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Feb 27, 2013
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18 Banks Sign Innovative $100 Million B-Loan for Access to Safe Water
The Asian Development Bank is partnering with 18 banks to help China Water Affairs Group Limited (CWA) to increase access and improve water efficiency in small- and medium-sized cities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
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Feb 26, 2013
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Replacement by trenchless method » Pipe bursting, in general
Large Up Size Pipe Replacement Beneath The West Highland Railway
A HammerHead® HB125 static pipe-bursting system, provided by U Mole was recently utilised by rail contractor Carillion to undertake an interesting and challenging project to replace a 450mm i.d. clayware sectional culvert running beneath the main railway line between Crianlarich and Oban.
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Feb 25, 2013
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Long-term sewer rehabilitation contracts awarded in Victoria
Goulburn Valley Water and Barwon Water have awarded long term contracts for sewer rehabilitation.
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Feb 22, 2013
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Construction site, general » Products
U Mole Provide Free Equipment to Charity
In the competitive world of utility contracting and equipment sales/supply altruism is something that might seem something of a rarity, particularly in the difficult economic conditions currently being experienced across the UK, and globally.
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Feb 21, 2013
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Tunneling and gallery techniques » Jacking by machine » Tunnel boring machine
bauma Innovation Award 2013: Aker Wirth through to the final round
The latest development from Aker Wirth, the Mobile Tunnel Miner (MTM) for underground tunneling and mining, has been nominated for this year’s bauma Innovation Award. A jury of experts picked the MTM as one of the three best contributions from among 156 entries in the “Machinery” category.
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Feb 20, 2013
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Xylem announces acquisition of PIMS Group to enhance service capabilities
Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, announced that it has acquired PIMS Group, a privately held United Kingdom-based wastewater services company, for approximately $57 million. The actual terms of the transaction were not disclosed. PIMS generated revenue of approximately $38 million for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012.
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Feb 19, 2013
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Open cut method » New construction, semi open cut method
Nominated for the Bauma Innovation Award: Pipe Express from Herrenknecht
With Pipe Express® the Herrenknecht AG has developed a new semi-trenchless method for installing pipelines. In comparison with the open construction method, routes are considerably narrower, no groundwater lowering is necessary and there is less impact on nature. This has a very positive effect on the grid operators' construction costs.
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Feb 18, 2013
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Steve Vick International has pipe cracking cracked
The traditional method of breaking out a cast iron main has been to use a variety of handheld tools such as a sledge hammer or ‘podger’, but there are serious health and safety issues with these procedures as pieces of broken metal can fly up to cause injury to operatives.
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Feb 14, 2013
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S & P realizes first workshop with specialists from the National Water Company in Riad
The focus of the workshop paid special attention to the sharing of practice orientated knowledge of Asset Management. The participants were familiarised with the current state of technics with the help of modern didactical learning concepts. The workshop included the stimulating participation of 24 civil engineers.
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Feb 13, 2013
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President Sirleaf: World loses $260 billion from poor water and sanitation
Nobel Peace Prize winner and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf issued a stark warning in Monrovia to the UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel to address the future of international poverty reduction efforts, noting that economic losses due to poor water and sanitation access globally are costing $260 billion (US) every year.
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Feb 12, 2013
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Kick off of the International Year of Water Cooperation in Paris
Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO; Michel Jarraud, UN-Water Chair and Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO); and Hamrokhon Zarifi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan have launched the International Year of Water Cooperation 2013 at UNESCO Headquarters, in Paris. The Year was proclaimed by the United Nations at the initiative of Tajikistan and UNESCO has been designated by UN-Water to coordinate activities during the year.
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Feb 11, 2013
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Water for the World: Building on 5 years of partnership
Securing access to safe water and adequate sanitation is recognised as one of the world’s most pressing challenges. About 1.8 billion people depend on unsafe drinking water and 2.5 billion do not have access to adequate sanitation. This situation needs to be addressed with accelerated urgency, and is the reason why this challenge has been declared as part of core Millennium Development Goals defined by the United Nations (UN).
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Feb 08, 2013
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Water manager climbs Kilimanjaro for WaterAid
In February, Sutton and East Surrey Water’s Operations Manager Richard Rap and his wife Nicola, will be climbing Mt Kilimanjaro raising funds for WaterAid. They will be accompanied by close friend Alan Houghton and his daughter Chloe (all pictured left to right below) who are raising funds for other charities.
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Feb 07, 2013
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UNICEF begins delivery of water treatment supplies for 10 million people in Syria
A large-scale operation is under way in Syria to secure safe water supplies for more than 10 million people – close to half the population.
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Feb 06, 2013
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Grundfos Pumps to Invest Rs. 230 Crores in India
Grundfos Pumps, the world's largest pump manufacturer, announced its plans to expand its production capacity to double by setting up an additional unit. As part of the expansion plans, with an initiative of making India as the second home; the company plans to invest Rs. 230 crores in the next five years.
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Feb 05, 2013
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Sewage treatment
PTG Targets Industrial Applications For Its Eco-Friendly Wastewater Disinfection Technology
Pasteurization Technology Group (PTG), innovator of the only environmentally friendly wastewater disinfection process that generates renewable energy, is poised to attain ambitious commercial milestones. In 2012, PTG expanded its customer base with two wastewater treatment plants in California, underscoring a growing demand for its sustainable, chemical-free approach to wastewater disinfection.
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Feb 04, 2013
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Tunneling and gallery techniques » Jacking by machine
Herrenknecht opens Service Branch in Abu Dhabi
Herrenknecht AG responds to the high demand for micromachines and comprehensive services in the Gulf region by opening a full-service branch in Abu Dhabi in November 2012. The new company, Herrenknecht Tunnelling Systems LLC, offers top level machine overhauls, Field Service and supply of spare parts.
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Jan 31, 2013
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EBRD channels safer drinking water to more of Tajikistan
The EBRD is expanding its successful programme of upgrading water supply systems in Tajikistan by further investing in efforts to bring safe water to the northern cities of Istravshan, Panzhakent, Shakhriston and Zafarobod as well as Isaev and Yovon, in the south-west Khatlon Province.
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Jan 30, 2013
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WaterTrax partners with Accelerated Technology Laboratories to Enhance Interoperability
WaterTrax announced its new technology partnership with Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL), a premier supplier of Laboratory Data Management Solutions. As a result of the partnership, WaterTrax and ATL’s LIMS products offer full interoperability. Water and wastewater customers can now benefit from seamless integration and automated data transfers between ATL’s LIMS into WaterTrax.
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Jan 29, 2013
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Signing of Japanese ODA Loan Agreement with the Republic of Peru
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Japanese ODA loan agreements with the Government of the Republic of Peru in the capital of Lima to provide Japanese ODA loans of up to 5.078 billion yen for assistance for the North Lima Metropolitan Area Water Supply and Sewerage Optimization Project (II) and of up to 2.905 billion yen for assistance for the Amazonas Rural Development Project.
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Jan 28, 2013
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Major Facelift in Mumias underway
The perennial water problems in Mumias Municipality and the adjoining rural surroundings are set to be a thing of the past as the Board embarks on a major infrastructural facelift of the water and sanitation infrastructure to overhaul the area’s existing water supply system.
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Jan 24, 2013
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Aegion Corporation Receives $12.9 Million Fibrwrap® Pipe Rehabilitation Contract Relating to the Government of Hong Kong Water Supplies Department
Aegion Corporation announced today that its subsidiary, Fyfe Hong Kong Limited, has received a three-year contract valued at $12.9 million (USD) for the rehabilitation of potable steel water pipelines, ranging from 47-inches to 94-inches in diameter, located in the New Territories of Hong Kong for the Government of Hong Kong Water Supplies Department.
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Jan 23, 2013
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Construction site, general
The secret of nanoparticle packing in cement
Cement production is responsible for 5 % of carbon dioxide emissions. If we are to invent a "green" cement, we need to understand in more detail the legendary qualities of traditional Portland cement. A research group partly financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is tackling this task.
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Jan 22, 2013
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First Peace-Building Water Project in Darfur
Over 750,000 people from three Darfur states will have improved access to water supply and sanitation through a €3.3 million African Water Facility (AWF) grant. The project was recently launched during two separate ceremonies held in November in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and in El Fasher, North Darfur State capital.
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Jan 21, 2013
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Vallourec awards Veolia Water the contract to audit the water footprint of its biggest production facilities
To assess and compare the water footprint of seven of its biggest production plants worldwide, Vallourec has turned to Veolia Water’s new measurement and decision-making assistance tool: the Water Impact Index (WIIX).
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