Nov 16, 2020
Fish friendly flood protection provided for pumping station
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 13, 2020
Pumps
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]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 11, 2020
Pumps
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]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 6, 2020
Pumps
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/Wastewater News
Oct 27, 2020
Pumps
Grundfos, a water technology company, and its primary owner the Grundfos Foundation have announced a $65,000 (€55,000) donation to the American Red Cross following the recent wildfire.
The donation to the Central California - Central Valley Chapter is in response to the recent blaze that continues to have a devastating impact on communities in central California.
“Our... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 26, 2020
Pumps
The use of cartridge filters to remove manganese from the municipal water supply was the focus of a presentation at the Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Innovation Event on 29 October.
David Ridealgh, marketing manager at filter manufacturer Amazon Filters, discussed the benefits of substituting cartridge filtration for traditional sand beds to remove the mineral. The presentation... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 14, 2020
Pumps
United Utilities has been testing and replacing some equipment at one of its biggest water treatment works in the UK.
The work is being carried out at the Huntington water treatment works in Cheshire where the water company was busy replacing old pumps and motors while keeping the site running and the taps flowing for its customers in the north-west.
The pumps were... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 14, 2020
Pumps
Wilden, a worldwide producer of speciality pumps, is celebrating its 65-year anniversary.
Wilden was founded in 1955 by Jim Wilden in the US when he revolutionised the pumping industry by inventing the air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pump.
Since that time, Wilden has been recognised as one of the leaders in AODD pump technology for a wide range of applications in... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 7, 2020
Pumps
The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has won the Community Initiative Award at the 2020 Aquaculture Awards for its work with the Outer Hebrides Local Energy Hub (OHLEH) project on the Isle of Lewis - the first local circular economy of its kind in Scotland.
The success of the project, which sees fish waste (transferred from SSC’s processing plant) co-digested with household... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 2, 2020
Pumps
BBA Pumps has supplied flood relief pumps to Djibouti after a tender was put out by the United Nations.
The African country has suffered from heavy rainfall and floods in recent years.
BBA Pumps, partnering with the South African-based African Generator Company, successfully responded to the tender issued in February.
The tender required the supply of mobile emergency... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 30, 2020
Pumps
Clariant’s new state-of-the-art waste water treatment plant (WWTP) in India has celebrated its first anniversary.
The plant in Bonthapally has also treated more than 18 million litres of wastewater in the past 365 days and made it reusable.
This has resulted in a reduction of water consumption in various steps of its production and is in line with the company’s strategic... [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]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 17, 2020
Pumps
Following the successful installation two years ago of Landia Chopper Pumps and a Landia Aeration System, MSE Systems is set to install a further three units from Landia for one of the UK’s leading supplier of potatoes.
During an upgrade to the customer’s potato processing factory, Chesterfield-based MSE Systems found that the addition of a high-efficiency Dissolved... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 7, 2020
Pumps
Valmet has received an order from Stora Enso in Sweden to convert an existing feed system in a cooking plant to its pump feed system.
By upgrading to a Valmet Pump Feed System, the Skoghall mill intends to improve availability and reduce maintenance costs.
The upgrade also includes a Valmet Chip Feeder specially designed to connect to the existing system and secure... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 7, 2020
Pumps
Rotork Site Services have installed actuators with gearboxes at a development in the Houston area to prevent the threat of flooding.
Sluice gates were constructed following discussions caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, which caused over $125 billion (€105 billion) of damage in the US state. During this time many locations in the seven-county region experienced serious... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 4, 2020
Pumps
South East Water is set to build a new £5 million (€5.6 million) treatment station in Hampshire, UK.
Based at the company’s existing Woodgarston Water Treatment Works, in Upper Wooton, the new equipment will futureproof the water supply against forecasted increases in nitrate levels in the area.
Project manager Mark Gelinski said: “As a company, we adhere to... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 3, 2020
Pumps
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) has extended its direct sales and technical support to customers in the Nordic region with the opening of offices in Finland and Norway.
The new offices bring further strength to the Nordic sales territory and will work alongside existing operations in Denmark and Sweden.
Opening officially from 1 September, this is the latest... [Read More]
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