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Mar 06, 2019
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Xylem Supported Safe Water Project Earns Top Ranking in Manchester City’s Annual Cityzens Giving Campaign with More Than 450,000 Votes
Xylem, a leading global water technology company, announced that the Safe Water project it is supporting in Bangalore, India, garnered more than 450,000 votes from players, partners and football fans around the world – earning top ranking in Cityzens Giving’s fifth annual campaign. Cityzens Giving is the global community initiative of Premier League champion football team and Xylem partner, Manchester City.
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Mar 05, 2019
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Gradiant Secures Four Water Recycling Projects in India, Highlights Importance of Superior and Affordable Wastewater Treatment
Gradiant Corporation, a leader in innovative solutions for industrial wastewater treatment, announced that it has secured four Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) projects in India via its Gradiant India Pvt Ltd (GIPL) division. Gradiant will provide end-to-end water recycling solutions for these clients in the textile processing, dyestuff and alkali-chemical manufacturing, and pharmaceutical industries through its proprietary suite of technologies. These projects are anticipated to recycle from 100 to 4000 kiloliters per day of highly contaminated effluent.
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Mar 04, 2019
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Prioritize Safety When You Dig - Envirosight Releases New Trenching and Excavation Safety Poster for Sewer Workers
Sewer maintenance often requires trenching, but working in and around trenches is the most hazardous construction work out there. Take extra precaution to ensure your team can easily reference OSHA’s mandatory guidelines with Envirosight’s free Trenching and Excavation Safety poster.
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Mar 01, 2019
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Brave Blue World Documentary – A Perfect Storm for Water
An engaging new documentary will showcase water like never before. Called Brave Blue World, the feature-length documentary will provoke a fundamental rethink, revolution and paradigm shift in how people view the treatment and delivery of water, a vital element to life on Earth.
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Feb 28, 2019
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E-Power Pipe® Nominated for bauma Innovation Award 2019
E-Power Pipe® is a trenchless method for the economic and environmentally friendly installation of underground cables. The new development from Herrenknecht has been nominated for the bauma Innovation Award 2019 in the "Machine” category. Trenchless technology offers significant advantages over the conventional open-cut method. The innovative procedure closes a technical gap because it allows small diameter drives with ten times greater lengths, shallower depths as well as high precision and speed.
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Feb 27, 2019
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MC-Bauchemie Strengthens its Tunnelling Systems Business Unit
On 1 January 2019, Lars Langmaack (Dipl. Ing., 49) joined MC-Bauchemie as Technical Director TBM within the company’s Tunnelling Systems unit. In this function, he is responsible for product and system development as well as the provision of comprehensive technical consulting services to construction companies and clients worldwide.
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Feb 26, 2019
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Patriot Environmental Services and Patriot WasteWater Honored with Industry Award from the California Water Environmental Association
Patriot Environmental Services (Patriot) and our Patriot WasteWater (PWW) facility in Orange, California have been awarded 2018’s Facility of the Year in the Small Industry category by the California Water Environmental Association (CWEA).
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Feb 25, 2019
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Honor to whom Honor is Due: Dietrich Stein Trenchless Outstanding Contribution Award was Allocated for the Second Time
During awards ceremonies where the prize itself is honoring a prominent character, the celebration is twice as big. The son of Prof. Dr. Dietrich Stein, Dr.-Ing. Robert Stein, congratulates Dr. Yueping Sun on his win at the 9th International Conference on Pipelines and Trenchless Technology (ICPTT) in Ningbo, China.
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Feb 22, 2019
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Collaboration Tackles Fatberg Scourge at Source
Fatbergs have captured the popular imagination in recent months with TV programmes, a museum exhibition and even a musical planned on the topic, but the companies tasked with preventing sewer blockages from fat, oil and grease (FOG) at source have also been very active.
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Feb 21, 2019
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Cordoba Corporation Welcomes New Vice President of Water Infrastructure
Cordoba Corporation is pleased to welcome Richard Coles as Senior Vice President of Water Infrastructure. Rich will be responsible for leading Cordoba’s water team, serving as Principal-in-Charge advising Cordoba’s water clients, and developing new business relationships.
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Feb 20, 2019
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RELINEAMERICA™ - New Member of the Group
RELINEEUROPE® is consistently continuing its internationalization strategy with the expansion of the RELINE UV® Group. After founding the RELINE UV ASEAN PVT Ltd. with its production in New Delhi in the second half of 2018, the group is now expanding its activities in the American Market with the acquisition of 50% of the interests in RELINEAMERICA™.
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Feb 19, 2019
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American Water Recognized as First US Utility to Achieve Advanced Customer Center of Expertise Certification by SAP
American Water, the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced that it has been recognized by SAP as achieving an Advanced Customer Center of Expertise (ACCOE) certification and is the first U.S. utility company to reach this benchmark.
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Feb 18, 2019
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Collier County to Go Live with Expansive Asset Management Implementation by Woolpert
Woolpert was hired by Collier County, Fla., to support the implementation of Cityworks Asset Management Solution (AMS) for multiple county departments. It went live for its Park & Recreation Division in November and is scheduled to go live in the second quarter of 2019 for the Facilities Management Division.
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Feb 15, 2019
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Cedar Park Streamlines Customer Communication Through Sensus Solutions
The City of Cedar Park, located near Austin, Texas, is changing the way it communicates with its water customers. Instead of putting an invoice in the mail and taking questions over the phone, the city has upgraded its system with technology that puts customers in the driver’s seat.
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Feb 14, 2019
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MyTana Introduces New M745 Workhorse, First Drain Machine with Variable Speed and Torque Protection
MyTana, a manufacturer and distributor of cleaning, maintenance and inspection tools for the plumber and drain cleaning markets, has released the new M745 Workhorse drain machine. With MyTana’s new M745 Workhorse, drain-cleaning professionals can now adjust cable speed on-the-fly for maximum performance and choose among two torque settings for safety.
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Feb 13, 2019
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Pentair Opens New Innovation Center to Advance Smart, Sustainable Water Solutions
Pentair, a leading global water treatment company, has opened a state-of-the-art innovation center in Apex, N.C., advancing the company’s commitment to innovation and digital transformation in delivering smart, sustainable water solutions for swimming pools and water treatment solutions.
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Feb 12, 2019
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Spencer Street Sewer Upgrade Complete
The major $25M infrastructure project to build an additional sewer along Spencer Street is now complete.
Finished ahead of schedule, safely and within budget, the upgraded sewer is now connected and working for the thousands of residents and commuters who live and work along Spencer Street.
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Feb 11, 2019
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ISG Project Recognized with Best Development Award from 1000 Friends of Iowa – A Partnership with the City of Algona
The City of Algona, Iowa was recently awarded a Best Development Award by 1000 Friends of Iowa in the Stormwater Management Category for its Downtown Green Parking Lot Infrastructure Renewal project. Permeable pavers, native plants and trees, combined with water storage, all contribute to water quality improvement strategies for the community through this project.
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Feb 08, 2019
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Monroe Capital Supports J.F. Lehman & Company’s Acquisition of Inland Pipe Rehabilitation LLC
Monroe Capital LLC announced it acted as sole lead arranger and administrative agent on the funding of a senior credit facility to support the acquisition of Inland Pipe Rehabilitation LLC (“IPR”) by private equity sponsor, J.F. Lehman & Company.
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Feb 07, 2019
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Integrated Pathways for Meeting Climate Targets and Ensuring Access to Safe Water
IIASA researchers have led work to develop new pathways showing how the world can develop water and energy infrastructure consistent with both the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) – Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
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Feb 06, 2019
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Aqua America Subsidiary Acquires Tredyffrin Township Municipal Authority’s Valley Creek Trunk Sewer System
Aqua America Inc. announced that Aqua Resources Inc., its unregulated subsidiary, acquired the Valley Creek Trunk Sewer System, serving area municipalities, from the Tredyffrin Township Municipal Authority for $28.3 million.
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Feb 05, 2019
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Devon’s ‘largest ever’ Fatberg Discovered in Sidmouth Sewer
An unwanted Christmas present of hardened fat, oil and wet-wipes longer than six double-decker buses, has been discovered in a Sidmouth sewer under The Esplanade.
The 64-metre fatberg is the biggest ever discovered in Devon or Cornwall and is thought to be one of the largest found so close to the sea.
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Feb 04, 2019
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Metropolitan Invests in Future Development of Local Water Supplies
Agency provides $3.5 million for research to facilitate the future development of seawater desalination, groundwater, stormwater capture, recycled water. The potential future production of more local water supplies received a financial boost Tuesday (Jan. 8) from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
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Feb 01, 2019
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Esco Introduces MILLHOG® APS-438 Air Powered Saw for Cutting Concrete Lined Steam Pipe
Esco Tool has introduced an easy to operate pneumatic saw and mounting trolley system that makes cutting concrete lined pipe faster and produces a highly accurate finish.
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