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Oct 21, 2022
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New tech for Melbourne sewer inspection
With proactive maintenance of water infrastructure becoming more prominent in the industry, x is boosting its ability to assess its sewer pipelines with newly developed CCTV camera technology.
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Oct 19, 2022
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Meet the Innovators: Clare Galland, Everflow
Fresh from Everflow being named Retailer of the Year at the Water Industry Awards 2022, its environmental and regulatory affairs manager Clare Galland reflects on language lessons at a French nuclear plant, overcoming social anxiety, and the importance of in-person working.
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Oct 17, 2022
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Aussie Trenchless PST the way to go
Aussie Trenchless was thrilled to have been able to exhibit at No-Dig Down Under in June 2022 as it was an opportunity to reconnect with industry contacts after three long years since the last event.
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Oct 14, 2022
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3D printed concrete wastewater chamber marks success for ‘printfrastructure’
United Utilities and ChangeMaker3D have achieved a UK first by building a concrete wastewater chamber using 3D printing.
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Oct 11, 2022
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Pipe Robot SIGMA HD-LR: The Perfect Choice to Inspect Extra-long Distances
The new, battery-driven robotic pipe crawler is suitable for long-range pipe inspection challenges and is available now at Fiberscope.net. The system can inspect more than a mile of pipe in a single run.
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Oct 10, 2022
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DuPont Provides Sustained Healthy Water Solutions for South African School
Community-based purification project at Reneilwe Primary School inaugurated on World Water Day
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Oct 09, 2022
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German-Iranian Project Team Develops Measures for Sustainable Water Resource Management in Iran
The BMBF project "IWRM Zayandeh Rud" was successfully completed and celebrated with the opening of a German-Iranian training center.
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Oct 07, 2022
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Ovarro Completes Acquisition of Datawatt
Remote monitoring specialist Ovarro has completed the acquisition of Datawatt, a Netherlands-based technology and automation company serving the water and energy sectors.
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Oct 06, 2022
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Leakage Dog Kilo Earns His Stripes
The newest recruit in United Utilities’ war on water leaks has graduated with flying colours. Leakage dog Kilo proved he “nose” what he’s doing when it comes to sniffing out the smell of escaping water. The newly trained springer spaniel has managed to save a wag-tastic 72,000 litres a day after finding a hidden leak in a field that could have been running for months.
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Oct 05, 2022
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Water Stewardship Now Critical for Business Resilience
With competition for water resources occurring in many regions of the world, how businesses meet their own needs and those of the communities in which they operate will be increasingly vital for their long-term survival and growth, says Erik Driessen, head of the Northern European office of technology innovation consultancy Isle.
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Oct 04, 2022
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Georgia City Charges Forward on Water Loss Control with Sensus, a Xylem Brand
When the City of Dallas, Georgia, launched an initiative to get a handle on water loss, they couldn’t know just how far their journey would take them. The city began with a smart water meter pilot program that helped them reduce non-revenue water (NRW)—an undertaking that netted a $12,000 return in just four months. From there, City of Dallas Billing Clerk Amber Whisner and her team began to explore more ways to reduce water loss and improve service.
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Oct 03, 2022
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Monitoring Technology Guide Launched by British Water
A live guide to drinking water and wastewater monitoring technology and services has been launched by industry trade association British Water. The web-based document includes clear definitions of monitoring components, parameters and the monitoring requirements of different applications, along with direct links to suppliers able to provide suitable equipment.
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Sep 28, 2022
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WPL Wins Holiday Park Wastewater Contract
Wastewater treatment specialist WPL has won a contract to provide onsite wastewater treatment at a holiday park in Cornwall. The underground installation at Juliots Well in North Cornwall will replace the existing septic tank and includes a WPL HiPAF (high performance aerated filter) modular treatment plant.
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Sep 27, 2022
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Water quality as-a-service, about more than throwing tech into networks
Awarded more than £700,000 from the Water Breakthrough Challenge Catalyst Stream, Treatment-to-Tap seeks an industry watershed by supplementing a tech rollout with collaborative data analysis and behavioural science to build trust in tap water.
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Sep 26, 2022
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Rangedale successfully rehabilitates maintenance holes using Vertiliner system
Rangedale has successfully completed the colossal task of rehabilitating 14 fully deteriorated sewer maintenance holes on behalf of Programmed Facility Management and the Principal, Greater Western Water.
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Sep 23, 2022
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After the storm: what the floods have taught us
There is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all solution to the flooding crisis experienced yet again in Australia. But there is a common approach that can help mitigate risk and prepare for the future.
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Sep 21, 2022
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Industry 4.0, Covid, and the digitalisation of gas safety in water
Though gas detection and monitoring have long been a key part of health and safety in the water sector, it’s a topic that the Covid pandemic has driven up the industry’s agenda according to Draeger Safety UK’s Adam Pope.
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Sep 21, 2022
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VARIOKIT Tunnel Formwork Solution Deep in the Heart of the Golden City
With construction work being carried out in depths up to 30 metres in the centre of the city famous for the Golden Gate Bridge, an enormous building structure is being realised. When completed, the Chinatown Subway Station will form the northern end of San Francisco's Central Subway System. The new station will significantly improve access to public transport in some of the city's most densely populated areas. The architectural requirements presented the contractor with enormous challenges. PERI developed a project-specific solution based on the VARIOKIT Engineering Construction Kit in order to economically construct the inner lining.
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Sep 19, 2022
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Sewage pollution: Why the UK water industry is broken
As a child swimming off the coast of south Devon in the 1960s, I believed the warm water passing through my legs was the Gulf Stream current. Now, as an adult, I realize it was actually raw sewage being discharged into the ocean.
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Sep 15, 2022
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Water efficiency: Saving water, money and the environment
Urgent action is needed from water companies due to the combined pressures of increasing consumption and climate change, which is exacerbating supply and demand imbalances in parts of the country.
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Sep 14, 2022
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Northumbrian expands ‘self-healing’ leakage tests
A gel and mineral-based solution allowing leaking water pipes to ‘self-heal’ without the need for excavation is being tested by Northumbrian Water field teams across the north east after a successful trial in Newcastle.
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Sep 13, 2022
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Leading relining product selected for important European pipeline rehabilitation
SAERTEX-LINER® H₂O, which has been successfully installed more than 100 times around the world, will be used to reline an important 2.4 km pipeline in Poland.
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Sep 12, 2022
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Rapid water network information a necessity
When managing water networks, rapid information is not a luxury, it is now a necessity that translates into crises avertedand money saved, says Kevin Brook, director, Orbis Intelligent Systems
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Sep 08, 2022
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Germany: No Technical Reason For Cutting Nord Stream 1 Gas
Gazprom, Russia's state energy giant, has significantly reduced the flow of gas through Nord Stream 1, now at 20 percent of capacity. The Russians say they are in need of a gas turbine for the pipeline -- the EU’s single largest piece of gas infrastructure --that has been undergoing maintenance work in Canada by Siemens Energy. Yet Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany rejected the notion that technical problems were behind the sharp curtailment.
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Sep 07, 2022
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Ole Miss Fraternity Built to Last with Penetron Concrete Waterproofing
In August 2022, the Pi Beta Phi fraternity for women at the University of Mississippi completed a $9 million expansion of the fraternity’s house in Oxford, MS – just in time for the new school year. PENETRON ADMIX, a crystalline waterproofing admixture, was specified to waterproof and protect the basement retaining walls.
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