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Oct 08, 2020
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American Water Recognized for Excellence in Water Quality by Partnership for Safe Water
The company demonstrates outstanding commitment to delivering high quality drinking water to customers.
moreOct 07, 2020
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British Water Joins Mentoring Programme Supporting Women
British Water has signed up to a pioneering mentoring programme, as part of its commitment to drive gender equality in water. Joining the 30% Club cross-company mentoring programme is the trade association’s latest Women on Water campaign initiative, which aims to support the career progression of women working in the sector. The association is now inviting its own members to be part of the programme by encouraging staff to apply to become mentors and mentees.
moreOct 06, 2020
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GeoNexus Technologies Receives Esri Utility Network Specialty for Water Utility Services
GeoNexus® Technologies, an Esri® Silver Partner, received their second Utility Network Specialty designation in 2020 for Water Utility Services from Esri.
moreOct 05, 2020
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EAS Energy Partners Close Landmark Clean Energy Deal on Largest Sewer Heat Recovery System in North America
EAS Energy Partners (EAS), a consortium led by Enwave Energy Corporation, announces completion of a landmark renewable energy project partnership for the National Western Center in Denver, Colorado. Enwave’s “Sewer Heat Recovery system,” an innovative technology that heats and cools buildings with recycled thermal energy from nearby pipelines, will be the largest clean technology system of its kind in North America.
moreOct 02, 2020
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Remote Access Gave Utilities Covid-19 Advantage, Says Review
Water utilities who already had remote access to their systems were at an advantage when Covid-19 lockdowns were introduced around the world. The information comes from a report carried out by technology consultancy Isle on behalf of the Water Action Platform collaborative initiative.
moreOct 01, 2020
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BlueInGreen Sells Its 100th Installation
BlueInGreen, LLC—a water cleantech company and provider of the most efficient method of dissolving oxygen, carbon dioxide and ozone into solution—has sold its 100th installation. These municipal and industrial water treatment installations span from coast to coast in the U.S. and Canada—serving countless applications in eight separate industries while treating over 1 billion combined gallons of water every day.
moreSep 30, 2020
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Leakage Dog Kilo Earns His Stripes
The newest recruit in United Utilities’ war on water leaks has graduated with flying colours. Leakage dog Kilo proved he “nose” what he’s doing when it comes to sniffing out the smell of escaping water. The newly trained springer spaniel has managed to save a wag-tastic 72,000 litres a day after finding a hidden leak in a field that could have been running for months.
moreSep 29, 2020
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Delivering Essential Training in a Digital Landscape
Water industry training programmes have had to undergo a transformation to ensure essential learning continues during the coronavirus pandemic. Ceris Van de Vyver, head of technology and training at global innovation consultancy Isle, shares insights into delivering training virtually.
moreSep 28, 2020
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Growing with the Government
A Guide to Bidding on and Winning Government Contracts
moreSep 25, 2020
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Irish Water Kilkenny Sludge Project Wins at Water Industry Awards
Irish Water’s Kilkenny Sludge Project has been recognised at the prestigious Water Industry Awards, which promotes excellence in the water industry across the UK and Ireland.
moreSep 24, 2020
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Esco Introduces new COHOG® Split Frame Tube & Pipe Cutter that is Robust with Easy to Setup Modular Tooling
Esco Tool has introduced a new clamshell style, O.D. mounted split frame machine that features fast, accurate, and easy to setup indexable tooling to part and bevel tube and pipe from 2” to 48” dia.
moreSep 23, 2020
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Tom Iseley Moves to Purdue
Dr. Tom Iseley returned to Purdue University having been appointed as the Beavers Heavy Construction Distinguished Fellow with an academic rank of full Professor of Engineering Practice in the Construction Engineering and Management Division (CEM) in the College of Engineering. This Fellow position was established in honor of Dr. Donn E. Hancher who was Tom’s major Ph.D. professor.
moreSep 22, 2020
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Filling the Gap for Underground Infrastructure Training Needs
The way we learn has been gradually changing. Nevertheless, due to COVID-19, organizations had to leapfrog their learning methods and adapt quickly. In the last few months, there has been a profusion of webinars and – insert here your favorite video conferencing meeting software – meetings, and it is safe to say we’ve all had our fair share of them. But when we look into the training needs of underground infrastructure professionals, a more enduring change is required.
moreSep 21, 2020
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Spain Uses GoAigua COVID Sewer Surveillance Technology for Widespread Infection Monitoring
20 cities across Spain monitor almost 10 million people daily to contain virus spread.
moreSep 18, 2020
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Robbins Single Shield Breaks through Turkey’s Hardest Rock
In July, a jubilant ceremony marked a milestone for southern Turkey’s arduous Bahçe-Nurdaği High-Speed Railway Tunnel. The first TBM-driven portion of tunneling using an 8.0 m (26.2 ft) diameter Robbins Single Shield machine is now complete. The 8.9 km (5.5 mi) long TBM tunnel was no easy bore, as it was excavated through some of the hardest and most abrasive rock ever encountered in the country.
moreSep 17, 2020
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Monica de la Cruz Re-elected as CEN/TC 155 Chair
Members of CEN/TC 155, the Technical Committee coordinating standards activities for plastic piping and ducting systems within CEN, the European Committee for Standardisation, have unanimously re-elected Monica de la Cruz for a new mandate of three years.
moreSep 16, 2020
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SARS-CoV-2 Viruses in Wastewater: Monitoring COVID-19 and Estimating Potential Transmission Risk
Since the beginning of the pandemic, research groups have been working on methods to detect SARS-CoV-2 viruses in wastewater to be used to monitor the degree of COVID-19 transmission among the population.
moreSep 15, 2020
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Granite Inliner Awarded Five Trenchless Sewer Lining Contracts Totaling $148 Million in Chicago
Granite announced that Granite Inliner, a wholly-owned subsidiary with one of the most comprehensive service portfolios in the piping infrastructure renewal industry, has been awarded five sewer renewal contracts totaling approximately $148 million by the City of Chicago. These contracts will be booked into Granite’s third quarter 2020 backlog.
moreSep 14, 2020
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Call for Water Professionals to Join Crisis Response Register
A new centrally held register of water professionals who can contribute to disaster efforts has been launched by the Water Action Platform. The Crisis Response Register has been set up initially as a response to the explosion that occurred in the port of Beirut, Lebanon on 4 August and is intended to be a permanent record.
moreSep 11, 2020
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Olea Edge Analytics Launches CityEdge, a Platform to Recover Revenue for Cities
Olea Edge Analytics, an intelligent edge computing platform for the water utility industry, announced the launch of CityEdge, a combination of blockchain technology, AI and machine learning that unlocks much-needed revenue for cash-strapped cities.
moreSep 10, 2020
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Water Industry Urged to "Be Agile" to Build Resilience
The water industry should continue to embrace new ways of working in a Covid-altered world and seize the opportunity to affect permanent change, a group of industry professionals heard.
moreSep 09, 2020
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Rimtec – Frank Preuss, relies on BRAWO® Tech rehabilitation trailers in Switzerland
The company Rimtec – Frank Preuss is a Swiss specialist dealer for sewer cleaning and rehabilitation technology. As part of a customer order, the company relies on an extensively equipped and fully upgraded rehabilitation trailer from BRAWO® Tech. The handover of the 3.5-tonne trailer took place in mid-June at the BRAWO® SYSTEMS site in Kaiserslautern.
moreSep 08, 2020
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Advanced Drainage Systems Elects Anesa T. Chaibi to Board of Directors
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of stormwater and onsite septic wastewater management products and solutions for commercial, residential, infrastructure and agricultural applications, announced that Anesa T. Chaibi has been elected to its Board of Directors at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders, effective immediately. The addition of Ms. Chaibi increases the size of the Board from 10 to 11 directors.
moreSep 07, 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.
moreSep 04, 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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