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04.06.2012
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Trenchless sewer rehabilitation – State-of-the-art spiral-wound pipe rehabilitation technology
While pipe lining technologies are currently uncontested in their domination of the worldwide renovation market, the spiral-wound pipe lining technique that has existed since 1978 today promises the greatest development potential. This is especially the case but not restricted to sewers with large to extreme nominal diameters.
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01.06.2012
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Borealis launches new pipe and advanced packaging innovations at Plastpol 2012
Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, will launches cutting-edge advances for the pipe and advanced packaging sectors at Plastpol 2012 in Poland.
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01.06.2012
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AfDB praises 10 years of African Ministers’ Council on Water at 4th Africa Water Week in Egypt
More than 1,000 delegates gathered at the 4th Africa Water Week under the theme “Water for Growth in Africa”, organized by the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), in Cairo, Egypt, between 14 and 18 May, 2012.
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31.05.2012
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EBRD helps Serbia align water services to EU standards
The EBRD is helping to improve the quality of water services in Serbia with an €11 million sovereign guaranteed loan for the expansion of the water supply infrastructure in the City of Subotica, in the northern part of the country.
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30.05.2012
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Trenchless pipe rehabilitation project at Heiligenkreuz, Austria – Close Fit all round
For the past 20 years the Close Fit method has been complementing the Rabmer Group’s product range in the field of pipe rehabilitation technology – cured-in-place pipe and spiral-wound pipe lining. The pipe-in-pipe method is a cost-effective, time-saving method of renewing pressure pipes in a range of nominal widths and lengths, thereby prolonging their service life by at least 50 years.
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29.05.2012
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World Bank Approves US$275M Financing for Better Sanitation Services in Metro Manila
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$275 million financing for a project that will improve wastewater collection and treatment practices in several catchment areas of Metro Manila and help improve Manila Bay’s water quality.
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25.05.2012
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InfoSWMM 2D Version 5.0 Delivers New Level of Surface Mesh Automation and Faster, Higher-Fidelity Simulation Results
Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for wet infrastructure, announced the worldwide availability of the V5.0 Generation of its industry-leading InfoSWMM 2D for ArcGIS (Esri, Redlands, CA).
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24.05.2012
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New Delhi selects Veolia Water to build and operate a new wastewater treatment plant
The City of New Delhi has just contracted Veolia Water to build and operate the new Nilothi Wastewater Treatment Plant serving the city's western sector. Construction will begin in the next few weeks on this plant designed to be fully energy self-sufficient.
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23.05.2012
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UNESCO makes the case for water diplomacy
At the launch of the first UN Water Talks UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova called for a renewed commitment to water diplomacy as “an essential tool of ‘soft power’ for a more peaceful world”.
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22.05.2012
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BorECO™ BA2000 polypropylene pipe material delivers on both infrastructural and environmental goals
The pipe grade BorECO™ BA2000 polypropylene (PP) from Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, was chosen for a recently completed upgrade and enlargement of a sewage network in the Czech Republic for bordering municipalities Ivancice and Oslavany.
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21.05.2012
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American Water Selects Mueller Systems to Supply Water Meters and Systems
Mueller Systems, a leading innovator in water meters, metering systems and water management technology, will supply American Water, the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, with water meters and automated meter reading (AMR) systems, as part of a supply agreement between the two companies.
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18.05.2012
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Leak Correction – AMR system helps small town resolve big nonrevenue water problem
Nestled in the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains, the city of Clayton, Ga., is a small town with a big nonrevenue water problem. The International Water Assn. defines nonrevenue water as water that has been produced and is “lost” before it reaches the customer. According to the American Water Works Assn., such losses cost public water systems approximately $2.8 billion in yearly revenue.
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16.05.2012
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ADB and Australia to Help Kiribati Improve Sanitation, Public Hygiene
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda and Kiribati Finance Minister Tom Murdoch have signed grant and loan agreements totaling $21.5 million for the South Tarawa Sanitation Improvement Sector Project at the ADB’s 45th Annual Meeting being held in Manila.
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15.05.2012
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Improving water services in suburban areas of Capljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The EBRD is helping to improve the quality of water services in Bosnia and Herzegovina with a €5 million sovereign loan to finance the expansion of the water supply infrastructure in the municipality of Capljina, in the southern part of the country.
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14.05.2012
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Major Utility Project for Drake & Scull Water and Power in Abu Dhabi
Drake & Scull Water and Power L.L.C (DSWP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Drake & Scull International (DSI) PJSC, a regional market leader in integrated design, engineering and construction disciplines of Civil Contracting Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (“MEP”), and Water and Power, secured a AED 470 million Subcontract for the Design Review, Procurement & Construction of MEP & Instrumentation works for the Strategic Tunnel Enhancement Programme (STEP) Pumping Station in Abu Dhabi.
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11.05.2012
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Maynilad plugs 12,000 leaks in 1Q 2012
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) repaired nearly 12,000 leaks in the first quarter of 2012. This is approximately 17% higher compared to the same period last year. Most of these leaks were found on primary and secondary lines in Caloocan, Manila and Quezon City.
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10.05.2012
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Divers Complete Installation of Critical Mechanical Plug In Delaware Aqueduct Shaft to Ensure Stability Ahead of Repair
Environmental Protection Commissioner Carter Strickland announced the completion of work to strengthen a critical shaft of the Delaware Aqueduct, helping to lay the groundwork for repair of the aqueduct leaks. The work is part of DEP's Water for the Future program, a $2.1 billion initiative that will ensure clean, reliable and safe drinking water for nine million New Yorkers for decades to come.
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09.05.2012
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BASF Business Water Solutions Invites Customers to Engage in Dialog at the World’s Leading Trade Fair IFAT ENTSORGA
Around 2.730 exhibitors will be showing their latest portfolios at IFAT ENTSORGA, the world’s trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw material management, at Munich, Germany, from 7 to 11 May 2012. As a strong partner of the water treatment industry BASF will be presenting its innovative and sustainable water treatment solutions on their booth under the theme “water loves solutions” (Booth No. 223/332 in Hall A3).
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08.05.2012
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IFAT 2012: HUBER SE presents innovations that add more value to wastewater
Climate change, demographic development and ever scarcer resources including water have more and more impact on water management. New challenges have to be met in the field of wastewater disposal, wastewater treatment and treatment of the residual materials generated in these processes.
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07.05.2012
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Finally, irrigation is more than a promise – INTEWA DRAINMAX-Tunnel system
Since its market launch in 2002, the DRAINMAX Tunnel system has become the undisputed leader in rainwater infiltration efficiency. With an optimized method of production and efficient stacking for transportation, these elements significantly reduce end-user costs for plastic tunnel systems. More than 20,000 m³ of DRAINMAX Tunnel have been installed around the world – and it still remains an undisputed leader.
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04.05.2012
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V Jubilee International Conference „Trenchless Technologies” NO–DIG POLAND 2012
On 17-19 April 2012 in Kielce – Cedzyna was organized the V Jubilee International Conference with the exhibition “Trenchless Technologies” NO-DIG POLAND 2012. About 200 participants both from Poland and abroad (including USA, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany) attended the above conference. Except this the conference was attended by representatives of the world of science (we hosted representatives from 7 universities) as well as public utilities and other companies being familiar with trenchless technologies.
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03.05.2012
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WABAG to build a new sewage treatment plant for the city of Madinah in Saudi Arabia
VA TECH WABAG Austria is to supply a new sewage treatment plant to Madinah in Saudi Arabia, thus providing advanced, environment-friendly wastewater disposal for around 1 million people. The municipal wastewater will be purified using mechanical/biological treatment and downstream wastewater filtration, which will enable the reuse of the treated water for agricultural irrigation purposes and also help to protect natural water resources in an arid region. The project, which has an order volume of EUR 15.4 million, will be completed in 2013.
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02.05.2012
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Interior Announces First Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Construction Contract
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $10.75 million construction contract for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, setting the stage for construction to begin on the major water infrastructure project this summer.
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30.04.2012
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German Water Supplier Keeps Public Water Supply Safe from Contamination with Genetec’s Omnicast
Genetec, a pioneer in the physical security industry and a leading provider of world-class unified IP security solutions, announced that Trollmühle, a water supply association located in Rhineland, Germany, chose Omnicast, Genetec’s IP video surveillance system, to safeguard water facilities against threats and contamination. Omnicast was chosen for its highly-advanced reliability features, its motion detection and alarm management mechanisms, and its ease of use.
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27.04.2012
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Restructuring of the SEKISUI SPR Group – Focus on pipe rehabilitation
The members of the Japanese SEKISUI Group engaged in the pipe rehabilitation sector will be appearing for the first time at IFAT ENTSORGA 2012 in a new structure. Under the management of Edmund Luksch the SPR (SEKISUI Pipe Rehabilitation) Group is pursuing a strategy by which all trenchless pipe rehabilitation products and services have been subdivided into continental companies along their value-added chain.
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