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Thames Water has surpassed 100km of mains pipes replacement for its clean water network since the start of AMP8 (Asset Management Period 2025-2030), as the utility company continues its biggest upgrade in 150 years.
The length of pipes replaced so far stretches further than London to Oxford with Thames Water on track to replace 550km of clean water pipes between 2025 and 2030.
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Pipelines that allowed crude oil to flow nearly 80 miles from the coast of Wales to one of the UK’s largest refineries in Cheshire have been decommissioned more than 25 years after the supply route was shut down.
Nearly 8 million litres of water and oil residue have been removed from the two three-mile-long pipes in Anglesey, North Wales, while sections under roads have been filled with…
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CIRCOR International, Inc. is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its Zenith Pumps, which provides gear metering solutions for industries around the world.
Founded in 1926, Zenith Pumps has spent a century delivering accurate, reliable, pulse-free performance for demanding applications.
Zenith Pumps has grown into a global brand serving a wide range of precision-driven manufacturing…
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A UK process filter maker has celebrated the official opening of an expanded, purpose-built 2,800 sq m manufacturing hub near Warsaw.
The production, warehouse and office facility on the new CTPark Nowy Konik industrial park, around 15 miles east of the city centre, is designed to help Amazon Filters’ Polish subsidiary strengthen its reach into industry sectors across Poland, east and central…
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Emerson has released its Ovation™ Curation Tool, a first-of-its-kind synchronisation software for water control systems, delivering an easy way to maintain version control and detailed change history between multiple Ovation systems and simulators.
The Curation Tool automates management of changes between power plant production systems and their digital twins to improve testing and training…
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Pumps
United Utilities has completed work on two new underground stormwater storage tanks which together have a combined capacity of 1.4 million litres – the equivalent of around 7,800 bathtubs.
The tanks are located in St Helens in the UK, both are fully operational and are already delivering benefits by preventing discharges into Black Brook and Sankey Brook – both of which are tributaries of…
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Pipeline failures do not always stem from ageing infrastructure - many begin at installation, writes Ben Crabtree, global product line director, Ovarro. Errors in jointing, manual testing and inconsistent quality assurance (QA) processes can reduce pipeline quality, leading to leaks, rework and increased costs.
Construction defects account for a significant proportion of pipeline incidents,…
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NETZSCH Pumps USA, has highlighted its NEMO® Dispensers, engineered for precise dosing and metering of highly abrasive and viscous fluids.
Designed to handle a wide range of viscosities, shear-sensitive materials and entrained solids, the NEMO® Dispensers deliver accurate and repeatable dispensing performance across various industrial applications.
The NEMO® Dispensers features a positive…
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If the water sector wants to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react - far more collaboration is needed to connect existing intelligence, instead of simply just gathering more and more data.
Sensors continue to monitor reservoirs and rivers in real time, and environmental monitoring continues to expand, but according to…
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Flowmeters
The global magnetic flowmeter market is forecast for sustained growth as increasing demand for clean water, wastewater treatment and infrastructure modernisation drives investment worldwide, according to a new study from Flow Research.
The report, The World Market for Magnetic Flowmeters, 8th Edition, found that the market was valued at $2.1 billion (€1.84 billion) in 2025 and is projected to…
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ABB has won an order from Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical to deliver ProcessMaster FEP600 electromagnetic flowmeters with Ethernet-APL (Advanced Physical Layer) connectivity for an upgrade at a large refining and petrochemical complex in China.
The facility, located in the Zhoushan Green Petrochemical Base on Yushan Island, has a total refining capacity of 40 million tons per year.
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Finish Thompson Inc. (FTI) has introduced its MSDB series of magnetic drive sealless centrifugal pumps, engineered specifically for high head, low flow duties in water and wastewater treatment.
Building on the proven DB11/15 platform, the MSDB range features a flooded suction design and is available in two models: the MSDB2 with two impellers and the MSDB3 with three. Each additional stage…
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Pipelines
Yorkshire Water is significantly expanding its predictive condition monitoring programme as part of its AMP8 investment.
Industrial artificial intelligence (AI) specialist Samotics is set to monitor a further 1,200 wastewater sewage pumping station assets and 300 clean water smart pumping assets over the next 18 months.
The expansion is one of the largest deployments of electrical signature…
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The retrofit and upgrading of an existing Sequencing Batch Reactor Process (SBR) has increased treatment capacity and the opportunity to reuse the treated water in what is regarded as the world capital of olive oil.
At the Coosur treatment facility in Jaén, southern Spain, which generates an average daily effluent flow of 100 m³/day (120 m³/day peak) from olive oil production, a Dissolved Air…
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Pipelines
ORLEN Upstream Norway, together with its license partners, has taken a final investment decision on the development of the Cerisa discovery.
The project is expected to deliver 8.5 million barrels of oil equivalent net to ORLEN, including approximately 0.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas. Start-up of production is planned for 2027.
The Cerisa discovery was made in June 2024 within license…
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Trafag, a precise measurement and monitoring of pressure firm, temperature and gas density, has set a new benchmark in gas density monitoring with the introduction of its 87x9 platform.
Designed for SF₆ and emerging alternative insulation gas mixtures, the platform combines proven mechanical switching with optional continuous density measurement in one scalable solution for modern…
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Ecomondo, the Italian Exhibition Group’s flagship event for the green, blue, and circular economy, will return to Rimini Expo Centre from 3–6 November with its most internationally focused edition yet.
Now in its 29th year, the show is positioning itself as a global hub for industrial transformation, policy dialogue, and sustainable innovation at a time when Europe’s ecological transition…
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Dura Pump, the fluid control specialists, have solved a major problem for a leading social housing provider in the Midlands, where a site’s wastewater system was frequently blocking and flooding.
The original pump system, which had been under-specified for the level of occupancy on the development, was increasingly unable to cope with demand. In addition to flooding and tripping, the all too…
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