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May 13, 2013 News Akissa Bahri The Fostering Innovative Sanitation and Hygiene (FISH) in Monrovia Project funded by the African Water Facility (AWF) was launched in April 2013 in the presence of over 40 people including representatives of beneficiaries and development partners. The Facility offers a €1.2-million grant to the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) to support a project aimed at increasing access to sustainable and affordable sanitation and hygiene services to over 800,000 urban slum-dwellers in Monrovia, Liberia.
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May 14, 2013 News PVC4PIPES PVC4PIPES is celebrating its ten years anniversary. Based in Brussels, the European association promotes PVC pipe system benefits through activities that range from recycling to environmental assessments, standardisation, market analysis and promotion. In reviewing these activities, it also previews some interesting developments in the PVC pipeline that prompt an optimistic outlook for the industry.
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May 14, 2013 News Patricia Garofalo GE announced the commissioning of its high-performance LEAPmbr membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology at a wastewater treatment plant owned by the Spanish poultry processing firm, Procavi S.L. GE’s LEAPmbr technology will help Procavi improve water quality and double its water treatment capacity without expanding the existing facility. This is the first industrial LEAPmbr installation in Spain.
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May 16, 2013 News Groundforce Groundforce Shorco has unveiled a revolutionary lightweight shoring product which employs inflatable panels instead of heavy metallic plates to support shallow excavations.
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May 15, 2013 News TERRATEC TERRATEC successfully completed the factory acceptance testing of its first raise boring machine sold for the Mexican market. The ceremony was held in Tasmania, Australia, in the presence of the client, Ing. Gabriel Elizondo, of Cau S.A. de C.V. (CAUSA) of Mexico after six months from receipt of order.
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May 17, 2013 News Scottish Water Scottish Water has completed the first phase of Scotland’s biggest water mains renewal project to date. When completed in April 2015, it will have covered 4,300km - the distance from Edinburgh to Mali.
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May 21, 2013 News Günter Naujoks The company PRIME DRILLING from Wenden near Olpe/Germany was founded in 1999 and specialises in the design and construction of fluid-assisted, horizontal, directional drill rigs (HDD) with up to 6,000 kN pulling force.
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May 22, 2013 News Scottish Water Ltd. The first turbine of its kind in the UK, capable of generating enough green energy to power up to 150 homes, has been installed in Scottish Water pipes. Capable of producing 600 MWh of electricity each year, the technology known as Difgen is located in a strategic trunk water main at Denny, near Falkirk, reducing the amount of electricity Scottish Water needs to buy from the National Grid.
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May 22, 2013 News Angela Griep In April 2013 UNICEF handed over 73 motorbikes to 20 NGOs implementing water and sanitation projects in Sierra Leone. The bikes will be used for monitoring and implementation of water and sanitation projects aiming at building or rehabilitating wells and sanitation facilities in schools, health centers and communities.
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May 23, 2013 News Martin Sommers Atlas Copco’s new Explorac 235 is a reverse circulation drilling rig designed specifically for exploration drilling down to 400 meters in depth. The launch confirms Atlas Copco’s strong commitment to meet growing global market demand in reverse circulation drilling.
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May 27, 2013 News Hradil Spezialkabel GmbH Frequent repairs due to cable breakage are a thing of the past with the new HRADIL HB44® pushrod cable. This makes it possible to achieve annual cost savings of up to 1,000 EUR. Field trials carried out by Stuttgart University have confirmed the breakthrough. The HRADIL HB44® pushrod cable can be used with all standard CCTV pushrod systems.
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May 28, 2013 News Nicolas McGay Melbourne Water announced the preferred contractors that will play a significant role in delivering its capital projects over the next five years, starting on July 1.
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May 31, 2013 News Susan Williams WWAP will participate at the next World Water Week, which takes place in Stockholm, Sweden, as annual focal point for the globe’s water issues.
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Jun 03, 2013 News Sharelynn Moore Itron, Inc. announced an expansion of its analytic capabilities in North America with Itron Water Analytics. Itron Water Analytics includes a data store optimized for analytics, business intelligence dashboards and water utility specific analytics that turn smart metering and other operational data into actionable intelligence to improve utility operations and asset management.
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Jun 04, 2013 News Enemalta Corporation Works on the Interconnector project are advancing according to plan and at the beginning of last week, people going through the Coast Road managed to get a glimpse of a Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD) which was brought to Malta as part of the works currently being done ahead of the Interconnector.
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Jun 05, 2013 News Mike Vellano Inland Pipe Rehabilitation (IPR), the nation’s largest privately owned trenchless infrastructure solutions provider, recently installed Cured-In-Place Pipe (CIPP) to renew more than 1600 ft. of water lines serving a North Dallas suburb water treatment plant. IPR installed its unique pressure pipe renewal system provided by RS Technik using Dow custom formulated resins.
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Jun 07, 2013 News Poonam Sewak Safe Water Network has created a tablet-based awareness and educational campaign aimed at rural communities lacking safe water access in India. This low cost approach to providing compelling messaging, accelerates household adoption and usage, and it can be broadly replicated.
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Jun 10, 2013 News Robert Loadsman MidCoast Water’s sewer line investigation work is heading to Gloucester. The sewer line investigation program aims to correctly map the sewer network, identify potential problems so they can be resolved and undertake periodic cleaning of the mains.
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Jun 11, 2013 News MB Hodgkiss GE’s Measurement and Control business announced two innovative condition monitoring and sensing solutions for the subsea sector: the Acoustic Leak Detection System and the Subsea Multi-Domain Condition Monitoring System. Representing the first products resulting from GE’s acquisition of Naxys in 2012, these solutions allow oil and gas operators to monitor the integrity of their subsea installations.
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Jun 12, 2013 News Jeri Lamerton The Ditch Witch® organization announces the release of the new JT25 horizontal directional drill, an exceptionally smooth, powerful, quiet and productive machine designed primarily for utility backbone work.
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Jun 13, 2013 News SGS Industrial Services One of the most distinguished suppliers among the largest in the transmission and distribution of natural gas in India has awarded SGS a contract to provide independent inspection, testing, commissioning and certification services during construction of a polyethylene (PE) pipeline in Surat, India.
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Jun 14, 2013 News Jason Haas HammerHead has launched the new ROUGHNECK R400 Pneumatic Rock Hammer system for the underground construction industry. The system includes the R400 air hammer, 5.25-inch straight and offset bits, patent-pending pullback kit, control station/oiler, drill conversion kit and universal HD high-flow rock drill housing. The ROUGHNECK R400 is designed to drill at rates up to 150 feet per hour while providing enhanced steering performance.
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Jun 18, 2013 News Aby K. Toure The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved a US$155 million IDA grant to support the Government of Ghana’s efforts to increase access to sanitation and water supply services and to improve the capacity of government agencies to plan and manage natural resources more sustainably.
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Jun 17, 2013 News Dr. Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa Providing access to clean water is one of the most pressing challenges in developing countries. Lack of access to safe drinking water impacts the lives and well-being of millions of people, whereas non-existent, or inadequate, wastewater treatment is threatening the quality of water resources, as well as ecosystems that we depend on.
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Jun 19, 2013 News Stacey Kika The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released results of a survey showing that $384 billion in improvements are needed for the nation’s drinking water infrastructure through 2030 for systems to continue providing safe drinking water to 297 million Americans.
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