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Jul 27, 2012
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Grand Gala for an All-Round Success Story
The 35-year company anniversary and his own milestone birthday gave Herrenknecht AG Chairman of the Board of Management Dr.-Ing. E.h. Martin Herrenknecht a good reason to celebrate in style. More than 2,000 guests from politics, the customers, the tunnel industry and his company's workforce joined him to enjoy a high class evening gala in the Baden-Arena in Offenburg.
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Jul 26, 2012
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New Book Tells the Complexity of Building a Massive Canal System
Richard Lanyon writes about an innovative public works engineering effort to save Chicago from a perilous nuisance and public health crisis.
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Jul 25, 2012
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COSMA – Quantifying the Risks from Subsurface Activities from the Perspective of Groundwater Protection
In consequence of the search for new energy sources and the development of climate protection strategies, novel technologies are increasingly being used which can have a direct impact on local and regional geological soil formations and with it also on the quality and composition of groundwater.
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Jul 24, 2012
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Inland Pipe Rehabilitation Announces New CIPP Solution For Trenchless Renewal Of Drinking Water Lines
Inland Pipe Rehabilitation (IPR) announced that it is now in a position to immediately begin rehabilitating drinking water pipes with its licensed cured-in place pipe (CIPP) system, RS BlueLine®.
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Jul 23, 2012
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IBM, Notre Dame, Emnet Help South Bend, Indiana Protect Public Health, Reduce Pollution with Smarter Cities Cloud Analytics
IBM announced that South Bend, Indiana is using its Intelligent Operations Center (IOC) for Smarter Cities software-as-a-service (SaaS), to dramatically overhaul its water management system, preserving public health and saving the city hundreds of millions of dollars. South Bend is the first city in the world to manage its water systems in the cloud.
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Jul 20, 2012
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More than 3,500 indigenous and rural households in Panama will receive water and sanitation services
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a grant for $7.5 million from the Spanish Cooperation Fund for Water and Sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean to provide drinking water and sanitation services to more than 3,500 rural and indigenous households in Panama.
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Jul 19, 2012
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Abtech Begins Department of Defense Installations
Abtech Holdings, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of patented innovative environmental technologies addressing issues of water pollution and contamination, announced that it has completed stormwater treatment installations at two military bases located in Utah and California, with additional installations under development.
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Jul 17, 2012
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Saipem awarded new E&C onshore contract worth $350 million
Saipem won a new onshore E&C contract worth approximately $350 million in Saudi Arabia.
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Jul 16, 2012
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PUB Singapore and MEIDEN SINGAPORE collaborate on first Ceramic Membrane MBR Demonstration Plant to treat and recycle industrial used water
PUB, Singapore’s national water agency and MEIDEN SINGAPORE (MSL) announced the signing of an agreement to establish the first Ceramic Membrane MBR Demonstration Plant in Singapore to treat and recycle industrial used water in a more energy-efficient and cost-effective manner.
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Jul 13, 2012
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Aker Wirth's new tunnel boring system embarks on a journey – Innovation for underground mining and tunneling
Together with Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest mining companies, Aker Wirth developed a new, innovative tunnel boring system within Rio Tinto's "Mine of the Future" programme.
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Jul 12, 2012
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Xylem Announces Partnership with Visenti at Singapore International Water Week
Xylem Inc. and Visenti Pte LTD announced a new partnership at Singapore International Water Week. Xylem and Visenti will form a joint partnership to develop the smart optimization of water networks by utilizing energy-efficient technology and smart sensing platforms. These technologies will reduce energy consumption, maximize water quality and ensure optimal network conditions around Singapore’s water infrastructure.
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Jul 11, 2012
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City of Corpus Christi, Texas, Chooses CapPlan Water for Smart Capital Planning
Innovyze announced that the City of Corpus Christi Water Department in Texas has chosen Innovyze industry-leading CapPlan Water software to help manage the capital planning process for rehabilitation of its underground distribution infrastructure. The decision helps the utility leverage its investment in ArcGIS technology from Esri (Redlands, CA) by enhancing it with the most technologically advanced GIS-centric software platform available for water distribution capital planning.
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Jul 10, 2012
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Borealis and Borouge introduce family of tailored irrigation solutions – Borstar® Aquility™
Borealis and Borouge, leading providers of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, have unveiled Borstar® Aquility™. Borstar Aquility comprises a new family of products intended for drip irrigation applications.
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Jul 09, 2012
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EBRD finances first ever major project in the Crimea
The EBRD is providing a loan of up to €10 million to improve the water supply and the quality of water and wastewater facilities in the Greater Yalta region of Ukraine.
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Jul 06, 2012
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Monitoring our water
Scientists are digging for answers about the amount and quality of water available underground in central Delaware, where ongoing development will put increasing demands on water supplies in the coming decade.
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Jul 05, 2012
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United Envirotech expands wastewater treatment portfolio with acquisition of 2 plants for RMB116 million
Mainboard-listed United Envirotech Ltd., a leading membrane-based water and wastewater treatment solutions provider, has signed a sales and purchase agreement to acquire an 80% stake in Fujian Liyang Envirogroup Co. Ltd and Shaxian Lanfang Water Co. Ltd for RMB116 million (approx. S$23.2 million).
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Jul 04, 2012
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Largest Surface Water Project in Rizal to Supply Water to 1M Residents
Manila Water has recently started operating the first phase of the P4.6 billion Rodriguez Water System Project which includes a new water treatment plant and water distribution mainline.
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Jul 03, 2012
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EPA Announces Framework to Help Local Governments Manage Stormwater Runoff and Wastewater
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a new framework to help local governments meet their Clean Water Act obligations. The Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Planning Approach Framework assists EPA regional offices, states, and local governments to develop voluntary storm and wastewater management plans and implement effective integrated approaches that will protect public health by reducing overflows from wastewater systems and pollution from stormwater.
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Jul 02, 2012
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AfDB hails public-private partnerships as major aid to African water and sanitation
Public finance is not enough to meet Africa’s growing need for better water and sanitation, said a senior African Development Bank (AfDB) official at a conference on the subject. Private funding must also play its part, he said.
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Jun 29, 2012
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Unilever and UNICEF partner to help bring sanitation to over 400,000 people
The Unilever Foundation and Domestos have joined forces with UNICEF to support UNICEF’s Community Approaches to Total Sanitation (CATS) programme which aims to help hundreds of thousands of people in need gain improved access to basic sanitation.
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Jun 29, 2012
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Waste Management Announces Rollout of Stormwater Public-Private Strategic Alliances
Waste Management, Inc. announced a program to provide a total stormwater management offering to U.S. municipalities in the form of public-private strategic alliances. WM, in collaboration with AbTech Holdings, Inc., an environmental technologies and engineering firm specializing in addressing water contamination issues, will team up with municipalities to design, build, operate and service stormwater infrastructure.
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Jun 28, 2012
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Pennsylvania American Water Completes Mon Valley Portion of $ 101 Million Pittsburgh System Upgrade
Pennsylvania American Water officials, State Representative Rick Saccone, State Senator Tim Solobay and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection officials marked the completion of upgrades at the E. H. Aldrich Station with a tour of the new facilities.
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Jun 27, 2012
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OriginOil Engages Manufacturing Partner for Commercial Rollout of Its Oil and Gas Water Cleanup System
OriginOil, Inc. developer of a breakthrough technology to convert algae into renewable crude oil, announced it is gearing up for the commercial roll out of its oil and gas wastewater clean-up systems and has selected Los Angeles-based Clean Water Technology (CWT), to manufacture the company’s systems. OriginOil will work with PACE to engineer the first commercial units, designed to help process up to 1 barrel of petroleum-contaminated “frac flowback” water per minute, or up to 60,000 gallons per day.
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Jun 26, 2012
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Funding offered for Middle East produced water solutions
Technology developers are being urged to come forward with solutions to tackle the challenges of managing produced water in Middle East oil and gas production. ITF, the global technology facilitator, has issued a call for proposals with up to 100% funding available for successful submissions.
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Jun 25, 2012
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Echologics Partners With Montreal Public Works to Reduce Non-Revenue Water, Improve Water System Efficiency
Echologics will help Montreal Public Works to reduce non-revenue water (NRW) and improve water system efficiency with its non-invasive Transmission Main Leak Detection service. A division of Mueller Co., Echologics is a developer and leading provider of acoustic-based technologies for water loss management, leak detection, and pipe condition assessment.
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