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Anglian Water is starting work to upgrade equipment and storage at their Caistor water recycling centre in the UK.
The scheme marks a £7 million (€8.3 million) investment, as part of a larger programme of work totalling over £100 million (€120 million) across the region, which includes installing new storm water storage and phosphorus removal treatment at 110 water recycling sites.
The…
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Work on a vital stretch of pipeline from North Lincolnshire, through Norfolk and Suffolk in the UK is set to begin.
Anglian Water wants to begin constructing the section between Grantham and Bexwell, near Downham Market, as part of a strategic pipeline stretching to Bury St Edmunds.
It has applied to West Norfolk Council and four other local authorities along the proposed route for planning…
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Water Corporation in Australia has completed a 2.1 km water pipeline for a housing development in Perth’s south-east suburbs, supporting the rapidly growing region with high-quality drinking water through the $4 million (€2.7 million) project.
The Perth suburbs of Mundijong and Whitby will be enjoying increased supplies of water for years to come, with Mundijong presently home to 4,068…
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Engineers in the UK have now completed the first half of a 24 km pipeline between Lincoln and Ancaster.
The pipeline, almost twice as long as the M6, and running from Lincolnshire to Essex will address the 30 million litre a day water shortage facing the east of England.
Rebecca Pow, Environment Minister, and Caroline Johnson, MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham, visited Lincoln to mark an…
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A £25 million (€30 million) investment project to help protect London’s water supply for the next decade has been successfully completed ahead of schedule.
Work to drain the Queen Elizabeth II reservoir in Walton-on-Thames in the UK, which stores around 10% of all of London’s pre-treated drinking water, began in April 2021 so that essential maintenance could be carried out to help protect…
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Pumps
Pump specialists Riventa has created significant savings at a global tyre manufacturer’s water pumping plant.
This includes an annual energy reduction of 13% in the port city of Yeosu in South Korea.
For a pressurised system that circulates cooling water for synthetic rubber processing, Riventa utilised its FREEFLOW technology and Green Pump Index (GPX) benchmarking system to simultaneously…
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Fifteen years on since a major UK water utility chose Landia as its framework supplier for anoxic mixers, over 200 of the units continue to work day and night across the extensive region.
Installed in anoxic zones during 2007 at over 20 wastewater treatment plants, the Landia POP-I Flowmakers were seen at the time as the equipment that could offer the very best in performance and efficiency, as…
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The KSB Group was awarded a contract to deliver 14 large submersible motor pumps for flood control in Paraguay at the end of last year.
The pumps are intended for equipping several pumping stations belonging to the Costanera de Pilar y control de inundaciones project.
The pumps are to be used to prevent future flooding during the high-water season along the tributaries of the Río Paraguay.…
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ACWA Power had been appointed by The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC) to build utilities infrastructure that relies on renewable energy for power generation, water production, wastewater treatment and district cooling.
The project includes the provision of renewable power, potable water, wastewater treatment district cooling and solid waste treatment for 16 hotels, an international airport…
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Level Monitors
Aquarius Spectrum has launched its new AQSense-Edge series of Cat-M/NB-IoT correlating sensors.
This represents the next generation in the company’s AQSense Fixed Sensors, a product range designed for continuous pipe monitoring.
For over 12 years, Aquarius Spectrum has spearheaded development of innovative systems for the water industry, enabling water utilities to proactively monitor their…
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Pipelines
A section of a £350 million (€420 million) water pipeline to protect Lincolnshire in the UK from water shortages has reached the halfway point.
Anglian Water said the 24 km link connecting Lincoln and Ancaster will be the first section built of a new network that will create hundreds of kilometres of interconnecting pipelines.
Once completed, it will run from Elsham in North Lincolnshire…
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Pumps
SEEPEX has been approached by Thames Water for a new project concerning a sludge thickening process upgrade.
SEEPEX successfully delivered a project at the water company’s Mogden Lane wastewater treatment works in the UK incorporating digital solutions and the latest ease of maintenance technology for open hopper pumps.
Now Thames Water has approached SEEPEX with a new project with similar…
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Pipelines
More than 1.5 km of new water pipes will be installed in London to protect residents from disruptive bursts.
The £4.5 million (€5.3 million) project will see Thames Water working alongside gas company SGN to install pipes between 16 and 22 inches in diameter in Lewisham borough, strengthening the local network and preventing future leaks and bursts.
The two companies have been working with…
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An ageing and unreliable water pipe in Wadhurst in the UK that has been repaired 16 times in three years is about to be replaced in a £25,000 (€29,800) investment.
The project is to start to begin on Monday, 21 February, when South East Water will replace 175 metres of drinking water mains in the town.
Don Knight, regional works delivery manager Sussex for South East Water, said: “The…
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Pumps
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) has revealed its new Bredel heavy-duty hose pump - a reliable and easy-to-maintain solution for handling the viscous slurries and grit-filled sludge in wastewater treatment plants.
Unlike diaphragm, rotary lobe, and PC pumps, the peristaltic design of Bredel hose pumps contains no moving parts that come into contact with the product, and no seals,…
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Former Prime Minister Theresa May helped open a new station capable of pumping up to 68 million litres of water a day - a 50% capacity increase and enough to fill 27 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
South East Water pumped more than £25 million (€29 million) into the expansion at Bray, which supplies top-quality drinking water to Berkshire as well as homes in Hampshire and Surrey.
Theresa May…
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Pumps
Proveedora de Bombas, Motores y Compresores has agreed to be the Mexican supplier of Atlas Copco WEDA submersible pumps.
The company will be able to provide its customers with high-quality submersible pumps swiftly and efficiently.
Ing. Braulio Cantú, commercial director and partner at Proveedora de Bombas, Motores y Compresores, said: “We are very excited about the alliance that we have…
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Pipelines
New housing development in Perth's south-east will be supported for years to come following completion of a 2.1 kilometre water pipeline servicing the fast-growing suburbs.
The $4 million (€2.5 million) project servicing of Mundijong and Whitby in Western Australia will provide a secure and reliable supply of high-quality drinking water to current and future residents.
Mundijong is presently…
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