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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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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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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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Three new sewage treatment plants and 300 sewage intercepting wells will be built in Shantou city, China.
The installation of the CK actuators from Rotork will be a critical part of this project.
They will be installed on gate valves around the new sewage treatment plants, where they will be controlling the flow of raw sewage in and out of the sewage interceptors, where contaminants are…
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Pumps
BBA Pumps has supplied flood relief pumps to Djibouti after a tender was put out by the United Nations.
The African country has suffered from heavy rainfall and floods in recent years.
BBA Pumps, partnering with the South African-based African Generator Company, successfully responded to the tender issued in February.
The tender required the supply of mobile emergency pumps including pipes and…
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Pipelines
Replacing valves in pipework can be a challenge, especially when the pipelines have liquids running through them.
One option is to completely drain the system to make the repairs, which can prove costly, time consuming and problematical as to where to drain the liquid.
Once liquids have been brought to a standstill, a specially designed flexible jacket is wrapped around the pipe at each point…
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Pipelines
Anglian Water’s team of engineers have begun crucial work to install 1.2km of new pipe in Scunthorpe, as part of a £600,000 (€658,000) investment.
The work will see new water pipes installed to help strengthen and improve the resilience of the network amidst growth in the area, helping to keeping taps flowing for years to come.
Dodie Honisett, project manager for Anglian Water, said:…
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Clariant’s new state-of-the-art waste water treatment plant (WWTP) in India has celebrated its first anniversary.
The plant in Bonthapally has also treated more than 18 million litres of wastewater in the past 365 days and made it reusable.
This has resulted in a reduction of water consumption in various steps of its production and is in line with the company’s strategic focus on adding…
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Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL) operates in the north-east of England, supplying 650 million litres of water daily to people and businesses in the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and parts of North Yorkshire.
To tame pressure in a demanding district metering area that was exhibiting high demand at peak usage periods during the day, falling to minimal demand at night, Oxford…
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Pipelines
Data technology company Ovarro responded quickly to a request for emergency leak detection equipment from the Veolia Foundation, which is supporting the rehabilitation of drinking water networks in the Port of Beirut.
A total of 12 Enigma leak loggers and a Mikron3 acoustic leak location device were flown to the city on 24 August, within six days of a text message request.
The Lebanese capital…
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Frozen peas have been produced in the UK since 1946 after the fast freezing process was developed in 1929 by Clarence Birdseye.
Birdseye is one of the largest pea processors in the world, and the largest in the UK, processing and freezing around 50,000 tonnes of peas per year during the harvest season from June to August.
Their facility at Hull is situated in the centre of a 30-mile radius of…
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Flowmeters
KROHNE, a manufacturer and supplier of solutions in industrial process instrumentation, has introduced an application for its OPTIMASS 1400 C Coriolis mass flowmeter for use in milk production.
One example of this application is in its installation at a Chile-based milk dairy in Surlat.
This application can also be found in similar facilities around the world where trucks deliver fresh raw milk…
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Pumps
Landia has secured a major new order for its biogas digester mixing system in Luannan County, which has been committed to significantly developing agriculture in China.
About 250 km east of Beijing, Luannan County is already generating a total annual value of more than €348 million from about 13,000 hectares of land – and with a growing demand from the Chinese for dairy products, Landia’s…
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Pipelines
The Sniffers has announced it has merged the pipeline integrity application from DMC1 into its pipeline integrity service portfolio.
The company said this strong combination of experience, knowledge, and analysis capabilities, will help pipeline owners realise their integrity objectives.
DMC1, founded in 2000 and operating from Schkopau in Germany, has developed a business application suite for…
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The biggest ever revamp of Carlisle’s water mains moved into its penultimate phase as engineers got ready to drill six metres below the River Eden in the UK.
The work is part of a three-year, £14m (€15.2 million) scheme by United Utilities to clean and refurbish more than 30km of the city’s biggest water pipes.
This latest phase of work will involve re-lining 3.8km of old cast iron water…
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Pumps
Following the successful installation two years ago of Landia Chopper Pumps and a Landia Aeration System, MSE Systems is set to install a further three units from Landia for one of the UK’s leading supplier of potatoes.
During an upgrade to the customer’s potato processing factory, Chesterfield-based MSE Systems found that the addition of a high-efficiency Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) plant…
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