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	Mar 12, 2012 News Maxence Naouri Opening of Phase 1 of Line 3 of the Cairo metro Line 3 of the Cairo metro was opened in February 2012. This first phase includes five underground stations (Attaba, Bab el Shaaria, El Geish, Abdou Pasha and Abbasia) and serves the eastern part of Cairo from the city centre. Once completed, Line 3 will cross the Egyptian capital from east to west, from the airport to the districts west of the Nile. The development of the Cairo metro system is part of a large-scale plan aimed at serving the transport needs of the Greater Cairo area up to 2022. It will help to reduce pollution in Africa's largest metropolitan area.
	Jun 12, 2012 News Simon Evans ‘Beckton Becky’ ready for action in £190m sewage work upgrade ‘Beckton Becky’, a state-of-the-art tunnelling machine, has been lowered into position 20 metres below ground, as part of a £190m project to extend one of Europe's largest sewage treatment works. Beckton sewage works in east London is being upgraded to enable the site to treat 60 per cent more sewage, so it can fully treat increased flows during heavy rainfall, preventing the site becoming overloaded and discharging into the River Thames.
	Jun 13, 2012 News Gavin Smith Oil & Gas Pipeline Construction in the US Industry Market Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld Although slowed investment activity during the recession cooled demand for industry's services, pursuit of natural gas has kept business flowing over the past five years. Looking forward, the industry is projected to experience a strong recovery. From 2012, IBISWorld forecasts that continued investment in unconventional domestic energy sources (gas shale and oil sands), pressure to repair and replace aging infrastructure and recovery in the residential construction markets will support industry performance. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has added a report on the Oil & Gas Pipeline Construction industry to its growing industry report collection.
	Jun 14, 2012 News The World Bank Group China: Improving Public Infrastructure and Services for 1.50 Million Small Town Residents The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a loan of US$150 million to the People’s Republic of China to improve public infrastructure and services for the residents and businesses in selected small towns in Guangdong, Hunan and Gansu Provinces.
	Jun 15, 2012 News Lena Zemke New support for SPR™ from production facility in the Netherlands: Production at the centre of the EU SPR Europe is strengthening its production competence: Eslon BV, an extrusion and injection moulding company based in Roermond, the Netherlands, produces PVC profiles used for the innovative SPRTM spiral-wound pipe lining method.
	Jun 18, 2012 News U Mole Working At A Distance With U Moles Latest Developments In Suction Excavation Options U Mole recently introduced to the UK market an MTS Suction Excavation option that extends the potential for the use of the equipment beyond that which is normally expected of the technology, the facility to perform at a distance from the main rig.
	Jun 19, 2012 News Lucilla Minelli World’s groundwater resources are suffering from poor governance, experts say 2.5 billion people worldwide depend solely on groundwater resources to satisfy their daily needs for water and hundreds of millions of farmers rely on groundwater to sustain their livelihoods and contribute to food security for so many others. Yet, according to experts, most if not all aquifers are not being sustainably or equitably managed to conserve and protect these vital freshwater resources.
	Jun 20, 2012 News HSBC Group HSBC invests $100m in water projects to improve lives and boost economic development HSBC is investing $100m to help transform the lives of more than 1 million people through providing access to safe water and spearheading water protection projects. The bank will be working with leading charities on social and environmental projects which have the potential to provide long-term economic benefits to local communities.
	Jun 21, 2012 News TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG Tried the Rest, Bought the Best – GRUNDODRILL 15XP On a visit to the UK in late autumn of 2011 Trenchless Technology Contractor Rescue Rod from Sebenza in South Africa visited TT-UK looking for the latest technologies available to them for the trenchless replacement and renewal of underground pipes and cables.
	Jun 22, 2012 News Tyler Henning McElroy Introduces DataLogger® 4 McElroy recently introduced the latest version of the DataLogger® series of quality assurance tools. The DataLogger 4 is a new, smaller version that records and documents key parameters of the pipe fusion process.
	Jun 23, 2012 News Ina Coretchi Bringing pure water and sanitation to Romania’s Galati county The EBRD is supporting further modernisation of water and wastewater infrastructure in Romania with a RON 55.5 million (approximately €12.8 million) loan to SC APA Canal SA Galati , the water utility company of Galati county in the south-eastern part of the country, which will benefit about 400,000 residents.
	Jun 25, 2012 News John Pensec Echologics Partners With Montreal Public Works to Reduce Non-Revenue Water, Improve Water System Efficiency Echologics will help Montreal Public Works to reduce non-revenue water (NRW) and improve water system efficiency with its non-invasive Transmission Main Leak Detection service. A division of Mueller Co., Echologics is a developer and leading provider of acoustic-based technologies for water loss management, leak detection, and pipe condition assessment.
	Jun 26, 2012 News ITF Funding offered for Middle East produced water solutions Technology developers are being urged to come forward with solutions to tackle the challenges of managing produced water in Middle East oil and gas production. ITF, the global technology facilitator, has issued a call for proposals with up to 100% funding available for successful submissions.
	Jun 27, 2012 News OriginOil, Inc. OriginOil Engages Manufacturing Partner for Commercial Rollout of Its Oil and Gas Water Cleanup System OriginOil, Inc. developer of a breakthrough technology to convert algae into renewable crude oil, announced it is gearing up for the commercial roll out of its oil and gas wastewater clean-up systems and has selected Los Angeles-based Clean Water Technology (CWT), to manufacture the company’s systems. OriginOil will work with PACE to engineer the first commercial units, designed to help process up to 1 barrel of petroleum-contaminated “frac flowback” water per minute, or up to 60,000 gallons per day.
	Jun 28, 2012 News Gary Lobaugh Pennsylvania American Water Completes Mon Valley Portion of $ 101 Million Pittsburgh System Upgrade Pennsylvania American Water officials, State Representative Rick Saccone, State Senator Tim Solobay and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection officials marked the completion of upgrades at the E. H. Aldrich Station with a tour of the new facilities.
	Jun 29, 2012 News Carrie Griffiths Waste Management Announces Rollout of Stormwater Public-Private Strategic Alliances Waste Management, Inc. announced a program to provide a total stormwater management offering to U.S. municipalities in the form of public-private strategic alliances. WM, in collaboration with AbTech Holdings, Inc., an environmental technologies and engineering firm specializing in addressing water contamination issues, will team up with municipalities to design, build, operate and service stormwater infrastructure.
	Jun 29, 2012 News Unilever PLC Unilever and UNICEF partner to help bring sanitation to over 400,000 people The Unilever Foundation and Domestos have joined forces with UNICEF to support UNICEF’s Community Approaches to Total Sanitation (CATS) programme which aims to help hundreds of thousands of people in need gain improved access to basic sanitation.
	Jul 02, 2012 News Sonja Hoess AfDB hails public-private partnerships as major aid to African water and sanitation Public finance is not enough to meet Africa’s growing need for better water and sanitation, said a senior African Development Bank (AfDB) official at a conference on the subject. Private funding must also play its part, he said.
	Jul 03, 2012 News Julia P. Valentine EPA Announces Framework to Help Local Governments Manage Stormwater Runoff and Wastewater The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a new framework to help local governments meet their Clean Water Act obligations. The Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Planning Approach Framework assists EPA regional offices, states, and local governments to develop voluntary storm and wastewater management plans and implement effective integrated approaches that will protect public health by reducing overflows from wastewater systems and pollution from stormwater.
	Jul 04, 2012 News Manila Water Company, Inc. Largest Surface Water Project in Rizal to Supply Water to 1M Residents Manila Water has recently started operating the first phase of the P4.6 billion Rodriguez Water System Project which includes a new water treatment plant and water distribution mainline.
	Jul 05, 2012 News United Envirotech Ltd United Envirotech expands wastewater treatment portfolio with acquisition of 2 plants for RMB116 million Mainboard-listed United Envirotech Ltd., a leading membrane-based water and wastewater treatment solutions provider, has signed a sales and purchase agreement to acquire an 80% stake in Fujian Liyang Envirogroup Co. Ltd and Shaxian Lanfang Water Co. Ltd for RMB116 million (approx. S$23.2 million).
	Jul 06, 2012 News University of Delaware Monitoring our water Scientists are digging for answers about the amount and quality of water available underground in central Delaware, where ongoing development will put increasing demands on water supplies in the coming decade.
	Jul 09, 2012 News Anton Usov EBRD finances first ever major project in the Crimea The EBRD is providing a loan of up to €10 million to improve the water supply and the quality of water and wastewater facilities in the Greater Yalta region of Ukraine.
	Jul 10, 2012 News Virginia Mesicek Borealis and Borouge introduce family of tailored irrigation solutions – Borstar® Aquility™ Borealis and Borouge, leading providers of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, have unveiled Borstar® Aquility™. Borstar Aquility comprises a new family of products intended for drip irrigation applications.
	Jul 11, 2012 News Adam J. Simonsen City of Corpus Christi, Texas, Chooses CapPlan Water for Smart Capital Planning Innovyze announced that the City of Corpus Christi Water Department in Texas has chosen Innovyze industry-leading CapPlan Water software to help manage the capital planning process for rehabilitation of its underground distribution infrastructure. The decision helps the utility leverage its investment in ArcGIS technology from Esri (Redlands, CA) by enhancing it with the most technologically advanced GIS-centric software platform available for water distribution capital planning.