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Pipelines
PORTSMOUTH Water is asking for people’s views on a new pipeline it needs to build as part of the Havant Thicket Reservoir scheme.
The pipeline will transport water from Bedhampton Springs to the reservoir north of Havant as well as take water out for supply to customers when needed.
A public consultation on the company’s proposed updated plan is running until March 22.
In October 2021,…
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The Ugandan government has announced the completion of the Bugolobi wastewater treatment plant in Kampala, which is one of the largest in East and Central Africa, with the capacity to treat 45 million litres of human waste per day, according to New Vision.
The plant will also be used to generate at least 630kw of power, the country's National Water and Sewerage Corporation said on 5…
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Xylem has launched two new water filtration towers in Cape Coast, Ghana, supporting the Dehia community and Oguaa Football for Hope Centre.
Under the guidance of Planet Water Foundation, Xylem employee volunteers joined forces with Manchester City fans, club legend and ambassador Joleon Lescott and young leaders from Play Soccer Ghana to build the towers in February.
The two new towers contain…
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Pipelines
United Utilities has begun work on the first phase to enhance the pipelines that deliver high quality water from Wales to the north-west of the UK.
The Vyrnwy Aqueduct Modernisation Programme is a five-year scheme to clean and re-line the three parallel pipes that transport water from Lake Vyrnwy in north Wales to customers across Cheshire, Merseyside and the wider North West.
The project is…
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Pumps
A total of 17 Landia pumps for a new water and wastewater treatment plant in the north-east of China have been delivered safely.
The pumps were transported all the way by train from Germany.
For the new facility in Shandong province, Landia has supplied its proven range of Axial Propeller Pumps (AXP), which will provide recirculation of activated sludge. The AXP model can also pump large…
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Level Monitors
A new end-to-end leakage reduction service has been launched by Ovarro as the water sector moves forward with wider implementation of as-a-service models to improve efficiency.
LeakNavigator is the UK’s first fully-managed, fixed network leakage service. The leak-locating model comprises advanced acoustic data loggers, cutting-edge cloud-based software and Ovarro’s inhouse leakage…
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Technology from water recycling specialist WCS Environmental Engineering (WCSEE) has been selected by a care home in Cornwall in the UK to provide onsite wastewater treatment in an environmentally sensitive location.
Trevaylor Manor is situated in Gulval, two miles from the town of Penzance.
As it is not connected to the public sewer, the property is served by an onsite wastewater…
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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 serves over 4 million…
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Pumps
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 focuses on evaluating the…
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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, preventing pollution,…
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Other
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 Xylem’s global leadership…
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Pumps
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, Dartmouth service…
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Pipelines
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 the water sector has…
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Pumps
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 of the plant in…
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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 awarded the Water Treatment…
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Pipelines
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 includes new above-ground…
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Pumps
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, some of the original…
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Level Monitors
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 software platform…
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