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	Dec 17, 2012 News Achim Kühn Herrenknecht supplies first TBM for Metro construction in Rio de Janeiro. Herrenknecht AG is supplying a tunnel boring machine with a diameter of 11.46 meters for the construction of the new metro line 4 in Rio de Janeiro. It will contribute to relieving the traffic routes in the metropolitan area. At the company’s headquarters in southern German Schwanau the first tunnel boring machine to be used in Rio de Janeiro was accepted by the customer in late September 2012.
	Dec 17, 2012 News Michael Lien TRIC Trenchless Renews Kellogg's Eggo plant Underground Infrastructure TRIC Tools, Inc., a Northern California based Pipe Bursting technology company, joined with Therma Corp., a San Jose based mechanical contracting firm, to upgrade underground utility lines at Kellogg's Eggo manufacturing plant in San Jose, CA.
	Dec 18, 2012 News Ken Darling PII Pipeline Solutions and Alliance Pipeline Partner to Support Engineers of Tomorrow With an eye toward developing the oil and gas industry’s engineers of tomorrow, PII Pipeline Solutions, a GE Oil & Gas and Al Shaheen joint venture, and Canadian gas pipeline operator Alliance Pipeline, jointly sponsored the engineering student paper competition at the 2012 International Pipeline Conference (IPC) in Calgary. The winning author and runner-up were announced after the competition’s eight finalists presented their papers during the IPC’s closing day on September 28.
	Dec 19, 2012 News Jim Elliott A Sewage Treatment Plant Goes Underground The town of Villalba de los Barros in Spain is innovating wastewater treatment using using bacterial injections in its sewer system. This process employs the sewer pipes underground to do work prior to the wastewater treatment plant resulting in significant benefits to the town, environment and treatment plant.
	Dec 18, 2012 News Yasin Torun Mechanized Tunneling and Microtunneling Short Course – A Great Success TSITT (Turkish Society for Infrastructure and Trenchless Technology) held the MECHANIZED TUNNELING AND MICROTUNNELING SHORT COURSE in Sanliurfa Hilton Hotel TR in October 2012 with the valuable support of TTS (Turkish Tunneling Society) and ISTT. Many local and international participants attended this unique mechanized tunneling and microtunneling short course of Turkey.
	Jan 02, 2013 News Suzette Schreuder New drinking water system for La Paz, Bolivia Royal HaskoningDHV and water operator Vitens Evides International (VEI) are advising the Bolivian water company EPSAS on the development of the Chuquiaguillo drinking water project. The project will supply drinking water to approximately 125,000 inhabitants of the Bolivian capital La Paz. It will be the first time that some of them have been connected to the city's drinking water mains.
	Jan 03, 2013 News Tom Robert Mugoya Launch of the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Improvement Project in Oyo and Taraba States The Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai and the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Chief Moses Alake Adeyemo launched the Urban Water and Sanitation Improvement Project – with an African Development Bank loan of approximately US $100 million for the rehabilitation, expansion and construction of water and sanitation facilities in Jalingo, Taraba State, and Ibadan, a city located in Oyo State, Nigeria. The project will improve access to clean water and sanitation for an estimated 1.5 million people.
	Jan 04, 2013 News Terry Peristerakis Fiberscope.net Introduces a New Pipe Inspection Camera to its Range of Portable Optic Devices With a Convenient Portable Design and High Resolution Video, the iSnake Push Camera from Fiberscope.Net takes Portable Field Inspections to the Next Level.
	Jan 04, 2013 News Jake Wells New RedLine Laser Profiling Accessory for ROVVER X Reduces Cost, Effort of Scanning Pipe Geometry Attaching in seconds to the ROVVER X inspection crawler, the new RedLine™ laser accessory is all you need to geometrically profile the inside of buried pipelines. Captured profile data is readily analyzed to verify proper pipe installation, plan relining projects, determine remaining pipe life, monitor erosion/corrosion, quantify defects, and analyze partial collapses.
	Jan 07, 2013 News Anamaria Nuñez Dominican Republic to improve access to drinking water for 329,000 people with IDB support The Dominican Republic will improve water services for 329,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Santiago de los Caballeros with a $25 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
	Jan 08, 2013 News Olga Rosca Wastewater system upgrade to improve life in Croatian tourist resort of Šibenik The EBRD is supporting the modernisation of municipal infrastructure in the Croatian town of Šibenik with a €10 million loan to co-finance the upgrade of its wastewater infrastructure.
	Jan 09, 2013 News Global Water Technologies, Inc. Global Water Technologies plans pilot "smart water grid" project with people + pipes + policy Global Water Technologies is planning to launch a pilot “smart water grid” that demonstrates the importance of addressing sustainable infrastructure through a comprehensive approach that shows benefits to people, pipes and policy.
	Jan 10, 2013 News Achim Kühn Techni-Métal Systems a New Herrenknecht Subsidiary In December 2012, Herrenknecht AG took over the French manufacturer of tunnel supply vehicles, the company Techni-Métal Systemes SAS (TMS) in Livron. By acquiring TMS, Herrenknecht is expanding its full-range portfolio which comprises all technical equipment and services around innovative tunnel boring machines.
	Jan 14, 2013 News Fleming Gulf Gulf Waste Water Summit 2013 Announces New Dates The GCC water industry's most anticipated summit – Fleming Gulf's 3rd Annual Gulf Waste Water Summit, which was scheduled to take place in March 2013 is now poised to take place on 2nd & 3rd April 2013 at Shangri-La Hotel - Dubai.
	Jan 15, 2013 News Zafrin Chowdhury Urgent action needed to improve water and sanitation for displaced in Myanmar’s Rakhine State despite some progress Tens of thousands of people displaced by conflict in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state and living in temporary camps have inadequate sanitation, poor hygiene conditions and limited access to safe water, increasing health risks to people in and near the sites.
	Jan 16, 2013 News Tri-Tech Holding Inc. Tri-Tech Holding Wins Multiple Contracts in Water and Water Resources Management Tri-Tech Holding Inc., which provides turn-key water resources management, water and wastewater treatment, industrial safety and pollution control solutions, announced that it has secured several contracts for wastewater treatment, high-rising building water supply equipment procurement and flash flood forecasting projects. The aggregate value of all contracts is approximately $3.2 million (approximately RMB 20.15 million).
	Jan 18, 2013 News Maxence Naouri VINCI wins two water engineering contracts in Jamaica VINCI Construction Grands Projets is to carry out two projects for the Jamaican National Water Commission to improve the country’s water supply network for a total sum of €60 million.
	Jan 17, 2013 News Elena Karaban About 220,000 Uzbek Citizens to Benefit from Improved Water Supply Almost 220,000 people in Uzbekistan will benefit from a US$82 million IDA Credit, approved by the World Bank’s Board of Directors. The Alat and Karakul Water Supply Project will improve the coverage, quality and efficiency of public water supply service in the districts of Alat and Karakul in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan.
	Jan 21, 2013 News Caroline Philips Vallourec awards Veolia Water the contract to audit the water footprint of its biggest production facilities To assess and compare the water footprint of seven of its biggest production plants worldwide, Vallourec has turned to Veolia Water’s new measurement and decision-making assistance tool: the Water Impact Index (WIIX).
	Jan 22, 2013 News Katia Theriault First Peace-Building Water Project in Darfur Over 750,000 people from three Darfur states will have improved access to water supply and sanitation through a €3.3 million African Water Facility (AWF) grant. The project was recently launched during two separate ceremonies held in November in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and in El Fasher, North Darfur State capital.
	Jan 23, 2013 News Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) The secret of nanoparticle packing in cement Cement production is responsible for 5 % of carbon dioxide emissions. If we are to invent a "green" cement, we need to understand in more detail the legendary qualities of traditional Portland cement. A research group partly financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is tackling this task.
	Jan 24, 2013 News David F. Morris Aegion Corporation Receives $12.9 Million Fibrwrap® Pipe Rehabilitation Contract Relating to the Government of Hong Kong Water Supplies Department Aegion Corporation announced today that its subsidiary, Fyfe Hong Kong Limited, has received a three-year contract valued at $12.9 million (USD) for the rehabilitation of potable steel water pipelines, ranging from 47-inches to 94-inches in diameter, located in the New Territories of Hong Kong for the Government of Hong Kong Water Supplies Department.
	Jan 28, 2013 News Lake Victoria North Water Services Board Major Facelift in Mumias underway The perennial water problems in Mumias Municipality and the adjoining rural surroundings are set to be a thing of the past as the Board embarks on a major infrastructural facelift of the water and sanitation infrastructure to overhaul the area’s existing water supply system.
	Jan 29, 2013 News Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Signing of Japanese ODA Loan Agreement with the Republic of Peru The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Japanese ODA loan agreements with the Government of the Republic of Peru in the capital of Lima to provide Japanese ODA loans of up to 5.078 billion yen for assistance for the North Lima Metropolitan Area Water Supply and Sewerage Optimization Project (II) and of up to 2.905 billion yen for assistance for the Amazonas Rural Development Project.
	Feb 04, 2013 News Achim Kühn Herrenknecht opens Service Branch in Abu Dhabi Herrenknecht AG responds to the high demand for micromachines and comprehensive services in the Gulf region by opening a full-service branch in Abu Dhabi in November 2012. The new company, Herrenknecht Tunnelling Systems LLC, offers top level machine overhauls, Field Service and supply of spare parts.