Jun 9, 2023
Qdos pump doses for three years without fault
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 8, 2023
Pipelines
Technology from WCS Environmental Engineering has been selected by United Utilities to deliver biological treatment at a new wastewater treatment works.
The UK utility is investing £8.2 million (9.5 million) in the new facility in the village of Chipping in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, in the UK, a capital project designed to manage the area’s recent and future... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 7, 2023
Pipelines
Saudi Arabia's National Water Company is expected to award the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the second phase of the Riyadh Water Strategic Plan later this year.
The tender for the EPC contract was released on 4 June and the initial bid submission deadline is set for 16 July.
The awarding of the EPC contract is anticipated to take place... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 5, 2023
Pumps
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]
Water/Wastewater News
Jun 1, 2023
Other
Water and wastewater utilities are executing ambitious decarbonisation goals, according to a new survey of 100 utilities in North America and Europe.
Sponsored by global water technology leader Xylem, the survey finds that 75% of respondents intend to achieve greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals by 2040 or earlier. 48% of respondents have set a net-zero emissions goal,... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
May 31, 2023
Pumps
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]
Water/Wastewater News
May 26, 2023
Other
Fluid Motion Solutions, part of the global National Oilwell Varco group, is backing a new patented product, NORAG, which has been designed to prevent sewage litter from combined sewage overflows (CSOs) that cause pollution.
Developed by Samatrix, NORAG is a maintenance-free solution that has no moving parts and requires no electrical power.
Using the Venturi effect,... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
May 25, 2023
Other
Xylem has completed its acquisition of Evoqua Water Technologies, a leader in mission-critical water treatment solutions and services, in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $7.5 billion (€7 billion).
The combination creates the world’s most advanced platform of capabilities to address customers’ and communities’ critical water challenges.
Headquartered... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
May 24, 2023
Pipelines
UK water watchdog Ofwat is consulting on proposals to accelerate delivery of investment projects to protect the environment and improve supply.
It wants to bring forward 31 schemes from the latter part of the decade to begin in 2023 or 2024.
This will release an extra £500 million (€574 million) spending in the 2023-25 period and over £1.6 billion (€1.84 billion)... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
May 23, 2023
Pumps
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]
Water/Wastewater News
May 18, 2023
Pipelines
England's water and sewage companies have issued an apology for not "acting quickly enough" to tackle sewage spillage issues.
These firms have been criticised over continued spilling of raw sewage into rivers and seas.
In 2022, raw sewage was dumped into rivers and seas for 1.75 million hours - or 825 times a day on average.
The apology was made by Water UK, the industry... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
May 9, 2023
Pumps
A successful pilot project for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) has proved the superior speed, cost reduction and accuracy of thermodynamic pump testing.
Funded by non-for-profit collective, Waterstart, MWD used Riventa’s portable thermodynamic system to test a 7.5MW pump at one of its crucial pumping stations on the Southern California aqueduct... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
May 3, 2023
Pipelines
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $11.8 million (€10.7 million) to Nebraska from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure through this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF).
The funding will support Nebraska communities in upgrading essential water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure that protects public health and treasured... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
May 3, 2023
Pipelines
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $11.8 million (€10.7 million) to Nebraska from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure through this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF).
The funding will support Nebraska communities in upgrading essential water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure that protects public health and treasured... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 28, 2023
Pumps
When Edward Vaughan decided to diversify into renewable energy at his fifth-generation family farm in Sychtyn, North Wales, he could have been tempted perhaps to have built as big an anaerobic digestion plant as possible, but his attention to the economies of scale has paid off.
The biogas plant, from which an impressive 80% of clean, renewable energy is exported, has... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 28, 2023
Pipelines
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $11.8 million (€10.7 million) to Nebraska from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure through this year’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF).
The funding will support Nebraska communities in upgrading essential water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure that protects public health and treasured... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 26, 2023
Pumps
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is collaborating with Riventa to test the efficiency of 424 wastewater pumps at 132 treatment works as part of its commitment to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.
Riventa’s expertise in next-generation pump system optimisation will support Welsh Water in evaluating asset performance and reducing energy consumption, resulting... [Read More]
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