, celebrated the completion of infrastructure upgrades totaling $52 million at its City of East Providence Water Pollution Control Facility. The treatment plant has undergone extensive improvements that have made the facility more operationally friendly and efficient.
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Nov 22, 2012
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Inspection » TV-Inspection
Improvements on Sewer Inspection Camera Systems
Insight Vision has just concluded a six month project to upgrades and improvements on the Vutek and D2 Camera Inspection Systems. This project has resulted in the implementation of over 30 different changes to the system that will result in a more robust and durable system.
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