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22.10.2012
Imtech chosen as strategic technology partner by Severn Trent Water until 2020
Royal Imtech N.V. announces that Capula, one of the operating companies of Imtech UK, following an extensive European (OJEU) procurement process, has been appointed by Severn Trent Water as their strategic technology partner with immediate effect. For Imtech, this means contracts worth up to tens of millions euro each year up to 2020.
mehr19.10.2012
DBM Channels P257-M into Potable Water Projects
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released P257.2 million to the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) to fund various water supply projects in 29 provinces.
mehr18.10.2012
USDA Rural Development Announces Funding in Rural Alaska
Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager announced that 16 rural communities in Alaska will receive funding to improve public health and the quality of local water supplies. Funding will be used by the predominantly Native communities to plan, design and construct community water and wastewater disposal projects. Funding is provided by USDA through the Rural Alaska Village Grant (RAVG) program.
mehr17.10.2012
Sewage treatment
New Technology: Sewage Waste to Become Plastic
A pioneering, ground breaking innovation will enable turning municipal sewage sludge into raw materials, to be used by paper and plastic industries around the world.
mehr16.10.2012
Tunneling and gallery techniques » Jacking by machine » Tunnel boring machine
High-Tech Premiere for TGV Tunnel
Two months earlier than planned, tunnel boring machine Charlotte reached the west side of the Vosges Mountains, concluding excavation for the first tube of the »Tunnel de Saverne«. A newly developed high-tech machine from Herrenknecht is being used, which can be converted inside the tunnel and adjusted for different soil conditions. The twin-tube rail tunnel is part of the section on the TGV Paris-Strasbourg line currently being expanded for train speeds of up to 320 kilometers per hour.
mehr15.10.2012
We Deliver: Nord Stream’s Twin Pipelines Come On Stream
Just 30 months after the start of construction of its first pipeline, Nord Stream’s twin pipeline system came on stream in October 2012, on schedule and on budget. International specialists worked around the clock under the most challenging conditions to construct the pipelines with a total weight of 4 million tonnes.
mehr12.10.2012
Sewage treatment
WERF Recognizes San Antonio Water System for Achieving a Clean Water Trifecta
The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) recognized San Antonio Water System with its Award for Excellence in Innovation for achieving its goal to recycle and use all treatment process residuals.
mehr11.10.2012
Sewage treatment » Wastewater treatment, biological
Veolia Water Releases Study on Process to Remove Pharmaceuticals and Phosphorus from Wastewater
Veolia Water North America (Veolia Water) announced study findings that showed the successful removal of pharmaceuticals and phosphorus from wastewater using its Actiflo® Carb technology. Over the course of an 8-week study, the presence of phosphorus and a variety of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), ranging from ointments to medications, were monitored after adding Actiflo® Carb to the traditional wastewater treatment process.
mehr10.10.2012
VINCI Construction UK wins two Saudi Arabian contracts
VINCI Construction UK, in a joint venture with Al Muhaidib Contracting Company (AMC), has won two separate contracts in Jeddah with the Saudi Arabian National Water Company. The contracts, with a combined worth of over £110 million, are for the design and build of the Briman Strategic Water Reservoir and the Al Khumra Lifting Station.
mehr09.10.2012
IDB-backed program to improve sanitation for more than 500,000 people in northern Argentina
Program will provide 86,165 households with better sanitation services and 14,400 households with new or improved access to drinking water
mehr08.10.2012
Industry welcomes launch of IFAT INDIA
Local and international trade associations are giving strong support to the premiere of IFAT INDIA, which takes place from October 24 to 26, 2013, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC) in Mumbai.
mehr05.10.2012
Creative Engineering Avoids Road Closure In Ripon
A busy main road in Ripon, which was due to be closed for thirteen weeks for a major water pipe replacement programme, has been kept open thanks to some 'outside of the box thinking' from Yorkshire Water.
mehr04.10.2012
Pipebursting Technology Manufacturer TRIC Tools, assists San Francisco Bay Area
TRIC Tools, Inc., the Northern California based Trenchless Technology Company, proudly announces the sale of its fourth Pipebursting System to one of its longtime trenchless' clients in Oakland, CA.
mehr02.10.2012
U.S. EPA awards Hawaii over $20 million to improve water quality, protect public health
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded the Hawaii Department of Health a $10,946,000 million grant for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and a $9,125,000 million grant for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for water pollution control and drinking water infrastructure projects.
mehr28.09.2012
UNICEF says hardest part yet to come in providing drinking water to millions
As World Water Week kicked off, UNICEF said that despite tremendous progress in the last two decades in bringing access to improved drinking water sources to billions of people, finishing the task is not going to be easy.
mehr27.09.2012
MCC Completes Successful Five-Year Compact with El Salvador
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) announced the successful completion of its five-year compact with El Salvador. The $461 million compact was designed to reduce poverty through strategic investments in agricultural production, rural business development, transportation infrastructure, education and public services.
mehr25.09.2012
Tunneling and gallery techniques » Jacking by machine » Tunnel boring machine
Tunnel for New Energy Center in Bern
In June 2012 the Bernese energy supply company Energie Wasser Bern (ewb) began with the gradual commissioning of the new Forsthaus energy center. The production concept of district heating, steam and electricity is unique in Switzerland and implements the federal capital’s sustainable energy strategy. A tunnel boring machine from Herrenknecht (AVND, diameter 3.6 m) excavated two utility tunnels to the nearest district heating hub, all in all more than 500 meters in length.
mehr24.09.2012
Construction site, general
Weldco-Beales Reaches Across the Canadian Border to Partner with Radius Steel Fabrication
Pipeline construction can be a dangerous industry. The most common cause of heavy equipment operators’ occupational deaths is rollovers.
mehr21.09.2012
S & P realizes first blended learning workshop with specialists from the Ashghal Public Works Authority (Doha, Qatar)
The focus of the vocational education program was the sharing of practice orientated knowledge of Asset Management and Utility Tunnelling. Through the support of the Ashghal Human Resources Department, represented by Mr. Moza Rashid F M Al Medaihki, the participants were familiarised with the current state of technics with the help of modern didactical learning concepts.
mehr20.09.2012
Abtech Holdings Selected by The Artemis Project™ as a 2012 “Top 50” Water Company
Abtech Holdings, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of patented innovative environmental technologies addressing issues of water pollution and contamination, is pleased to announce that it has been chosen for the 2012 Artemis Top 50 Water Tech Listing™. This is the fourth consecutive year that AbTech has appeared on the prestigious list.
mehr19.09.2012
Testing of new technology marks start of operations at new Water Research Center at Georgia Power's Plant Bowen
A new technology that could significantly reduce the water needed for power plant cooling is being tested, marking the beginning of research and development at the new Water Research Center (WRC) at Georgia Power's Plant Bowen in Cartersville, Ga.
mehr18.09.2012
Aegion Corporation Receives Fibrwrap Pipe Rehabilitation Contract Relating to the Government of Hong Kong
Aegion Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Fyfe Hong Kong Limited, has received a three-year contract valued at $12.9 million (USD) for the rehabilitation of potable steel water pipelines, ranging from 47-inches to 94-inches in diameter, located in the New Territories of Hong Kong for the Government of Hong Kong Water Supplies Department.
mehr17.09.2012
Sewage treatment
TPRF Provides Water Filter Systems to Flood Victims in Fiji
After two floods from torrential rains overwhelmed Fiji earlier this year, The Prem Rawat Foundation (TPRF) contributed FJ$50,000 (US$30,000) to ensure that 1,000 families in Lautoka, Nadi and surrounding towns would receive tap-fitted waterfiltration systems to purify drinking water. This is the 21st grant given by TPRF in 11 nations to help provide basic necessities after flooding.
mehr13.09.2012
Giant Floating Barge To Be Used for Seabed Pipe Repair
The same floating barge recently used to carry out seabed investigations off the coast of Scarborough and Bridlington, will be used by Yorkshire Water again to help them carry out a pipe repair with a difference - the pipe in question sits on the seabed off Scarborough many meters below the surface.
mehr11.09.2012
Tunneling and gallery techniques » Jacking by machine » Tunnel boring machine
Aker Wirth delivers first tunnel boring machine for the Koralm tunnel
The first of two Aker Wirth tunnel boring machines for one of the most important infrastructure projects in Europe was delivered in August 2012. The two telescopic shield machines each have a diameter of 9,93 m.
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