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Jan 13, 2021 News Karen Cotton Illinois American Water’s Sterling District reached a significant safety milestone earlier this month. The local water service team celebrated five years without experiencing any lost-time accidents on Dec. 8, 2020.
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Apr 22, 2024 News Vermeer Australia Horizontal directional drilling is a dynamic process that constantly changes and adapts to suit a range of applications across utilities and infrastructure. Operators looking to get the most from their equipment need to partner with suppliers that offer the best.
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Jun 03, 2024 News Trelleborg Group In Tokyo, Japan, with millions of pipes in constant need of repair and replacement, complications are common. One such incident involved the failed installation by a contractor of a cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) liner in a specific section of the system. Using Trelleborg’s state-of-the-art robotic cutter, PowerCUTTER 200, a solution was found.
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Jun 10, 2024 News Pipe Core Discover ROM bv: Leading innovators in high-pressure cleaning technology, available through Pipe Core.
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Important: For detailed information on the wide range of bedding methods for flexible and rigid pipes, please refer to the "Embedment Zone" module. The load-bearing capacity of the trench base must at least correspond to the load-bearing capacity of the existing soil. The trench base is the level on which the lower bedding layer or foundation layer is placed. (Video: Effects of a loosened and insufficiently compacted trench base) Improper construction … |
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Important: For detailed information on the wide range of bedding methods for flexible and rigid pipes, please refer to the "Embedment Zone" module The load-bearing capacity of the trench base must at least correspond to the load-bearing capacity of the existing soil. The trench base is the level on which the lower bedding layer or foundation layer is placed. (Video: Effects of a loosened and insufficiently compacted trench base) Improper construction … |
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Improper construction of the bedding does not provide the necessary load-bearing capacity for the subsequent pipe support and leads to subsidence of the pipes. (Video: Damage consequences of insufficient compaction of the lower bedding layer (pipes resting on uneven bedding material)) In the case of pipes with bells, bell holes must be made in the compacted lower bedding layer in order to avoid a support situation, as with a beam on two supports, and … |
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Improper construction of the bedding does not provide the necessary load-bearing capacity for the subsequent pipe support and leads to subsidence of the pipes. (Video: Damage consequences of insufficient compaction of the lower bedding layer (pipes resting on uneven bedding material)) In the case of pipes with bells, bell holes must be made in the compacted lower bedding layer in order to avoid a support situation, as with a beam on two supports, and … |
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Aug 10, 2020 News Danny Craig The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is one step closer to remediating and restoring the beneficial use of the San Fernando Valley Groundwater Basin (SFB), providing a critical, local source of clean drinking water for the Los Angeles region.
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Aug 11, 2020 News Vortex Companies The Vortex Companies announced the launch of its new website, vortexcompanies.com, a testament to the company's growth that showcases its trenchless infrastructure services and trenchless rehabilitation products.
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Aug 14, 2020 News James Brook Finnish multi-utility Alva is the first in Scandinavia to trial Ovarro’s PIONEER asset investment planning (AIP) software. The six-month trial, which started in May focuses on Alva’s water distribution network, but will also assess the potential benefits of optimal investment planning right across its asset base.
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Aug 17, 2020 News Vermeer Corporation Total Equipment, Inc., a full-line Vermeer Industrial dealer headquartered in Puerto Rico, announced it has acquired the rights from Vermeer Caribbean to represent the Vermeer Industrial product line in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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Oct 04, 2022 News Kim Genardo When the City of Dallas, Georgia, launched an initiative to get a handle on water loss, they couldn’t know just how far their journey would take them. The city began with a smart water meter pilot program that helped them reduce non-revenue water (NRW)—an undertaking that netted a $12,000 return in just four months. From there, City of Dallas Billing Clerk Amber Whisner and her team began to explore more ways to reduce water loss and improve service.
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Aug 19, 2020 News Malcolm Hallsworth Black & Veatch has been awarded three new frameworks for Thames Water, the UK’s largest water utility.
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May 27, 2022 News Lila Thompson A glass ceiling is still “looming over” women working across the water industry and despite some progress, the sector is being held back by exclusion, Ofwat chief executive Rachel Fletcher told a British Water conference. Fletcher was keynote speaker at Women on Water, which gathered 80 industry professionals together virtually to share experiences and advice to support and empower women working in all areas of the industry.
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Aug 31, 2020 News Louise Elliott Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has a significant part to play in identifying ‘silent’ Covid-19 cases in the community, research presented at the latest Water Action Platform webinar demonstrates. The regular webinars, which are open to all, are hosted by Isle chairman Dr Piers Clark and look at the new coronavirus and global pandemic through a water industry lens.
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Sep 01, 2020 News Lianne Ayling A new wastewater treatment system installed in a town in the Czech Republic will protect valued fishing ponds and raise the quality to required EU environmental standards.
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Sep 07, 2020 News Louise Elliott Non-payment of customer bills poses the biggest Covid-19 threat to water utilities worldwide, research presented at the latest Water Action Platform webinar demonstrates.
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Sep 10, 2020 News James Brooks The water industry should continue to embrace new ways of working in a Covid-altered world and seize the opportunity to affect permanent change, a group of industry professionals heard.
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Sep 16, 2020 News Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Henner Hollert Since the beginning of the pandemic, research groups have been working on methods to detect SARS-CoV-2 viruses in wastewater to be used to monitor the degree of COVID-19 transmission among the population.
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Sep 17, 2020 News TEPPFA aisbl Members of CEN/TC 155, the Technical Committee coordinating standards activities for plastic piping and ducting systems within CEN, the European Committee for Standardisation, have unanimously re-elected Monica de la Cruz for a new mandate of three years.
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Sep 18, 2020 News Desiree Willis In July, a jubilant ceremony marked a milestone for southern Turkey’s arduous Bahçe-Nurdaği High-Speed Railway Tunnel. The first TBM-driven portion of tunneling using an 8.0 m (26.2 ft) diameter Robbins Single Shield machine is now complete. The 8.9 km (5.5 mi) long TBM tunnel was no easy bore, as it was excavated through some of the hardest and most abrasive rock ever encountered in the country.
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Sep 21, 2020 News Pablo Calabuig 20 cities across Spain monitor almost 10 million people daily to contain virus spread.
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Sep 27, 2023 News Jasamin Teuchler New e-learning module of the course BE-07 Investigation and Inspection of Sewers and Pipelines now available on UNITRACC!
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