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Apr 12, 2018
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Bureau of Reclamation Launches Prize Competition Looking for New Ways to Detect Leaks and Flaws in Large Buried Pipelines
A new prize competition is available seeking innovative methods and technologies to detect leaks and flaws in large pipe. Detecting leaks and flaws early is the key to solving this problem and preventing the loss of valuable and scarce water resources.
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Apr 11, 2018
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Packaged wastewater treatment group widens focus
British Water’s focus group on packaged treatment plants (PTPs) is changing its remit – and its name. Historically the main focus of the technical group, which was set up over a decade ago, was wastewater treatment plants up to 50 population equivalent (PE). The group will now fully include wastewater systems up to 1,000 PE.
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Apr 10, 2018
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VINCI and HOCHTIEF to Design and Build Metro Line in Copenhagen
VINCI and HOCHTIEF, in a joint venture, have been awarded the design and build contract for Sydhavn Metro Line (Line 4) in Copenhagen. The client Metroselskabet has awarded the contract to an equal-parts joint venture consisting of VINCI Construction Grands Projets and HOCHTIEF Infrastructure. HOCHTIEF will be the technical leader of the joint venture. The €460 million contract was signed on February 28, 2018 in Copenhagen.
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Apr 09, 2018
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Pipe Systems Safeguarding Future Generations at the IFAT
At the IFAT, egeplast will present pipe systems safeguarding future generations both for new installation projects and for civil engineering rehabilitation projects -including systems with leakage monitoring.
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Apr 06, 2018
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Advanced Drainage Systems Launches “ADS Installation Guides” Mobile App
New app enables contractors to access installation information on the go.
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Apr 05, 2018
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Sustainable Urban Water Infrastructures: Go-ahead for Demonstration Project in Lünen, Germany
With the i.WET concept Fraunhofer ISI has developed a practical concept for water reuse which supports a near-natural urban water cycle. Compared to conventional water infrastructure it is characterized by an improved energy balance and a range of ecosystem services. A demonstration project, which integrates i.WET into a new housing area, is starting in Lünen, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).
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Apr 04, 2018
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Envirosight Releases New White Paper on Side-Scan Sewer Inspection
Free resource explores the benefits of side-scanning technology and Important considerations when evaluating systems.
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Apr 03, 2018
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PLASTIC PIPES XIX to showcase host of new developments
A host of new developments in the world of plastic pipes will be announced at the PLASTIC PIPES XIX Conference and Exhibition as previewed by the preliminary program posted on the conference website. The event will take place in Las Vegas, US at the Red Rock Resort on the 24 – 26 September 2018.
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Mar 30, 2018
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Vortex Companies Acquires Stag Technologies
Epoxy coatings developer and manufacturer specializes in water and sewer infrastructure rehabilitation solutions.
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Mar 29, 2018
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VINCI Construction successfully completes tunnelling for the second automated metro line in Rennes
VINCI Construction, through a joint venture led by Dodin Campenon Bernard and including GTM Ouest and Botte Fondations, both subsidiaries of VINCI Construction France, along with Spie Batignolles TPCI, Spie Fondations and Legendre Génie Civil, has successfully completed tunnelling Line b, the second automated metro line in Rennes, for regional authority Rennes Métropole and transport authority Semtcar.
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Mar 28, 2018
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Strategic Rehabilitation Planning for the Drainage Network in Saarbrücken, Germany
Saarbrücken, the capital of the federal state Saarland in Germany, commissioned the engineering company Stein und Partner (S & P Consult GmbH) to carry out the structural assessment, network aging analysis and development of rehabilitation and maintenance strategies including analysis and optimization for the sewer system with a total length of 1000 km.
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Mar 27, 2018
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Veteran Robbins TBM plays a Main Role in Ending Residential Flooding
Chicago’s Albany Park Diversion Tunnel to go online this spring.
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Mar 26, 2018
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Combating sulphuric acid corrosion at wastewater plants: Graz scientists develop new solution
Writing in Water Research, Austrian researchers from TU Graz and the University of Graz discuss new materials that prevent damage from microbial induced concrete corrosion.
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Mar 23, 2018
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AVN machine builds drainage channel in Freudenstadt
Where cities grow, the infrastructure has to keep up. In the Black Forest town Freudenstadt, a drainage channel has been created in the new residential area "Sonnenhalde Süd". A Herrenknecht AVN machine was used to integrate the nearby Manbach stream into the stormwater concept.
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Mar 22, 2018
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Joint Forces for Individual Success
The German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) cooperates with visaplan GmbH in creating an individual offer for e-learning: Because certified employees enable excellence in pipeline management, construction, and maintenance work in wastewater management.
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Mar 21, 2018
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Looking For Consistent Aeration Performance Over Time? Consider Jet Aeration
Providing numerous benefits in various water and wastewater treatment applications.
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Mar 21, 2018
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Evoqua’s CoMag® System Selected by Severn Trent Water for Phosphorus Removal at Finham Facility
Evoqua Water Technologies has been selected by Severn Trent Water and its design and construction partner, Costain Ltd., to supply Evoqua’s CoMag® ballasted clarification system to reduce phosphorus at the Finham Sewage Treatment Works in Coventry.
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Mar 20, 2018
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Trenchless through the Badrina biotope – enthusiastic visitors follow the pipe pulling-in process at the site open day
A dilapidated steel pipeline frequently in need of repair was located in an ecologically sensitive area which has meanwhile been reclassified as an FFH site. In order to avoid further disruptions due to repair work, the old pipeline needed to be replaced without disturbing the biotope and without going in with heavy equipment. Nowadays tasks of this kind are solved very elegantly with ductile iron pipes which are pulled in by means of the single pipe assembly HDD “nonimpact” process.
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Mar 19, 2018
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Crane Engineering awarded $4,2 million grant to design, build and test a human waste treatment solution that increases safe sanitation in developing countries
Crane Engineering was awarded a $4.2 million grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance development of the Mobile Septage Treatment System - a new sanitation technology that processes human fecal sludge into non-potable water for agricultural or industrial use.
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Mar 16, 2018
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Water for Mongolia
Mongolia is among those greatly struggling to keep their supplies of fresh water flowing. Since 2006, Fraunhofer researchers have been working hard to establish a sustainable water management system in the Mongolian city of Darkhan and the surrounding area. Their efforts in the second-largest industrial region in the country – covered by thousands of acres of steppe and desert – are now proving to be a great success. Reducing leaks in the region’s water distribution network from 50 to 25 percent is just one of their accomplishments. A project is currently underway to install new pipelines, pump systems and waste water treatment plants.
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Mar 15, 2018
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Utilis Earns Honors for Most Innovative Start-Up Companies in Israel, as Fast Company Announces World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies
Innovative satellite imagery technology helps cities efficiently locate underground leaks within aging piping systems stemming the loss of valuable drinking water.
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Mar 14, 2018
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ProStar Is Awarded Key Canadian Patent for System and Method for Integration and Correlation of GIS Data
ProStar was issued a key Canadian patent that covers a computer implemented method for calculating tolerance zones for utility assets. The patented method helps to prevent damages to utilities and the environment during construction, maintenance and groundbreaking activities as well as severe conditions including weather, fires, and earthquakes.
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Mar 13, 2018
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Metropolitan General Manager’s Statement on State Plan to Stage California WaterFix
Jeffrey Kightlinger, general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, issued the following statement following the state’s announced decision to stage the development of California WaterFix:
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Mar 12, 2018
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Consortium led by VINCI Construction wins a new contract on the metro Line 14 South as part of the future Grand Paris Express rapid transit system
The consortium led by VINCI Construction, together with Spie batignolles, has been awarded a major contract as part of the Grand Paris Express programme. The RATP (1) has selected this consortium to execute works package GC02 of the future Line 14 South between Olympiades (in the 13th arrondissement of Paris) and Orly Airport.
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