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	Jul 19, 2019 News The Penetron Group Gigantic Wastewater Overflow Tank Built with Penetron Technology The Greenbush Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) project in Lafayette, Indiana, was completed and certified in April 2019. Project contractor Bowen Engineering worked with IMI, the ready-mix supplier, to integrate PENETRON ADMIX as the all-important concrete waterproofing solution – a choice that led to an industry award.
	Jul 22, 2019 News Utilis Utilis Projects Presented by Two Independent Firms Show Results Exceed Those of Alternatives Two independent engineering consulting firms presented the results of projects comparing the Utilis satellite-based method for leak detection to other methods at the American Water Works Association’s ACE 2019 annual conference.
	Jul 23, 2019 News Karolina Perét UK Companies Explore Water Opportunities in Oman A delegation of 10 UK companies that attended the Oman Energy & Water Conference have heralded the event a success. The trade visit, which took place in Muscat in April, was organised by Intec Export Intelligence and British Water and participants were eligible for grants from the UK Government Department of International Trade (DIT).
	Jul 25, 2019 News Malcolm Hallsworth Black & Veatch and Inflowmatix Join Forces to Meet Leakage Challenge Against a challenging backdrop of increased water scarcity and service resilience, water companies in England and Wales have been tasked with achieving on average a 15 percent reduction in leakage by 2025. The result is the most ambitious leakage programme in 20 years. Success will require leading-edge, digitally-enabled network management of the kind pioneered by a new partnership between Black & Veatch and Inflowmatix.
	Jul 30, 2019 News Bureau of Reclamation Bureau of Reclamation Selects 18 Projects to Receive $9 Million in WaterSMART Grants to Prepare and Build Resilience to Drought Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that 18 projects will receive a total of $9 million to prepare for drought. These projects will provide more flexibility and reliability for communities while reducing the need for emergency actions during a drought. The funding provided is part of the U.S. Department of the Interior's WaterSMART Program.
	Jul 09, 2019 News Stacey Hajdak Aqua America Plans Over $555 Million in Capital Investment in 2019 Aqua America Inc. is recognizing the seventh annual Infrastructure Week, May 13-20, 2019, helping raise awareness of the critical state of infrastructure across the United States. A leading contributor to water and wastewater infrastructure repair and replacement, Aqua plans to invest more than $555 million this year across the eight states where the company operates to improve systems.
	Jul 18, 2022 News The British Plastics Federation Testing of Plastics Piping Systems for a Lifetime of Confidence for Domestic Applications The service life of plastics is generally determined by a combination of three factors; temperature, stress (pressure) and aggressive chemicals. Members of the BPF Pipes Group have piping products which undertake extensive testing at the extreme limits of these factors to ensure that they will give excellent performance in water systems.
	Aug 01, 2019 News Lila Thompson Keep Focused – British Water Chair Tells Sector British Water chairman Chris Loughlin has told members that they need to stay focussed on the delivery of outstanding service to customers. Speaking at the trade association’s annual lunch, which took place in London in June, he said that despite substantial volatility and uncertainty in the sector around Brexit and potential renationalisation, members should try not to worry about things that may or may not happen.
	Aug 02, 2019 News Mar Batista Join Us to Tackle Fatbergs at Source, Says GCA UK water utilities are being urged to collaborate with the Grease Contractors Association (GCA) to help tackle the blight of fatbergs at source. The Association has introduced an auditing and certification programme for companies carrying out the installation and maintenance of grease traps and is inviting water and sewerage companies to get on board.
	Aug 05, 2019 News Bureau of Reclamation Bureau of Reclamation Announces $29.1 Million in WaterSMART Grants to Use Water More Efficiently Projects in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming were selected to receive grants and will help communities bolster water supply. The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation announced that 13 states will utilize $29.1 million in grants from the WaterSMART Program to help communities conserve water.
	Aug 07, 2019 News Catherine Harris Remote Noise Logger Trial Pinpoints 115 Leaks A technology trial involving installation of 295 Enigma3m remote correlating noise loggers in a water distribution network in the State of Johor, Malaysia, has successfully cut net night flow by a third. Yoo Sun Chan, general manager, Primayer Sdn Bhd, and Roger Ironmonger, managing director, Primayer explain how the work was carried out.
	Aug 08, 2019 News Saki M. Moysidis Maria L. Pérez Vergara New Managing Director of MC-Bauchemie in Belgium On 1 June 2019, Maria Luisa Pérez Vergara (34) has been appointed Managing Director of MC-Bauchemie Belgium N.V. In this function, she is responsible for the Belgian business of MC-Bauchemie together with Benoit Verbiest (59).
	Aug 08, 2019 News Woolpert City of Columbia, Woolpert Win 2019 SC APWA Project of the Year Award The city of Columbia, S.C., and Woolpert were honored by the South Carolina American Public Works Association with its 2019 SC APWA Project of the Year Award in the category of Structures/Historical Restoration for their Martin Luther King Jr. Park Detention and Water Quality Project.
	Aug 09, 2019 News Meghan Horrigan-Taylor Silicon Valley Clean Water Selects Name for the Tunneling Machine to Further Their $495 million Infrastructure Program Silicon Valley Clean Water (SVCW) announced the selection of a name for their large tunneling machine that will support the agency’s $495 million infrastructure program. The program includes rehabilitating 3.3 miles of the agency’s raw wastewater conveyance piping system, involving installation of a new gravity pipeline.
	Aug 12, 2019 News Midwest Mole Midwest Mole Constructing 2,100-ft Tunnel as Part of INDOT Improvements Project After years of collaboration between the City of Fishers, City of Noblesville, Hamilton County and Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) to address the traffic congestion and public safety challenges along the State Road (SR) 37 corridor, plans are underway to rehabilitate the corridor from 126th Street to 146th Street.
	Aug 03, 2022 News TEPPFA 100 Years Lifetime of Polyethylene Pressure Pipe Systems Buried in the Ground for Water and Natural Gas Supply TEPPFA and PE100+ Association have identified the need for explaining the difference between the design point at 20 degree/50 years and the expected life-time of PE80 and PE100 pressure pipe systems. Research, extrapolation studies and reports on dig-up pipes in service show minimal degradation and extrapolative tests performed on these test samples confirm an expected service life in excess of 100 years.
	Aug 02, 2022 News United Utilities Group PLC World's Biggest 'Listening Project' Will Help Save Water United Utilities is rolling out the biggest “listening” project of its kind in the world in a bid to tackle water leakage. The North West water company is installing around 100,000 ‘acoustic’ loggers over the next two years on its underground water supply network. The vast pipe system – more than 26,000 miles in length – would wrap around the world if the pipes were laid end to end.
	Aug 23, 2019 News Ronda Grech Semtech’s LoRa Devices Successfully Deployed in HWM’s Water Meter Solutions Semtech Corporation, a leading supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, announced that a comprehensive intelligent water service provider, Hangzhou Water Meter Co. (HWM), Ltd. has incorporated Semtech’s LoRa® devices and the LoRaWAN® protocol into its smart water metering solutions enabling public utility companies to improve efficiency and reduce management costs.
	Sep 03, 2019 News Éva Őri China Plastic Pipe Industry – Conference Signals Further Growth The Plastic Pipes Conference Association (PPCA) announces that papers delivered at the 6th China International Plastic Pipe Conference will point towards further growth in what has already become the world's largest manufacturing base for such pipe systems. The event in Guangzhou takes place on November 18-19, 2019 and is expected to attract a record number of participants.
	Sep 02, 2019 News Lianne Ayling WPL Awarded Retrofit Wastewater Contract WPL has been awarded a contract for permanent replacement of a rotating biological contactor (RBC) at Mowpen Brow wastewater treatment works. WPL’s Hybrid-SAFTM enhanced biological treatment process will be retrofitted into the existing RBC tank at the United Utilities site near Knutsford, Cheshire.
	Sep 04, 2019 News Thames Water Giant 'Concreteberg' Being Drilled Out of London Sewers Thames Water has started drilling out the record-breaking ‘concreteberg’ lurking under the streets of central London. The mammoth is the largest lump of concrete the company has ever seen in the sewers, and is currently set hard underground at Goswell Road, Islington.
	Apr 23, 2020 News Grease Contractors Association, c/o British Water Decommissioning Guide Published for Grease Management Systems The Grease Contractors Association (GCA) has issued important advice to food service establishments (FSEs) on how to safely decommission their kitchen grease management systems. The UK government ordered the closure of cafes, pubs and restaurants, except those serving takeaway food, in March in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
	Nov 17, 2008 News Insituform Technologies Inc. Insituform Wins $10.3M CIPP Project in Connecticut: Over 12 months of trenchless sewer rehabilitation work in Connecticut positions Insituform for area growth Insituform Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq Global Select Market: INSU) was awarded a $10.3 million sewer contract in November from the Metropolitan Development Commission (MDC) for the rehabilitation of 270,000 linear feet of sewer lines using Insituform® cured-in-place pipe (CIPP). Insituform® CIPP is a jointless pipe-within-a-pipe that extends the life of existing infrastructure by 100 years.
	Jan 09, 2009 News Water Environment Federation Water Environment Federation Announces Utility Management 2009 Specialty Conference The Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) will jointly present the Utility Management 2009 specialty conference from February 17-20, 2009 at the Ritz-Carlton New Orleans in New Orleans, La.
	Mar 31, 2006 News Wavin Wavin sells participation in Australia/New Zealand, and enters into long term technology agreement The Wavin Group, Europe's leading supplier of plastic pipe systems and solutions, announced that it has sold its 25% stake in Iplex Pipelines (manufacturer and supplier of plastic pipeline systems in Australia and New Zealand).