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The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) has partnered with the city of Waxahachie in the US state of Texas to carry out robotic inspections on several miles of the city’s sewer pipelines.
The pilot project, which is being led by professor and chair of UTA’s civil engineering department Ali Abolmaali, is expected to result in estimates on the remaining service life of the…
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The UK’s water regulator Ofwat has confirmed a major investment programme to improve services for customers and the environment.
Ofwat has revealed a spending package of £51 billion (€60.1 billion) over the next five years, of which around one quarter will be dedicated to providing resilient services and a better environment in the face of a growing population and climate…
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UK utility provider Yorkshire Water has awarded Clean and Waste Infrastructure and Customer Focussed Infrastructure frameworks with a combined value of £650 million (€770.4 million).
The £400 million (€474.1 million) Infrastructure Networks framework covers the delivery of infrastructure pipeline projects for both clean and wastewater assets. The £250 million (€296.3 million) Customer…
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As communities around the world face increasingly severe environmental conditions that can threaten critical pipelines, Sanexen Water has launched a product that could protect them from extreme seismic and flooding events.
The company’s Aqua-Pipe technology has been proven to maintain its integrity and does not rupture during rigorous simulated in-ground earthquake scenarios.
Sanexen…
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A team at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) has been awarded a $653,000 (€593,220) contract by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to test longer-lasting concrete pipes embedded with polypropylene fibres for strength and durability.
The team, led by Ali Abolmaali, Tseng Huang Endowed Professor, will monitor and evaluate the performance of these pipes through robotic…
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US utility New Jersey American Water will replace almost 23,000ft of ageing water mains throughout Monmouth County in the US state of New Jersey, at an estimated cost of $6.8 million (€6.17 million).
The project additionally includes the replacement of 23 fire hydrants and up to 250 utility-owned services lines along the pipeline routes. The company will upgrade the ageing water lines, which…
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Irish Water has received the go-ahead for its Greater Dublin Drainage (GDD) project in North Dublin, in the form of planning permission from An Bord Pleanála.
Anticipated population growth and increased commercial activity means that the volume of wastewater generated in the greater Dublin area will increase by more than 50% in the next 30 years.
The provision of adequate wastewater…
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Private equity investment firm Golden Gate Capital has completed the sale of Hillstone Environmental Partners to NGL Energy Partners, for approximately $600 million (€539 million).
Hillstone, which provides water pipeline and disposal infrastructure solutions to the oil and gas industry, was created by Golden Gate Capital in 2015 as a de novo investment, in partnership with CEO and…
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US-based water infrastructure developer Palisade Pipeline has secured financing from Macquarie Capital for a strategic water pipeline project located in the Permian Basin in Texas, US.
The project will deliver non-potable, sustainable reclaimed water from the City of Lubbock, Texas to the Permian Basin. Macquarie will act as the sole financial advisor to Palisade in the financing of the…
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Engineers at Anglian Water in the UK are to begin work on the installation of almost 3km of pipeline, allowing the company to move water from its treatment works in Norwich to Ludham.
Around £6.5 million (€7.5 million) will be invested in the project, which will take a year to complete. The new pipeline will enable Anglian Water to maintain water supplies to 3,000 homes in the…
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Engineers at Anglian Water in the UK have cleared a total of 40,575 blockages from the region’s sewer network over the past 12 months, 85% of which were caused by unflushable products such as wet wipes, as well as fats, oils and grease (FOG).
The water company has now marked the start of a month-long campaign to raise awareness of the problems caused by unflushables, dubbed Unblocktober, by…
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NGL Energy Partners has agreed to acquire Golden Gate Capital’s Hillstone Environmental Partners for approximately $600 million (€548.7 million).
Hillstone Environmental provides water pipeline and disposal infrastructure solutions to customers located in West Texas and New Mexico in the US. With the acquisition, NGL Energy plans to combine Hillstone’s services with its existing Delaware…
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Advanced monitoring and leak detection solutions provider Aquarius Spectrum has won two pipe condition assessment (PCA) projects in two Israeli cities.
The company deployed 750 acoustic sensors across the entire water network in the city of Holon, Israel. These sensors monitor underground pipelines on a daily basis, providing accurate data to detect hidden leaks, as well as analysis of pipe…
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Airborne Oil & Gas has won a large contract from an oil and gas supermajor through Oceaneering to supply Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP) flowlines to be deployed in West Africa.
The supply of TCP flowlines under the contract is expected to save the operator up to 40% on total installation costs, and is believed to be the first TCP solution of its kind to be used in the region.
TCP is…
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Water midstream company XRI Holdings has announced the completion of its Northern Delaware Basin Supersystem, with water pipeline infrastructure spanning more than 125 miles through Lea and Eddy Counties in the US state of New Mexico.
The news system will be supplied by environmentally responsible, non-potable and industrial water resources owned or controlled by XRI, as well as recycled…
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Steel pipe manufacturer Northwest Pipe has been selected by Garney Construction to supply the treated water pipeline for the Bois d’Arc Lake project in North Texas, US.
The contract, which represents over 22,000 tons of pipe, is for a pipeline that will carry treated water from the new Leonard water treatment plant currently under construction to existing pipeline infrastructure within North…
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest $135 million (€120.8 million) in 49 projects to improve rural water and wastewater infrastructure in a total of 24 US states.
Announcing the investment, USDA rural utilities service administrator Chad Rupe said: “Under the leadership of President Trump and Agriculture Secretary Perdue, USDA continues to partner with rural communities to…
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Performance Pipe, a division of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, will supply EVX Midstream Partners with high-temperature polyethylene pipe to transport produced wastewater in the Eagle Ford Basin in Texas to multiple saltwater disposal (SWD) facilities.
EVX Midstream intends to expand the pipeline to over 300 miles, making it the largest SWD pipeline network carrying produced wastewater in…
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