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Dec 30, 2013
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Borealis raises the bar with two new BorSafe products
BorSafe™ ME3440-D and BorSafe™ HE3490-DS-H exhibit higher resistance to chlorinated disinfectants.
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Dec 27, 2013
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ADB Assistance to Typhoon Recovery Reaches $1 Billion
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has so far approved $900 million in assistance for livelihood restoration, infrastructure reconstruction climate resilience initiatives in communities affected by Typhoon Yolanda, as well as budget support to the Government of the Philippines.
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Dec 24, 2013
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Merry Christmas!
Season's greetings to UNITRACC users and visitors from all over the world.
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Dec 23, 2013
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California water agency selects CH2M HILL for DBO project
$141m contract will help two cities move to a more sustainable water supply.
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Dec 20, 2013
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Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative Meets in Abuja
The first Rural Water and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI) Coordination Committee took place in in Abuja, Nigeria on 5 December 2013. The meeting aimed to facilitate coordination at national and regional levels and to create an effective platform for coordinating RWSSI advocacy activities supplementing the African Minister’s Council on Water’s (AMCOW) political leadership role. It provides the framework for exchanging regional experiences with rural water and sanitation programs In Africa.
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Dec 19, 2013
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TT-UK/RSP delivers Suction Excavators and Training in Scotland
TT-UK have had a positive working relationship with SGN since the early 1990’s and following initial discussions back in August 2012, have recently been working in conjunction with SGN to design and deliver two bespoke TT-UK/RSP ESE 26/6 Suction Excavators to two of SGN’s operating centres in Scotland; one in Edinburgh and the other one in Glasgow.
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Dec 18, 2013
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Rapid Robbins Main Beam reaches Record Production in Mumbai
Deep Hard Rock Tunneling in India achieves a New High
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Dec 17, 2013
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How poor maintenance and renewal threatens municipal service delivery
It is essential that both public and private sectors get a strong understanding of their asset management maturity and develop a robust maintenance road map, says Anton Booyzen, chairman of the Southern African Asset Management Association (SAAMA).
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Dec 16, 2013
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AMCOW Receives 2 million Euros AWF Funding for Water Sector Reporting
The African Water Facility (AWF) has offered the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) a € 2 million grant to establish a monitoring and reporting system for the water sector in Africa.
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Dec 13, 2013
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Direct recycling is a drinking water option
Australia should embrace the concept of recycled drinking water, recognising its benefits include reduced energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, lower capital and operational costs and a more robust, climate-independent water supply.
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Dec 12, 2013
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Perfect Pipeline Premiere: Herrenknecht Direct Pipe for the first time in Canada
A smooth success right from the beginning: For the first time, a Canadian construction company has installed a pipeline using the Direct Pipe® technology from Herrenknecht. Crossing beneath the Beaver River in the province of Alberta with a 42 inch pipeline (1,067mm) was successfully completed in two weeks.
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Dec 11, 2013
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Bolivia to improve drinking water, sewage systems for 145,000 people with lDB loan
Bolivia will improve and broaden access to drinking water and sewage systems through a $60 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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Dec 10, 2013
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Agriculture Secretary Announces Projects to Improve Water Quality
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced funding for projects in 40 states to finance investments in improved water and wastewater systems for more than 200,000 rural residents.
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Dec 09, 2013
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Trimble Introduces New Version of its Software for Smart Water and Wastewater Management
The latest release of the cloud-based software Trimble® Connect™ (version 1.5) includes a suite of applications that help water and wastewater utilities to deploy smart meters, repair leaks and reduce non-revenue water (NRW), locate and map critical infrastructure using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, extend the life of aging assets, and improve worker safety and productivity.
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Dec 06, 2013
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Plans for nearly £8bn of investment and new social tariff to help struggling customers
Thames Water announced plans based on customers’ priorities to deliver £5.1bn of investment in improvements to Britain’s oldest treatment works, pipes and sewers between 2014 and 2020.
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Dec 05, 2013
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Two Rabbis Team Up to Get Their Hands Dirty and Their Minds in the Toilets of Nepal
Rabbi/social entrepreneur David Mason and Rabbi/activist Micha Odenheimer have joined forces in Nepal to build much needed toilets for rural villagers. Mason's website CabinetHardware.org helps Odenheimer’s Israel-based Nonprofit organization Tevel b'Tzedek fund a toilet building project to improve health and sanitation for the Nepal’s poorest citizens.
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Dec 04, 2013
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EBRD strengthens support for Bulgaria’s municipal infrastructure
The EBRD is extending a €35 million loan to the Bulgarian Fund for Local Authorities and Governments JSC (FLAG) to expand the fund’s lending to Bulgarian municipalities for co-financing of EU post accession grants. The transaction is an extension of an existing €35 million credit line of which 60 per cent will be syndicated while the EBRD will retain an additional €14 million for its own account.
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Dec 03, 2013
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JICA Joins Coordination Office for Pacific Infrastructure Improvement
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will join the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Australia and New Zealand governments, World Bank Group, European Commission, and European Investment Bank in supporting the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF), which aims to improve infrastructure and services in the Pacific region.
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Dec 02, 2013
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TT-UK and SSE are not trailing behind when it comes to safety
TT-UK of Bedford has recently supplied SSE with 27 Cable Drum Trailers; featuring a range of new innovative and bespoke specifications for ease of use and safer operation. The new BKT15 Cable Drum Trailers are the direct result of a joint collaboration between TT-UK and SSE since their first discussions back in 2011.
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Nov 29, 2013
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3. Infra Oman: Powerful solutions for expansion of national infrastructure
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Nov 28, 2013
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Increasing Access to Water Supply and Promoting Sanitation in Rural Haiti
This IDA grant co-financed the construction of safe drinking water systems that serves more than 50,000 people and school latrines for more than 7,000 students and teachers in rural Haiti. It also helped establish professional operators and water and sanitation committees in nine communes and provided hands on training to the operators and committees in community mobilization, conflict resolution, billing and accounting, meter reading and repairing, chlorination as well as plumbing.
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Nov 27, 2013
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Sacyr wins contract to improve the supply and treatment of water in Peru
Sacyr Construcción heads a consortium that has been awarded the contract to carry out improvement works on the supply and integral treatment of the water network in the city of Cerro de Pasco (Peru) for a sum of 41 million euros.
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Nov 27, 2013
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AfDB-Assisted Zaria Water Supply, Expansion and Sanitation Project Launched
November 14 marked a milestone in the history of Zaria, Kaduna State, with the launch of its $480 million Water Supply, Expansion and Sanitation Project. The start-up was launched at the site of the newly built water treatment plant in a ceremony with the Governor of Kaduna State; the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris; Ajisegiri Benson, representative of the Minister for Water Resources; and the Country Director of the African Development Bank as guests of honour.
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Nov 26, 2013
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Siemens Introduces CoMag® System for High Rate Clarification of Industrial Water and Wastewater Treatment
The system provides superior contaminant removal far below conventional treatment levels and permits smaller clarifier and plant footprint to reduce capital and life-cycle costs - ideal for expansion of existing or new facilities.
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Nov 25, 2013
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Flowrox Launches New Industrial Valve for Processing Abrasive and Corrosive Substances
The company's PVG valve offers exceptional fluid control performance for industrial pipelines for Oil & Gas, Mining, Minerals and Metallurgy and Waste Water Treatment.
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