A giant Victorian sewer in East London is being upgraded as Thames Water continues its investment in infrastructure across the capital. The UK’s largest water and wastewater company is investing £70 million (€79 million) over the next three years to upgrade the Northern Outfall Sewer and ensure its pipes are resilient for future generations. The sewer, which... [Read More]

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just released Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (Plan 15), which lays out how the agency will work to protect the nation’s waterways. This will be done by following the science and the Clean Water Act to develop technology-based pollution limits and studies on wastewater discharges from industrial sources. This plan... [Read More]

England and Wales’ water regulator Ofwat has launched the Water Discovery Challenge - a £4 million (€4.5 million) competition for innovators from the energy industry with bold and ingenious ideas. The competition is the latest from Ofwat’s £200 million (€226 million) Innovation Fund, which seeks to generate new ideas to tackle issues including managing leaks,... [Read More]

Xylem has taken over Evoqua in an all-stock transaction that reflects an implied enterprise value of approximately $7.5 billion (€6.9 billion). As water risks rise in global importance, this transaction unites two companies with a shared focus on solving the world’s water challenges by addressing customers’ and communities’ most critical needs. Building on... [Read More]

CIRCOR International has announced a renewed service partnership with PumpsPlus. The PumpsPlus service center in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, will continue to work closely with the factory to provide service for IMO, Allweiler and Warren brand pumps. In a joint effort, CIRCOR and PumpsPlus recently completed the recertification of the service and repair centre. The PumpsPlus,... [Read More]

Artificial intelligence is helping to speed up repairs to United Utilities wastewater pipeline network by semi-automating the review of CCTV inspection footage. Since the use of CCTV for pipeline inspections was first introduced in the 1950s, the process of reviewing footage has remained largely manual – and very time consuming. The increasing volume of work across... [Read More]

The first pump was fully assembled at the new NETZSCH campus in Waldkraiburg and passed on to the shipping department. The successful initiative from the planning and implementation to the ground-breaking ceremony took place in less than two years. In addition to the customers, the employees at NETZSCH Pumps & Systems will also benefit from the new building and the consolidation... [Read More]

Aqueous Vets® (AV) was recognised by the American Society of Civil Engineers Los Angeles (ASCE LA) for its collaboration with Orange County Water District (OCWD) and Yorba Linda Water District (YLWD) to design and install the largest single-site ion exchange (IX) per- and poly-fluoroalkyl (PFAS) treatment facility in the country. The YLWD PFAS treatment facility was... [Read More]

Anglian Water has submitted plans for the most southerly section of its new multi-million-pound water main network. Hundreds of kilometres of new interconnecting pipelines - stretching from North Lincolnshire, through Cambridgeshire, to Suffolk and Essex - will be laid as part of the scheme. This Bury St Edmunds to Colchester pipeline will run for 68 kilometres and... [Read More]

Landia has just supplied its 25th pump to a London-based snack-food manufacturer in a partnership that is now celebrating its 20th anniversary. The food manufacturer began using Landia long-shaft chopper pumps two decades ago to transfer effluent from below-ground pits to its wastewater treatment plant. First supplied as 5.5kW units, but in more recent years as 7.5kW,... [Read More]

Badger Meter has announced the acquisition of Syrinix - a privately held provider of intelligent water monitoring solutions for £15 million ($17.8). Founded in 2010 and headquartered in the UK, Syrinix specialises in high-frequency pressure monitoring and leak detection within water distribution and collection networks. Its remote network monitoring equipment and cloud-based... [Read More]

Smart monitoring company Orbis Intelligent Systems has announced a new distributor. AV Water Technologies (AVWT) is a distributor of advanced systems to the water utility market, providing innovative and smart technologies. The company will be supplying the Orbis SmartCap in Southern and Central US, covering Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas. The SmartCap... [Read More]

An intelligent sewer system that issues alerts to reduce flooding and overflows is being introduced across Tameside in the UK. Dynamic Network Management is the latest investment from United Utilities to upgrade the drainage system that was inherited from the Victorians. The project is already underway and around 300 data-gathering sensors have already been installed... [Read More]

M Group Services has secured an impressive four out of seven category wins at the Street Works Awards recently. Morrison Water Services, a part the Group’s Water Division, scooped three awards for sustainable methods, innovation excellence and communications and community engagement. Morrison Energy Services, part of the group’s energy division, took home the training... [Read More]

Sustainable solutions provider Perstorp is investing in a project that will allow it to use wastewater from a nearby municipal treatment plant for production operations in Stenungsund, Sweden. This will save 1.1 million litres of fresh water per year. The project will enable Perstorp to secure the future supply of water for the Stenungsund plant. It also fits with the... [Read More]

Turbine flowmeters are still showing growth even though they are not keeping pace with the rapid growth in the new-technology markets, according to a new study by Flow Research. The World Market for Turbine Flowmeters, 3rd Edition found that the worldwide turbine market totaled $420 million (€394 million) in 2019 and forecasts a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of... [Read More]