May 4, 2021
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Water/Wastewater News
May 4, 2021
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,... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
May 4, 2021
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... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 30, 2021
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,... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 28, 2021
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... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 28, 2021
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... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 28, 2021
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... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 27, 2021
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... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 26, 2021
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... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 23, 2021
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... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 23, 2021
Pipelines
Anglian Water has completed its clean-up of the sewers in Southend-on-Sea which began in December last year discovering some pipes were 85% full of unflushables.
The team cleared more than 80 kilometres of sewer pipes in the area and collected more than 200 tonnes of unflushables and waste from the pipes – roughly the equivalent of two blue whales.
Using specialist... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 22, 2021
Pipelines
American Water Works announced that it is going to invest $1.5 million (€1.25 million) to replace 6,000 feet of ageing water main in Wilkes-Barre to ensure high-quality water services for customers.
Its subsidiary Pennsylvania American Water will start replacing the existing four- and six-inch cast iron pipes with new six- and eight-inch ductile iron pipes along... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 20, 2021
Pipelines
President Joe Biden’s goal of replacing the nation’s lead pipes to improve drinking water quality may be hit by incomplete local records.
A better way to reduce lead contamination in the nation’s drinking water, a former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) water chief said, was by enforcing an existing rule requiring utilities to replace some of their lead pipes... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 20, 2021
Pumps
A team from Oil Dynamics recently finished a substantial water installation in a wide mountainous area in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The German company supplied a turn-key electric submersible pumping system (ESPS) including the electrical variable speed drive, control system, wellhead and production
tubing.
The ESPS is producing water from more than 1,500 meter... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 19, 2021
Pipelines
Opposition is growing towards new proposals to build a £600 million (€694 million) water desalination plant near Fawley in the UK.
Southern Water’s Ashlett Creek facility, near the New Forest, aims to convert 75 million litres of seawater a day into drinking water.
The plan will include the building of a 25km pipeline from Ashlett to Testwood Lakes in Totton.
But... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 15, 2021
Pipelines
The PUB has appointed SP Services Limited to install 300,000 smart water meters from early next year.
This marks the rollout of the first phase of the Smart Water Meter Programme by the Singapore national water agency.
This is a key initiative under the Smart PUB Roadmap, which aims to transform the organisation into a smart utility of the future.
The first phase... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Apr 14, 2021
Pipelines
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that two more projects nationwide including one in California are invited to apply for Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) funding.
The Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project for the Santa Clara Valley Water District will join 55 selected projects, bringing the total invitation amount for 2020 to... [Read More]
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