Dec 2, 2020
Water treatment trial by SPS hailed a success
Water/Wastewater News
Dec 1, 2020
Pipelines
Anglian Water has published a summary report following the first phase of consultation on proposals to relocate the Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant.
The public consultation took place between July and September and sought views and feedback from the local community and stakeholders on the three potential relocation sites.
Over 5,000 people visited the digital... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 30, 2020
Pumps
The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) – the organisation which represents the business interests of UK and Irish suppliers of liquid pumps and related equipment - has reached the milestone of 100 member companies.
The most recent company to join is Surrey-based, repair, service, and supply specialist, PumpServ.
Formerly known as London Pumps, the business... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 27, 2020
Pipelines
Reading’s water treatment works is set for a £10 million (€11.2 million) upgrade to help keep taps flowing as the town’s population grows and climate change brings more extreme weather.
Thames Water’s Fobney site in the UK will benefit from upgraded filters and pumps, as well as advanced new technology to make it more efficient and resilient to stormy conditions.... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 26, 2020
Other
Large parts of the UK water and wastewater supplier community have seen a fall in business turnover during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings of a British Water impact survey.
While the decrease had been slight for 41% of supply chain respondents, for nearly 30% it had been significant, with a third of businesses furloughing “many” employees.
Looking ahead,... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 25, 2020
Pumps
ESD, a joint venture involving Galliford Try, MWH Treatment and Black & Veatch, has completed the successful upgrade of its mixing operation at Scottish Water’s wastewater treatment plant in St Andrews.
Following an intricate diving operation in 6m-deep zero-visibility wastewater, three divers and a dive manager ensured there was no interruption to the crucial aeration... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 25, 2020
Valves
Thames Water has brought in optimisation experts Riventa to test the performance of 90 aeration system blowers across 10 of its sewage treatment works (STW).
This is part of the water company’s commitment to continually improve its energy performance.
From Beckton, the largest STW in Europe, where 26 blowers will undergo extensive monitoring, to the Blackbirds STW,... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 23, 2020
Pipelines
A team of 180 specialist engineers have pulled off the biggest plumbing job in the north-west UK despite severe storms and the effects of the COVID pandemic.
United Utilities connected four new 1.6 metre diameter pipes into the Haweswater Aqueduct, near Kendal, in under eight days.
Connecting the new section meant shutting down the aqueduct for the shortest period possible... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 23, 2020
Pumps
The Uniglide-e range is the latest generation of axially split, double entry pumps from Celeros Flow Technology.
The pumps, according to Celeros, offer significant advances in the areas of energy saving, reliability and ease of maintenance.
Part of the ClydeUnion Pumps (CUP) Glides range, Uniglide-e split pumps have a capacity of up to 4,000 m3/hr (17,600 USgpm), a... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 18, 2020
Valves
Control valve specialists Warren Controls has customised a three-way diverting control valve used in a critical absorption chiller application.
The work at a marine air base in the southern California desert resulted in long service life, improved chiller performance and reduced downtime.
In service for 16 years, the valve is now being returned to Warren Controls for... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 17, 2020
Pumps
County Durham in the UK is set to benefit from a £10.6 million (€11.8 million) investment by Northumbrian Water at three of its treatment works sites, which will improve water quality in the area.
The company is investing £8 million (€8.9 million) in a project that will see the treatment works at Pittington replaced with a pumping station that will transfer the... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 17, 2020
Valves
The planned refurbishment of an effluent treatment plant on the Atlantic coast was required whilst maintaining full operation.
However, difficulties were realised at the planning stage, as three critical isolating valves had non-standard face to face dimensions and required to be resistance to the salt laden air.
The first consideration was to replace the adjacent pipe... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 16, 2020
Pumps
Bedford Pumps has successfully completed the commissioning of two of their fish friendly pump sets in British Columbia, Canada.
Pitt Polder pump system is located within Pitt Meadows, which lies at the confluence of the Fraser and Pitt Rivers. Approximately 86% of the city is located within a flood plain and the city relies on a continuous dyke system, comprising of... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 13, 2020
Pumps
AW Chesterton has opened a new European mechanical seals manufacturing hub at its German operations near Munich.
The fully functional service centre in Ismaning will offer its customers and partners improved services as well as enhance its business development plans in the region.
Local engineering, inventory and manufacturing will improve the company’s reaction time... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 12, 2020
Flowmeters
The Metraflow ultrasonic flowmeter from Titan Enterprises offers a solution for flow monitoring applications needing a high degree of cleanliness such as found in the ultra-pure water markets.
Production processes in these markets require flow measurement devices able to cope with low flow rates and construction from ultra-pure materials so as to maintain hygienic, sterile... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 11, 2020
Pumps
HRS Exchangers recently supplied a G Series gas cooling heat exchanger to a food waste anaerobic digestion (AD) plant operated by one of the UK’s leading waste management companies.
The AD plant transforms 45,000 tonnes of food waste from domestic and commercial sources into renewable electricity and high value digestate biofertiliser.
From the beginning the plant... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 9, 2020
Pipelines
New technology from leak detection specialists Ovarro will support efforts to establish a reliable water supply in a Nepalese town.
The company has donated leak detection equipment to the Beacon Project, a collaboration between Anglian Water, its supply chain partners, WaterAid and the Nepal Water Supply Corporation, which focuses on enhancing water supplies in Lahan,... [Read More]
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