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07.09.2020
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Lost Revenue is Biggest Covid Risk Facing Utilities
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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04.09.2020
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RELINE APTEC Reinforces its Management
Andreas Bichler Appointed as Additional Managing Director for Specialist Supplier of CIPP Pressure Pipe Liners.
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03.09.2020
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Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Utilities Selects Sensus for Smart Utility Network
Along a well-traveled stretch of Winston-Salem’s Peters Creek Parkway, local motorists and visitors can’t miss the colorful, 50-foot-tall otter. Stretching 290 feet across the ground-level water tank, the artwork is a nod to both the local water supply and the North American River Otter that is indigenous to the Yadkin River.
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02.09.2020
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Scholarships Available for Municipal & Public Utilities for the NASTT 2021 No-Dig Show
The North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) — the leading association serving and promoting the North American trenchless industry — is pleased to announce municipal and public utility scholarship opportunities to attend the NASTT 2021 No-Dig Show, March 28 - April 1 in Orlando, Florida.
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01.09.2020
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Czech Town Welcomes Wastewater Treatment Installation
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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31.08.2020
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Major Role for Wastewater Epidemiology in Tackling Covid-19
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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27.08.2020
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Mega Project Brenner Base Tunnel: First Milestone Achieved with Herrenknecht Tunnel Boring Machine
A first major step has been taken in the construction of the world's longest underground rail link with a length of twice 64 kilometers in total. In July, with the completion of the 16.7 km long exploratory tunnel, proud tunnelers at the Brenner Base Tunnel celebrated the first decisive breakthrough of a Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine. A key structure for sustainable trans-European freight and passenger transport is being built on the north-south axis from Helsinki to Valletta.
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26.08.2020
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Registration is Now Open for the 13th Annual Breakthroughs in Tunneling Virtual Short Course
Due to lingering uncertainties regarding the coronavirus pandemic, the annual Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course has been re-scheduled as an online-only event. It will take place Oct. 5-9, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT (US).
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25.08.2020
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Xylem Watermark Donates 40,000 Masks to Essential Water Workers in Rural Communities
Xylem Watermark, the corporate citizenship program of global water technology company Xylem Inc., announced it is sourcing and donating 40,000 N95 masks to frontline utility operators. The program is providing for the safety of essential water, wastewater and solid waste utility workers in smaller, rural and tribal utilities who have kept water flowing in their communities amidst the challenges of COVID-19. The first shipments of face masks began in late July.
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24.08.2020
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A Special 2020 Training Day at Herrenknecht
In July 2020, wide-open plant gates provided young people from the company's home region with a diverse range of insights into around a dozen apprenticeships at Herrenknecht AG. About 200 visitors, young men and women with accompaniment, joined the 2020 Training Day.
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21.08.2020
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Detecting & Monitoring Coronavirus in Wastewater
At Tentamus Group, we are happy to announce the launch of a new web tool capable of combining the results of the analysis of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in wastewater together with indicators of health evolution: TENTAMUS WATCHER.
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20.08.2020
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American Water Awarded $5.1M Contract to Rehabilitate the City of Camden’s Combined Sewer Regulators
American Water, the largest publicly-traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced that its Contract Services Group, was awarded a $5.1 million contract by the City of Camden to rehabilitate 28 combined sewer regulators.
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19.08.2020
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Black & Veatch Celebrates a Trio of Thames Water Wins
Black & Veatch has been awarded three new frameworks for Thames Water, the UK’s largest water utility.
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17.08.2020
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Total Equipment, Inc. Expands Vermeer Industrial Representation, Rebrands in Carribean Region
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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14.08.2020
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Finnish Utility Trial Asset Investment Planning Software
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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13.08.2020
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Avacta and Integumen PLC Collaborate for Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus in Wastewater
Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a collaboration with Integumen plc (“Integumen”) to evaluate recently generated Affimer reagents that bind the SARS-COV-2 spike protein for the detection of the coronavirus in waste water, to provide a real-time alert system to warn of localised COVID-19 outbreaks.
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12.08.2020
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PENETRON ARC: A Protective Coating Against Acid Attack in Wastewater Facilities
The pumps at the Nova Piqueri Sewage Pumping Station on the Tietê River in São Paulo, Brazil went online in June 2020. PENETRON ARC, an innovative new acid-activated protective coating that effectively protects concrete structures exposed to highly acidic environments, was successfully applied at the new facility.
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11.08.2020
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Vortex Companies Launches New Website, Improves Customer Experience
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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10.08.2020
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Kiewit-Stantec Design-Build Team Moving Forward on Critical LADWP Groundwater Projects
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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03.08.2020
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Supporting Women's Water Careers in Uncertain Times
Career progression may have dropped down the list of priorities for women and men in the water industry during the Covid-19 crisis, while they manage new working arrangements and, in many cases, increased childcare responsibilities.
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30.07.2020
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Latest Learnings from the Water Action Platform
Assessing risk and determining responses to Covid-19 were major themes of the most recent Water Action Platform webinar which took place on 9 July. Here are six key learnings from the interactive event which was hosted by Isle chairman Piers Clark.
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29.07.2020
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Mighty Breakthrough for Europe's Biggest Boring Machine
In Italy, the largest tunnel boring machine ever used in Europe successfully completed its drive in June. The supersize borer (Earth Pressure Balance Shield, diameter 15.87 meters) made by Herrenknecht in Schwanau, Baden/Southern Germany, dug 7.5 kilometers of highway tunnel through the Apennines. In cooperation with the customer, Herrenknecht designed a system for the machine, to protect the site crew from the expected methane gas deposits in the ground.
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28.07.2020
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Kamstrup Introduces Next-Generation Smart Meter Solution With Integrated Acoustic Leak Detection
Danish company Kamstrup, a world-leading supplier of energy and water metering solutions with headquarters in Denmark as well as local operations and a production facility in Roswell, Georgia, has launched its newest solution to the North American market: an acoustic leak detection solution consisting of the flowIQ® 2200 ultrasonic residential water meter, Leak Detector software and supporting services.
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27.07.2020
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Rising to the Region's Water Challenges: Meet the Imagine H2O Asia 2020 Accelerator Companies
Across South and Southeast Asia, the pursuit for new water solutions is intensifying as utilities and businesses strive to protect and sustain increasingly scarce resources. The eleven companies selected for Imagine H2O Asia 2020 each provide a distinct water innovation opportunity to alleviate the mounting water pressures facing communities across Asia-Pacific.
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24.07.2020
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StormwateRx LLC Proudly Introduces Frontline™ - the ultimate Industrial Stormwater Catch Basin and Trench Drain Inserts
StormwateRx, in exclusive partnership with Frog Creek Partners, is proud to announce the availability of our newest stormwater treatment product, the patented Frontline™ family of drain inlet inserts.
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