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Aug 30, 2012
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Ditch Witch® Organization Introduces One Quad That Does It All
The Charles Machine Works (CMW®), Inc., manufacturer of Ditch Witch® underground construction equipment, introduces the RT80 Quad heavy-duty ride-on trencher.
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Aug 29, 2012
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Siemens to provide IPS composting system in China
One of world's largest wastewater sludge treatment plants to use new mechanically enhanced biodrying process: Guodian Northeast Environmental Protection Industry Group, Ltd. has selected Siemens Industry Automation Division to supply an IPS composting system using the new Mechanically Enhanced Biodrying (MEB) process for the Shenyang Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge Treatment Project in Shenyang, China. It will be the largest IPS composting facility ever built, and one of the largest sludge treatment processes in the world using non-thermal processing. The IPS composting system is scheduled to be commissioned in the fall of 2012.
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Aug 28, 2012
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Bill Gates Names Winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge
Bill Gates announced the winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge - an effort to develop “next-generation” toilets that will deliver safe and sustainable sanitation to the 2.5 billion people worldwide who don’t have it. The awards recognize researchers from leading universities who are developing innovative ways to manage human waste, which will help improve the health and lives of people around the world.
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Aug 27, 2012
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Akkerman Exclusive Notched Thrust Casing Assembly for Efficient Production
The Notched Thrust Casing Assembly is an exclusive design, wholly created and engineered by Akkerman. The differentiating points with the new casing include symmetrical notched connections that are secured with a casing collar and common hardware, along with their capacity for extended wear and tear.
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Aug 24, 2012
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SPR Europe extends range of applications: CIPP liner in power plants
For more than 20 years the technology and construction companies of SPR (SEKISUI Pipe Rehabilitation) Europe have been offering cost-efficient and technologically superior solutions for the renewal of decaying water or gas pipelines. Besides local authorities, electricity generators all over the world are now exploiting the advantages of trenchless pipe rehabilitation. SPR Europe is expanding the range of applications for its cured-in-place pipe lining method to include the rehabilitation of cooling water pipes in power plants.
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Aug 23, 2012
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AfDB Publication Examines Aid Effectiveness in Delivery of Water and Sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Water and sanitation have long been considered a basic human development need. More recently, with the launch of the UN Decade for Water and Sanitation in the 1990s, followed by the UN Decade for Action – ‘Water for Life’ (2005-2015), access to water and sanitation has been recognized as a basic human right.
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Aug 22, 2012
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Underground Construction Manufacturer TRIC Trenchless Announces the Sale of its First X20 Hydraulic Ram
TRIC Tools, Inc., a Northern California based Trenchless Technology Company, proudly announces the sale of its Pipebursting equipment to its newest client, MS Rooter, of Antioch, CA.
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Aug 22, 2012
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EBRD supports water system modernisation in the Kyrgyz Republic
The EBRD is investing €2 million to help improve the supply of water to about 40,000 people living in the city of Kara-Balta, which is one of the largest industrial and transport hubs in the northern part of the Kyrgyz Republic.
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Aug 21, 2012
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Parkson’s New Aqua Guard® Delivers Better Screen Solution, Lower Maintenance Needs
The new design behind Parkson’s Aqua Guard® has proven its ability to slash maintenance needs, after the upgraded screen reduced downstream clogging problems by as much as 50% in a real-world trial.
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Aug 20, 2012
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Wastech Controls and Engineering Offers Laboratory pH Adjustment Systems
Wastech Controls and Engineering solves tough wastewater treatment problems with their laboratory pH adjustment systems. These pH adjustment systems are designed to lower the pH of caustic wastewater and raise the pH of acidic wastes.
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Aug 17, 2012
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Aquatech awarded contract to install wastewater recycle and zero liquid discharge system in China
Aquatech, a global leader in water purification technology for industrial and infrastructure markets, has been awarded a contract for the design, engineering, supply and supervision of installation and commissioning of a concentrated brine treatment plant at the Chinacoal Tuke Fertilizer Project in China. The project is located in the city of Ordos in the Inner Mongolia region.
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Aug 16, 2012
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Pipeline Analytics Achieves Silver Partner Status with Esri
Pipeline Analytics, the company delivering WinCan pipe inspection and asset management software to North and South America markets, has achieved Silver Status in the Esri Partner Network. This accreditation recognizes WinCan software for having robustly integrated Esri’s ArcGIS geospatial technology platform, and the Pipeline Analytics team for having become fully conversant in this platform.
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Aug 15, 2012
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Ex-Im Approves $64.9 Million in Financing for Water-Supply System in Sri Lanka
For the first time since 2008, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized a sovereign transaction – a $64.9 million, 12-year direct loan – to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to finance the design and construction of the Badulla, Haliela and Ella Integrated Water Supply System by Tetra Tech of Pasadena, Calif.
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Aug 15, 2012
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Cliffsend Jacked Deck Underpass
A recently completed highway project in the United Kingdom includes a massive underpass installed by means of jacked deck construction methods. At 126 m long and with a clear span of 20m, the four-lane underpass is believed to be among the largest structures ever built using horizontal jacking methods.
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Aug 14, 2012
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Valero selects Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies for boiler feed water system at Gulf Coast refinery
Valero, with corporate headquarters in San Antonio, TX, has selected Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies to supply a complete boiler feed water system to its St. Charles refinery located in Norco, LA (USA). The treatment system will incorporate Veolia's patented ACTIFLO® Turbo clarification technology to treat water from the Mississippi River.
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Aug 13, 2012
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Optimisation of Sludge Dewatering in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants – KWB launches project Decamax
Sludge treatment and disposal still remain one of the key positions of operating costs in large municipal wastewater treatment plants. In particular, sludge dewatering through centrifuges has a major impact on the operation costs.
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Aug 10, 2012
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Flashes of Light at the End of the Tunnel
Excavation of a complex tunnel system for the XFEL European research facility in metropolitan area Hamburg was successfully completed in early June when the Herrenknecht AMELI tunnel boring machine entered its last target shaft. AMELI and its TBM sister TULA had to be relocated several times for the eleven tunnel sections between the research center DESY in Hamburg Bahrenfeld and Schenefeld in the district of Pinneberg. Exact laser technology provided by the Gesellschaft für Vermessungstechnik (VMT) kept the two TBMs perfectly on course over the route totaling 5.78 kilometers.
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Aug 09, 2012
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Global Water Technologies launches new effort to reduce water loss
Global Water Technologies is pleased to announce that its new partnership with Martinek Water Management GmbH, is moving forward with efforts to set up a pilot project in the United States to provide real-time monitoring of leak conditions and reduce loss in drinking water systems.
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Aug 08, 2012
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CARISMO – Using the Chemical Energy of Wastewater
The organic matter contained in wastewater represents a largely unused renewable source of energy of approx. 0.8 kWh/m3. Instead, energy is expended in wastewater treatment on the biological degradation of these substances.
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Aug 07, 2012
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Innovyze Releases Next Generation InfoWater VCM, the Ultimate Solution for Infrastructure Criticality and Vulnerability Assessment
In its ongoing quest to equip the global drinking water industry with the world’s most comprehensive and innovative GIS-centric smart water network modeling and management solutions, Innovyze announced significant new enhancements to its InfoWater VCM (Valve Criticality Modeling) software.
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Aug 06, 2012
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Pentair Foundation Announces $1 Million Grant to Water Missions International to Fund Safe Drinking Water Projects Worldwide
More than one billion people worldwide – roughly one out of every seven – have no choice but to use unsafe, contaminated water. To help solve this issue, Pentair, Inc., a leader in sustainable water solutions, and its Foundation announced today a new five-year grant totaling $1 million to the non-profit Water Missions International (WMI). The multi-year grant will fund the implementation of clean water and sanitation projects in developing countries, further building on the work of Pentair's Project Safewater initiative with WMI.
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Aug 02, 2012
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SPR Europe`s UNILINER™ for sewer pipe rehabilitation: Pipe lining nightshift in the city of Brussels
In sewer rehabilitation projects, the available time window for rehabilitation is often the deciding factor for which method or service provider is chosen. This is demonstrated by a spectacular project, which was carried out by the Belgium branch of KMG Pipe Technologies (KMG PT), the construction company of SPR (SEKISUI Pipe Rehabilitation) Europe, in Brussels in January 2012.
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Aug 01, 2012
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EBRD helps Turkish municipality improve water services
The EBRD is continuing to support the modernisation of water and wastewater infrastructure in Turkey with a loan of up to €20 million to finance the construction of Mezitli wastewater treatment plant in Mersin, a Mediterranean port city located in the south of Turkey, with a population of close to one million people.
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Jul 31, 2012
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ThermoEnergy Corporation Signs Deal to Deploy Mobile Frack Water Production System
ThermoEnergy Corp., a diversified technologies company engaged in the development and sales of wastewater recovery and power generation technologies, has announced the signing of a contract to deliver ThermoEnergy's first commercial frack water production system to an oil and gas services company.
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Jul 30, 2012
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Russian Water Supplier Wins an Award for Creative Use of Social Media
SUE Vodokanal of St Petersburg wins the EFQM Award for creative use of social media. With their platform da-voda.com they make water supplying, often considered for granted, a more appealing and important business to youngsters. Moreover, they create awareness for the environmental impact of extensive water consumption. In addition, Virgin Media and Comarca Bilbao, are awarded "highly commended" projects.
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