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A fatberg the size of a blue whale has been successfully removed from a major trunk sewer in Oxford in the UK, following a complex two-week operation by Thames Water.
Weighing in at 120 tonnes and stretching more than a kilometre underground, the congealed mass of fat, oil, grease and wet wipes was lodged 20 metres below ground, posing significant challenges to the teams involved.
The clearance…
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A wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Southern California needed to replace a diaphragm metering pump that injects ferrous chlorate into a transfer line that feeds municipal sludge to the plant’s digesters.
Its existing pump was not able to overcome the line pressure to inject the proper amount of ferrous chlorate required for the process. The new pump selected easily handles the application.…
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United Utilities has reached the momentous halfway point in its Vyrnwy Aqueduct Modernisation Programme (VAMP), upgrading 139 km of pipes that serve water to a million customers across Cheshire and Merseyside.
The Vyrnwy Aqueduct consists of three parallel pipes that run from Lake Vyrnwy through to Merseyside, and account for an impressive 12% of our raw water through the North West.
The…
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A major NHS hospital in the Midlands has cut its annual operational costs by £750,000 after replacing its outdated sewage pumping system with a new high-efficiency setup designed and installed by pump specialists Dura Pump.
The hospital had long struggled with frequent blockages caused by fats, oils, greases, and debris - leading to costly downtime and reliance on tankers to remove waste.
The…
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United Utilities is set to invest £215 million (€248 million) improving water quality around Tameside over the next five years.
The company is set to upgrade three of its treatment works and reduce the number of times that up to 20 storm overflows in the area operate, with the first project set to start later this year.
At Dukinfield Wastewater treatment works, new technology will be…
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A major new wastewater treatment facility has opened in the coastal town of Sète, France.
The Eaux Blanches plant, inaugurated on 14 June is designed to manage growing wastewater needs and act as a flagship project in the use of biomethane as a clean energy source.
With an investment of more than €64 million, the project was led by Sète agglopôle méditerranée, the Rhône Méditerranée…
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Collaborative innovation project River Deep Mountain AI (RDMAI) has announced the open-source release of a suite of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) models set to transform the way water quality data is collected and used.
Funded by Ofwat’s Water Breakthrough Challenge and led by Northumbrian Water, with Spring Innovation as the knowledge-sharing partner, RDMAI is a…
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STORTEC Engineering Limited, a leading specialist contractor for liquid storage, biogas and mechanical solutions, has won a major order to design and build digesters and a hydrolysis tank for a new food-waste-to-energy facility in Australia.
Utilising the latest material selection, STORTEC’s Ultrastore stainless steel tanks offer extended asset life whilst supporting a sustainable approach,…
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Pumps
Smith & Loveless has highlighted its EVERLAST™ Series CAPSULAR® Above-Ground Pump Station, a pre-engineered wastewater pumping solution.
Engineered for above-ground installation, the CAPSULAR® Above-Ground Pump Station eliminates confined space hazards and minimises field labour with its factory-built and tested construction, making it a safe and efficient choice for municipal sewer…
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Pipelines
Aquatech has acquired Singapore-based Century Water, which focuses on ultrapure process water and wastewater recycling solutions with a focus on the semiconductor and advanced manufacturing sectors.
Century will become Aquatech's centre of excellence for high-tech industries, with a focus on providing the global semiconductor industry with high-purity water technology, digital services and O&M…
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Atlas Copco’s footprint and expertise have improved critical dewatering operations on a strategic infrastructure project in the Philippines.
The Dipolog-Dapitan bridge project is one of several development initiatives on the island of Mindanao, intended to boost economic growth in the region. Despite high levels of rainfall, safe working conditions have been maintained and the project has…
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Thames Water has suffered a major blow in its attempt to secure its future after US private equity giant KKR pulled out of plans to buy the company.
KKR had been selected as the preferred partner to inject £4 billion (€4.7 billion) of much-needed cash into the UK's biggest water company.
The setback increases the possibility that the company will collapse into a government-supervised…
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Pipelines
Pennine Pneumatic Services has showcased Atlas Copco’s energy efficient blowers and compressors that is supporting the UK water sector’s pathway to net-zero.
Atlas Copco’s range includes the ZS3 and ZS4 oil-free rotary screw blowers, engineered with an optimised internal compression process that delivers a consistent, oil-free air stream critical for effective aeration.
These models are…
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Rockwell Automation has announced that its industrial computing technology is delivering critical data-based AI instructions for more precise water-turbine control at PVO-Vesivoima’s hydroelectric plants in Finland.
The control solution uses real-time operational data and applies machine learning and AI to identify the interactions that determine the frequency of the electricity grid.
The…
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Pipelines
Thames Water is improving its Coppermills Water Treatment Works, in Walthamstow, in the UK through a seven-year £400 million (€360 million) investment programme.
The site is an integral part of Thames Water’s supply network to London, and this significant upgrade will enhance the site’s efficiency, reliability and ability to serve London’s growing population.
Upgrades include a new…
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Pumps
A total of just 12 employees at leading pump manufacturer, Landia UK, have completed a combined service record of 200 years.
Leading the way in the year that Landia celebrates 75 years since it invented the world’s first Chopper Pump, is Liz Robinson, operations executive, who was there on day one of Landia UK with the late and fondly remembered Hugh Vaughan.
Behind the scenes as a truly…
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A tunnel builder is relying on Japanese pump technology for the construction of the underground power line between France and Spain - part of the European INELFE project.
The new line should help prevent massive blackouts, such as the one that occurred at the end of April.
Dewatering is crucial in the challenging environment, where the line runs entirely underground and three-quarters of the…
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Pumps
Covenant Technical Solutions™ has been awarded a contract by California American Water (CAW) to lead a progressive design-build advanced Hexavalent Chromium Removal system across multiple well sites in Southern California.
This project will help CAW meet maximum contaminant level (MCL) regulations for hexavalent chromium while maintaining operational efficiency.
California’s hexavalent…
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