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	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).
	Sep 03, 2008 News Water UK Treated sewage sludge Water UK comments on an article regarding the use of treated sewage sludge (biosolids) in agriculture which appeared in the British newspaper Guardian on 29 August 2008.
	Jan 18, 2006 News Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stein & Partner "Guideline Microtunnelling" newly published by Stein & Partner A new international technical guideline "Practical Guideline for the Application of Microtunnelling Methods" (ISBN 3-9810648-0-1) of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stein & Partner GmbH, Bochum is available since December 2005.
	Nov 25, 2009 News North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) NASTT Rocky Mountain Chapter Established in CO, UT, WY Ten industry representatives gathered on Aug. 11 in Denver to discuss the possibility of a new NASTT regional chapter covering the states of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. This organizational committee meeting resulted in the formation of the Rocky Mountain Chapter - NASTT's newest chapter since the Mid Atlantic Chapter formed in 2004.
	Jun 17, 2009 News The Robbins Company New Robbins Mexico Office will Support Local EPB Projects Subsidiary will provide Management for Two Mexico City Mega Tunnels: A new Robbins office is now operating in Mexico City, initially to provide services on two local mega projects using four Robbins EPBs. Robbins Mexico opened March 1 and offers project management services to both Mexico City Metro Line 12 and Emisor Oriente projects. The city’s new metro line, which will utilize a 10.2 m (33.5 ft) diameter EPB on a 6.2 km (3.9 mi) long tunnel, is scheduled to begin in late 2009. Emisor Oriente, a 62 km (39 mi) long wastewater line requiring multiple TBMs, will see the launch of three Robbins EPBs in 2010.
	Aug 29, 2008 News UNW-DPC United Nations University The world loses 45 million cubic metres of water every day - UNW-DPC looks for applying solutions Reduction of the loss of drinking water is the overall topic of the UNW-DPC workshop taking place from 3-5 September. Reducing the loss of drinking water could provide nearly 90 million people with fresh water without increasing the demand on water resources. High level experts and decision makers from all over the world will discuss possible solutions at the UN Campus in Bonn.
	Mar 22, 2010 News Borealis AG BorECO? PP-HM ensures high-flying performance for runway drainage system A new 3.5 km pipe based on BorECO™ high modulus polypropylene (PP-HM) from Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, will ensure leak-free drainage performance for the runway at Germany's Hof-Plauen airport.
	Jan 10, 2007 News The Robbins Company Long rock bores are a good match for Robbins MSBU Robbins announces its newest Trenchless product, the Robbins Motorized Small Boring Unit (MSBU). The Robbins MSBU is a technically advanced type of Robbins' Small Boring Unit (SBU). Both Robbins MSBUs and SBUs are used in conjunction with an Auger Boring Machine (ABM). The MSBU, a rock boring attachment, can be steered continually throughout the drive. The MSBU can also bore longer drives and through harder rock than the SBU.
	Feb 05, 2007 News North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) Atalah, Coté and Westphal join NASTT Board of Directors in 2007 In December of 2006, NASTT held elections for its Board of Directors, and Dr. Alan Atlalah, Ben Coté and Robert H. Westphall were elected. Read more about NASTT’s new board members in the brief introductions that follow.
	Nov 03, 2005 News Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stein & Partner GmbH After the Conference is Before the Conference - UNITRACC will be presented on the 2006 No-Dig Show in Nashville The successful international No-Dig Conference in Rotterdam has just ended and the developers of UNITRACC have arrived back home with the No-Dig Award in their luggage, but they are already busy preparing for the next international event. The repeatedly awarded web-based platform for information, learning and working in sewer and pipeline construction will be presented on the 2006 No-Dig Show in Nashville (USA).
	Aug 20, 2008 News Organising Committee of XIV Pipes Conference Key items for Plastic Pipes Conference More information is being released about some of the technical papers that will be presented at Plastics Pipes XIV. This Conference brings together the global plastic pipe community and will be held from 22 - 24 September 2008 at the Marriott Hotel in Budapest.
	Feb 26, 2007 News Siemens AG Siemens has built a nitrification plant for industrial wastewater treatment in China on order of Degussa Siemens' Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has supplied the design and equipment for a purifying plant that removes nitrogen (nitrification/ denitrification) from wastewater arising in the course of the manufacture of pharmaceutical products. This plant is located in Wuming, South China, and is operated by Degussa Rexim (Nanning) Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Degussa (China) Co. Ltd. The scope of delivery by the I&S Water Technologies Division also includes the electrical equipment, instrumentation, and automation systems.
	Jan 08, 2010 News Fibrwrap Construction, Inc. Fibrwrap Construction, Inc. Awarded $8.4 Million for Pipeline Rehabilitation Technology Project An innovator in the field of carbon fiber reinforcement, California's Fibrwrap Construction, Inc. was recently awarded over $8 million by the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Technology Innovation Program (TIP) to develop a robotic platform that will repair and retrofit deteriorating water mains nationwide.
	Dec 05, 2008 News HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft New orders worth more than EUR 455 m in Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong and Thailand: 3.7 kilometer long drainage tunnels in Hong Kong HOCHTIEF - via its subsidiary Leighton and its participating interests - has secured new orders in Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong and Thailand which are together worth more than EUR 455 million. The Al Habtoor Leighton Group is a member of a joint venture which has been contracted to design and construct the campus of the new Zayed University in Abu Dhabi.
	Dec 22, 2006 News Southern Water Egg-cellent sewer under chicken farm Homes in Vines Cross Road and Millbrook Close, Horam, will be further safeguarded against flooding thanks to work being carried out by Southern Water.
	Dec 13, 2007 News Messe München GmbH IFAT 2008 grows and grows At IFAT, the 15th International Trade Fair for Water – Sewage – Refuse – Recycling, which takes place from 5 to 9 May 2008 in Munich, the visitors can look forward to an impressive range of innovative solutions and new technology for implementing practical, cost-efficient solutions, plus a broad spectrum of services for the sector.
	Jun 24, 2010 News The Charles Machine Works, Inc. New Ditch Witch RT24 Trencher Released New RT24 compact trencher offers exceptional trenching power, optional heavy-duty tracks and optional Roto Witch® boring capability.
	Nov 05, 2007 News Thames Water New sewers to end flooding misery for Lambeth homes More than 400 homes and business in Lambeth (England) will be protected from the misery of flooding sewers, under a multi-million pound scheme proposed by Thames water to upgrade the area's sewer network.
	Mar 19, 2008 News CargoCap GmbH CargoCap will change lives - Prof. Hänsch considers the 5th transport alternative a product of the future CargoCap is an idea that will change all our lives! - That's how the German book author Prof. Theodor W. Hänsch sees the idea of transporting goods with CargoCap through underground pipelines according to the principle of pneumatic delivery. This is why he has included the project that was initiated and developed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietrich Stein into his recently published book "100 products of the future: groundbreaking ideas that will change our lives".
	Sep 23, 2009 News Aqualiner Limited Aqualiner receives NSF 61 Certification for its "Rembrandt" rehabilitation product to be used in the U.S. Drinking Water Infrastructure Aqualiner Limited, a company commercialising a unique next generation trenchless pipelining technology for the water and sewerage markets, announces that its new water pipe lining product Rembrandt(TM) has received NSF/ANSI Standard 61 certification from the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF). This certification means the Rembrandt product meets the rigid standards required for products used in drinking water system components in the U.S. water infrastructure. This includes protecting against leaching or migrating of contaminants into the drinking water supply.