Bedford Pumps has successfully completed the commissioning of two of their fish friendly pump sets in British Columbia, Canada. Pitt Polder pump system is located within Pitt Meadows, which lies at the confluence of the Fraser and Pitt Rivers. Approximately 86% of the city is located within a flood plain and the city relies on a continuous dyke system, comprising of... [Read More]

AW Chesterton has opened a new European mechanical seals manufacturing hub at its German operations near Munich. The fully functional service centre in Ismaning will offer its customers and partners improved services as well as enhance its business development plans in the region. Local engineering, inventory and manufacturing will improve the company’s reaction time... [Read More]

The Metraflow ultrasonic flowmeter from Titan Enterprises offers a solution for flow monitoring applications needing a high degree of cleanliness such as found in the ultra-pure water markets. Production processes in these markets require flow measurement devices able to cope with low flow rates and construction from ultra-pure materials so as to maintain hygienic, sterile... [Read More]

Oil and gas extraction and transportation increasingly involves the use of unmanned platforms as the industry looks to move to more automated operations. However, routine maintenance of pipelines continues to be time-consuming and expensive through conventional manual pig launching. The patented Pig Stop and Bypass (PSB) mechanism from Celeros Flow Technology allows... [Read More]

Engineers responsible for process and plant safety have learned that the ST80 Series Thermal Mass Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI) is available with ATEX/IECEx approval. The certification assures FCI’s international customers that the flowmeter has been independently certified for safe installation in potentially explosive conditions found in... [Read More]

HRS Exchangers recently supplied a G Series gas cooling heat exchanger to a food waste anaerobic digestion (AD) plant operated by one of the UK’s leading waste management companies. The AD plant transforms 45,000 tonnes of food waste from domestic and commercial sources into renewable electricity and high value digestate biofertiliser. From the beginning the plant... [Read More]

Managing two ageing adjacent wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) can be a tall order at the best of times, but how about when discharge is into one of the most diverse and sensitive waterways in the world, home to more species of fish than any other river of its size in North America? Some might choose to steer clear of this very sizeable challenge. The need to meet... [Read More]

Rotork’s GP heavy-duty scotch yoke actuators have been installed at a South Korean LNG terminal. Rotork has been providing actuators at the terminal since it was first constructed, with over 100 electric and pneumatic actuators installed during the initial front end engineering (FEED) phase of development. Additional GP actuators have now been installed as part of... [Read More]

New technology from leak detection specialists Ovarro will support efforts to establish a reliable water supply in a Nepalese town. The company has donated leak detection equipment to the Beacon Project, a collaboration between Anglian Water, its supply chain partners, WaterAid and the Nepal Water Supply Corporation, which focuses on enhancing water supplies in Lahan,... [Read More]

Analysis instrumentation manufacturer QED Environmental Systems has launched its next generation of Huberg METREX gas detection instruments. The new METREX is ATEX-rated and designed for leak detection in natural gas distribution networks. The new device is ideal for first responder technicians who handle suspected gas leaks and other key applications include bar hole... [Read More]

Valve specialist GEMÜ has redesigned its butterfly valves and now offers the GEMÜ R480 Victoria in a wafer version. A specialised team has refined a multitude of technical specifications, while further expanding GEMÜ's manufacturing capabilities. The valve bodies are milled in one clamping position at GEMÜ Valves China’s automated valve production facilities.... [Read More]

A new water treatment plant in the south of the UK is now operational – serving 250,000 people in the area. South West Water’s Mayflower Water Treatment Works at Roborough, just north of Plymouth, uses cutting-edge treatment processes to be more sustainable than a traditional water treatment works. The plant takes over from the old treatment works at Crownhill in... [Read More]

Water and waste company Severn Trent is to continue its £4million (€4.4 million) investment in South Leicestershire, UK. The company is currently replacing ageing water pipes across Swinford, with the next phase of work set to finish in early March next year. A company spokesman said: “This is a really important project for the area, as this work is vital in making... [Read More]

Pumps play an essential role behind the scenes of our everyday lives, keeping water for municipalities and crop irrigation moving - enabling power generation, supporting oil and gas and manufacturing processes. We will never know how much we depend on these vital assets and how many pumps have influenced our lives. Something that we also do not consider is that even... [Read More]

Advanced data-led technology from leakage specialist Ovarro is feeding into the largest smart water network pilot in the UK. Ten Ovarro Enigma3hyQ remote leak loggers have been deployed by Yorkshire Water as part of a multi-stakeholder collaboration to reduce leakage and burst levels in the pilot area of Hadfield, Sheffield. Yorkshire Water’s Hadfield Smart Water... [Read More]