News
03.09.2008
Treated sewage sludge
Water UK comments on an article regarding the use of treated sewage sludge (biosolids) in agriculture which appeared in the British newspaper Guardian on 29 August 2008.
mehr01.09.2008
Aarsleff to build water treatment plant in Sri Lanka
Aarsleff has won a contract for the building of a new, large potable water treatment plant on the outskirts of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo. The plant will have a daily water treatment capacity of 180,000 cubic metres of surface water from the river Kelani. The plant is going to supply 450,000 inhabitants with clean drinking water.
mehr29.08.2008
The world loses 45 million cubic metres of water every day - UNW-DPC looks for applying solutions
Reduction of the loss of drinking water is the overall topic of the UNW-DPC workshop taking place from 3-5 September. Reducing the loss of drinking water could provide nearly 90 million people with fresh water without increasing the demand on water resources. High level experts and decision makers from all over the world will discuss possible solutions at the UN Campus in Bonn.
mehr28.08.2008
Borealis and Borouge present latest developments for sustainable plastic pipe solutions at Plastics Pipes Conference XIV in Budapest
Borealis and Borouge, leading providers of innovative value creating plastic pipe solutions, will present a series of papers outlining their latest polyolefin technology developments and cutting-edge initiatives to delegates at the XIV Plastics Pipes Conference in Budapest, 22-24 September 2008.
mehr25.08.2008
NASTT Sewer Laterals Rehabilitation & Replacement Good Practices Course
The South Tahoe Public Utility District (STPUD) is pleased to offer a special one-day Sewer Laterals Rehabilitation & Replacement Good Practices Course, Wed., Sept. 3, 2008, at its offices in South Lake Tahoe, California. The training is developed and conducted by the North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT).
mehr20.08.2008
Key items for Plastic Pipes Conference
More information is being released about some of the technical papers that will be presented at Plastics Pipes XIV. This Conference brings together the global plastic pipe community and will be held from 22 - 24 September 2008 at the Marriott Hotel in Budapest.
mehr18.08.2008
Hatch Mott MacDonald opens offices in Tulsa, OK and Houston, TX
Hatch Mott MacDonald (HMM), is pleased to announce two new office openings to support its rapidly growing pipeline business. New offices in Oklahoma and Texas will provide the firm an expanded geographic platform to serve existing and potential clients for gas and product pipeline engineering services. Both offices are strategically located with respect to proposed and existing pipeline corridors, and will allow the firm to attract skilled pipeline professionals who reside in these areas. These openings extend Hatch Mott MacDonald’s reach in the South, expanding our network of offices in North America to 56 locations.
mehr13.08.2008
New residential grinder eliminates sewage blockages
Twenty-five years experience in grinder pump development has now resulted in the Flygt DXG residential grinder that turns all solid matter into sludge.
mehr11.08.2008
Clean water for the Baltic Sea
Kaliningrad with its half a million inhabitants is a Russian exclave situated at the Baltic Sea between Poland and Lithuania. Given this relatively large number of inhabitants it is understandable that the lack of a water treatment plant is a great concern to the public as well as to surrounding countries. Daily over 250,000 m³ of wastewater flow into the Baltic Sea polluting seawater and the Polish and Lithuanian coasts.
mehr06.08.2008
Robbins machines mine under NYC?s Grand Central Station
A 6.7 m (22.0 ft) rebuilt Robbins machine boring the East Side Access Project has reached its first heading under Grand Central Station (GCS). The Double Shield machine, rebuilt by SELI, is the first of two TBMs boring a new subway tunnel to link the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Queens.
mehr04.08.2008
Borouge helps secure fresh water to every house in Malkapur village, India
Through their Water for the World™ initiative Borouge and Borealis, leading providers of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, are helping the State of Maharashtra in India to supply drinking water 24 hours per day, seven days a week to the residents of Malkapur village, 400km south of Mumbai.
mehr30.07.2008
Water industry supports development of anaerobic digestion
Water UK welcomes today’s announcement by Defra to boost support for anaerobic digestion (AD) in the UK.
mehr28.07.2008
Giant pumps arrive in Hull
Two giant pumps which will provide emergency back-up in the event of extreme weather have arrived at the Bransholme surface water pumping station.
mehr25.07.2008
Super-sewer plans to improve the River Lee
Thames Water has applied for planning permission to build and operate a 'super-sewer' that will help prevent sewage overflowing into the River Lee during heavy rainfall.
mehr22.07.2008
Water Environment Federation announces the 23rd Annual WateReuse Symposium
The Water Environment Federation (WEF), the WateReuse Association, and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) will present the 23rd Annual WateReuse Symposium from September 7-10, 2008 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas. Built around the theme, Water Reuse & Desalination: Solutions as Big as Texas, this annual conference will focus on the following key issues: micropollutants, desalination, indirect potable reuse, operational issues, and global water reuse.
mehr18.07.2008
WESTT Regional No-Dig Conference slated for Oct. 13-14 in Sacramento
As underground utility work continues to be of main interest in the West Coast states, the Western Society for Trenchless Technology (WESTT) will provide valuable information and solutions for many of these infrastructure needs during its 4th Annual Western Regional No-Dig Conference and Exhibition scheduled Oct. 13-14 at the Holiday Inn Capitol Plaza in Sacramento, Calif.
mehr16.07.2008
Los Angeles World Airport awards three-year contract to Hatch Mott MacDonald
Hatch Mott MacDonald has been selected by Los Angeles World Airport (LAWA) to serve as prime consultant on LAWA’s Engineering Services team. Hatch Mott MacDonald will provide engineering design and planning services for taxiways, tunnels, aprons, and utility improvements for the Midfield Satellite Concourse (MSC), the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) expansion, underground utilities and the central utility plant, and related projects.
mehr14.07.2008
Robbins/MHI EPBs commence dual tunnels in Delhi
In 2010, New Delhi will host the Commonwealth Games, bringing an expected 5.5 million visitors and a surge in the need for commuter services. A new extension of the city’s metro involves the deployment of 14 TBMs — a record for simultaneous tunneling in India. In the last week of June 2008, the second of two Robbins/MHI EPBs was launched on a new set of tunnels for the metro, bringing the city’s plans one step closer to realization.
mehr11.07.2008
Grundopit under house drilling
Shareridge Limited, a utility contractor based in Waterford contacted TT Ireland (www.tt-ireland.com) to carry out a demonstration using a Grundopit 40/60 mini-directional boring system for the project they are currently employed by Waterford County Council under the guidance of Mr Joe Corcoran, Principal Engineer of Grontmij.
mehr07.07.2008
Big-Boy arrives in South Africa
Trenchless Technologies CC, based in Johannesburg, was founded in 1991 and has been the TERRA distributor in Southern Africa since 1993. They undertake several kilometres of pipe and cable laying using HDD as well as some 30 kilometres of trenchless rehabilitation works annually.
mehr03.07.2008
Insituform wins millions of Dollars in contracts to rehabilitate drinking water lines
New contracts for trenchless rehabilitation of potable water lines by Insituform Technologies, Inc. demonstrate that the company is developing the kind of dynamic market for solutions in the drinking water industry now that it created 35 years ago in the sewer and pipeline industries, the company announced today.
mehr01.07.2008
150 years on from the 'Great Stink' - London needs sewers fit for the 21st Century
The River Thames is one of the cleanest metropolitan rivers in the world, home to 120 species of fish and aquatic life. However, without the vision of the Victorians, who designed the sewer system that still serves London today, things would have been so much different. Now, 150 years on, the next phase of the evolution of the sewers is about to begin.
mehr26.06.2008
1000mm pipe cutter from the TT Group
The new roller blade is not exactly an everyday contractor’s tool.
mehr23.06.2008
London's desalination plant clears final hurdle
Mayor’s decision to drop court action a ‘victory for common sense’, says Owens
mehr20.06.2008
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.
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