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	Mar 07, 2007 News EC-Power UK Ltd Biogas and water treatment plants to produce electric power Biogas- and water treatment plants are now able to produce electric power from biogas and deliver it directly to consumers over the grid. A revolutionizing micro power plant, the XRGI, has been developed and approved to produce electricity from biogas, and this gives new opportunities for the biogas- and water treatment plants in Britain.
	Jun 20, 2008 News HOBAS Engineering GmbH Poland drives HOBAS pipes round the bend An impressive pipe project in Poland's capital Warsaw is expected to be completed mid summer 2008: To relieve the down-town sewer collector and to transport wastewater to the new treatment plant "Czajka", astounding 3.3 km large diameter (up to OD 2160 mm) HOBAS CC-GRP Jacking Pipes are installed by remote controlled jacking (microtunneling) and were literally driven around several bends.
	Feb 19, 2009 News The Robbins Company Dynamic Robbins TBM will Adapt Mid-bore An extensive hydroelectric project in northeast Turkey will employ a Robbins Main Beam TBM at two different tunnel diameters. Launched in Winter 2008/2009, the 4.8 m (15.8 ft) diameter TBM and back-up are excavating a series of headrace tunnels for contractor Kolin Construction Co. Inc.
	Dec 16, 2008 News Water UK Water UK - Transfer of private sewers to water company ownership Water UK anticipates an announcement by Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, that ownership of private sewers and lateral drains in England will be transferred to water and sewerage companies from April 2011.
	Nov 27, 2009 News HOBAS CZ spol. s r. o. Central Bohemian Region Is Ready for the Future Reconstruction and Extension of the Sewer Network Beroun, CZ
	Feb 08, 2010 News American Water Works Association AWWA Announces ACE10 Registration is Now Open Online registration is now open for the American Water Works Association's (AWWA) 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE10), June 20-24, in Chicago, Illinois
	Aug 04, 2009 News Hochtief AG Order of approx. Euro 233 million for Hong Kong tunnel system Leighton Asia to plan and build sewage system by October 2013
	Jun 06, 2007 News Lovat, Inc. Supply of TBM for Oztas Co. - Gûrpinar & Firuzkoy Tunnels, Istanbul Turkish contractors Oztas Co. have signed a contract for the supply of a refurbished LOVAT RME136SE Series 19500 Earth Pressure Balance Tunnel Boring Machine [TBM]. The TBM will be utilized in the construction of the Gûrpinar & Firuzkoy Tunnels located in Istanbul, Turkey. The TBM will undergo a complete refurbishment at LOVAT’s facilities in Toronto, Canada, including conformity to European “CE” standards.
	Nov 15, 2005 News Eberhard Scholz, University of Bremen Project "Lernbau" - More Safety and Health in the Building Industry The cooperation-project "LernBau" is about safety and health for the workers on building sites. Under the scientific direction of the University of Bremen, the building enterprises, building owners, the labour inspectorate, and the employees liability insurance association for the building industry are trying to develop comprehensive concepts for more safety on the building sites by considering the interests of all project partners. The project from the "Bremer Landesprogramm Arbeit und Technik" is financed and promoted by the European Union and the senator for work, women, health, youth and social action.
	Oct 06, 2009 News Power Generation & Water Middle East Water Solutions Middle East to bring global expertise to the region, home to some of the world's largest water projects With the world's traditional markets firmly in the grip of the current global economic slowdown, the major players in the water sector are actively looking for new opportunities, and emerging markets do not come any bigger than Abu Dhabi, with cumulative investments over the next 5 years expected to top US$ 271 billion.
	Jun 09, 2008 News Trelleborg AB Trelleborg increases presence in the market for pipe seals Acquires US company NPC Inc. with SEK 110 M in sales
	May 14, 2010 News TT UK Ltd. 2010 Trenchless Middle East Exhibition: Sun, Sand and Sales enquiries for TT-UK/Middle East With continued focus by TT-UK (part of the TT Group) to expand their Middle East operations, the 2010 Trenchless Middle East exhibition proved once again that promoting the very latest equipment in Trenchless Technology is fast becoming the prefered option for Utility and Gas & Oil Pipeline installations, designed to keep traffic on the move and disruption to a minimum.
	Dec 19, 2007 News Knowledge Factory GmbH UNITRACC cooperates with Bochum University of Applied Sciences - Test phase becomes confirmed cooperation Since the start of the winter semester 2007/2008 lecturers and students of the "Urban Water Management" course held at the Bochum University of Applied Sciences (Germany) have been using UNITRACC, the web-based information, learning and working platform, to support their lectures. For the 15 students, who have enrolled for the master degree "Civil Engineering", Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Nolting, director of the environmental engineering lab, uses the platform for his one-semester lecture and laboratory course "Rehabilitation of urban water piping networks".
	Oct 14, 2010 News inge watertechnologies AG inge watertechnologies AG donates ultrafiltration modules to treat drinking water in Pakistan Catastrophic flooding in Pakistan has pushed the population's need for clean drinking water even higher up the agenda. The German ultrafiltration specialists inge watertechnologies AG were already an established supplier of ultrafiltration modules in the Pakistan market when the flooding hit, and the company has now been using its existing contacts to ensure that the modules it is donating to five water treatment plants arrive safely.
	Sep 15, 2008 News Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stein & Partner GmbH Experts and decision-makers from all over the world look for collective resolutions to reduce loss of drinking water Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stein & Partner GmbH provides sustainable education and training of market players with web-based training portal
	Dec 23, 2008 News Herrenknecht AG Gotthard Base Tunnel: Tunnelling works in the eastern tube of the Piora Basin finished The Herrenknecht Gripper-TBM S-210 passed the Piora Basin – a critical zone of the Gotthard Massif - without problems. The tunnel boring machine S-211, driving the western tube, will also arrive in the Piora Basin at the beginning of 2009. North of the basin, both machines will have to tackle another seven kilometers of hard rock - at an overburden of 2,000 meters and with rock temperatures of up to 50 degrees centigrade.
	May 15, 2008 News Messe München International (MMI) Focus on the environment − Most successful IFAT ever “These results mean that IFAT is the world’s biggest and most important trade fair for environmental technology and services. Its international reputation is also impressively underlined by the presence of many high-ranking government delegations from all over the world,” said Eugen Egetenmeir, Deputy Managing Director of Messe München GmbH.
	Apr 18, 2006 News Emunds und Staudinger GmbH, Germany Flexible trench shoring system creates room to manoeuvre. Rectangular sections swiftly inserted A high-performance trench shoring system satisfies all the structural prerequisites for the quick and efficient installation of even large-size precast concrete elements. This is something that the civil engineering specialists of Stratebau GmbH experienced for themselves during a construction project in Markt Lappersdorf in Regensburg rural district.
	Dec 21, 2010 News Rotork PLC Rotork assists Dwr Cymru Welsh Water?s drinking water improvement programme Welsh Water is investing £200 million to upgrade its water treatment works across Wales by 2015. This includes the water treatment plant at Cwellyn, where Rotork intelligent electric valve actuators have been installed to control the flow through a new state-of-the-art extension to the works.
	May 08, 2007 News Water UK Water UK appoints accreditation body for in situ lining of water mains Water UK has appointed the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to accredit companies wishing to be nominated certifying bodies for contractors carrying out in situ lining of water mains.
	Oct 07, 2010 News The Robbins Company New Jersey?s ARC Tunnel will use Retractable Robbins TBM: Main Beam Machine will excavate Palisades Rail Routes After 100 years, a new rail route will once again be burrowed below the Hudson River. Construction is set to begin on the Palisades Tunnels, the New Jersey portion of the Access to the Region’s Core (ARC) project stretching from North Bergen, New Jersey to Manhattan in New York City. An 8.38 m (27.5 ft) diameter Robbins Main Beam TBM was selected by PTP Constructors, a JV of Schiavone, Shea, and Skanska, to excavate the tunnels.
	Dec 16, 2010 News European Bank for Reconstruction and Development New ?200 million framework to support modernisation of water utilities in Romania €33 million to improve water infrastructure in Constanta and Ialomita
	Jan 19, 2009 News The American Water Works Association (AWWA) Drinking Water Infrastructure Investment Could Create 400,000 Jobs Shovel-Ready Projects Would Stimulate Economy - The American Water Works Association (AWWA), the authoritative resource on safe water, is urging Congress to include funding for drinking water infrastructure projects in the stimulus legislation now being considered.
	Nov 04, 2010 News HOBAS Engineering GmbH HOBAS Presents its Product Range for Trenchless Installations at No-Dig 2010 in Singapore The 28th annual international No-Dig conference and exhibition, organized by the International Society for Trenchless Technology (ISTT), to be held in Singapore from November 8th - 10th 2010 will showcase the very best in trenchless solutions attracting visitors from all over Asia & Australasia.
	Nov 05, 2008 News Water Environment Federation WEFTEC®?s Growth Continues! WEFTEC.08 is the Largest in Conference?s 81-Year History Alexandria, Va. – Record-setting numbers of 21,950 attendees and 1,111 companies using 290,000 net square feet of exhibit space have designated WEFTEC.08 – the Water Environment Federation’s 81st Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference – as the largest event in its 81-year history. The previous records of 19,929 attendees, 1,017 companies and 268,405 net square feet of floor space were set just last year at WEFTEC.07 in San Diego. Last week’s conference was the premier gathering of water environment professionals that offered the most dynamic educational and training experience in WEFTEC’s history with 31 workshops, 115 technical sessions, and 10 facility tours that addressed the timeliest issues in water, wastewater treatment, stormwater management, energy, green initiatives, science, research, and legislative and political issues.