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Dec 06, 2013
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Plans for nearly £8bn of investment and new social tariff to help struggling customers
Thames Water announced plans based on customers’ priorities to deliver £5.1bn of investment in improvements to Britain’s oldest treatment works, pipes and sewers between 2014 and 2020.
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Dec 05, 2013
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Two Rabbis Team Up to Get Their Hands Dirty and Their Minds in the Toilets of Nepal
Rabbi/social entrepreneur David Mason and Rabbi/activist Micha Odenheimer have joined forces in Nepal to build much needed toilets for rural villagers. Mason's website CabinetHardware.org helps Odenheimer’s Israel-based Nonprofit organization Tevel b'Tzedek fund a toilet building project to improve health and sanitation for the Nepal’s poorest citizens.
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Dec 04, 2013
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EBRD strengthens support for Bulgaria’s municipal infrastructure
The EBRD is extending a €35 million loan to the Bulgarian Fund for Local Authorities and Governments JSC (FLAG) to expand the fund’s lending to Bulgarian municipalities for co-financing of EU post accession grants. The transaction is an extension of an existing €35 million credit line of which 60 per cent will be syndicated while the EBRD will retain an additional €14 million for its own account.
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Dec 03, 2013
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JICA Joins Coordination Office for Pacific Infrastructure Improvement
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will join the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Australia and New Zealand governments, World Bank Group, European Commission, and European Investment Bank in supporting the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF), which aims to improve infrastructure and services in the Pacific region.
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Dec 02, 2013
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TT-UK and SSE are not trailing behind when it comes to safety
TT-UK of Bedford has recently supplied SSE with 27 Cable Drum Trailers; featuring a range of new innovative and bespoke specifications for ease of use and safer operation. The new BKT15 Cable Drum Trailers are the direct result of a joint collaboration between TT-UK and SSE since their first discussions back in 2011.
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Nov 29, 2013
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Showing NUB Engineering innovative technologies
3. Infra Oman: Powerful solutions for expansion of national infrastructure
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Nov 28, 2013
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Increasing Access to Water Supply and Promoting Sanitation in Rural Haiti
This IDA grant co-financed the construction of safe drinking water systems that serves more than 50,000 people and school latrines for more than 7,000 students and teachers in rural Haiti. It also helped establish professional operators and water and sanitation committees in nine communes and provided hands on training to the operators and committees in community mobilization, conflict resolution, billing and accounting, meter reading and repairing, chlorination as well as plumbing.
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Nov 27, 2013
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Sacyr wins contract to improve the supply and treatment of water in Peru
Sacyr Construcción heads a consortium that has been awarded the contract to carry out improvement works on the supply and integral treatment of the water network in the city of Cerro de Pasco (Peru) for a sum of 41 million euros.
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Nov 27, 2013
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AfDB-Assisted Zaria Water Supply, Expansion and Sanitation Project Launched
November 14 marked a milestone in the history of Zaria, Kaduna State, with the launch of its $480 million Water Supply, Expansion and Sanitation Project. The start-up was launched at the site of the newly built water treatment plant in a ceremony with the Governor of Kaduna State; the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris; Ajisegiri Benson, representative of the Minister for Water Resources; and the Country Director of the African Development Bank as guests of honour.
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Nov 26, 2013
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Siemens Introduces CoMag® System for High Rate Clarification of Industrial Water and Wastewater Treatment
The system provides superior contaminant removal far below conventional treatment levels and permits smaller clarifier and plant footprint to reduce capital and life-cycle costs - ideal for expansion of existing or new facilities.
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Nov 25, 2013
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Flowrox Launches New Industrial Valve for Processing Abrasive and Corrosive Substances
The company's PVG valve offers exceptional fluid control performance for industrial pipelines for Oil & Gas, Mining, Minerals and Metallurgy and Waste Water Treatment.
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Nov 22, 2013
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Itron Goes Global with Industry-Leading OpenWay® Smart Grid Network
Smart grid network delivers multiple communications options with true interoperability to support smart grid applications globally
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Nov 22, 2013
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Tunneling and gallery techniques » Jacking by machine
Continuous Conveyor Design in EPB TBM Applications
While continuous conveyors have become the muck removal system of choice in long, hard rock TBM tunnels, they have gained acceptance in soft ground tunnels only recently. Soft ground, EPB TBM-driven tunnels provide a challenging environment for continuous conveyors due to the variety of materials present. The design of both horizontal and vertical soft ground conveyors will vary depending on the types of excavated material, amount of water present, and other factors. This paper will address the challenges of effective conveyance in different ground materials by analyzing conveyor performance in several recent EPB TBM projects.
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Nov 21, 2013
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Pentair mobilizes resources to support typhoon Haiyan relief efforts
Leading water technology company leverages established partnerships with NGOs to rapidly deploy funds and technology to provide clean water, hygiene kits to affected areas.
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Nov 20, 2013
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Major French Authority Adopts InfoWorks ICM for Critical River Flood Modeling
EPAMA to Implement Innovyze Advanced Smart Water Solutions for Meuse River Catchment
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Nov 19, 2013
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PVC-O pipes – The most sustainable way to deliver water
The plastic pipe industry has long claimed that bi-oriented PVC-O pipe systems offer the most efficient and sustainable delivery of water. Developed over forty years ago, these high pressure pipes are used increasingly as a replacement for ductile iron pipes.
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Nov 18, 2013
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Water supply back to full capacity in typhoon-devastated Tacloban
International donors, aid agencies and Philippines government get life-saving clean water back on tap.
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Nov 15, 2013
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UN launches $301 million appeal for typhoon-ravaged Philippines
The United Nations appealed for nearly a third of a billion dollars to provide humanitarian assistance to typhoon hit regions of the Philippines where aid workers are labouring around the clock to get in urgently needed survival supplies, such as food, clean water, shelter and basic medicines.
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Nov 15, 2013
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VINCI wins contract for underground works for Line B of the Rennes metro, France
The consortium led by Dodin Campenon Bernard (VINCI Construction) and including GTM Ouest and Botte Fondations, both subsidiaries of VINCI Construction France, as well as Spie Batignolles TPCI, Spie Fondations and Legendre Génie Civil, has been awarded the contract to execute the underground works (works package 1) for Line B of the Rennes metro in France.
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Nov 14, 2013
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Robbins breaks into the Brazilian Market
As part of Brazil’s massive metro program, Metro Fortaleza will be the first to utilize Robbins TBMs in the country.
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Nov 13, 2013
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IPLOCA New Technologies Award 2013 for Herrenknecht Pipe Express
Herrenknecht Pipe Express® is an innovative procedure for installing pipelines in the semi-trenchless construction method underground, while saving costs and reducing impact on the environment. This innovative technology developed by Herrenknecht has now been awarded the internationally renowned "IPLOCA New Technologies Award" as the jury sees it as a significant advance in the pipeline industry.
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Nov 12, 2013
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ADB Loan Aids Kolkata's Push for Better, Wider Water, Sewerage Services
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $400 million in loans to help the Indian city of Kolkata expand and improve water and sanitation systems in peripheral areas of the fast-growing metropolis which are missing out on quality services.
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Nov 11, 2013
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Ceramic Polymer coatings for maximum concrete protection
Professional refurbishment of a waste water plant: This year in July, a business partner from Ceramic Polymer GmbH, ISDW GmbH from Mittenwalde/Germany, renovated a heavily damaged waste water plant with competence and know-how.
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Nov 08, 2013
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New solution for water filtration is the highlight at Aquatech
Filtration specialist MANN+HUMMEL will attend this year's Aquatech trade fair in Amsterdam to present a real innovation in the field of water and wastewater treatment - the HPM ultrafiltration cartridge featuring the new PES membrane technology for the pre-treatment and treatment of process water and water for domestic use.
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Nov 07, 2013
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High performance LED drop light outperforms incandescent lamps
Industrial lighting specialists Larson Electronics announced the release of a new explosion proof LED drop light designed to provide cooler operation and higher performance than standard incandescent drop lights. The EHL-LED-7W-100-1523 Explosion Proof LED Drop Light is approved for Class 1 Division 1 & 2 locations, produces brighter and whiter output than a 100 watt incandescent light, and runs cool to the touch.
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