Infrastructure grants of between £25,000 and £250,000 (€28,000-€286,000) to help farmers improve slurry storage should not overlook the importance of mixers and pumps, according to Landia. Following the recent comments made by John Tydeman of Tramspread about offsetting the huge cost of managing slurry by improving its value as a fertiliser to reduce bought-in... [Read More]

At a recycling company that transforms end-of-life waste carpet into products for a wide range of industries, Borger’s BLUEline rotary lobe pumps are playing an important part in conveying the hard-to-handle wastewater to a centrifuge. Installed at two locations, Borger’s self-priming pumps manage the effluent’s viscous and abrasive materials with ease for the process... [Read More]

Tennent’s has made significant investments in various carbon reduction projects including carbon capture and anaerobic digestion plants. the brewer has now partnered with SEEPEX to improve energy efficiency in its spent grain transfer process, which is the most air intensive process on site. Tennent's Wellpark Brewery is Scotland's oldest brewery, tracing its roots... [Read More]

Sulzer has announced it is expanding its US-based water business that will include product manufacturing and testing. The company has recently commissioned operations in Portland, Oregon, where it is assembling and testing large water pumps. The Portland facility has one of the largest pump-testing basins in North America. Sulzer is also expanding its manufacturing... [Read More]

Landia is supplying 12 of its digester mixing systems for pre-treatment tanks at a wastewater facility in Indonesia. Part of a major Bio Production Plant in Java, the facility converts grass materials into biodegradable bags, with the excess matter utilised to produce biogas in six 4,000m3 rectangular concrete tanks. To accelerate the installation, Landia is sending... [Read More]

A total of 59 WANGEN pumps have been supplied to an underground wastewater treatment plant in Finland. WANGEN pumps supplied by FlowExperts Oy are part of this new facility. The growing number of inhabitants in the Helsinki metropolitan area and the treatment of more nutrient-rich wastewater required a new wastewater treatment facility to be built with higher capacity... [Read More]

Anglian Water has revolutionised its Brockley pump station operations by integrating SEEPEX Pump Monitoring and Connected Services. This cutting-edge technology enables remote monitoring, providing Anglian Water with numerous benefits. It helps with compliance and consent flows, avoids pipework rupture caused by excessive pressure, and will support Anglian Water to... [Read More]

A dairy farm in Cheshire that was having trouble handling sand-laden slurry, has solved the problem with a new pump and help in the set-up of its reception pit. Woodhey Hall Farm, which has 1,250 cows, was being forced to fix its slurry pump every week. Proprietor Paul Robinson said: “The seals on the pump kept failing, so it was taking up way too much time for us... [Read More]

A wastewater treatment plant has replaced its multi-phase eccentric screw pumps with new Rotary Lobe pumps, made by Börger after being burdened with cumbersome maintenance, expensive spare parts and very high energy costs. Installed for a chamber filter press, the space-saving Börger pumps have been supplied as a twin-pack unit - two identical Rotary Lobe Pumps, which... [Read More]

CIRCOR International has announced that its Allweiler brand has recently secured a significant contract in the maritime sector. Allweiler, a global leader in the manufacturing of pumps and pumping systems, will supply pumps for the new frigates of the German Navy. The Dutch Damen Shipyard, winner of the German Navy tender, has ordered the complete pump packages from... [Read More]

Riventa has secured new contracts in Brazil through its partner in São Paulo, Toraqua Technologies. Five public and private water companies are benefitting from Riventa’s SAS (Software as a Service) model. André Vizioli Gomes, general manager of Toraqua Technologies, said: “The market here is pleasantly surprised and excited about just how quickly they get instant... [Read More]

Global food supplier Griffith Foods has selected WCS Environmental Engineering technology to enhance the wastewater treatment process at its UK site in Wincanton, Somerset. Griffith Foods provides seasonings, coatings, sauce, dressings and butter portions to the food industry, with the corporate purpose to “blend care and creativity to nourish the world”. Its previous... [Read More]

Riventa’s expertise in optimising the performance of pumps and blowers has seen it win important new contracts in Brazil through its partner in São Paulo - Toraqua Technologies. A total so far of five public and private water companies are now benefitting from Riventa’s Software as a Service (SAS) model, where the customer no longer has to concern itself with the... [Read More]

A Qdos 60 PU peristaltic pumphead from Watson Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions has completed three years of maintenance-free operation without any leaks in a trial at the City of Oak Ridge water treatment plant (WTP) in Tennessee. The trial began in May 2020 with the prototype Qdos 60 peristaltic pump with ReNu PU (polyurethane) pumphead dosing polyaluminium chloride,... [Read More]

Fourteen rotary lobe pumps made by Borger have been installed for a membrane filtration application at a water treatment plant. Achieving a total output of up to 10,000 m³/h, the Borger pumps extract water so that it can be purified through the membranes. In addition to being extremely stable and practically wear-resistant, the pumps were chosen to suit the cleaning... [Read More]

A free water hydrant-locating app for standpipe users has been launched by Aquam Water Services. The standpipe supplier developed the app to point permitted customers to the nearest hydrants approved for use by water companies, using information provided by individual utilities. Aquam supplies licensed standpipes for utilities across the UK, delivering legally compliant... [Read More]

United Utilities has announced that it will be leading an £8.9 million (€10.2 million) national programme to bring more nature-based solutions into the water sector. The North West’s water company, working with The Rivers Trust, Jacobs, and Mott MacDonald, and partners from across the water industry and other sectors, has been awarded the money in the latest round... [Read More]