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Sep 20, 2021
American Falls’ mixer transformation gets wastewater sludge on the move
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Sep 13, 2021
Head for heights
Put simply, head is the height at which a pump can raise fluid up and is measured in metres or feet. Companies like Atlas Copco use it when specifying centrifugal pumps because their pumping characteristics tend to be independent of the fluid’s specific gravity, often referred to as relative density. Avoid confusion: head vs pressure Head can sometimes be confused... [Read More]

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Sep 9, 2021
Energy efficiency is key to disruptive technology
Challenges including population growth, increasing urbanisation, a decline in traditional sources of water and water scarcity driven by climate change means the United Nations estimates that some 3.6 billion people currently live in areas that are vulnerable to water scarcity. Almost 2 billion people could suffer water shortages by 2025. In order to overcome these challenges,... [Read More]

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Sep 7, 2021
After 40 years HRS enters new chapter
The recent acquisition of HRS Heat Exchangers by Canada-based Exchanger Industries Limited (EIL) is just the latest development for a UK company with worldwide reach, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. We look back at the last 40 years of the business that was founded by Steven Pither in his spare bedroom and speculate on what the future might look... [Read More]

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Sep 6, 2021
Sludge success
Anglian Water is the largest water company in England and Wales by geographic area, supplying water and recycling services to over six million domestic customers, processing over 142,000 tonnes of dry solid sewage sludge in 2020-21 to generate 115 GWh of bioenergy. The Cotton Valley Sludge Treatment Centre (STC) is one of Anglian Water’s 10 main sludge treatment centres... [Read More]

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Aug 31, 2021
Cloud-bases apps mitigate water management risk
Water utilities are steadily replacing legacy IT systems with software-as-a-service applications as confidence in data security builds. Alan Cunningham, subject matter expert at technology provider Ovarro, discussed the latest developments with Fluid Handling International Magazine. What is software-as-a-service and where does it fit in with water? Software-as-a-Service... [Read More]

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Aug 24, 2021
Time to say no to rust and polluted water
Saumya Jain, managing director of Vinyl Pipes, outlines his alternative to corroding pipes. “When the well is dry, we know the worth of water,” so said Benjamin Franklin. The worldwide water well drilling industry is an $85 billion (€70 billion) business and escalating calls for water wells across the globe has been fuelling growth in the market. The COVID-19... [Read More]

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Aug 16, 2021
Pressure management
Non-revenue water (NRW) is the difference between the amount of water put into a distribution system and the amount of water billed to consumers. It is a global problem. The estimated yearly global cost of NRW to utility companies is around $39 billion (€31 billion). Olivier Narbey believes that the introduction of pressure management into existing water networks will... [Read More]

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Aug 11, 2021
The pressure’s on
Italy and Autogas, the name given to liquid petroleum gas (LPG) that is used as a motor fuel, have a relationship that dates back to the 1950s when the country became one of the first in Europe to introduce the fuel. Since then, the two have been good for each other, with Autogas growing into the world’s most commonly used alternative fuel, and Italy ranking as the... [Read More]

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Aug 2, 2021
Successful cooperation
AccessESP, a Houston-based provider of rigless electrical submersible pump (ESP) conveyance solutions for the global oil industry, has developed retrieval technology that reduces costs by enabling quick and easy ESP installation and retrieval using slickline, wireline, or coiled tubing. The system eliminates the need for a workover rig to pull and reinstall an ESP, lowering... [Read More]

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Jul 27, 2021
Reliable flowmeter
A flowmeter is a measuring instrument that measures the amount of fluid that passes through a section of pipe per unit time. It is an indispensable measuring instrument used in many different fields, such as water and gas meters, petrol stations, chemical and oil plants, food industries, and for the measurement of wastewater and exhaust gases in factories. Flowmeters... [Read More]

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Jul 22, 2021
Enabling optimum use of existing water data
Cloud-based applications are providing water utilities with more resilient and flexible network management options, enabling them to make better use of existing data, writes Josh Britton, global product manager at technology specialist Ovarro. The water sector is under continued pressure to make operations more efficient but in many cases, ageing IT systems are holding... [Read More]

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Jul 15, 2021
Purge monitor for welding stainless steel
Inert gas welding requires the removal of oxygen from the welding zone before, during and after welding. This is known as weld purging as is crucial during the welding of stainless steel. The hand-held PurgEye 100, designed and developed by Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT is perfect for welding stainless steel, reading accurately from atmospheric oxygen level (20.94%),... [Read More]

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Jul 14, 2021
Sludge cake to liquid in minutes
Yorkshire Water Knostrop is a large wastewater treatment plant servicing a growing population of 800,000 people. The decision was taken to rebuild the works with standard digestion and a combined heat and power (CHP) plant. The contract was given to build a facility to process indigenous sludge and imported dewatered sludge cake. SEEPEX had previously installed 12... [Read More]

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Jul 12, 2021
Filling the water flowmeter inaccuracy gap
Globally, there are few resources as essential as water. As the fluid of life, water is needed and used by every single person on the planet, but with the growing impacts of climate change being felt across the worldwide water sector, action is required now to reduce demand, increase supply, and apply the principles of a circular economy to the way water is managed and... [Read More]


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