
Sep 26, 2022
Amazon Filters to champion resilience at drinking water quality conference
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 22, 2022
Pipelines
An emergency water pipe was flown in by helicopter to increase water stocks in part of West Yorkshire in the UK, which have experienced the lowest rainfall in 130 years.
Despite recent spells of rain, water levels at reservoirs in the Worth Valley are much lower than usual.
According to Yorkshire Water, reservoirs need months of rain to help them return to their normal... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 22, 2022
Other
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by water technology market intelligence specialist BlueTech Research and innovation accelerator WIN Water at the 2022 International Water Association World Water Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The agreement commits the two organisations to drive faster access to the global water market for water innovations.
The one-year... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 15, 2022
Other
Kando, a data intelligence solution provider specialising in wastewater analysis, has a new partnership with a water utility in the UK.
Scottish Water has joined forces with Kando to implement its wastewater intelligence solution and bolster its ability to harness wastewater for the benefit of community and public health.
The UK government increasingly sees wastewater... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 14, 2022
Pumps
Nalco Water is to design and build a new water treatment plant at Shell’s Jurong Island chemicals and manufacturing site in Singapore.
The plant is set to begin operations in July 2next year and is expected to contribute to Shell’s water conservation ambition.
Ecolab will oversee the design and build process, as well as the commissioning and operation once complete.
Greg... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 13, 2022
Pumps
ACWA Power, a leading Saudi developer, investor, and operator of power generation, water desalination and green hydrogen plants, signed an industrial development agreement with Water Global Access.
This agreement with the research and technology development firm is to integrate Hydraulic Injection Desalination (HID) technology at scale.
The agreement was signed on the... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 13, 2022
Pipelines
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has outlined proposals to invest an extra £100 million (€115 million) before the end of 2025 to reduce phosphate discharges from its wastewater treatment works and to reduce the impact of Combined Storm Overflows (CSOs).
This is in addition to the £836 million (€996 million) already budgeted in its Business Plan for 2020-2025.
This would... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 12, 2022
Pumps
Nominations are being sought for the 2023 Pump Industry Awards as the event moves to its usual March slot following the disruption caused by the pandemic.
The gala dinner and presentation ceremony will take place on Thursday, 16 March, at a new venue – the Hilton at St George’s Park in Burton on Trent.
The online entry forms, which seek submissions for activities... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 8, 2022
Pipelines
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is struggling to meet growing water demand - especially for agriculture as it is the larger user of water, researchers have revealed.
The war in Ukraine has only exacerbated the situation impacting especially food security with an unprecedented increase in food prices in the region.
"Recycling water could supplement, or... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 8, 2022
Pumps
NETZSCH has signed an agreement with the Whitney Equipment Company, which will become their distributor in Washington, Oregon, Northern Idaho, and Alaska in the US.
Whitney Equipment Company will service the municipal market in these states for one of the world’s largest manufacturer of progressing cavity pumps and rotary lobe pumps.
A spokesman for Whitney said the... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 7, 2022
Pumps
Svanehøj has launched a new LNG pump design for deepwell and submerged pumps for electric fuel systems.
The demand for liquefied gas is increasing and LNG-powered ships are increasingly being ordered.
Svanehøj has launched an ambitious investment programme into a new electric submerged pump design for these LNG-powered craft. The new CS, or cryogenic submerged pump,... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 2, 2022
Pipelines
Anglian Water has become the first UK company to issue a corporate green bond in the Canadian ‘maple’ bond market.
The C$350 million (€266 million) bond raised will fund Anglian Water’s Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) which is delivering a new network of large-scale interconnecting pipelines to move water to drier areas.
SPA is the biggest infrastructure... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 26, 2022
Pumps
Anglian Water plans to create two new reservoirs to serve the East Anglian region of the UK.
One of them will be a joint project with Cambridge Water and will lie in the Fens, near the border of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, and will supply 100 million litres of water a day.
The other will be located in Lincolnshire, supplying 160 million litres daily. It is expected to... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 24, 2022
Pipelines
IWJS, one of the UK’s leading providers of services to wastewater networks, has been re-awarded the framework contract to continue delivering essential services to Anglian Water to 2025.
There is also an option to extend it for a further two years.
IWJS, a part of M Group Services, an essential infrastructure services provider in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 21, 2022
Updates on city infrastructure services to the Fufeng/Highway 81 area in North Dakota, US, including projects related to wastewater treatment and raw water supply, were presented to members of the Grand Forks City Council during Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting, reported Grand Forks Herald.
In June, the council approved annexing a portion of land north of the... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 17, 2022
Missouri American Water announced the completion of the company’s acquisition of the City of Eureka water and wastewater systems.
The facility serves approximately 4,000 water customers and 4,000 wastewater customers.
This winter the company will begin construction of a new water pipeline to supply Eureka with water from its St. Louis County system.
“We are honored... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Aug 9, 2022
Pipelines
Morrison Water Services, a part of M Group Services’ Water Division, is working in partnership with Yorkshire Water to deliver a drinking water spray lining programme, believed to be the first of its kind across the water sector in AMP7.
Targeting structural and water quality issues with the existing pipework, spray lining is part of a £2m (€2.3) programme targeting... [Read More]