News and Articles
Sep 13, 2013
News
Highly Mobile Drinking Water Treatment: adapted to the needs of relief organizations
The water treatment company Berkefeld presented its type TWA 4 light mobile water treatment plant. The plant produces four cubic metres of drinking water per hour and can supply up to 10,000 refugees.
more
Sep 12, 2013
News
A current Ceramic Polymer project: External coating of 90 km oil pipeline with "Proguard CN 100 iso"
The "Proguard-Series" of Ceramic Polymer GmbH provides a tight cross linking of the polymer chains even at high substrate temperatures (Tg > 120°C)!
more
Sep 11, 2013
News
ADB, Gates Foundation Partner to Tackle Asia's Huge Sanitation Needs
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have formed a new partnership agreement to expand and speed up access to safe sanitation in Asia and the Pacific.
more
Sep 10, 2013
News
ASTM Technology and Underground Utilities Committee to Work on Proposed Standards at October Meeting
ASTM International Committee F36 on Technology and Underground Utilities is developing several proposed new standards. Two such standards are ASTM WK39910, Practice for the Use of Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing for Monitoring Ground Movements Around Utilities and Tunnels, and ASTM WK41891, Practice for the Full-Length Monitoring of the Interface Temperature of a Cured in Place Pipe Lining Process.
more
Sep 10, 2013
Article
Tunneling and gallery techniques » Jacking by machine » Tunnel boring machine
Modern Large Diameter Rock Tunnels
Recent experience and development of Hard Rock Tunnel Boring on most large diameter tunnels, especially above 8m in diameter, has shown that improved ground support is a prerequisite to improved monthly advance rates. The opinions and comments presented in this paper are heavily influenced by recent experiences on the 12.4m diameter Jinping Project, the 10m diameter AMR project and the 14.4m diameter Niagara Project.
more
Sep 09, 2013
News
Hard Rock Tunnel Boring Machines are cutting tunnels through the Pyrenees
Two high-tech Herrenknecht tunnel boring machines completed an endurance test with bravura during long-distance tunnelling through the Pyrenees. After a total of 8.2 kilometers tunnelling through hard rock, the target line was reached with the final breakthrough in April 2013. The resulting cross-border tunnel project will be used for a high-voltage line to connect the French and Spanish electricity network with each other.
more
Sep 06, 2013
News
Ahead of the Curve with HOBAS - Optimal Penstock Routing with GRP Pipe Systems
From an economic and ecological perspective, the importance of hydropower is definitely on the rise as it provides an array of advantages compared to other conventional methods of power generation. Despite the initial investment obstacle, small hydropower plants prove cost-effective thanks to their long service life of often more than 70 years and low maintenance costs.
more
Sep 04, 2013
News
NIB finances drinking water network in southern Sweden
NIB and the Swedish drinking water producer Sydvatten AB has signed a loan agreement, totalling SEK 67 million (EUR 8 million), for improving the drinking water supply in southern Sweden.
more
Sep 03, 2013
News
Sembcorp Extends its Wastewater Treatment Business to Two New Sites in China's Liaoning Province
Sembcorp is pleased to announce the expansion of its water business in China's Liaoning province with two new wastewater treatment projects in industrial parks in Panjin city. Its wholly-owned subsidiary Sembcorp China will sign agreements later today for new wastewater treatment projects in Panjin City's Panjin Fine Chemical Industrial Park and Panjin Liaodong Bay New District.
more
Sep 02, 2013
News
Political will key to ensuring water and sanitation for all, says UN-backed report
Political leadership and concrete action have led to good progress on creating universal and sustainable access to decent sanitation and drinking water, but additional efforts are needed to fulfil commitments by the 2014 deadline, a United Nations-backed partnership reported.
more
Aug 30, 2013
News
Ditch Witch UtiliGuard Locating System Introduced
The Ditch Witch organization introduces UtiliGuard, a new utility locating system with numerous industry-first features that combine to offer unprecedented locating accuracy.
more
Aug 29, 2013
Article
Inspection
Shape Measurement of a Sewer Pipe Using a Mobile Robot with Computer Vision
By Kikuhito Kawasue and Takayuki Komatsu
more
Aug 28, 2013
News
Larson Electronics Releases High Output Explosion Proof LED Flashlight with 5 Modes
LarsonElectronics.com has announced the addition of the EXP-LED-RL-FX5R Explosion Proof Rechargeable LED Flashlight to its growing line of portable and handheld explosion proof lighting equipment. U.L. and ATEX approved for hazardous location lighting, the EXP-LED-RL-FX5R is Class 1 Division 1 certified and an ideal portable lighting solution for operators in hazardous locations who require more than just a simple flashlight.
more
Aug 27, 2013
News
Tunneling and gallery techniques » Jacking by machine » Tunnel boring machine
Herrenknecht Delivers Special Tunnel Boring Machine for the New Bosporus Crossing
A large-diameter road tunnel will cross beneath the strait in Istanbul and expand the infrastructure bottleneck between Europe and Asia. The technical planning of the tunnelling operations poses complex challenges. Therefore, the construction consortium ordered a specially adapted tunnel boring machine from Herrenknecht. The 13.6 meter giant, a Mixshield, was completed in early July 2013 in Schwanau and is now on the way to the jobsite in Turkey.
more
Aug 26, 2013
News
ABB to provide power and automation solution for water facility in Southern Africa
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order to provide an instrumentation, control system and electrical equipment (ICE) package for a new water pipeline and pump station to be constructed in eastern Botswana to support growing demand driven by new mining ventures, power sector developments and a growing population around the capital, Gaborone.
more
Aug 23, 2013
News
Tunneling Begins on HNTB-Designed SR 99 Tunnel With Launch of World’s Largest Tunnel Boring Machine
Five-story-tall TBM will complete 1.75-mile journey under Seattle in 14 months. Tunneling recently began on the SR 99 Tunnel, which at 57.5 feet excavated diameter, will be the world’s largest TBM-bored tunnel. HNTB Corporation is lead designer for the Washington State Department of Transportation project as part of Seattle Tunnel Partners, a joint venture of Dragados USA and Tutor Perini Corporation.
more
Aug 16, 2013
News
City of Pittsburgh and Veolia Water Extend Partnership Agreement
The Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority (PWSA) Board of Directors has unanimously extended an innovative partnership with Veolia Water, the world leader in water and wastewater services and technology, to continue providing interim executive management services through December 2014.
more
Aug 15, 2013
News
Improving Rijeka’s water services
The EBRD is supporting improvements in the water services of Rijeka, Croatia’s third largest city, with a loan of up to €13 million. The funds will be extended to ViK Rijeka, the water and wastewater company majority owned by the City of Rijeka, and used to support investments in the rehabilitation of the water supply network and extension of the wastewater collection network.
more
Aug 14, 2013
News
UTSA, SwRI researchers to develop low-cost method to treat fracking water
Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) jointly announce they are investing $200,000 in new research to develop a low-cost method to treat flow-back water following hydraulic fracturing. Over the next year, the researchers will optimize an inexpensive charcoal product called biochar for the water treatment solution. It will be tested on water samples from the Eagle Ford Shale.
more
Aug 13, 2013
News
Construction site, general » Devices
Ditch Witch JT20 Horizontal Directional Drill Released
The Ditch Witch organization has re-engineered one of its best-selling horizontal directional drills, the JT2020, to create the Ditch Witch JT20, the most efficient and productive drill in its horsepower class.
more
Aug 12, 2013
News
IBM Analytics Help Arad Group Manage Big Data for Water Meter Solutions
As water increasingly becomes one of the world’s most precious resources, IBM scientists are working with Arad Group, a world leader in reliable water meter systems, to help water companies and utilities around the globe provide more effective and efficient management of drinking water through the use of Big Data and advanced analytics technology.
more
Aug 09, 2013
News
Tunneling and gallery techniques » Jacking by machine » Tunnel boring machine
Miami: Tunnel Breakthrough in the Sunshine State
The tunnel boring machine (TBM) "Harriet" successfully completed the second tube of the "Port of Miami Tunnel" at the beginning of May 2013. The TBM with a diameter of 12.86 meters mastered complex geological and hydrogeological challenges when crossing under the harbor twice. A machine concept was employed that Herrenknecht developed in collaboration with the client specifically for this ambitious project. The road tunnel will significantly alleviate the traffic congestion in the world's largest cruise port and the city center of Miami (Florida).
more
Aug 08, 2013
News
Britain’s biggest ever ‘fatberg’ has been removed from a London sewer
The bus-sized lump of wrongly-flushed festering food fat mixed with wet wipes formed in drains under London Road in Kingston, Surrey. Had it not been removed it could have led to sewage flooding many homes, streets and businesses in the leafy London suburb.
more
Aug 07, 2013
News
Hose Pump at the heart of Argentinian Water Treatment Plant
The AySA San Martin plant situated in the heart of the city of Buenos Aires serves around 8 million people and treats around 3,000,000m³ of water a day). ALL PUMPS were able to be included in the initial stages of this project and were able to introduce peristaltic technology.
more
Aug 06, 2013
News
Safe water and better sanitation for Romanian consumers
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is helping to provide safe water and improved sanitation for around half a million people in the Romanian counties of Bacău and Maramureș.
more
