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	Jun 10, 2019 News Michelle Hill The NASTT 2020 No-Dig Show Call for Abstracts Deadline is June 30 The North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) is now accepting abstracts for its 2020 No-Dig Show in Denver, Colorado at the Colorado Convention Center April 5-9, 2020. Prospective authors are invited to submit a 250-word abstract outlining the scope of their paper and the principal points of benefit to the trenchless industry.
	Sep 21, 2022 News Markus Woehl VARIOKIT Tunnel Formwork Solution Deep in the Heart of the Golden City With construction work being carried out in depths up to 30 metres in the centre of the city famous for the Golden Gate Bridge, an enormous building structure is being realised. When completed, the Chinatown Subway Station will form the northern end of San Francisco's Central Subway System. The new station will significantly improve access to public transport in some of the city's most densely populated areas. The architectural requirements presented the contractor with enormous challenges. PERI developed a project-specific solution based on the VARIOKIT Engineering Construction Kit in order to economically construct the inner lining.
	Jun 12, 2019 News Paul O’Callaghan Technologies for Textiles and Aquaculture Win MIT Water Prize A membrane technology for textile manufacturers and a recirculating aquaculture system have been announced as joint winners of the MIT Water prize. Student-led teams SiPure and Symbrosia will share the US$35,000 prize with Volta Irrigation, a social enterprise focused on resource optimisation in agricultural small-holdings.
	Nov 08, 2019 News Malcolm Hallsworth Addressing the Leakage Imperative: Black & Veatch Responds With New Hire to Lead Digital Transformation of Leakage Management Services Water companies in England and Wales have to deliver, on average, a 17 per cent cut in leakage by 2025. Current levels of leakage, 3.16 billion litres per day in 2018/19, are deemed unacceptable by Ofwat. Black & Veatch has created a new role: Leakage Services Manager, and appointed Stuart White, to help water companies meet the regulator’s expectations.
	Nov 14, 2019 News Heather Centorbi Agenda Set for 2020 Risk Management in Underground Construction Course Course organizers have posted the agenda for the 2020 Risk Management in Underground Construction course, to be held March 10-11, 2020 in Houston, Texas.
	Nov 20, 2019 News Paul Mullord British Water “Encouraged” by Utility Survey Results Industry trade association British Water says it is encouraged by results of its latest water company performance survey, but that improvements can still be made. The annual survey asks contractors, consultants and suppliers to rate their clients’ performance in 10 areas, including professionalism, contractual approach and communication.
	Nov 21, 2019 News Jane Richardson MWH Treatment Awarded Southern Water AMP7 Contract MWH Treatment and its joint venture partner Costain will continue their work to maintain and improve Southern Water’s water and wastewater treatment facilities over the next five years, from 2020. The joint venture, CMDP, has been selected by Southern Water to extend its AMP6 contract as part of the water company’s AMP7 investment programme.
	Nov 21, 2019 News Trans Mountain Major Expansion Project Employs Trenchless Trans Mountain is using trenchless crossings and horizontal directional drilling (HDD) to reduce the environmental impacts of its expansion project.
	Nov 22, 2019 News Carissa Boudwin Electro Scan Inc. to Inspect Entire Wastewater Collection System of La Grange, North Carolina Electro Scan Inc. announced that it has been selected to inspect the Town of La Grange, North Carolina's entire wastewater collection system. Representing over 30-miles (160,000 feet) of sewer main, Electro Scan will use its award-winning and patented Focused Electrode Leak Location (FELL) machine-intelligent technology to locate sources of infiltration and report all leaks in Gallons per Minute (GPM).
	Nov 25, 2019 News Nancy Cooper Aries Clean Energy’s New Jersey Biosolids Gasification Facility To Set New Standards In Wastewater Industry Aries Clean Energy was joined by local officials and dignitaries to break ground on New Jersey’s first biosolids-only gasification facility. The Aries Linden Biosolids Gasification Facility will bring environmental and sustainable benefits to the area by processing 430 tons of biosolids daily into clean renewable energy.
	Nov 18, 2019 News Envirosight Prioritize Safety When You Dig Trenching is dangerous. Dozens of fatalities and hundreds of injuries occur each year at trenching and excavation sites. It’s important to follow the OSHA standards that have been created to ensure your safety on the job.
	Aug 11, 2022 News Lianne Ayling Harnessing the Benefits of Process Patents WPL has been granted a patent for its cutting-edge WPL Hybrid-SAFTM process technology. The patented technology employs a submerged moving-bed, fixed-film reactor which can treat wastewater with greater energy efficiency compared to traditional submerged aerated filters (SAFs), in a tighter site footprint whilst meeting environmental compliance.
	Apr 04, 2019 News United Utilities Group PLC Monster 80 Metre Fatberg Found in Liverpool Sewer A 90-tonne bung of congealed fat is set to be hacked out of a Liverpool sewer by hand. The 80 metre-long blockage of congealed fats, oils and other nasties under Birchall Street wouldn’t budge with traditional high powered water jets.
	Apr 08, 2019 News Sivan Fridner Triple+ and Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies Partner on Smart Water Leak Prevention Pilot Project Water damage is the second most common insurance property claim in the US after hail and wind damage and billions of dollars are spent in claims and repairing damages annually. GUARD aims to reduce these costs for customers and the company through the utilization of unique end-to-end water leak damage prevention systems. Berkshire Hathaway GUARD and Triple+ have launched a pilot project that utilizes Triple+ devices powered with its cloud monitoring service.
	Apr 09, 2019 News M.Sc. Barbara Grunewald IKT LinerReport 2018: Has trend for improving quality ended? For more than ten years, the performance of CIPP liners continuously improved. But, in recent years the annual test results have sometimes been poorer. Is this a sign of a reversal in that trend?
	Apr 10, 2019 News Ditch Witch The Toro Company to Acquire The Charles Machine Works, Inc. The Toro Company announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held The Charles Machine Works, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation and the parent company of Ditch Witch and several other leading brands in the underground construction market, for $700 million in cash subject to certain adjustments set forth in the definitive agreement.
	Apr 11, 2019 News Tess Dumlao Report Recommends Governmentwide Adoption of Dynamic Water’s Technology for Saving Water Dynamic Water Technologies saved thousands of gallons of water and cut operating costs at a federal building in Georgia as part of a government study to find alternative technologies to conserve energy and water. As a result, the report recommends governmentwide adoption of the company’s electrochemical process water treatment technology.
	Apr 17, 2019 News United Utilities Group PLC Employee Innovation Culture Helps Give a Clearer View into Sewers A chance encounter over 4,000 miles from United Utilities head office in Warrington gave one employee of the company the opportunity to see a piece of equipment not yet used in the UK water industry in action.
	Apr 18, 2019 News M.A. Marisa Lange Happy Easter! ...from everyone at UNITRACC.
	Apr 15, 2019 News Univ.-Prof Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Marcher The University Course NATM Engineering is Starting in 2019 with New Content In addition to method competence, the part-time international tunnelling course offered by TU Graz and Montanuniversität Leoben imparts new knowledge about tunnel-boring machinery. The operation and maintenance of tunnel structures are also part of the new curriculum. Applications are open until 31st July.
	Apr 24, 2019 News Achim Kühn Milestone for Hard Rock Tunnelling: Final Double Breakthrough Follo Line The construction of Norway's longest railway tunnel marked a breakthrough for the use of tunnel boring machines in hard rock tunnelling.
	May 05, 2020 News Chelsea Kulp New Jersey American Water & Scholastic Celebrate Five Years of Working Together In April, New Jersey American Water and Scholastic celebrated five years of working together to provide water-based curriculum for teachers and families across New Jersey. The How Water Works program, a free, online platform, offers fun and engaging curriculum with a focus on STEM and the importance of water.
	May 06, 2020 News Dan Lockwood Aqua Reminds Consumers on Earth Day to Help Keep Wastewater Lines Clear by Not Flushing Wipes As many people use disinfectant wipes to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, Aqua utilities continue to address blockages in wastewater pipelines and treatment plants as a result of wipes being flushed down toilets.
	May 07, 2020 News Joseph Szafran American Water Releases Virtual Water Treatment Plant Tour American Water Works Company, Inc. the largest publicly-traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, has launched an opportunity to take an educational visit to a water treatment plant, without having to leave the house. Spearheaded by Missouri American Water, the company released an online, 360-degree digital tour of its largest water treatment plant - Missouri American Water’s Central Plant serving St. Louis County.
	Dec 03, 2018 News Brian Mershon Fluor Awarded Contract for Teck’s Fording River Water Treatment Facility in British Columbia Fluor Corporation announced that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by Teck for the Fording River South Active Water Treatment Facility in the Elk Valley, British Columbia, Canada. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in the third quarter of 2018.