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Flowmeters
AW-Lake Process Flow Measurement has introduced its new gear meter series.
The device offers greater efficiencies in operation with tighter tolerances, higher resolutions, higher standard pressure ratings (6,000 psi), improved accuracy, wider turndowns (100:1), and a new low-viscosity series.
Designed with high-performance materials, the gear meters offer high chemical resistance to operate…
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Pipelines
Construction of an eight-mile water pipeline is set to begin in Santa Cruz, California.
The project aims to address seawater intrusion occurring in the Santa Cruz Mid County Groundwater Basin.
The Pure Water Soquel project is two-fold - reduce seawater contamination and bolster groundwater levels in the aquifer.
“We are challenged by both drought and an overdrafted groundwater basin,”…
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Pipelines
The final plans for a new section of the Haweswater Aqueduct that United Utilities will be laying has been unveiled.
The water company is refurbishing the huge aqueduct which has been bringing drinking water from Cumbria, through Lancashire and into Greater Manchester since 1955.
The pipeline has successfully served 2.5 million people in Cumbria, Lancashire and Greater Manchester for 60…
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Pipelines
Wentwood Reservoir is to undergo further essential work to ensure it continues to capture and store water safely for years to come.
The work, to improve the reservoir’s structure and to better manage the flow of water to the reservoir, was identified by Welsh Water in the UK following initial work the company carried out to the reservoir in 2019.
The new work will be carried out in two…
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Pipelines
The complex computer systems which control London’s drinking water supplies have been upgraded while keeping the taps running in as part of a £20 million (€24 million) project by Thames Water.
Moving from the 25-year-old RTAP system to the new ClearSCADA platform saw the replacement of multiple legacy and obsolete systems.
One of the largest of its type in Europe, the technology monitors…
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Pumps
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 pump suitable for narrow…
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Pipelines
Yorkshire Water is set to create a new integrated constructed wetland at its Clifton wastewater treatment works, which will provide a natural, sustainable and low-carbon way to treat water before returning it to the environment.
An area approximately the size of three Olympic swimming pools featuring interconnected ponds will be constructed near Doncaster and planted with over 20,000 wetland…
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Pipelines
More than two kilometres of ageing cast iron Edwardian water pipes are being replaced in a £1.5 million (€1.7 million) investment by Thames Water in south London.
The project will ensure taps keep flowing for thousands of customers in Crystal Palace for at least another 100 years.
The 112-year-old pipes have been in service since 1909 – three years before the Titanic sank and five years…
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Pumps
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 Borger EL 1550 pump, which…
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Pumps
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, and services to…
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Pipelines
More than 7,300 solar panels are now powering one of SA Water’s major drinking water pipelines.
Installed at the second pump station on the Swan Reach to Stockwell Pipeline in Australia the large solar array will reduce its operating costs required to deliver clean, safe drinking water from the filtration plant to thousands of customers in the Barossa region.
SA Water’s Senior Manager Zero…
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Pipelines
Anglian Water’s team of expert engineers will begin work to install over 5.3km of new water mains in Northamptonshire, UK, to support local growth in the area.
The work in Overstone, which is expected to be completed by the end of October, will ensure resilience of the local water network and maintain water pressure for thousands of customers in the area.
Dan Finbow, project manager for…
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Pipelines
Concerns about water shortages in Marin has become so acute that talks are taking place over plans to build a pipeline across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to pump water into the county.
The Marin Municipal Water District, near San Francisco, US, is in early discussions with East Bay officials over a new pipeline.
The last such drastic move was during the 1976-1977 drought, when the district…
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Pipelines
Northumbrian Water has secured £225,000 (€258,000) funding from the Innovation in Water Challenge for a project which captures ammonia before turning it into green hydrogen fuel.
The water company managed to secure the financial backing following a successful bid into the OFWAT Innovation Fund, where only 11 out of 61 bids were granted funding.
The Organics Ammonia Recovery project, which…
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Pipelines
Engineers have begun work to install a 1.9 km of water mains pipe in East Anglia, UK, to support local growth in the area.
The work by Anglian Water is expected to be completed by the end of July and will supply water to residents of new developments planned in Stowlangtoft, Suffolk.
Dan Finbow, project manager for Anglian Water, said: “Our region is one of the fastest growing in the UK,…
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Pipelines
Two main pipelines that provide 90% of Sydney’s drinking water will be better protected from development under proposed new planning laws.
The planning guideline is designed to be a comprehensive resource for developers and councils to ensure new developments consider the impacts on the the Upper Canal and the Warragamba Pipelines in Western Sydney.
Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob…
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Pipelines
A facility close to Dinas Powys in Wales that will generate clean, green energy from sewage has taken a step closer towards completion.
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has invested more than £50 million (€57million) to create a new energy generating facility at its Cog Moors Wastewater Treatment Works.
The Advanced Anaerobic Digestion (AAD) facility, which recovers energy from the waste processed at…
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Pumps
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 19,623 million litres of…
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