Aug 20, 2025
Big Island wastewater plant welcomes small-footprint aeration solution
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 19, 2025
Pumps
A wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Southern California needed to replace a diaphragm metering pump that injects ferrous chlorate into a transfer line that feeds municipal sludge to the plant’s digesters.
Its existing pump was not able to overcome the line pressure to inject the proper amount of ferrous chlorate required for the process. The new pump selected easily... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 4, 2025
Pumps
A major NHS hospital in the Midlands has cut its annual operational costs by £750,000 after replacing its outdated sewage pumping system with a new high-efficiency setup designed and installed by pump specialists Dura Pump.
The hospital had long struggled with frequent blockages caused by fats, oils, greases, and debris - leading to costly downtime and reliance on tankers... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jul 4, 2025
Pumps
When Cranswick Country Foods Fresh Poultry was looking for a new centrifuge to increase capacity and processing efficiency at a wastewater treatment plant at their Yaxley production plant, they turned to the Hiller model DP45-422VAHYAC centrifuge from MSE Hiller.
Cranswick’s old centrifuge system had become mechanically unreliable, difficult to maintain and was no longer... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 27, 2025
Pumps
STORTEC Engineering Limited, a leading specialist contractor for liquid storage, biogas and mechanical solutions, has won a major order to design and build digesters and a hydrolysis tank for a new food-waste-to-energy facility in Australia.
Utilising the latest material selection, STORTEC’s Ultrastore stainless steel tanks offer extended asset life whilst supporting... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 23, 2025
Pumps
Smith & Loveless has highlighted its EVERLAST™ Series CAPSULAR® Above-Ground Pump Station, a pre-engineered wastewater pumping solution.
Engineered for above-ground installation, the CAPSULAR® Above-Ground Pump Station eliminates confined space hazards and minimises field labour with its factory-built and tested construction, making it a safe and efficient choice... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 11, 2025
Pumps
Atlas Copco’s footprint and expertise have improved critical dewatering operations on a strategic infrastructure project in the Philippines.
The Dipolog-Dapitan bridge project is one of several development initiatives on the island of Mindanao, intended to boost economic growth in the region. Despite high levels of rainfall, safe working conditions have been maintained... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
May 21, 2025
Pumps
Rockwell Automation has announced that its industrial computing technology is delivering critical data-based AI instructions for more precise water-turbine control at PVO-Vesivoima’s hydroelectric plants in Finland.
The control solution uses real-time operational data and applies machine learning and AI to identify the interactions that determine the frequency of the... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
May 12, 2025
Pumps
A total of just 12 employees at leading pump manufacturer, Landia UK, have completed a combined service record of 200 years.
Leading the way in the year that Landia celebrates 75 years since it invented the world’s first Chopper Pump, is Liz Robinson, operations executive, who was there on day one of Landia UK with the late and fondly remembered Hugh Vaughan.
Behind... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 30, 2025
Pumps
A tunnel builder is relying on Japanese pump technology for the construction of the underground power line between France and Spain - part of the European INELFE project.
The new line should help prevent massive blackouts, such as the one that occurred at the end of April.
Dewatering is crucial in the challenging environment, where the line runs entirely underground... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 25, 2025
Pumps
Covenant Technical Solutions™ has been awarded a contract by California American Water (CAW) to lead a progressive design-build advanced Hexavalent Chromium Removal system across multiple well sites in Southern California.
This project will help CAW meet maximum contaminant level (MCL) regulations for hexavalent chromium while maintaining operational efficiency.
California’s... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Feb 24, 2025
Pumps
A three-year project to upgrade Leyland’s Wastewater Treatment Works in the UK is nearing completion.
As part of its commitment to improving river quality, United Utilities has carried out a major upgrade at the treatment works. The project which began in 2022 will play an important role in improving water quality in the River Lostock.
Innovative new processes which... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jan 29, 2025
Pumps
A Borger Multicrusher has been installed at a cement manufacturer to chop up fish remains that are used as part of the fuel to fire furnaces.
The Multicrusher’s interconnecting cutting blades (set on a hexagonal carrier shaft) handle the 20% dissolved solids material to ensure that the fish remains (predominantly bones) are chopped efficiently so that they can be... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jan 6, 2025
Pumps
A pump expert has predicted that 2025 will be the year that smart monitoring and digitalisation in IoT pump monitoring will come to the fore across the sector.
Smart pumps have seen a significant increase in demand, with forecasts predicting growth at a CAGR of 8.5% between 2023 and 2028 and this growing adoption could help the global pumps market reach £72.7 billion... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Dec 3, 2024
Pumps
A number of Tsurumi pumps have contributed to The Clean Rivers Project in Washington DC - a massive infrastructure project that will capture the combined sewer overflows (CSOs) that are damaging the region’s waterways.
The project involved the construction of four tunnels that will divert the CSOs for wastewater treatment before they reach the capital city’s rivers.
The... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 23, 2024
Pumps
In Northern Lincolnshire, a chopper pump made by Landia has completed five years of continuous service at the main.
The 2MW biogas plant run by Singleton Birch, who for over 200 years, has produced high quality lime products.
Working underground as part of an automated system for dirty run-off water, the Landia pump chops up maize and other particles that end up in the... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 6, 2024
Pumps
United Utilities has created additional storage at two of its sites around Windermere to help improve water quality.
The company has repurposed tanks at its Ambleside and Windermere wastewater treatment works to create an additional 2.6 million litres of storage across the two sites – the equivalent of around 33,000 bathtubs or just over an Olympic size swimming pool.
As... [Read More]
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