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Apr 09, 2013
News
Construction site, general
New TRACTO-TECHNIK products at BAUMA 2013
For the 16th time TRACTO-TECHNIK will present its complete trenchless technology range and the latest products at Bauma in Munich.
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Apr 08, 2013
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Children dying daily because of unsafe water supplies and poor sanitation and hygiene
As the world celebrated World Water Day, UNICEF urges governments, civil society and ordinary citizens to remember that behind the statistics are the faces of children.
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Apr 05, 2013
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IBM Taps Big Data to Help Solve Water Challenges Across South Africa
IBM announces the launch of a crowdsoucing project to help capture, share and analyze information about the water distribution system in South Africa. The project, called “WaterWatchers,” is driven by a new mobile phone application and SMS capability that will enable South African citizens to report water leaks, faulty water pipes and general conditions of water canals.
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Apr 04, 2013
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Supporting program at IE expo 2013 dedicated to global networks
IE expo 2013, which takes place from May 13 to 15 in Shanghai, has developed into the foremost environmental technology for China and Asia.
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Apr 03, 2013
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Honeywell to Reduce Energy Use and Costs For Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority
Honeywell announced an agreement to upgrade wastewater treatment plants for the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA), the largest water and wastewater utility in North America, serving more than 97 percent of Puerto Rico’s businesses and 3.7 million residents.
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Apr 02, 2013
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Components and materials » Pipes
HOBAS Australia is the only pipe supplier Down Under to sell carbon-neutral pipes
HOBAS Australia is actively minimizing the company’s carbon footprint by taking part in the NoCO2 Certification program of the Carbon Reduction Institute. Despite not being subject to the new carbon tax the government introduced for large CO2 emitters in July 2012, HOBAS thereby addresses its climate change action and the company’s declared aim, which has already become a widely acknowledged success: offering carbon-neutral HOBAS Pipes as a certified “Low Carbon”-Company.
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Mar 27, 2013
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Renovation » Lining with pipes
Close-Fit rehabilitation at Lake Attersee, Austria
The Close-Fit method has existed for 20 years now as an alternative to other trenchless pipe rehabilitation technologies, such as CIPP or spiral-wound pipelining. With the pipe-in-pipe method, pressure pipes as well as gravity pipes of various diameters and lengths can be rehabilitated cost-efficiently and quickly, extending the service life of the pipes by at least 50 years.
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Mar 26, 2013
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World Water Day – Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
We invest billions of dollars to find evidence of water and life on Mars, but here on Earth, we struggle to mobilize the funds needed to develop the full potential of the water resources we depend on for life and growth. Is the glass half full, or half empty?
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Mar 25, 2013
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Xylem announces acquisition of MultiTrode Pty Ltd
Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, announced that it has acquired MultiTrode Pty Ltd, a privately held Australia-based water and wastewater technology and services company, for approximately $26 million. The actual terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Mar 22, 2013
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WASSER BERLIN INTERNATIONAL 2013: Global water industry meets at four-day event in Berlin
From 23 to 26 April WASSER BERLIN INTERNATIONAL, one of the leading international trade fairs of the water industry, will be opening its doors in the German capital for the fifteenth time. Around 30,000 visitors representing business, science and politics are expected to attend and will be finding out about the latest technology and innovations, including many world firsts, from some 600 companies who are exhibiting in the display halls on an area of more than 40,000 square metres.
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Mar 21, 2013
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$162 million proposed for priority clean water projects also creates jobs
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has selected 72 clean water projects to receive a share of approximately $162 million in loans and grants starting in the state’s next fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013.
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Mar 20, 2013
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Sewage treatment
Efficient sewage sludge treatment
The international VDI conference "Sewage Sludge Treatment" on 18th and 19th June 2013 in Strasbourg, France covers how sewage sludge can be treated effectively and how energy and materials can be recovered for further use.
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Mar 19, 2013
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Turnberry environmental improvement
A Scottish Water project which will help protect the natural environment on one of Scotland’s most iconic stretches of coastline has been completed. The £500,000 investment in the upgrade of a waste water pumping station at Turnberry, South Ayrshire is helping to protect the waters of the Firth of Clyde by reducing the risk of spills of waste water from the facility.
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Mar 19, 2013
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AQWA Academy – Sustainable capacity development in the water sector
Water obtains its fundamental importance from its life giving characteristic. Through its close relationship with health, food security, energy, environment and economy, water is the most important basic resource. Access to water and basic sanitation are, in accordance with the 2010 UN General Assembly resolution, an essential human right. However, this fundamental right is not accessible to a large portion of the world’s population. Sustainable solutions for efficient and resource saving management are therefore needed. A key factor for this is the qualification of skilled professionals. AQWA Academy offers a training program for water sector professionals, which aims to make a contribution to the improvement of the water situation in the most arid region of the world.
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Mar 18, 2013
News
Sewage treatment
Fortrans Inc. Unveils New Technology To Aerate Waste Water With Dif-Jet Gas Infusion Device
Fortrans Inc. Wendell NC announces new technology for aeration of wastewater. The new Dif-Jet™ gas infusion device is a less expensive alternative to ordinary diffusers, injectors and sparger designs for aeration of wastewater.
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Mar 15, 2013
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Renovation » Lining with pipes » Spirally-wound pipe lining process
Sewer rehabilitation with SPR technology in Poland: Project wound to perfect close
When the town of Kety in Poland needed to rehabilitate sections of two egg-profile sewer lines with large diameters in late summer 2012, SPR Europe was able to offer the town the perfect solution with its spiral-wound pipe method. With controlled live flow, it took 10 weeks to line the 425 metres of DN1000/1720 and 93 metres of DN1400/2100 concrete pipe with the SPR™ liner.
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Mar 13, 2013
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African Water Facility to Support Access of Urban Poor to Sanitation in Uganda
The African Water Facility offered a 1 million euro grant to the Community Integrated Development Initiatives (CIDI) to support their Kawempe Urban Poor Sanitation Improvement Project (KUPSIP). The project is designed to provide affordable and sustainable sanitation services to over 100,000 urban poor living in the Kawempe Municipality, in Kampala, Uganda.
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Mar 12, 2013
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Sandvik to acquire Canadian drilling solutions provider
Sandvik has signed an agreement with Cubex Limited (CUBEX) to acquire its drilling solutions business and operations.
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Mar 11, 2013
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Solar water supply in Pakistan
The solar company Phaesun GmbH from Memmingen has installed 200 solar water pumping systems in 12 districts in Pakistan. The latest systems were successfully put into operation together with the Pakistani partner Izhar Energy by December 2012 in the district of Sukkur.
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Mar 07, 2013
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SmartBall Leak Detection Featured in International Research Project by Sydney Water
Sydney Water is completing a five-year international research project to examine why and when critical water mains burst.
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Mar 06, 2013
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Tunneling and gallery techniques » Jacking by machine » Tunnel boring machine
Aker Wirth TBMs deployed in one of the most important infrastructure projects in Europe
In December 2012, the final functionality tests were carried out for the first tunnel boring machine in the south line of the construction lot, KAT2, of the Koralm tunnel; in January, it was put into operation. The second TBM will begin tunneling in the north tube in March 2013. The two machines will be deployed for the main section (approximately 18 km in length) of the 32,9 km long Koralm tunnel. This tunnel is part of the new major high-speed train route between Graz and Klagenfurt in Austria.
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Mar 05, 2013
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Inspection » Optical sensory inspection
Severn Trent Water Endorses RedBox
RedBox has been given the official nod for its role in improving PE pipe jointing: compulsory specification by Severn Trent Water to their contractors.
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Mar 04, 2013
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Construction site, general » Products
McElroy Creates Super 250 TracStar Machine
The popular TracStar® 250 has a new ordering option for customers. Named the "Super 250," the fusion machine pairs a 250 fusion machine carriage for fusing 2-inch IPS to 8-inch DIPS (63mm to 225mm) polyethylene pipe with a larger tracked chassis powered by diesel fuel.
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Mar 01, 2013
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Sewage treatment » Sludge treatment
Manila Water Introduces Innovative Wastewater Technology
For the first time in the Philippine water utility industry, the Manila Water Company, the Ayala-led water concessionaire in Metro Manila’s East Zone, has pioneered the use of a unique and advanced dewatering technology to effectively treat wastewater and lessen sludge from treatment plants, called as the Geotube® technology after its Innovations (R&D) team worked on it.
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Feb 28, 2013
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African Water Facility Promotes Safe Sanitation, Hygiene Education for Urban Poor in Liberia
The African Water Facility (AWF) offers a €1.2 million grant to the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) to support a project aimed at increasing access to sustainable and affordable sanitation and hygiene services to over 800,000 urban slum-dwellers in Monrovia, Liberia.
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