Water/Wastewater News

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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Pumps
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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Other
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 is an intelligent pipe…
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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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Other
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 scheme of the year…
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Pipelines
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 at flood risk areas across…
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Pumps
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 company’s long term…
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Flowmeters
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 just over one percent…
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Pipelines
Work at a cost of £13 million (€15 million) to help improve water quality and protect the environment in Southampton in the UK is set to begin next year. Southern Water is looking to build a new underground storm shaft and has recently installed new filters at Woolston Wastewater Treatment Works as part of its plans to protect shellfish and improve water quality. The plans for the shaft were…
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Pumps
Millions of pounds of work to enhance how wastewater is treated before being released to the environment is being invested in the Pagham area of the UK. Southern Water and their delivery partners GTb will be installing new treatment equipment, tanks and pumps to improve the way wastewater is treated at the works. This work is park of Southern Water’s commitment to improve the quality of…
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Pumps
AUMA’s new PROFOX actuators have been operating successfully at Zandvliet wastewater treatment plant in Cape Town, South Africa. The customer has been pleased with the reliability of the new actuators and their outstanding configuration flexibility since they have been in operation for more than a year. Zandvliet is one of the first plants worldwide to be equipped with AUMA’s new PROFOX…
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Other
Digital technology company InfoTiles has won the opportunity to demonstrate its water management platform with a municipality in western Switzerland. The BlueArk Challange is a call for projects that aim to solve water management challenges using open innovation ideas and technologies. The InfoTiles software will be developed and implemented in collaboration with Fully, a municipality in the…
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Pipelines
Shareholders have approved plans for an additional £2 billion (€2.32 billion) of expenditure aimed at improving performance and outcomes for customers, leakage and river health and to accelerate delivery of Thames Water’s turnaround. Thames Water hasapproved a £11.5 billion (€13.3 billion) business plan for the current regulatory period ending 31 March 2025, developed by its executive…
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Pumps
A large Indian water purification company has increased the efficiency and reliability of its water purification plant with new Wanner Hydra-Cell pumps. The plant previously had to slow or stop operations due to frequent leakages and a lack of reliability in critical pumps. The company quickly spotted the problem and, working with Wanner International, found a solution. The Hydra-Cells (G35s,…
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Other
Process filter maker Amazon Filters has added more capacity to its housing component manufacturing with two semi-automated CNC mills going live. Their purchase and implementation are the latest stages in a £1 million (€1.15 million) investment programme at the Surrey-based firm, which supplies all industries worldwide that rely on process filtration. Capital expenditure on new machinery…
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Pumps
A new treatment plant with a cost-effective biological treatment process has won the coveted State Excellence Award from Alabama’s Water Environment Association (AWEA). The Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) from Lakeside Equipment Corporation was specified by the plant’s designers, CDG, Inc for its robustness, ease of operation and scalability for future needs. The Southside, AL plant, for…
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