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Advanced data-led technology from leakage specialist Ovarro is feeding into the largest smart water network pilot in the UK.
Ten Ovarro Enigma3hyQ remote leak loggers have been deployed by Yorkshire Water as part of a multi-stakeholder collaboration to reduce leakage and burst levels in the pilot area of Hadfield, Sheffield.
Yorkshire Water’s Hadfield Smart Water Network Pilot will integrate…
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Engineers from Thames Water have fitted a section of pipe more than three feet wide as repairs continue on a Victorian water main in Hackney, UK.
The 5.5 metre-long piece of ductile iron pipe was installed after the original 42-inch cast iron main, which is more than 100 years old, burst on October 6.
It caused water outages to areas of East London, with teams from the company working through…
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Grundfos, a water technology company, and its primary owner the Grundfos Foundation have announced a $65,000 (€55,000) donation to the American Red Cross following the recent wildfire.
The donation to the Central California - Central Valley Chapter is in response to the recent blaze that continues to have a devastating impact on communities in central California.
“Our thoughts are with…
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International technology group ANDRITZ has been selected by Hydro-Québec as its main partner to re-equip its 14 turbine generator units at the Carillon generating station.
Hydro-Québec has awarded the supply and installation of the first set of six 54-MW turbine-generator units at the facility on the Ottawa River, Canada, to ANDRITZ.
The first phase encompasses complete re-equipping of six…
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Pumps
The use of cartridge filters to remove manganese from the municipal water supply was the focus of a presentation at the Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Innovation Event on 29 October.
David Ridealgh, marketing manager at filter manufacturer Amazon Filters, discussed the benefits of substituting cartridge filtration for traditional sand beds to remove the mineral. The presentation gave an update on ongoing…
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Pipelines
Sloy Power Station, on the banks of Loch Lomond, was the first hydro scheme to be developed under the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board and it has just celebrated 70 years of power generation.
Sloy is the largest conventional hydro-electric power station in the UK. It has an installed capacity of 152.5 MW generating enough electricity to power over 80,000 homes.
It can operate at full load…
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Pipelines
Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, has been awarded a role on a new cloud computing initiative to deliver operational efficiencies at Northumbrian Water.
With its industry Microsoft Azure expertise, Atos is working alongside the UK water company to migrate the first wave of three data processing and storage applications to the cloud over a three-year span.
This is the first of…
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Valves
METRUS has been celebrating its golden anniversary this year.
The company was founded by Lothar Seer in 1970 as LS-Mechanic and has produced more than 2,000 valve test benches, serving customers in over 80 countries.
While working as an employee of Sempell, engineer Seer was in charge of developing test benches for the valve manufacturers’ production.
Inspired by his work and seeing a demand…
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OPW, a Dover company and a global leader in fluid handling solutions, has announced it has acquired the ISO Liquid Tank Container product line from Girard Equipment.
OPW will manufacture the ISO Liquid Tank Container product line at OPW’s facility in Lianyungang City in China with emphasis on increasing OPW’s presence and product portfolio in the Asia-Pacific, Latin American and European…
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Pipelines
A documentary about how new technologies and innovations are helping to reshape the way water is managed is set to reach a global audience of millions.
Brave Blue World, narrated by Liam Neeson and featuring actors and activists Matt Damon and Jaden Smith, will be available to watch on Netflix from 21 October.
It is set reach to reach an audience of 193 million subscribers worldwide and is…
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Valves
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has opened a new application and innovation centre in Denmark.
The centre, in Kolding, will reinforce the company’s technology leadership within hygienic fluid handling.
Investing in the new 1,600sq m centre supports Alfa Laval’s strategic focus of accelerating product innovation and driving…
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Pumps
United Utilities has been testing and replacing some equipment at one of its biggest water treatment works in the UK.
The work is being carried out at the Huntington water treatment works in Cheshire where the water company was busy replacing old pumps and motors while keeping the site running and the taps flowing for its customers in the north-west.
The pumps were being replaced with Siemens…
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Pumps
Wilden, a worldwide producer of speciality pumps, is celebrating its 65-year anniversary.
Wilden was founded in 1955 by Jim Wilden in the US when he revolutionised the pumping industry by inventing the air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pump.
Since that time, Wilden has been recognised as one of the leaders in AODD pump technology for a wide range of applications in the energy, chemical,…
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Pipelines
MWH Treatment (MWHT) has successfully secured a place on Thames Water's non-infrastructure framework for the asset management period 2020-25 (AMP7).
MWHT, a sector solution provider operating across the UK water industry, will be continuing to work closely with Thames Water to ensure delivery of resilient waste water services to its 15 million customers across London and the Thames Valley.
The…
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Flowmeters
TESTA Analytical Solutions has developed a new flowmeter that enables continuous measurement of flow rate without interference in chromatography systems.
Flow rate is one of the most important parameters in any liquid chromatography system as it determines retention time or volume and has by nature a major influence on reproducibility.
Compatible with all HPLC and GPC/SEC solvents, the new…
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Pumps
The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has won the Community Initiative Award at the 2020 Aquaculture Awards for its work with the Outer Hebrides Local Energy Hub (OHLEH) project on the Isle of Lewis - the first local circular economy of its kind in Scotland.
The success of the project, which sees fish waste (transferred from SSC’s processing plant) co-digested with household food and garden waste…
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British Water chief executive Lila Thompson said a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreed between India and the UK’s leading water sector trade association will “bring a great boost” to trading relationships between the two countries.
Thompson’s comments came at the India-UK Water Partnership Forum - a virtual event which took place on 22 September.
The collaborative agreement has…
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Albion Water has been commissioned to develop a water services strategy for Samlesbury Aerospace Enterprise Zone in the UK.
The manufacturing and commercial growth area plans to complement existing advanced engineering and aeronautics in the region.
Albion Water will be advising and facilitating the delivery of drinking water supplies and the provision of local wastewater collection, treatment…
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