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	Aug 08, 2012 News Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin gGmbH CARISMO – Using the Chemical Energy of Wastewater The organic matter contained in wastewater represents a largely unused renewable source of energy of approx. 0.8 kWh/m3. Instead, energy is expended in wastewater treatment on the biological degradation of these substances.
	Aug 13, 2012 News Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin gGmbH Optimisation of Sludge Dewatering in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants – KWB launches project Decamax Sludge treatment and disposal still remain one of the key positions of operating costs in large municipal wastewater treatment plants. In particular, sludge dewatering through centrifuges has a major impact on the operation costs.
	Aug 10, 2012 News Achim Kühn Flashes of Light at the End of the Tunnel Excavation of a complex tunnel system for the XFEL European research facility in metropolitan area Hamburg was successfully completed in early June when the Herrenknecht AMELI tunnel boring machine entered its last target shaft. AMELI and its TBM sister TULA had to be relocated several times for the eleven tunnel sections between the research center DESY in Hamburg Bahrenfeld and Schenefeld in the district of Pinneberg. Exact laser technology provided by the Gesellschaft für Vermessungstechnik (VMT) kept the two TBMs perfectly on course over the route totaling 5.78 kilometers.
	Aug 09, 2012 News Global Water Technologies, Inc. Global Water Technologies launches new effort to reduce water loss Global Water Technologies is pleased to announce that its new partnership with Martinek Water Management GmbH, is moving forward with efforts to set up a pilot project in the United States to provide real-time monitoring of leak conditions and reduce loss in drinking water systems.
	Aug 14, 2012 News Jill Browning Valero selects Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies for boiler feed water system at Gulf Coast refinery Valero, with corporate headquarters in San Antonio, TX, has selected Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies to supply a complete boiler feed water system to its St. Charles refinery located in Norco, LA (USA). The treatment system will incorporate Veolia's patented ACTIFLO® Turbo clarification technology to treat water from the Mississippi River.
	Aug 15, 2012 News J. Lawton King Ex-Im Approves $64.9 Million in Financing for Water-Supply System in Sri Lanka For the first time since 2008, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized a sovereign transaction – a $64.9 million, 12-year direct loan – to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to finance the design and construction of the Badulla, Haliela and Ella Integrated Water Supply System by Tetra Tech of Pasadena, Calif.
	Aug 16, 2012 News Jake Wells Pipeline Analytics Achieves Silver Partner Status with Esri Pipeline Analytics, the company delivering WinCan pipe inspection and asset management software to North and South America markets, has achieved Silver Status in the Esri Partner Network. This accreditation recognizes WinCan software for having robustly integrated Esri’s ArcGIS geospatial technology platform, and the Pipeline Analytics team for having become fully conversant in this platform.
	Aug 17, 2012 News Karin Brightwell Aquatech awarded contract to install wastewater recycle and zero liquid discharge system in China Aquatech, a global leader in water purification technology for industrial and infrastructure markets, has been awarded a contract for the design, engineering, supply and supervision of installation and commissioning of a concentrated brine treatment plant at the Chinacoal Tuke Fertilizer Project in China. The project is located in the city of Ordos in the Inner Mongolia region.
	Aug 20, 2012 News Nicholas Magallanes Wastech Controls and Engineering Offers Laboratory pH Adjustment Systems Wastech Controls and Engineering solves tough wastewater treatment problems with their laboratory pH adjustment systems. These pH adjustment systems are designed to lower the pH of caustic wastewater and raise the pH of acidic wastes.
	Aug 21, 2012 News Mark Turpin Parkson’s New Aqua Guard® Delivers Better Screen Solution, Lower Maintenance Needs The new design behind Parkson’s Aqua Guard® has proven its ability to slash maintenance needs, after the upgraded screen reduced downstream clogging problems by as much as 50% in a real-world trial.
	Aug 22, 2012 News Svitlana Pyrkalo EBRD supports water system modernisation in the Kyrgyz Republic The EBRD is investing €2 million to help improve the supply of water to about 40,000 people living in the city of Kara-Balta, which is one of the largest industrial and transport hubs in the northern part of the Kyrgyz Republic.
	Aug 22, 2012 News Michael Lien Underground Construction Manufacturer TRIC Trenchless Announces the Sale of its First X20 Hydraulic Ram TRIC Tools, Inc., a Northern California based Trenchless Technology Company, proudly announces the sale of its Pipebursting equipment to its newest client, MS Rooter, of Antioch, CA.
	Aug 23, 2012 News Salami Adeleke AfDB Publication Examines Aid Effectiveness in Delivery of Water and Sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa Water and sanitation have long been considered a basic human development need. More recently, with the launch of the UN Decade for Water and Sanitation in the 1990s, followed by the UN Decade for Action – ‘Water for Life’ (2005-2015), access to water and sanitation has been recognized as a basic human right.
	Aug 24, 2012 News Lena Zemke SPR Europe extends range of applications: CIPP liner in power plants For more than 20 years the technology and construction companies of SPR (SEKISUI Pipe Rehabilitation) Europe have been offering cost-efficient and technologically superior solutions for the renewal of decaying water or gas pipelines. Besides local authorities, electricity generators all over the world are now exploiting the advantages of trenchless pipe rehabilitation. SPR Europe is expanding the range of applications for its cured-in-place pipe lining method to include the rehabilitation of cooling water pipes in power plants.
	Aug 29, 2012 News Allison Britt Siemens to provide IPS composting system in China One of world's largest wastewater sludge treatment plants to use new mechanically enhanced biodrying process: Guodian Northeast Environmental Protection Industry Group, Ltd. has selected Siemens Industry Automation Division to supply an IPS composting system using the new Mechanically Enhanced Biodrying (MEB) process for the Shenyang Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge Treatment Project in Shenyang, China. It will be the largest IPS composting facility ever built, and one of the largest sludge treatment processes in the world using non-thermal processing. The IPS composting system is scheduled to be commissioned in the fall of 2012.
	Aug 27, 2012 News Akkerman, Inc. Akkerman Exclusive Notched Thrust Casing Assembly for Efficient Production The Notched Thrust Casing Assembly is an exclusive design, wholly created and engineered by Akkerman. The differentiating points with the new casing include symmetrical notched connections that are secured with a casing collar and common hardware, along with their capacity for extended wear and tear.
	Aug 28, 2012 News Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates Names Winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge Bill Gates announced the winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge - an effort to develop “next-generation” toilets that will deliver safe and sustainable sanitation to the 2.5 billion people worldwide who don’t have it. The awards recognize researchers from leading universities who are developing innovative ways to manage human waste, which will help improve the health and lives of people around the world.
	Aug 30, 2012 News Jeri Lamerton Ditch Witch® Organization Introduces One Quad That Does It All The Charles Machine Works (CMW®), Inc., manufacturer of Ditch Witch® underground construction equipment, introduces the RT80 Quad heavy-duty ride-on trencher.
	Aug 31, 2012 News TT UK Ltd. TRENCHLESS ASIA 2012 in Singapore is a resounding success The sixth TRENCHLESS ASIA 2012 exhibition and conference took place in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, 2-4 July and for the first time was co-located with Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), World Cities Summit and CleanEnviro Summit. The combined attendance was recorded at more than 18,500 visitors from 104 countries.
	Sep 03, 2012 News Sally Shute-Trembath Japan Help Improve Sanitation in Samoa Prevention of typhoid and diarrheal diseases is at the heart of a new pilot program by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Japan that will see septic tanks installed in vulnerable households in Apia and northern Upolu.
	Sep 04, 2012 News Virginia Mesicek Borealis and Borouge support a sustainable future at Plastic Pipes XVI Borealis and Borouge, leading providers of innovative, value-creating plastics solutions, will demonstrate their contribution and commitment to improve quality of life and support a more sustainable world at the XVI International Plastic Pipes Conference in Barcelona, September 24-26, 2012.
	Sep 05, 2012 News Svitlana Pyrkalo Water and wastewater modernisation in Satu Mare, Romania Satu Mare, a county in north-western Romania, is getting an upgrade of its water and wastewater services, financed by the EU Cohesion Fund and co-financed by the EBRD.
	Sep 06, 2012 News Achim Kühn Galleria Sparvo: First tunnel tube completed in record format "With the world's largest TBM, we have become accustomed to setting new records – two of which are its size and advance rate", explained Alfonso Toto, CEO and Managing Director of Toto Costruzioni Generali, during the first breakthrough celebrations while building the Sparvo Tunnel at the end of July.
	Sep 07, 2012 News Jim Elliott In-Pipe Technology Awarded Contract for Green Sewer Collection System Treatment in Mexico In-Pipe Technology’s Agent in Mexico awarded a contract to implement In-Pipe’s green sewer collection system treatment to improve effluent quality and increase treatment capacity at the Services of Water and Drainage of Monterrey’s (SADM’s) Garcia wastewater treatment plant.
	Sep 10, 2012 News Eleni Christianson Hyundai Motors America Awards Kana Pipeline Kana Pipeline awarded $1.1 million USD for the underground pipeline construction of the new U.S. National Headquarters facility for Hyundai Motor America, Inc, in Fountain Valley, CA. Construction to be completed by winter of 2013.