Sep 30, 2020
UK selected as Peru’s delivery partner to rebuild facilities
Policy News
Sep 29, 2020
British Water is calling on the water and wastewater supply chain to take part in a survey assessing the impact of COVID-19 to find out how businesses have been affected.
As lead representative body for the UK water industry supply chain, the association has provided constant support to its members throughout the pandemic, while also monitoring the impact on the industry... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 29, 2020
Valve engineering specialist Severn Glocon Group has made strategic changes to its executive leadership team following investment from Blue Water Energy at the start of the year.
CEO Colin Findlay has selected six key individuals to join him in steering the business through the challenging times resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. These include three external appointments... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 28, 2020
Rotork actuators will be installed on a remote header application at one of the world’s largest exporter of crude oil and condensates.
This is one of several new build sites in the Middle East and the actuators will be used to control the flow of crude oil from remote header manifolds to nearby refineries for further processing.
Rotork’s IQ3 multi-turn actuator allows... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 28, 2020
Valves
Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL) operates in the north-east of England, supplying 650 million litres of water daily to people and businesses in the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and parts of North Yorkshire.
To tame pressure in a demanding district metering area that was exhibiting high demand at peak usage periods during the day, falling to minimal... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 25, 2020
Pipelines
Data technology company Ovarro responded quickly to a request for emergency leak detection equipment from the Veolia Foundation, which is supporting the rehabilitation of drinking water networks in the Port of Beirut.
A total of 12 Enigma leak loggers and a Mikron3 acoustic leak location device were flown to the city on 24 August, within six days of a text message request.
The... [Read More]
Features
Sep 25, 2020
Pumping crude oil ashore is a round-the-clock business that depends on onboard generators to provide vital electricity supplies.
Removing a generator from service is a project that requires significant planning and technical expertise to ensure a cost-effective maintenance.
For one oil and gas operator, that meant assigning Sulzer with the task of refurbishing one of... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 24, 2020
Flowmeters
KROHNE, a manufacturer and supplier of solutions in industrial process instrumentation, has introduced an application for its OPTIMASS 1400 C Coriolis mass flowmeter for use in milk production.
One example of this application is in its installation at a Chile-based milk dairy in Surlat.
This application can also be found in similar facilities around the world where trucks... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 24, 2020
Frozen peas have been produced in the UK since 1946 after the fast freezing process was developed in 1929 by Clarence Birdseye.
Birdseye is one of the largest pea processors in the world, and the largest in the UK, processing and freezing around 50,000 tonnes of peas per year during the harvest season from June to August.
Their facility at Hull is situated in the centre... [Read More]
Product News
Sep 23, 2020
The Metraflow ultrasonic flowmeter from Titan Enterprises offers a solution for flow monitoring applications requiring a high degree of cleanliness such as in the pharmaceutical, medical, semiconductor and ultra-pure water markets.
The production processes in these markets require flow measurement devices able to cope with low flow rates and construction from ultra-pure... [Read More]
Policy News
Sep 23, 2020
British Water is calling on the water and wastewater supply chain to take part in a survey assessing the impact of COVID-19 to find out how businesses have been affected.
As lead representative body for the UK water industry supply chain, the association has provided constant support to its members throughout the pandemic, while also monitoring the impact on the industry... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 22, 2020
Pumps
Landia has secured a major new order for its biogas digester mixing system in Luannan County, which has been committed to significantly developing agriculture in China.
About 250 km east of Beijing, Luannan County is already generating a total annual value of more than €348 million from about 13,000 hectares of land – and with a growing demand from the Chinese for... [Read More]
Features
Sep 22, 2020
When vandals damaged the CHP control panels at EDL’s Wellingborough landfill site, rendering the engines unusable, the timing could not have been worse.
One week before Easter 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was sweeping the UK and the country had just been placed into an unprecedented nationwide lockdown.
Site managers anticipated a significant period of downtime but... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 21, 2020
Pipelines
The biggest ever revamp of Carlisle’s water mains moved into its penultimate phase as engineers got ready to drill six metres below the River Eden in the UK.
The work is part of a three-year, £14m (€15.2 million) scheme by United Utilities to clean and refurbish more than 30km of the city’s biggest water pipes.
This latest phase of work will involve re-lining... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 21, 2020
The total value of construction contract awards in July 2020 was £6.3 billion (€6.8 billion) which compares to £3.1 billion (€3.4 billion) in June and £1.6 billion (€1.75 billion) in May, underlining the magnitude of the growth trend over the past few months.
The number of awards has also increased in July to 860 which is an increase of 80.3% on June.
The residential... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 21, 2020
Pipelines
The Sniffers has announced it has merged the pipeline integrity application from DMC1 into its pipeline integrity service portfolio.
The company said this strong combination of experience, knowledge, and analysis capabilities, will help pipeline owners realise their integrity objectives.
DMC1, founded in 2000 and operating from Schkopau in Germany, has developed a business... [Read More]
Product News
Sep 18, 2020
Mueller has announced the release of PipeRank virtual condition assessment which enables water utilities to get visibility into pipe failures before they happen.
The PipeRank technology, powered by VODA.ai and delivered by Echologics, is designed to predict future failures more accurately than age-based estimates or the prior failure models that are used today.
“Ageing... [Read More]
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