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09.10.2013
Itron Installs Millionth UK Water Communication Module with Yorkshire Water
Itron, Inc. announced that it has deployed one million water communication modules in the UK and Ireland. The one millionth module was installed for Yorkshire Water as part of a contract to deploy Automated Meter Reading (AMR) services for residential and commercial customers.
mehr08.10.2013
Panama to improve water and sanitation services in central and western provinces with an IDB loan
Panama will continue improving, rehabilitating and expanding its water and sanitation services in central and western provinces with the Water and Sanitation Multiphase Investment Program, a $54 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
mehr07.10.2013
More Green Energy in Sri Lanka with HOBAS GRP
The vibrant small hydro power industry in Sri Lanka saw a further green accomplishment in the south of the country approximately 2 km from Dehilanda in Wellawaya at the river Kuda Oya. With a capacity of 1.2 MW and approximately 5.7 GWh output per year, which will be fed into the national grid of Sri Lanka Water, the hydropower plant will supply for about 6000 households. The owner, the private company Wellawaya Hydro Power Pvt Ltd, opted for a sustainable and environmentally sane penstock solution with HOBAS CC-GRP Pipes.
mehr04.10.2013
Ultrasonic Sewer Flow Monitor Specialist Attains International Quality Standard
Detectronic, the sewer flow survey instrumentation specialist, has achieved ISO9001:2008 accreditation from the internationally recognised Sira Certification Service.
mehr02.10.2013
Lasers offer an automated way to test drinking water
To keep drinking water clean, experts are constantly monitoring our supply to check it for contaminants. Now laser technology will give them a helping hand: a new system automatically analyzes water samples at the waterworks itself.
mehr01.10.2013
Smart water infrastructure could save emerging market countries $12.3 billion annually
Water scarcity is a growing problem across the globe, compounded by climate change and population growth. All signs indicate that this scarcity will only continue to grow more severe, even potentially leading to conflict between nations. An incredible 38% of all water produced in emerging market countries is lost to leakage from poor infrastructure, waste, and theft. Smart infrastructure aimed at addressing this problem could prove to be the most significant solution to water scarcity and has the potential to save $12.3 billion each year if fully implemented.
mehr30.09.2013
Pump-Storage Power Plant Nant de Drance: Machine Trio from Herrenknecht on a successful Course
Currently, the new Nant de Drance pumped-storage power plant with a planned capacity of 900MW is under construction in the Swiss canton of Valais. Machines from Herrenknecht are excavating both an access tunnel and vertical shafts. While the successful completion of the tunnelling work was already celebrated, the shaft construction machines are still in operation.
mehr27.09.2013
Massive waste water tunnel for Glasgow
Scottish Water is to build a 3.1 mile-long waste water tunnel in the south of Glasgow as part of the biggest upgrade of the city’s waste water network in more than a century.
mehr26.09.2013
Middlesex Water Subsidiary Awarded Water Privatization Contract for Dover Air Force Base System
Middlesex Water Company (Nasdaq:MSEX), a provider of water, wastewater and related services, today announced it has entered into an agreement through its subsidiary, Tidewater Utilities, Inc. with the U.S. Department of Defense for the privatization of the water system of Dover Air Force Base (DAFB) in Dover, Delaware.
mehr24.09.2013
Japanese Minister awards Spiral-Wound rehabilitation project in Ansbach, Germany
Special requirements of the sewer rehabilitation in the city of Ansbach, Germany, made the SPR™ product the perfect solution. SEKISUI SPR Europe was instructed by AWEAN, who is responsible for the wastewater disposal of Ansbach, to renew 220 m of an egg-shaped sewer with diameter of 1200/1600 mm.
mehr23.09.2013
Watertech 2013 garners tremendous government and industry association support
Facilitating relationship and partnership building for the emerging water and wastewater treatment market, and to promote water conservation, recycling and reuse, Messe Frankfurt is organising Watertech 2013, a showcase of sustainable technologies, innovative products and best practices in the water and wastewater management and treatment industry.
mehr20.09.2013
Tunneling and gallery techniques
Breakthrough of the final tunnel at Hallandsås in Sweden
Does the name Hallandsås mean anything to you? Ask a tunnel specialist about it. He will explain to you why this project, taken over in 2002 by the joint venture involving Skanska (60%) and VINCI Construction Grands Projets (40%), following two previous aborted attempts, is one of the best known among underground construction professionals throughout the world.
mehr19.09.2013
Ditch Witch RT120 Quad Introduced
The Ditch Witch organization introduces the RT120 Quad, a utility tractor with the power, heavy-duty frame and traction necessary for long installations of large-diameter pipe on the most challenging jobsites.
mehr18.09.2013
American Water Named to Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index For Second Consecutive Year
American Water, the nation's largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company, has been named to the 2013 Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI), the second consecutive year the company received this honor.
mehr17.09.2013
Arid Cities in People's Republic of China to Improve Water Management
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), one of the poorest and most remote regions in northwestern People’s Republic of China (PRC), will use a $200 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve water availability through wastewater reuse and better water resources management.
mehr16.09.2013
New methods for laying the pipeline Haute de France II
MAX STREICHER GmbH & Co. KG aA is laying 51.7 kilometres of pipeline on behalf of GRTgaz
mehr16.09.2013
Water and wastewater modernisation in Dolj
The EU Cohesion Fund and the EBRD are joining forces to modernise and upgrade the water and wastewater services in Dolj, a county in the south of Romania.
mehr13.09.2013
Highly Mobile Drinking Water Treatment: adapted to the needs of relief organizations
The water treatment company Berkefeld presented its type TWA 4 light mobile water treatment plant. The plant produces four cubic metres of drinking water per hour and can supply up to 10,000 refugees.
mehr12.09.2013
A current Ceramic Polymer project: External coating of 90 km oil pipeline with "Proguard CN 100 iso"
The "Proguard-Series" of Ceramic Polymer GmbH provides a tight cross linking of the polymer chains even at high substrate temperatures (Tg > 120°C)!
mehr11.09.2013
ADB, Gates Foundation Partner to Tackle Asia's Huge Sanitation Needs
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have formed a new partnership agreement to expand and speed up access to safe sanitation in Asia and the Pacific.
mehr10.09.2013
ASTM Technology and Underground Utilities Committee to Work on Proposed Standards at October Meeting
ASTM International Committee F36 on Technology and Underground Utilities is developing several proposed new standards. Two such standards are ASTM WK39910, Practice for the Use of Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing for Monitoring Ground Movements Around Utilities and Tunnels, and ASTM WK41891, Practice for the Full-Length Monitoring of the Interface Temperature of a Cured in Place Pipe Lining Process.
mehr09.09.2013
Hard Rock Tunnel Boring Machines are cutting tunnels through the Pyrenees
Two high-tech Herrenknecht tunnel boring machines completed an endurance test with bravura during long-distance tunnelling through the Pyrenees. After a total of 8.2 kilometers tunnelling through hard rock, the target line was reached with the final breakthrough in April 2013. The resulting cross-border tunnel project will be used for a high-voltage line to connect the French and Spanish electricity network with each other.
mehr06.09.2013
Ahead of the Curve with HOBAS - Optimal Penstock Routing with GRP Pipe Systems
From an economic and ecological perspective, the importance of hydropower is definitely on the rise as it provides an array of advantages compared to other conventional methods of power generation. Despite the initial investment obstacle, small hydropower plants prove cost-effective thanks to their long service life of often more than 70 years and low maintenance costs.
mehr04.09.2013
NIB finances drinking water network in southern Sweden
NIB and the Swedish drinking water producer Sydvatten AB has signed a loan agreement, totalling SEK 67 million (EUR 8 million), for improving the drinking water supply in southern Sweden.
mehr03.09.2013
Sembcorp Extends its Wastewater Treatment Business to Two New Sites in China's Liaoning Province
Sembcorp is pleased to announce the expansion of its water business in China's Liaoning province with two new wastewater treatment projects in industrial parks in Panjin city. Its wholly-owned subsidiary Sembcorp China will sign agreements later today for new wastewater treatment projects in Panjin City's Panjin Fine Chemical Industrial Park and Panjin Liaodong Bay New District.
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