The reputational and financial risks of the mismanagement of water and wastewater systems is the subject of a new report published today. The document, Process water and wastewater treatment in the food industry , points to the vast volumes of water used in food and beverage production and urges companies to do more to offset risk. The food and beverage industry uses... [Read More]

Rotork IQ and IQT actuators have been ordered for several water treatment plants in New Zealand. The Matamata Piako District Council, of New Zealand’s North Island, has chosen to upgrade multiple sites from pneumatic to electric actuators. The flow control of three large water treatment sites in Morrinsville, Matamata and Te Aroha, as well as smaller sites in Te Poi,... [Read More]

The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) has welcomed yet another two companies into membership. The latest company signing up is Manchester-based, CEMB Hofmann UK. This ISO9001:2015 accredited balancing technology specialist manufactures a wide range of dynamic balancing machines. As well as supplying new machinery, the company can also carry out balancing... [Read More]

Battersea Power Station is a beacon along London’s skyline, famous for supplying over 20% of all London’s electricity in the past – and as the iconic image on Pink Floyd’s Animals. Today, Battersea Shaft Pumping Station serves the Thames Water Ring Main – a critical component in London’s water infrastructure. The Thames Water Ring Main, formerly known as... [Read More]

Battersea Power Station is a beacon along London’s skyline, famous for supplying over 20% of all London’s electricity in the past – and as the iconic image on Pink Floyd’s Animals. Today, Battersea Shaft Pumping Station serves the Thames Water Ring Main – a critical component in London’s water infrastructure. The Thames Water Ring Main, formerly known as... [Read More]

The Autoprime pump sets from Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) have proved successful in dewatering, flood-control or wastewater management operations. This high-capacity, mobile flood-control and inland water-management unit is used for dewatering the flood-affected areas in India and abroad during the monsoon season. Water logging in cities, towns and many other areas... [Read More]

Pumps and water solutions firm Grundfos and Baseform, an online software company for water utilities, have formalised a strategic partnership. The Grundfos global value proposition is being scaled up to serve the water digital market with Grundfos Utility Analytics, an artificial intelligence, machine-learning utility management technology provided by Baseform. The... [Read More]

At its peak it was 200 tonnes - the size of 25 elephants - but now Liverpool’s mammoth fatberg is no more thanks to two wastewater partners who designed a new fat-busting technique that ate it away from the inside out. The giant coagulation of fat and grease took up a massive 250 metres of a central Liverpool sewer causing internal flooding at businesses. Investigations... [Read More]

Business Iceland has launched the Green by Iceland initiative that aims to increase the export of renewable energy expertise and sustainable solutions from Iceland. Icelandic expertise lies in four main areas - hydropower, geothermal energy, power transmission systems, and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS). With more than 30 partners, Green by Iceland aims... [Read More]

Kirloskar Brothers Limited’s (KBL) pressure boosting Hydro-Pneumatic (HYPN) system operates successfully at a constant pressure as water demands change. The HYPN system is a conventional pumping system converted into an automated pumping system. The system maintains constant pressure and helps eliminate unnecessary functioning of pumps in case of low flow conditions.... [Read More]

Bedford Pumps Ltd has successfully completed the commissioning of two of their fish friendly pump sets for Kings Lynn Internal Drainage Board at North Lynn Pumping Station (PS). North Lynn PS, located in the north-west of Kings Lynn, near to the East Bank of the River Great Ouse, was built in 1989 and provides water level management to a catchment of approximately 590... [Read More]

The KSB Group has launched a new generation of its time-tested submersible grey water pumps. The AmaDrainer 3 type series is available in four sizes and is the company’s response to customer requests for a design that is more compact and easy to handle. The AmaDrainer 3I is a compact design with integrated float switch and a maximum diameter of 155mm, making the... [Read More]

M&C Engineering has helped a water company bring an end to a costly and time-consuming diesel pump application by introducing a new skid-mounted unit from Borger. As a tank was being replaced at a treatment works, the water company was paying significant hire and running costs, as well as dealing with excessive noise – but the flow is now being diverted by a 24.4kW... [Read More]

Alfa Laval has won an order to supply a feedstock pre-treatment processing line consisting of high-speed separators and various compact heat exchangers to a petroleum refiner. This order for the Swedish fluid handling firm is to support the production of renewable diesel (HVO) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Europe. The order also comprises other equipment, engineering,... [Read More]

A major project to help protect London’s water supply for the next decade has begun in Walton-on-Thames. Thames Water’s Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) reservoir, which stores around 10% of all the capital’s water, will be almost empty for the next year while essential maintenance is carried out. The reservoir is one of the largest in the region and ordinarily holds... [Read More]

A team from Oil Dynamics recently finished a substantial water installation in a wide mountainous area in the Eastern Mediterranean. The German company supplied a turn-key electric submersible pumping system (ESPS) including the electrical variable speed drive, control system, wellhead and production tubing. The ESPS is producing water from more than 1,500 meter... [Read More]