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13.06.2012
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Oil & Gas Pipeline Construction in the US Industry Market Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld
Although slowed investment activity during the recession cooled demand for industry's services, pursuit of natural gas has kept business flowing over the past five years. Looking forward, the industry is projected to experience a strong recovery. From 2012, IBISWorld forecasts that continued investment in unconventional domestic energy sources (gas shale and oil sands), pressure to repair and replace aging infrastructure and recovery in the residential construction markets will support industry performance. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has added a report on the Oil & Gas Pipeline Construction industry to its growing industry report collection.
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12.06.2012
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‘Beckton Becky’ ready for action in £190m sewage work upgrade
‘Beckton Becky’, a state-of-the-art tunnelling machine, has been lowered into position 20 metres below ground, as part of a £190m project to extend one of Europe's largest sewage treatment works. Beckton sewage works in east London is being upgraded to enable the site to treat 60 per cent more sewage, so it can fully treat increased flows during heavy rainfall, preventing the site becoming overloaded and discharging into the River Thames.
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11.06.2012
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African Water Facility Helps Boost Socio-economic Development in Ethiopia and South-Sudan through Water Investments
Millions of people living in the Baro-Akobo-Sobat (BAS) area of the Nile Basin are to benefit from a range of multi-purpose water resources projects to be planned by the Nile Basin Initiative. In May 2012, the African Development Bank approved a €2 million grant from the African Water Facility to finance the development study needed to attract the investments required to implement them. The overall project is supported jointly by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development- Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF).
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08.06.2012
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Maynilad energizes P521M pipeline
Metro Pacific and DMCI-led Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) energized its over P521-million Pagcor Pumping Station discharge line, which stretches nearly 4 kilometers from the Pagcor Pumping Station in Pasay City to Coastal Road (Kabihasnan) in Parañaque City.
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06.06.2012
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Burdens on schedule to expand its range of SAER pumps
As the sole distribution partner for SAER pumps in the UK and Republic of Ireland, Burdens is delighted to announce details of the latest additions to the Company’s range.
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05.06.2012
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Engineer wins top award
Trainee sewer rehabilitation engineer Alex Aulds won Young Engineer of the Year at The United Kingdom Society of Trenchless Technology (UKSTT) awards, beating a number of entries from national utilities for his work.
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04.06.2012
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Trenchless sewer rehabilitation – State-of-the-art spiral-wound pipe rehabilitation technology
While pipe lining technologies are currently uncontested in their domination of the worldwide renovation market, the spiral-wound pipe lining technique that has existed since 1978 today promises the greatest development potential. This is especially the case but not restricted to sewers with large to extreme nominal diameters.
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01.06.2012
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Borealis launches new pipe and advanced packaging innovations at Plastpol 2012
Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, will launches cutting-edge advances for the pipe and advanced packaging sectors at Plastpol 2012 in Poland.
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01.06.2012
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AfDB praises 10 years of African Ministers’ Council on Water at 4th Africa Water Week in Egypt
More than 1,000 delegates gathered at the 4th Africa Water Week under the theme “Water for Growth in Africa”, organized by the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), in Cairo, Egypt, between 14 and 18 May, 2012.
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31.05.2012
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EBRD helps Serbia align water services to EU standards
The EBRD is helping to improve the quality of water services in Serbia with an €11 million sovereign guaranteed loan for the expansion of the water supply infrastructure in the City of Subotica, in the northern part of the country.
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30.05.2012
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Trenchless pipe rehabilitation project at Heiligenkreuz, Austria – Close Fit all round
For the past 20 years the Close Fit method has been complementing the Rabmer Group’s product range in the field of pipe rehabilitation technology – cured-in-place pipe and spiral-wound pipe lining. The pipe-in-pipe method is a cost-effective, time-saving method of renewing pressure pipes in a range of nominal widths and lengths, thereby prolonging their service life by at least 50 years.
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29.05.2012
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World Bank Approves US$275M Financing for Better Sanitation Services in Metro Manila
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$275 million financing for a project that will improve wastewater collection and treatment practices in several catchment areas of Metro Manila and help improve Manila Bay’s water quality.
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25.05.2012
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InfoSWMM 2D Version 5.0 Delivers New Level of Surface Mesh Automation and Faster, Higher-Fidelity Simulation Results
Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for wet infrastructure, announced the worldwide availability of the V5.0 Generation of its industry-leading InfoSWMM 2D for ArcGIS (Esri, Redlands, CA).
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24.05.2012
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New Delhi selects Veolia Water to build and operate a new wastewater treatment plant
The City of New Delhi has just contracted Veolia Water to build and operate the new Nilothi Wastewater Treatment Plant serving the city's western sector. Construction will begin in the next few weeks on this plant designed to be fully energy self-sufficient.
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23.05.2012
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UNESCO makes the case for water diplomacy
At the launch of the first UN Water Talks UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova called for a renewed commitment to water diplomacy as “an essential tool of ‘soft power’ for a more peaceful world”.
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22.05.2012
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BorECO™ BA2000 polypropylene pipe material delivers on both infrastructural and environmental goals
The pipe grade BorECO™ BA2000 polypropylene (PP) from Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, was chosen for a recently completed upgrade and enlargement of a sewage network in the Czech Republic for bordering municipalities Ivancice and Oslavany.
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21.05.2012
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American Water Selects Mueller Systems to Supply Water Meters and Systems
Mueller Systems, a leading innovator in water meters, metering systems and water management technology, will supply American Water, the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, with water meters and automated meter reading (AMR) systems, as part of a supply agreement between the two companies.
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18.05.2012
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Leak Correction – AMR system helps small town resolve big nonrevenue water problem
Nestled in the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains, the city of Clayton, Ga., is a small town with a big nonrevenue water problem. The International Water Assn. defines nonrevenue water as water that has been produced and is “lost” before it reaches the customer. According to the American Water Works Assn., such losses cost public water systems approximately $2.8 billion in yearly revenue.
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16.05.2012
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ADB and Australia to Help Kiribati Improve Sanitation, Public Hygiene
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda and Kiribati Finance Minister Tom Murdoch have signed grant and loan agreements totaling $21.5 million for the South Tarawa Sanitation Improvement Sector Project at the ADB’s 45th Annual Meeting being held in Manila.
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15.05.2012
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Improving water services in suburban areas of Capljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The EBRD is helping to improve the quality of water services in Bosnia and Herzegovina with a €5 million sovereign loan to finance the expansion of the water supply infrastructure in the municipality of Capljina, in the southern part of the country.
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14.05.2012
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Major Utility Project for Drake & Scull Water and Power in Abu Dhabi
Drake & Scull Water and Power L.L.C (DSWP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Drake & Scull International (DSI) PJSC, a regional market leader in integrated design, engineering and construction disciplines of Civil Contracting Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (“MEP”), and Water and Power, secured a AED 470 million Subcontract for the Design Review, Procurement & Construction of MEP & Instrumentation works for the Strategic Tunnel Enhancement Programme (STEP) Pumping Station in Abu Dhabi.
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11.05.2012
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Maynilad plugs 12,000 leaks in 1Q 2012
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) repaired nearly 12,000 leaks in the first quarter of 2012. This is approximately 17% higher compared to the same period last year. Most of these leaks were found on primary and secondary lines in Caloocan, Manila and Quezon City.
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10.05.2012
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Divers Complete Installation of Critical Mechanical Plug In Delaware Aqueduct Shaft to Ensure Stability Ahead of Repair
Environmental Protection Commissioner Carter Strickland announced the completion of work to strengthen a critical shaft of the Delaware Aqueduct, helping to lay the groundwork for repair of the aqueduct leaks. The work is part of DEP's Water for the Future program, a $2.1 billion initiative that will ensure clean, reliable and safe drinking water for nine million New Yorkers for decades to come.
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09.05.2012
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BASF Business Water Solutions Invites Customers to Engage in Dialog at the World’s Leading Trade Fair IFAT ENTSORGA
Around 2.730 exhibitors will be showing their latest portfolios at IFAT ENTSORGA, the world’s trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw material management, at Munich, Germany, from 7 to 11 May 2012. As a strong partner of the water treatment industry BASF will be presenting its innovative and sustainable water treatment solutions on their booth under the theme “water loves solutions” (Booth No. 223/332 in Hall A3).
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08.05.2012
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IFAT 2012: HUBER SE presents innovations that add more value to wastewater
Climate change, demographic development and ever scarcer resources including water have more and more impact on water management. New challenges have to be met in the field of wastewater disposal, wastewater treatment and treatment of the residual materials generated in these processes.
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