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	Sep 25, 2012 News Achim Kühn Tunnel for New Energy Center in Bern In June 2012 the Bernese energy supply company Energie Wasser Bern (ewb) began with the gradual commissioning of the new Forsthaus energy center. The production concept of district heating, steam and electricity is unique in Switzerland and implements the federal capital’s sustainable energy strategy. A tunnel boring machine from Herrenknecht (AVND, diameter 3.6 m) excavated two utility tunnels to the nearest district heating hub, all in all more than 500 meters in length.
	Sep 27, 2012 News Gina Jackson MCC Completes Successful Five-Year Compact with El Salvador The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) announced the successful completion of its five-year compact with El Salvador. The $461 million compact was designed to reduce poverty through strategic investments in agricultural production, rural business development, transportation infrastructure, education and public services.
	Sep 28, 2012 News Rita Ann Wallace UNICEF says hardest part yet to come in providing drinking water to millions As World Water Week kicked off, UNICEF said that despite tremendous progress in the last two decades in bringing access to improved drinking water sources to billions of people, finishing the task is not going to be easy.
	Oct 02, 2012 News Dean Higuchi U.S. EPA awards Hawaii over $20 million to improve water quality, protect public health U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded the Hawaii Department of Health a $10,946,000 million grant for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and a $9,125,000 million grant for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for water pollution control and drinking water infrastructure projects.
	Oct 04, 2012 News Michael Lien Pipebursting Technology Manufacturer TRIC Tools, assists San Francisco Bay Area TRIC Tools, Inc., the Northern California based Trenchless Technology Company, proudly announces the sale of its fourth Pipebursting System to one of its longtime trenchless' clients in Oakland, CA.
	Oct 05, 2012 News Matt Thompson Creative Engineering Avoids Road Closure In Ripon A busy main road in Ripon, which was due to be closed for thirteen weeks for a major water pipe replacement programme, has been kept open thanks to some 'outside of the box thinking' from Yorkshire Water.
	Oct 08, 2012 News Sabine Wagner Industry welcomes launch of IFAT INDIA Local and international trade associations are giving strong support to the premiere of IFAT INDIA, which takes place from October 24 to 26, 2013, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC) in Mumbai.
	Oct 09, 2012 News Sergio Campos IDB-backed program to improve sanitation for more than 500,000 people in northern Argentina Program will provide 86,165 households with better sanitation services and 14,400 households with new or improved access to drinking water
	Oct 10, 2012 News Melanie Mathews VINCI Construction UK wins two Saudi Arabian contracts VINCI Construction UK, in a joint venture with Al Muhaidib Contracting Company (AMC), has won two separate contracts in Jeddah with the Saudi Arabian National Water Company. The contracts, with a combined worth of over £110 million, are for the design and build of the Briman Strategic Water Reservoir and the Al Khumra Lifting Station.
	Oct 11, 2012 News Matt Demo Veolia Water Releases Study on Process to Remove Pharmaceuticals and Phosphorus from Wastewater Veolia Water North America (Veolia Water) announced study findings that showed the successful removal of pharmaceuticals and phosphorus from wastewater using its Actiflo® Carb technology. Over the course of an 8-week study, the presence of phosphorus and a variety of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), ranging from ointments to medications, were monitored after adding Actiflo® Carb to the traditional wastewater treatment process.
	Oct 12, 2012 News Carrie Capuco WERF Recognizes San Antonio Water System for Achieving a Clean Water Trifecta The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) recognized San Antonio Water System with its Award for Excellence in Innovation for achieving its goal to recycle and use all treatment process residuals.
	Oct 15, 2012 News Nord Stream AG We Deliver: Nord Stream’s Twin Pipelines Come On Stream Just 30 months after the start of construction of its first pipeline, Nord Stream’s twin pipeline system came on stream in October 2012, on schedule and on budget. International specialists worked around the clock under the most challenging conditions to construct the pipelines with a total weight of 4 million tonnes.
	Oct 16, 2012 News Achim Kühn High-Tech Premiere for TGV Tunnel Two months earlier than planned, tunnel boring machine Charlotte reached the west side of the Vosges Mountains, concluding excavation for the first tube of the »Tunnel de Saverne«. A newly developed high-tech machine from Herrenknecht is being used, which can be converted inside the tunnel and adjusted for different soil conditions. The twin-tube rail tunnel is part of the section on the TGV Paris-Strasbourg line currently being expanded for train speeds of up to 320 kilometers per hour.
	Oct 17, 2012 News Applied CleanTech New Technology: Sewage Waste to Become Plastic A pioneering, ground breaking innovation will enable turning municipal sewage sludge into raw materials, to be used by paper and plastic industries around the world.
	Oct 18, 2012 News Weldon Freeman USDA Rural Development Announces Funding in Rural Alaska Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager announced that 16 rural communities in Alaska will receive funding to improve public health and the quality of local water supplies. Funding will be used by the predominantly Native communities to plan, design and construct community water and wastewater disposal projects. Funding is provided by USDA through the Rural Alaska Village Grant (RAVG) program.
	Oct 19, 2012 News DBM - Department of Budget and Management DBM Channels P257-M into Potable Water Projects The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released P257.2 million to the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) to fund various water supply projects in 29 provinces.
	Oct 22, 2012 News Royal Imtech N.V. Imtech chosen as strategic technology partner by Severn Trent Water until 2020 Royal Imtech N.V. announces that Capula, one of the operating companies of Imtech UK, following an extensive European (OJEU) procurement process, has been appointed by Severn Trent Water as their strategic technology partner with immediate effect. For Imtech, this means contracts worth up to tens of millions euro each year up to 2020.
	Oct 23, 2012 News Sabine Wagner Leading trade fair for environmental technology returns to its original name: IFAT ENTSORGA becomes IFAT again After two events held under the name of IFAT ENTSORGA, the leading trade fair for environmental technologies is returning to its original name of IFAT.
	Oct 24, 2012 News Caroline Philips Vallourec provides Technip with integrated solutions for an Offshore Project in the Central North Sea Vallourec, world leader in premium tubular solutions, announces the provision of seamless linepipe including coating and welding services for the Greater Stella Project in the North Sea. The 96 km of coated linepipe is due to be delivered to Technip, who has been awarded the EPC1 contract, in the first quarter of 2013.
	Oct 26, 2012 News Stacey John Pipe End Caps Range Expanded to include Flanged Pipe FT Pipeline Systems, a leading supplier of steel water pipes to the UK construction industry has expanded its range of pipe end caps to include caps for flanged pipe.
	Oct 29, 2012 News Lorien Walsh Teams from the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of South Florida Win the 2012 WEF Student Design Competition The Water Environment Federation (WEF) proudly announces students from the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of South Florida as winners of the 2012 Student Design Competition. The eleventh annual competition took place this month in New Orleans, La. as part of WEFTEC® 2012, WEF's 85th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference.
	Oct 30, 2012 News Maxence Naouri VINCI awarded a contract for the construction of a 4 km tunnel in Hong Kong VINCI Construction Grands Projets has been awarded by MTR Corporation Limited the contract 1103 – Hin Keng to Diamond Hill tunnels – part of the new Shatin to Central Link mass transit railway, for an amount of 280 million euros.
	Oct 31, 2012 News ACO Building Drainage "Drainage is key to safer build environments" says ACO Building Drainage While a drainage system is essential for the safe removal of water and waste products, their very nature can create certain safety issues that have to be addressed. Namely, flood prevention and hygiene. For example, drains can act as a breeding ground for potentially harmful micro-organisms and flooding can occur when drainage is poorly specified.
	Nov 02, 2012 News Lone Henneke Aarsleff enters into partnering on the execution of a new sewer system at Langelinie in Odense VCS Denmark has today confirmed that it will enter into partnering with Aarsleff Langelinie I/S on the design of the extension of the sewer system in and around the road Langelinie in Odense where the sewers are old and unable to cope with heavy rain and climate changes.
	Nov 06, 2012 News Jim Elliott In-Pipe Technology Moving to New Headquarters In-Pipe Technology is moving to a new facility next to the Chicago O’Hare Airport to meet growing demand.