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	Oct 27, 2011 News Richard Baker John Holland to Deliver Connors River Dam to Moranbah Pipeline in Central Queensland John Holland has been selected as the preferred tenderer for the construction of the $400 million proposed Connors River Dam to Moranbah Pipeline in Central Queensland. The project involves the construction of 136 kilometres of large diameter buried pipeline that will carry around 45,000 megalitres of water per annum from the proposed Connors River Dam to the Bowen Basin and surrounding areas. When completed, the project will help meet the increasing water supply reliability and security needs of the region’s booming resources sector.
	Nov 02, 2011 News Ina Coretchi Local currency financing to improve water infrastructure in Dambovita, Romania With the financial support of the EBRD over 170,000 residents of Romania’s most densely populated county – Dambovita – will gain access to clean water and a modern water supply and wastewater service.
	Nov 03, 2011 News Liisa Salmela Skanska acquires construction company in Finland Skanska Finland has signed an agreement for 100 percent of the shares of the construction company Soraset Yhtiöt Oy. Soraset is a civil construction company working with mainly infrastructure projects. It has about 270 employees and last year the net revenue was approximately EUR 100 M. Soraset is headquartered in Kangasala, in the region of Tampere, but is operating in the whole of Finland.
	Nov 04, 2011 News Mueller Water Products Echologics Signs 3-Year Agreement for Leak Detection and Pipe Condition Assessment Services With United Water Echologics secured a 3-year master services agreement with United Water. The agreement enables any operating division of United Water to readily utilize Echologics leak detection and condition assessment services. United Water is one of the nation's leading water and wastewater utilities, supplying services to approximately seven million people in the continental United States.
	Nov 07, 2011 News Freestone Resources, Inc. Freestone Resources, Inc. Announces a Joint Venture to Treat and Recycle Frac Water Freestone Resources, Inc. announced that it has formed a joint venture with MEA Solutions, LLC to deliver a total solution for water resource management in the oilfield services sector. An integral component of the service includes owning and operating water recycling systems. The joint venture, Freestone Water Solutions, LLC, will utilize specialized, proprietary technology designed to treat and recycle flowback water (frac water that immediately flows back to the surface), as well as produced water for subsequent reuse in the fracking process.
	Nov 08, 2011 News Bencardino Excavating Lou Bencardino and Bencardino Excavating Expand Reach into New Jersey through Work at Institute for Advanced Study Pa.-based Bencardino Excavating, owned and operated by Lou Bencardino, is set to begin working on the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. The Bucks County excavators will handle a complete site work package for the educational institution including storm, sanitary and water installation.
	Nov 09, 2011 News KESSEL AG KESSEL increases development capacities – State-of-the-art test field built in Lenting The drainage specialist KESSEL has invested 1.5 million Euros to expand its development centre that has a workforce of 50. "Our company stands for innovation and development. To maintain our high standards and to continuously improve our products, we have invested in a state-of-the-art development centre," said Edgar Thiemt, technical and financial director of the board.
	Nov 10, 2011 News WaterAid Slum dwellers should be a priority for water and sanitation investment Investment in water and sanitation in the rapidly urbanising cities of the developing world is key if we are to avoid uncontrollable poverty and ever worsening slums, says WaterAid in a new report.
	Nov 11, 2011 News Stacy Kika EPA Develops New Planning Approach to Improve Water Quality in U.S. Cities U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a commitment to using an integrated planning process to help local governments dealing with difficult financial conditions identify opportunities to achieve clean water by controlling and managing releases of wastewater and stormwater runoff more efficiently and cost effectively.
	Nov 14, 2011 News Echologics Engineering Inc. Echologics Signs 3-Year Agreement for Leak Detection and Pipe Condition Assessment Services With United Water Echologics secured a 3-year master services agreement with United Water. The agreement enables any operating division of United Water to readily utilize Echologics leak detection and condition assessment services. United Water is one of the nation's leading water and wastewater utilities, supplying services to approximately seven million people in the continental United States.
	Nov 15, 2011 News Gene S. Shelp ENPAR and World Class Water Company, Miahona, Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Develop Water Treatment Markets in the Middle East Dr. Gene Shelp, President and CEO of ENPAR Technologies Inc. ("ENPAR" or "the Company"), is very pleased to announce that ENPAR has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Miahona (www.miahona.com) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to develop markets for ENPAR’s array of state-of-the-art water treatment technologies in Saudi Arabia and other regions of the Middle East .
	Nov 16, 2011 News BioteQ Environmental Technologies Inc. BioteQ Provides Operations and Development Project Update BioteQ Environmental Technologies, Inc. (TSX: BQE) has provided an interim update on plant operations and development projects, and revised its guidance for 2011.
	Nov 17, 2011 News Peter Bate Video on IDB projects in Haiti wins award Unleashing the Power of Partnerships recognized by The Accolade.
	Nov 18, 2011 News Jeri Lamerton TriHawk® Downhole Tools Now Available At Ditch Witch® Dealerships New TriHawk® HD housings and TriHawk drill bits are now available through the worldwide Ditch Witch® dealer network. Also newly available are the Hawkeye™ quick connect system and the dirt bit adaptor, products compatible with TriHawk downhole tools.
	Nov 23, 2011 News Mike Vellano Award-winning "Green" Pipe Rehabilitation Technology Introduced for Much Needed Eco-friendly Infrastructure Repair Solutions Advanced geopolymer lining system introduced by IPR provides structural rehab solution for large diameter culverts and other infrastructure.
	Nov 22, 2011 News Erik Zetterberg SimpleCAD Release Their Top 10 List For Piping Software SimpleCAD announced their top 10 list if Piping and Engineering Software. The list includes Mechanical, Piping and P&ID applications. According to SImpleCAD, the piping list includes both Piping Libraries and AutoCAD Piping Add-ons.
	Nov 24, 2011 News Eva Zink Compact, lightweight and multifunctional Compact valve solutions save space and installation time and offer considerable cost advantage. Multifunctional plastic multi-port valve blocks meet all fluidic and gaseous application requirements in the smallest of spaces.
	Nov 25, 2011 News AbTech Industries, Inc. AbTech Announces Stormwater Solutions Roll-Out with Waste Management in California, Canada, and U.S. Southeast AbTech Holdings, Inc. ("AbTech") (OTCBB: ABHD) announced that the company and its distributor, Waste Management, Inc., have begun the roll-out of AbTech's full-service stormwater solutions offerings in California, Canada, and parts of the U.S. Southeast. The companies had previously announced the initial service offering in the Los Angeles area.
	Nov 28, 2011 News WaterAid Rights breakthrough: legal recognition of water and sanitation affirmed by UN The UN Human Rights Council, responsible for mainstreaming human rights within the UN system, adopted by consensus a resolution affirming that water and sanitation are human rights.
	Nov 29, 2011 News Tom Glover Xylem launches as new global, pure-play water technology company Xylem Inc. announced that it has completed its spinoff from ITT Corporation, and has begun operations as a $3.2 billion standalone global water technology company. Xylem’s market-leading product brands, applications expertise and technological strength enable the transport, treatment, testing and efficient use of water in public utility, residential and commercial building services, industrial and agricultural settings.
	Dec 01, 2011 News Kora C. Krause New analysis reveals water management trails climate change on the boardroom agenda, despite significant near-term risk and opportunity The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Water Disclosure global report finds that 57% of the 190 publicly listed organizations that participated in the survey report board-level oversight of water policies, strategies, or plans. By comparison, a report released by CDP in September 2011 showed that 94% of Global 500 companies report board-level oversight of climate change, suggesting that corporate understanding of water as a business concern trails that of climate change. This is surprising, given that the majority of reported water-related risks and opportunities are recognized as near term.
	Dec 02, 2011 News Cathy Milbourn EPA Announces Final Study Plan to Assess Hydraulic Fracturing/Congressionally directed study will evaluate potential impacts on drinking water The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final research plan on hydraulic fracturing. At the request of Congress, EPA is working to better understand potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources. Natural gas plays a key role in our nation’s clean energy future and the Obama Administration is committed to ensuring that we continue to leverage this vital resource responsibly.
	Dec 05, 2011 News MMag. Michaela Werbitsch SW Umwelttechnik has won a major contract in Hungary worth € 8 million OMS Umwelttechnik, the engineering company of the SW Umwelttechnik group, has been awarded with a sewer contract together with two Hungarian companies. The project encompasses the installation of a sewage line in the city of Makód within the administrative district Csongrad - the total project is worth € 24 m. OMS Umwelttechnik will be managing the syndicate and is in charge of a part of the project amounting to € 8 m. This new order shows that more projects are being handed out again in Hungary in the sector of wastewater disposal systems.
	Dec 06, 2011 News Caroline March-Long U.S. Marine Corps Installs Living Machine System at San Diego Training Base Living Machine® Systems, L3C, a provider of industry-leading water reuse technology, announced that the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego will recycle blackwater for sub-surface irrigation, minimizing its water usage in drought-prone San Diego.
	Dec 07, 2011 News The Robbins Company Record-breaking Rockhead flies through Fifth Tunnel In September 2011, a self-propelled tunneling machine achieved a milestone in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The 1.8 m (72 inch) diameter Robbins Double Shield Rockhead bored 614 m (2,014 ft)—a distance that appears to be a world record for a hard rock machine of this diameter.