News and Articles
Jan 30, 2019
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Perma-Liner Industries, LLC. Celebrates 20 Years of Manufacturing Excellence
The CIPP rehabilitation company celebrates a milestone anniversary.
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Jan 29, 2019
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80 Years of Schwalm
Schwalm celebrates its 80th anniversary as an outstanding company for pipeline, sewer and industrial services.
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Jan 28, 2019
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Aqua America Subsidiary Receives State Approval for New Rates Based on Infrastructure and Service Improvements
Aqua America Inc. announced that its North Carolina subsidiary has received approval from the North Carolina Utilities Commission for a revenue increase of $2.9 million, or 5.2 percent.
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Jan 25, 2019
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Hitting the Ground Running
Eliquo Hydrok officially announced the new collaborative and distribution association with Biogest on the 1 November 2018, an association both companies believe to be a positive for the UK water industry, utility companies and contractors.
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Jan 24, 2019
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NWRA President: Investment in Water Infrastructure in the West is Critical
Guest editorial by Ron Thompson, President, National Water Resources Association (NWRA), General Manager, Washington County Water Conservancy District: Americans expect clean, safe and affordable water.
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Jan 23, 2019
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Bureau of Reclamation Releases Colorado River Basin Ten Tribes Partnership Tribal Water Study
Reclamation has released a study that shows how the ten partnership tribes currently use their water, projects how future water development could occur and describes the potential effects of future tribal water development on the Colorado River.
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Jan 21, 2019
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Xylem Partners with Imagine H2O to Champion Water Startups and Help Promote Innovation across the Water Sector
Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, announced plans to partner with Imagine H2O, a non-profit organization that helps entrepreneurs build and scale solutions to solve the world’s water challenges.
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Jan 18, 2019
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New Jersey American Water Named Recipient of 2018 Governor's Environmental Excellence Award for Innovative Technology
New Jersey American Water was recognized by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) as one of this year’s recipients of the annual Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards. Recipients were recognized earlier at a luncheon held at the New Jersey State Museum by DEP Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe and First Lady Tammy Murphy, who also spoke at the event.
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Jan 17, 2019
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Plumbing Manufacturers International Develops Guidance for Water Utilities on Indoor Recycled Water Use
Plumbing Manufacturers International (PMI) introduced parameters for the use of indoor recycled water. Developed for the benefit of water utilities to ensure that plumbing products function as intended by manufacturers, the water quality limits provide recommended ranges on 13 different parameters of water quality.
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Jan 16, 2019
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WinCan Releases Guide for PACP 7 Structural Defect Codes
WinCan, a market leader in sewer asset management software and inspection data storage, released a reference guide for PACP 7 structural defect codes. This poster groups structural sewer defects by category, illustrates how they look within pipelines, and lists the coordinating PACP defect codes. It also provides guidance on commonly confused defects and rare observations along with easyto- understand explanations.
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Jan 15, 2019
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City of Waco Signs Contract with Itron to Improve Water Efficiency and Reduce Water Loss
Itron, Inc., which is innovating the way utilities and cities manage energy and water, signed a contract with the City of Waco, Texas to install Itron’s OpenWay® Riva IoT solution, including smart water communication modules and leak sensors, to reduce water loss and improve water delivery for the utility’s nearly 45,000 customers.
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Jan 14, 2019
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Pipeline Renewal Technologies White Paper Explains CIPP Materials and Processes
Pipeline Renewal Technologies (PRT) released a white paper discussing the components and complexities of cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP) liners. CIPP involves curing liners directly inside the pipe. This method repairs damaged pipes with a liner that, essentially, becomes a new, jointless pipe within a pipe.
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Jan 10, 2019
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International Environment Protection Project under the Direction of Karlsruhe University
As part of the EU project "Integrated aquaculture based on sustainable water recirculating system for the Victoria Lake Basin (VicInAqua)", a pilot plant for (waste) water treatment for sustainable fish farming was officially opened on 23 November 2018 in Kisumu, Kenya.
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Jan 09, 2019
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4th Edition of the ITA Tunnelling Awards - The Winners 2018
Since 2015, the international competition "the ITA Tunnelling and Underground Space Awards" seeks and rewards the most ground-breaking innovation and outstanding projects in tunnelling and underground space utilization. Last year the event took place in China, Nanjing. After editions in Hagerbach, Singapore and Paris, France the fourth ITA Tunnelling Awards returned to Asia for the 2018 event.
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Jan 07, 2019
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Aquam Makes Senior Appointments to Industrial Team
Global pipeline infrastructure company Aquam Technologies has strengthened its UK team for industrial and commercial markets with three senior appointments in 2018. Stuart Henderson has been appointed Director - Industrial & Commercial and is heading up Aquam’s UK growth strategy across multiple sectors including food & beverage, industrial process, public sector estates and hotels & leisure.
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Jan 04, 2019
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Oldcastle Infrastructure Expansion in Greater Boise, Idaho Market
Oldcastle Infrastructure is pleased to announce the acquisition of Valley Precast, Inc. Valley Precast manufacturers precast energy vaults, manholes and septic tanks in the greater Boise, Idaho market.
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Jan 03, 2019
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BlueTech Forum 2019: Driving Value in a Resource Revolution
The 10th annual BlueTech Forum will take place in London on 5-6 June 2019. The theme for 2019 is Driving Value in a Resource Revolution and will explore technologies, applications and business models that can lead to greater water efficiency, reduced carbon-based energy consumption and provide valuable materials for industry, agriculture and communities.
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Jan 02, 2019
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Vermeer Corporation Announces Acquisition of Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC
Vermeer Corporation announced its purchase of Vac-Tron Equipment, LLC, and its plans to bring the Florida-based company together with McLaughlin Group, Inc. which was purchased by Vermeer in 2017.
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Dec 28, 2018
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Carl Data Moves to Pilot Sanitary Sewer Overflow Forecasting
Carl Data Solutions Inc., is pleased to announce that its wholly-owed subsidiary FlowWorks Inc. is moving on to the piloting phase with their new application for helping prevent sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). Infinitii SSO Forecaster, a machine-learning enabled tool that helps predict where and when an overflow might take place seven days in advance, is the latest edition to Carl Data’s suite of applications that support healthy, sustainable smart city development.
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Dec 27, 2018
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MGX Minerals Announces Engineering Subsidiary PurLucid Treatment Solutions Porcesses First Oilsands Wastewater
MGX Minerals, Inc. ("MGX" or "Company"), is pleased to report that as of November engineering partner PurLucid Treatment Solutions had processed the first shipment of 40m3 of wastewater brine from an oilsands customer.
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Dec 20, 2018
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Itron Wins Company of the Year Award for AMI Solutions in Asia-Pacific Region
Itron Wins Company of the Year Award for AMI Solutions in Asia-Pacific Region.
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Dec 19, 2018
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The Elements of CIPP: Cured-in-Place Materials and Processes
Cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP) rehab has become the number one method for sewer repairs and continues to see impressive technological advances.
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Dec 17, 2018
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The Vortex Companies Adds SAK Construction and C & L Water Solutions as its Latest Quadex Lining System Licensees
The Vortex Companies recently announced the signing of SAK Construction and C&L Water Solutions as its latest licensees of the Quadex Lining System (QLS) featuring GeoKrete® geopolymer.
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Dec 14, 2018
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Ditch Witch® Introduces Industry-First HDD Virtual Reality Simulator
Cutting-edge training technology improves safety and gets HDD crews ready.
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