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	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.
	Nov 09, 2012 News Nguyen Hong Ngan 1.7 Million Vietnamese in Rural Communities to Gain Access to Safe Water Safe clean water for 1.7 million people, improved sanitation for 650,000 people – these are the services that Vietnamese in 8 provinces in the Red River Delta will receive through the government’s National Target Program (NTP) for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation.
	Nov 12, 2012 News Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Signing of Japanese ODA Loan Agreement with the Government of India The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Japanese ODA loan agreement with the Government of India to provide a loan of up to 28.975 billion yen for assistance for Delhi Water Supply Improvement Project.
	Nov 13, 2012 News Rick Fender Cloud 9 Services, Inc. Announces Critical Capability When Performing World’s Most Dangerous Job Rick Fender, Vice President of Cloud 9 Services, Inc. claims that even the Ice Road Truckers and Alaskan Crab fisherman would agree that the world’s most dangerous job is the challenge faced when Underground Utility Contractors enter Confined Spaces as required to perform an underground pipe repair, manhole repair or lift station repair.
	Nov 14, 2012 News LuJean Smith GE Survey Shows Most Americans Strongly Support “Toilet-to-Turf” Water Reuse Solutions Amidst growing water scarcity and concern about the future availability and quality of water, a new GE consumer survey indicates that Americans strongly support reusing water to help the U.S. drive economic competitiveness and protect the environment.
	Nov 16, 2012 News Jeri Lamerton New Ditch Witch Directional Drills Inspired By Customer Input The Charles Machine Works (CMW®), Inc., manufacturer of Ditch Witch® underground construction equipment, announces the release of two new directional drills: the Ditch Witch JT30 Mach 1 and JT30 All Terrain.
	Nov 19, 2012 News Karen Lane ADB $300 Million to Fund Overhaul of Ageing Water, Sewer Systems in Colombo The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing $300 million in loans to overhaul the quality, coverage, and management of water and wastewater services in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo.
	Nov 20, 2012 News Katia Theriault Funding Meeting Supports Large Scale Peri-urban Sanitation Project in Burkina Faso Representatives of various local, regional and international development agencies and from different levels of Government met in Ouagadougou to discuss the funding of a sanitation project in the peri-urban areas of Ouagadougou, estimated at €138 million (FCFA 90.5 billion). This project should be completed by 2017 and is expected to improve the lives of an estimated one million people living in the most vulnerable areas of the city.
	Nov 21, 2012 News Lena Zemke SPR Europe rehabilitates circulation lines of the treatment plant in Berlin-Ruhleben Often, in addition to cost considerations, site conditions can make open construction impossible. For the rehabilitation of the three 900 mm circulation lines at the Berliner Wasserbetriebe treatment plant in Berlin-Ruhleben, Germany, the constant hydraulic strain of the pipes prompted a decision for trenchless rehabilitation.
	Nov 22, 2012 News Steve Napoleon Improvements on Sewer Inspection Camera Systems Insight Vision has just concluded a six month project to upgrades and improvements on the Vutek and D2 Camera Inspection Systems. This project has resulted in the implementation of over 30 different changes to the system that will result in a more robust and durable system.
	Nov 23, 2012 News Rich Henning United Waters Dedicates $52 Million Upgrade at East Providence Water Pollution Control Facility United Water, one of the leading providers of water and wastewater services in the nation, celebrated the completion of infrastructure upgrades totaling $52 million at its City of East Providence Water Pollution Control Facility. The treatment plant has undergone extensive improvements that have made the facility more operationally friendly and efficient.
	Nov 26, 2012 News Felix Njoku AfDB Board Approves Debt Relief for Guinea, Loan for Marrakech Water Project Guinea will benefit from assistance estimated at US $639.2 million in end-December 1999 net present value terms, aimed at reducing the country’s external debt burden to sustainable levels following the country’s attainment of the completion point under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) Initiative. By reaching the completion point, Guinea also benefits from additional debt cancellation under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI).
	Nov 27, 2012 News AdP - Águas de Portugal, SGPS, S.A. Águas de Portugal steps up technical assistance to the Angolan water sector Águas de Portugal Internacional (AdPI) was recently awarded two new technical assistance contracts in Angola, together worth about €1 million, in the areas of water supply and wastewater sanitation - one in the province of Uíge and the other in Cunene province.
	Nov 28, 2012 News Rita Ann Wallace Ending open defecation is possible, says UNICEF UNICEF says that trends in the past five years allow for cautious optimism that significant progress will be made in decreasing the number of people globally who practice open defecation.
	Nov 29, 2012 News Sabine Parisse Belgium: EIB lends Aquafin EUR 200 million for wastewater treatment and water protection schemes in flemish region The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Aquafin N.V. have signed the first EUR 50 million instalment of a EUR 200 million 30-year loan for financing projects involving the additional sanitation of various discharge locations, the construction of wastewater treatment works and the laying of strategic rainwater piping to improve the existing infrastructure.
	Nov 30, 2012 News Claudia Quatz Infrastructure Conference in Tunisia with strong focus on pipes and sewer, water and trenchless technologies Since 2008, when 43 states founded the UfM (Union for Mediterranean) many studies have been worked out and pilot projects have been started to help the Mediterranean countries to develop their economies. The EU did provide financial support. Now it is time to integrate economic operators especially small and medium sized enterprises.
	Dec 03, 2012 News Achim Kühn India: Mechanized Tunnelling for Better Infrastructure On the Indian subcontinent there is a great need to improve the infrastructure in the areas of transport and supply. In the rapidly growing large cities, Herrenknecht technology is heavily involved in the expansion of both the water supply and the metro systems. This year an Indian record of 525 meters of drilled and secured tunnel in one month was achieved in the Veligonda water project (state of Andhra Pradesh) with a Herrenknecht Double Shield TBM (diameter 7,900 mm).
	Dec 04, 2012 News Susan Williams Just published: Water Services Management and Governance – Lessons for a Sustainable Future Water Services Management and Governance focuses on water services (water supply, wastewater services) and deals with connections between water resources and services and water resources. It covers water supply mainly in urban communities, sanitation and pollution control and water resources and their linkages to water services.