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Thames Water is installing resilient new water pipes to protect a busy London borough’s water supply for future generations.
The project will be part of a collaborative effort with gas company Cadent, which will be replacing gas mains in the area, and Transport for London and Hackney Council, which will carry out essential maintenance works.
All three works taking place simultaneously in the…
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Yorkshire Water has awarded technical services contracts with a combined value of £51.4 million (€57 million).
The contracts with the UK water company will focus on base maintenance functions and business funded projects for the installation of new systems to allow delivery of Yorkshire Water’s AMP7 business plan and its clean water network repair and maintenance services…
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Siltbuster Process Solutions (SPS) has provided a wastewater treatment plan for Welsh Water at its visitor centre while a new plant is built.
The original wastewater treatment works would not have been capable of treating the increased amount of wastewater produced when the refurbished visitor centre in the Llys y Frȃn Country Park Reservoir is completed.
Young Bros (YB), the leading civil…
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Single ended inflatable dams are readily available in a variety of shapes and sizes for a range of applications including sealing, blocking, pressure testing and isolation.
Pipe stopping equipment from the Pipestoppers Division from Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT gives the user the opportunity to isolate a section of pipeline to carry out repair and maintenance work.
Luke Keane, technical…
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Valves
Yorkshire Water has announced Ward and Burke as its main partner for the new Withernsea wastewater treatment works.
The UK partnership is part of a £26 million (€29 million) scheme to move the existing works further inland due to coastal erosion, which has reduced the distance to the sea from 168m in 1991 to just 40m.
The new wastewater treatment works will be located in fields to the…
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Residents in the Smolyan region in southern Bulgaria will benefit from access to improved water and wastewater services thanks to European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) investment combined with EU funds.
The EBRD is providing a loan of up to €5.8 million to the Smolyan Water Supply and Sanitation Company. The financing comprises €3.1 million from the EBRD and €2.7 million…
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Pumps
Landia has reported significant cost and environmental benefits from new online commissioning of its pumping and mixing equipment during the Coronavirus lockdown.
Landia said that one positive outcome of the travel restrictions caused by the global pandemic is an increase in e-business, which in many cases is reducing man hours for all parties by as much as 90%.
“Online commissioning might…
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Pumps
Work to overhaul Keadby pumping station in the UK has taken a significant step forward thanks to the arrival on site of the first two of six new pumps.
It is all part of a £35 million (€40 million) investment to upgrade the 80-year-old pumping station near Scunthorpe, which will bring both flood-risk and environmental benefits to the Isle of Axholme area which takes in some 500km of North…
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A UK filter manufacturer is celebrating maximum scores on a utility industry audit done as a ‘virtual inspection’ because of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Amazon Filters secured the top ratings for its quality and environmental procedures in a wide-ranging, two-day audit by international supply chain accreditor Achilles.
The result confirms the Surrey-based company’s place on Achilles’ UVDB…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a $16 million (€14.7 million) Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to sewer repairs and water main replacement projects.
This WIFIA loan will help the City of Cortland, New York, to protect public health and the environment by providing safe drinking water and dependable wastewater services.
“Through WIFIA,…
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Pumps
With global business travel looking so uncertain for the foreseeable future, a leading pump and mixer manufacturer says it is seeing considerable time and cost-savings with online meetings.
Landia reports that it has been pleasantly surprised by the efficiency of online meetings and the number of positive outcomes.
Thorkild Maagaard, Landia’s export sales director, said: “All of us want to…
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Wanner International’s seal-less pumps are helping with the production of effluent water with drinking water quality from a contaminated landfill site.
Wanner has supplied three, T100 ultra-high-pressure reverse osmosis (RO) process pumps to APATEQ, manufacturers of custom water treatment systems.
APATEQ required high-pressure pumps at a treatment plant run by the largest private landfill…
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Valves
Borger has created a new partnership with long-established engineering business Panks.
This partnership concerns the sales, repair and installation of Borger pumps, macerators, separators and feed technology.
Panks, established 1842, will cover all of East Anglia for Borger, with whom they have already established a close working relationship after many years of successful projects in the water…
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Grundfos, a global leader in water technology, has launched its Large SP Submersible Quick Ship Programme.
Designed to help customers increase productivity, Grundfos will now ship all qualifying in-stock Grundfos 6ins, 8ins and 10ins submersible pumps and motors within 24 hours after the order is placed.
Matt Barton, Grundfos regional supply chain director, said: “We’re improving product…
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FLI CAP Technology, a company that designs and delivers a comprehensive range of process technologies for wastewater treatment, is introducing a range of Landia pumps and mixers for the upgrade of a food factory’s effluent plant.
Two balance tanks (1500m3 and 1800m3) will be served by 11kW external Landia AirJets, which are powered by the same Chopper Pump design that Landia invented in 1950.…
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A UK filter and housings manufacturer has increased the capabilities of its welding fabrication shop as part of a major programme of investments designed to boost future growth.
Amazon Filters has invested £500,000 (€572,000) in the enhanced welding capability at its European production centre in Camberley, Surrey.
The spend includes automated welding equipment, heavy duty craneage and…
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With the news that Denmark is one of first European countries aiming to slowly put the Coronavirus lockdown into reverse, leading pump and mixer manufacturer Landia has won significant new orders from Asia.
The first order is to supply pumps for a new biogas project in Japan, while the second order is to provide submersible mixers for an industrial WWTP in Malaysia.
Landia had also won an order…
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Valves
Yorkshire Water is calling for contractors to bid for places on its £800m (€909m) clean water network repair and maintenance services contract.
The contract by the water company will be tendered in five lots. The initial contract term for lots 1 to 4 is four years, with a further four-year extension option. For lot 5, the term is three years, with a two-year extension option.
Lot 5 will be…
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