A total of 17 Landia pumps for a new water and wastewater treatment plant in the north-east of China have been delivered safely. The pumps were transported all the way by train from Germany. For the new facility in Shandong province, Landia has supplied its proven range of Axial Propeller Pumps (AXP), which will provide recirculation of activated sludge. The AXP model... [Read More]

A new end-to-end leakage reduction service has been launched by Ovarro as the water sector moves forward with wider implementation of as-a-service models to improve efficiency. LeakNavigator is the UK’s first fully-managed, fixed network leakage service. The leak-locating model comprises advanced acoustic data loggers, cutting-edge cloud-based software and Ovarro’s... [Read More]

Technology from water recycling specialist WCS Environmental Engineering (WCSEE) has been selected by a care home in Cornwall in the UK to provide onsite wastewater treatment in an environmentally sensitive location.   Trevaylor Manor is situated in Gulval, two miles from the town of Penzance. As it is not connected to the public sewer, the property is served by... [Read More]

A giant Victorian sewer in East London is being upgraded as Thames Water continues its investment in infrastructure across the capital. The UK’s largest water and wastewater company is investing £70 million (€79 million) over the next three years to upgrade the Northern Outfall Sewer and ensure its pipes are resilient for future generations. The sewer, which... [Read More]

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just released Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (Plan 15), which lays out how the agency will work to protect the nation’s waterways. This will be done by following the science and the Clean Water Act to develop technology-based pollution limits and studies on wastewater discharges from industrial sources. This plan... [Read More]

England and Wales’ water regulator Ofwat has launched the Water Discovery Challenge - a £4 million (€4.5 million) competition for innovators from the energy industry with bold and ingenious ideas. The competition is the latest from Ofwat’s £200 million (€226 million) Innovation Fund, which seeks to generate new ideas to tackle issues including managing leaks,... [Read More]

Xylem has taken over Evoqua in an all-stock transaction that reflects an implied enterprise value of approximately $7.5 billion (€6.9 billion). As water risks rise in global importance, this transaction unites two companies with a shared focus on solving the world’s water challenges by addressing customers’ and communities’ most critical needs. Building on... [Read More]

CIRCOR International has announced a renewed service partnership with PumpsPlus. The PumpsPlus service center in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, will continue to work closely with the factory to provide service for IMO, Allweiler and Warren brand pumps. In a joint effort, CIRCOR and PumpsPlus recently completed the recertification of the service and repair centre. The PumpsPlus,... [Read More]

Artificial intelligence is helping to speed up repairs to United Utilities wastewater pipeline network by semi-automating the review of CCTV inspection footage. Since the use of CCTV for pipeline inspections was first introduced in the 1950s, the process of reviewing footage has remained largely manual – and very time consuming. The increasing volume of work across... [Read More]

The first pump was fully assembled at the new NETZSCH campus in Waldkraiburg and passed on to the shipping department. The successful initiative from the planning and implementation to the ground-breaking ceremony took place in less than two years. In addition to the customers, the employees at NETZSCH Pumps & Systems will also benefit from the new building and the consolidation... [Read More]

Aqueous Vets® (AV) was recognised by the American Society of Civil Engineers Los Angeles (ASCE LA) for its collaboration with Orange County Water District (OCWD) and Yorba Linda Water District (YLWD) to design and install the largest single-site ion exchange (IX) per- and poly-fluoroalkyl (PFAS) treatment facility in the country. The YLWD PFAS treatment facility was... [Read More]

Anglian Water has submitted plans for the most southerly section of its new multi-million-pound water main network. Hundreds of kilometres of new interconnecting pipelines - stretching from North Lincolnshire, through Cambridgeshire, to Suffolk and Essex - will be laid as part of the scheme. This Bury St Edmunds to Colchester pipeline will run for 68 kilometres and... [Read More]

Landia has just supplied its 25th pump to a London-based snack-food manufacturer in a partnership that is now celebrating its 20th anniversary. The food manufacturer began using Landia long-shaft chopper pumps two decades ago to transfer effluent from below-ground pits to its wastewater treatment plant. First supplied as 5.5kW units, but in more recent years as 7.5kW,... [Read More]

Badger Meter has announced the acquisition of Syrinix - a privately held provider of intelligent water monitoring solutions for £15 million ($17.8). Founded in 2010 and headquartered in the UK, Syrinix specialises in high-frequency pressure monitoring and leak detection within water distribution and collection networks. Its remote network monitoring equipment and cloud-based... [Read More]

Smart monitoring company Orbis Intelligent Systems has announced a new distributor. AV Water Technologies (AVWT) is a distributor of advanced systems to the water utility market, providing innovative and smart technologies. The company will be supplying the Orbis SmartCap in Southern and Central US, covering Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas. The SmartCap... [Read More]

An intelligent sewer system that issues alerts to reduce flooding and overflows is being introduced across Tameside in the UK. Dynamic Network Management is the latest investment from United Utilities to upgrade the drainage system that was inherited from the Victorians. The project is already underway and around 300 data-gathering sensors have already been installed... [Read More]