AY McDonald has acquired Val-Matic Valve Corporation. Val-Matic Valve, based in Elmhurst, Illinois, was founded in 1966 by Andrew Nuter and is a manufacturer of 14 valve product lines for the water and wastewater, industrial, commercial building construction and plumbing industries. The company has an additional manufacturing facility in Addison, Illinois. John Ballun,... [Read More]

Thames Water has brought in optimisation experts Riventa to test the performance of 90 aeration system blowers across 10 of its sewage treatment works (STW). This is part of the water company’s commitment to continually improve its energy performance. From Beckton, the largest STW in Europe, where 26 blowers will undergo extensive monitoring, to the Blackbirds STW,... [Read More]

Control valve specialists Warren Controls has customised a three-way diverting control valve used in a critical absorption chiller application. The work at a marine air base in the southern California desert resulted in long service life, improved chiller performance and reduced downtime. In service for 16 years, the valve is now being returned to Warren Controls for... [Read More]

The planned refurbishment of an effluent treatment plant on the Atlantic coast was required whilst maintaining full operation. However, difficulties were realised at the planning stage, as three critical isolating valves had non-standard face to face dimensions and required to be resistance to the salt laden air. The first consideration was to replace the adjacent pipe... [Read More]

METRUS has been celebrating its golden anniversary this year. The company was founded by Lothar Seer in 1970 as LS-Mechanic and has produced more than 2,000 valve test benches, serving customers in over 80 countries. While working as an employee of Sempell, engineer Seer was in charge of developing test benches for the valve manufacturers’ production. Inspired by... [Read More]

Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has opened a new application and innovation centre in Denmark. The centre, in Kolding, will reinforce the company’s technology leadership within hygienic fluid handling. Investing in the new 1,600sq m centre supports Alfa Laval’s strategic focus of accelerating product innovation... [Read More]

Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL) operates in the north-east of England, supplying 650 million litres of water daily to people and businesses in the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and parts of North Yorkshire. To tame pressure in a demanding district metering area that was exhibiting high demand at peak usage periods during the day, falling to minimal... [Read More]

New analysis shows major energy and cost savings potential from installing Power Drive Systems (PDS) on commercial pumps, fans, compressors and other motor-driven products, regardless of load variability. The new research, led by the National Electric Manufacturers Association (NEMA) and the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), shows a 43% drop in energy use when... [Read More]

Yorkshire Water has announced Ward and Burke as its main partner for the new Withernsea wastewater treatment works. The UK partnership is part of a £26 million (€29 million) scheme to move the existing works further inland due to coastal erosion, which has reduced the distance to the sea from 168m in 1991 to just 40m. The new wastewater treatment works will be... [Read More]

Residents in the Smolyan region in southern Bulgaria will benefit from access to improved water and wastewater services thanks to European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) investment combined with EU funds. The EBRD is providing a loan of up to €5.8 million to the Smolyan Water Supply and Sanitation Company. The financing comprises €3.1 million from... [Read More]

Borger has created a new partnership with long-established engineering business Panks. This partnership concerns the sales, repair and installation of Borger pumps, macerators, separators and feed technology. Panks, established 1842, will cover all of East Anglia for Borger, with whom they have already established a close working relationship after many years of successful... [Read More]

FLI CAP Technology, a company that designs and delivers a comprehensive range of process technologies for wastewater treatment, is introducing a range of Landia pumps and mixers for the upgrade of a food factory’s effluent plant. Two balance tanks (1500m3 and 1800m3) will be served by 11kW external Landia AirJets, which are powered by the same Chopper Pump design that... [Read More]

With the news that Denmark is one of first European countries aiming to slowly put the Coronavirus lockdown into reverse, leading pump and mixer manufacturer Landia has won significant new orders from Asia. The first order is to supply pumps for a new biogas project in Japan, while the second order is to provide submersible mixers for an industrial WWTP in Malaysia. Landia... [Read More]

Yorkshire Water is calling for contractors to bid for places on its £800m (€909m) clean water network repair and maintenance services contract. The contract by the water company will be tendered in five lots. The initial contract term for lots 1 to 4 is four years, with a further four-year extension option. For lot 5, the term is three years, with a two-year extension... [Read More]

Metso’s valve business, future Neles, has announced that its valves were used in around 250 major shutdowns around the world in 2019, to secure plant availability, reliability, safety and environmental compliance. Services included specialised maintenance planning, on-time start-up and effective execution, ensuring the safety and availability of the plant until the... [Read More]

Water utility provider SA Water has turned to Bluetooth technology as part of a process to improve water services in South Australia. The technology connects with a hands-free extendable arm to remotely open and shut water main valves through a process known as ‘exercising’, which is essential to ensuring the drinking water supply network is operating as normal. According... [Read More]