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Jun 23, 2012
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Bringing pure water and sanitation to Romania’s Galati county
The EBRD is supporting further modernisation of water and wastewater infrastructure in Romania with a RON 55.5 million (approximately €12.8 million) loan to SC APA Canal SA Galati , the water utility company of Galati county in the south-eastern part of the country, which will benefit about 400,000 residents.
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Jun 22, 2012
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McElroy Introduces DataLogger® 4
McElroy recently introduced the latest version of the DataLogger® series of quality assurance tools. The DataLogger 4 is a new, smaller version that records and documents key parameters of the pipe fusion process.
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Jun 21, 2012
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Tried the Rest, Bought the Best – GRUNDODRILL 15XP
On a visit to the UK in late autumn of 2011 Trenchless Technology Contractor Rescue Rod from Sebenza in South Africa visited TT-UK looking for the latest technologies available to them for the trenchless replacement and renewal of underground pipes and cables.
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Jun 20, 2012
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HSBC invests $100m in water projects to improve lives and boost economic development
HSBC is investing $100m to help transform the lives of more than 1 million people through providing access to safe water and spearheading water protection projects. The bank will be working with leading charities on social and environmental projects which have the potential to provide long-term economic benefits to local communities.
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Jun 19, 2012
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World’s groundwater resources are suffering from poor governance, experts say
2.5 billion people worldwide depend solely on groundwater resources to satisfy their daily needs for water and hundreds of millions of farmers rely on groundwater to sustain their livelihoods and contribute to food security for so many others. Yet, according to experts, most if not all aquifers are not being sustainably or equitably managed to conserve and protect these vital freshwater resources.
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Jun 18, 2012
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Working At A Distance With U Moles Latest Developments In Suction Excavation Options
U Mole recently introduced to the UK market an MTS Suction Excavation option that extends the potential for the use of the equipment beyond that which is normally expected of the technology, the facility to perform at a distance from the main rig.
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Jun 15, 2012
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New support for SPR™ from production facility in the Netherlands: Production at the centre of the EU
SPR Europe is strengthening its production competence: Eslon BV, an extrusion and injection moulding company based in Roermond, the Netherlands, produces PVC profiles used for the innovative SPRTM spiral-wound pipe lining method.
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Jun 14, 2012
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China: Improving Public Infrastructure and Services for 1.50 Million Small Town Residents
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a loan of US$150 million to the People’s Republic of China to improve public infrastructure and services for the residents and businesses in selected small towns in Guangdong, Hunan and Gansu Provinces.
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Jun 13, 2012
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Oil & Gas Pipeline Construction in the US Industry Market Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld
Although slowed investment activity during the recession cooled demand for industry's services, pursuit of natural gas has kept business flowing over the past five years. Looking forward, the industry is projected to experience a strong recovery. From 2012, IBISWorld forecasts that continued investment in unconventional domestic energy sources (gas shale and oil sands), pressure to repair and replace aging infrastructure and recovery in the residential construction markets will support industry performance. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has added a report on the Oil & Gas Pipeline Construction industry to its growing industry report collection.
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Jun 12, 2012
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‘Beckton Becky’ ready for action in £190m sewage work upgrade
‘Beckton Becky’, a state-of-the-art tunnelling machine, has been lowered into position 20 metres below ground, as part of a £190m project to extend one of Europe's largest sewage treatment works. Beckton sewage works in east London is being upgraded to enable the site to treat 60 per cent more sewage, so it can fully treat increased flows during heavy rainfall, preventing the site becoming overloaded and discharging into the River Thames.
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Jun 11, 2012
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African Water Facility Helps Boost Socio-economic Development in Ethiopia and South-Sudan through Water Investments
Millions of people living in the Baro-Akobo-Sobat (BAS) area of the Nile Basin are to benefit from a range of multi-purpose water resources projects to be planned by the Nile Basin Initiative. In May 2012, the African Development Bank approved a €2 million grant from the African Water Facility to finance the development study needed to attract the investments required to implement them. The overall project is supported jointly by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development- Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF).
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Jun 08, 2012
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Maynilad energizes P521M pipeline
Metro Pacific and DMCI-led Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) energized its over P521-million Pagcor Pumping Station discharge line, which stretches nearly 4 kilometers from the Pagcor Pumping Station in Pasay City to Coastal Road (Kabihasnan) in Parañaque City.
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Jun 06, 2012
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Burdens on schedule to expand its range of SAER pumps
As the sole distribution partner for SAER pumps in the UK and Republic of Ireland, Burdens is delighted to announce details of the latest additions to the Company’s range.
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Jun 05, 2012
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Engineer wins top award
Trainee sewer rehabilitation engineer Alex Aulds won Young Engineer of the Year at The United Kingdom Society of Trenchless Technology (UKSTT) awards, beating a number of entries from national utilities for his work.
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Jun 04, 2012
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Trenchless sewer rehabilitation – State-of-the-art spiral-wound pipe rehabilitation technology
While pipe lining technologies are currently uncontested in their domination of the worldwide renovation market, the spiral-wound pipe lining technique that has existed since 1978 today promises the greatest development potential. This is especially the case but not restricted to sewers with large to extreme nominal diameters.
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Jun 01, 2012
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Borealis launches new pipe and advanced packaging innovations at Plastpol 2012
Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, will launches cutting-edge advances for the pipe and advanced packaging sectors at Plastpol 2012 in Poland.
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Jun 01, 2012
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AfDB praises 10 years of African Ministers’ Council on Water at 4th Africa Water Week in Egypt
More than 1,000 delegates gathered at the 4th Africa Water Week under the theme “Water for Growth in Africa”, organized by the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), in Cairo, Egypt, between 14 and 18 May, 2012.
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May 31, 2012
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EBRD helps Serbia align water services to EU standards
The EBRD is helping to improve the quality of water services in Serbia with an €11 million sovereign guaranteed loan for the expansion of the water supply infrastructure in the City of Subotica, in the northern part of the country.
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May 30, 2012
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Trenchless pipe rehabilitation project at Heiligenkreuz, Austria – Close Fit all round
For the past 20 years the Close Fit method has been complementing the Rabmer Group’s product range in the field of pipe rehabilitation technology – cured-in-place pipe and spiral-wound pipe lining. The pipe-in-pipe method is a cost-effective, time-saving method of renewing pressure pipes in a range of nominal widths and lengths, thereby prolonging their service life by at least 50 years.
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May 29, 2012
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World Bank Approves US$275M Financing for Better Sanitation Services in Metro Manila
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$275 million financing for a project that will improve wastewater collection and treatment practices in several catchment areas of Metro Manila and help improve Manila Bay’s water quality.
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May 25, 2012
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InfoSWMM 2D Version 5.0 Delivers New Level of Surface Mesh Automation and Faster, Higher-Fidelity Simulation Results
Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for wet infrastructure, announced the worldwide availability of the V5.0 Generation of its industry-leading InfoSWMM 2D for ArcGIS (Esri, Redlands, CA).
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May 24, 2012
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New Delhi selects Veolia Water to build and operate a new wastewater treatment plant
The City of New Delhi has just contracted Veolia Water to build and operate the new Nilothi Wastewater Treatment Plant serving the city's western sector. Construction will begin in the next few weeks on this plant designed to be fully energy self-sufficient.
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May 23, 2012
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UNESCO makes the case for water diplomacy
At the launch of the first UN Water Talks UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova called for a renewed commitment to water diplomacy as “an essential tool of ‘soft power’ for a more peaceful world”.
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May 22, 2012
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BorECO™ BA2000 polypropylene pipe material delivers on both infrastructural and environmental goals
The pipe grade BorECO™ BA2000 polypropylene (PP) from Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, was chosen for a recently completed upgrade and enlargement of a sewage network in the Czech Republic for bordering municipalities Ivancice and Oslavany.
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May 21, 2012
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American Water Selects Mueller Systems to Supply Water Meters and Systems
Mueller Systems, a leading innovator in water meters, metering systems and water management technology, will supply American Water, the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, with water meters and automated meter reading (AMR) systems, as part of a supply agreement between the two companies.
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