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Jan 10, 2012
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Uruguay to improve Montevideo drainage infrastructure with IDB support
Loan for $20.5 million will directly benefit 4,500 people in three critical neighborhoods and in adjacent areas affected by floods.
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Jan 09, 2012
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Pennsylvania’s Lehigh County Authority Adopts InfoWorks CS to Manage its Wastewater Infrastructure
Innovyze announced that the Lehigh County Authority (LCA), Pennsylvania, has selected InfoWorks CS for managing its wastewater facilities.
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Jan 06, 2012
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No fear of large liner lengths: In Switzerland, ISS Notter Kanalservice installed a 257-meter long DN 600 liner in one day
In the early summer of 2011, a four-kilometre segment of the sewer system of the municipality Bottmingen was rehabilitated. The entire rehabilitation project with which the company ISS Notter Kanalservice AG was commissioned involved the camera inspection of the old pipes, the use of robots and the trenchless rehabilitation of a 700-meter long sewer pipe using GRP pipe liners cured with UV light. A segment of 257 meters and a diameter of DN 600 was completed within one working day.
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Jan 05, 2012
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EBRD invests €8.8 million in water infrastructure in Braila, Romania
The EBRD is continuing its work to help improve water infrastructure in Romanian cities, with a new loan to improve water services in the county of Braila. The Bank is providing a €8.8 million loan which, alongside EU Cohesion Funds of €74 million and funding from the local and state budgets, will finance the €95.7 million regional water investment programme of the SC Compania de Utilitati Publice Dunarea SA Braila.
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Jan 04, 2012
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Utility Tunnelling – Longer, Deeper, More Curvaceous
Utility Tunnelling, comprising both pipe jacking and microtunnelling, develops into the prevailing construction method at global level for drains and sewers in metropolises. This popularity growth is accompanied by the need for ever-more demanding projects. To put it simply, utility tunnelling projects take on increasing depths and lengths.
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Jan 04, 2012
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Heckmann Corporation Begins Fresh Water Delivery by Pipeline in the Haynesville Shale Area
Heckmann Corporation announced that it has begun transporting water through its fresh water pipeline in the Haynesville Shale area. The fresh water, repurposed PVC pipeline will be 40 miles long when fully commissioned, representing the largest fresh water pipeline system in the Haynesville Shale area. Heckmann expects the fresh water pipeline to be fully operational in 2012 with capacity to move up to 60,000 barrels per day. The initial orders for water from the fresh water pipeline are projected to result in the delivery of approximately 16,000 barrels per day beginning in mid-December of 2011.
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Jan 03, 2012
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Rotork Provides Asset Management for Actuated Valves
The key benefit of effective asset management for the actuated valve end user is an economic one. The implementation of preventative maintenance as the main activity in the asset management programme quickly translates into cost savings for the plant operator. This and many other benefits are facilitated and enhanced by the increased functionality inherent in modern intelligent electric valve actuation technologies.
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Jan 02, 2012
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World Bank to help Kerala village communities improve water supply and sanitation services to 1.84 million people
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a US$155.3 million credit to the southern Indian state of Kerala to help village communities develop and run water supply and sanitation services that will improve the quality of life for some 1.84 million people.
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Dec 30, 2011
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FT Pipeline Systems Achieves Accreditation Hat-trick
FT Pipeline Systems, one of the leading providers of steel pipes and pipe accessories to the UK construction industry, has revealed that it recently achieved re-certification to all three industry standards; ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001.
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Dec 29, 2011
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BorSafe™ HE3490-LS delivers longevity to Estonian power plant pipes
Durability and efficiency were the determining factors behind the choice of PE100 BorSafe™ HE3490-LS from Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, for renovation of a crucial cooling water circulation system at the world’s two biggest oil shale-fired thermal power plants.
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Dec 28, 2011
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GRUNDORAM hammer assisted Horizontal Directional Drilling in Saudi Arabia
Gulf British Drilling (GBD), based in Saudi Arabia, was contracted by Bin Quraya Company for a 68 km pipeline project of 48 inch steel pipe along the Aramco Manifa to Saphaniyah pipeline including eight road crossings that required directional drilling.
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Dec 27, 2011
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Pipe rehabilitation company Jensen invests in the world's most powerful UV curing system for liners
With the investment in a new UV curing system for liners, Jensen, a company from Bordesholm, Germany, specialising in pipe rehabilitation using UV light as the curing medium, has expanded its capacity in the area of sewer pipe rehabilitation. The company founded by Stefan Jensen in 2010 has now invested in a UV curing system from RELINEEUROPE that enables the curing of lines with dimensions ranging between DN 150 and DN 1200 over a length of up to 300 metres in a single run.
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Dec 23, 2011
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IDB approves additional funding for sanitation works in Montevideo to benefit 40,000 people
Project strengthens a program to improve environmental conditions in bay and beaches west of the city, and protect restored beaches to the east.
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Dec 22, 2011
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Clean water for 5m people around Durban assured with EIB support
The European Investment Bank will provide EUR 35 million (R385 million) long-term funding to Umgeni Water for new pipelines and upgrading of existing water supply, water treatment works, pumping and service reservoirs that will contribute to the improved supply of bulk potable water in the Umgeni Water operational area. The infrastructure will enable Umgeni Water to continue to provide clean water to an estimated 5 million people in Durban and surrounding areas, and provide capacity to municipalities to enable new water connections to unserved areas.
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Dec 21, 2011
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Jubilee in Barcelona: 20 years of pressure pipe rehabilitation in Europe
Exactly 20 years after the first TUBETEX™ liner was installed in Barcelona, the ACSA Barcelona construction company is still banking on TUBETEX™ by SEKISUI SPR Europe as an effective method of pressure pipe rehabilitation.
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Dec 19, 2011
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VINCI 2011 Innovation Awards Competition – Prizes awarded to 17 in-house innovations
Xavier Huillard, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of VINCI and chairman of the Final Jury for the 2011 Innovation Awards Competition, presented the 17 final prize-winners chosen from among the 1,717 projects submitted by 5,100 employees in December at the Salle Pleyel in Paris.
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Dec 16, 2011
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EBRD invests in new clean water projects in central Tajikistan
After successful projects in the north and south, the Bank will invest in better water access and quality in four more cities.
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Dec 15, 2011
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Delay of Keystone XL Pipeline: Statement by United Association General President William P. Hite
United Association General President William P. Hite made the following statement on the State Department's decision to delay the start of the Keystone XL pipeline until early 2013.
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Dec 15, 2011
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Pipeline Rehabilitation: Performing Under Pressure in India
There has long been a common myth to the effect that no spiral wound liner can perform when used as a method of rehabilitation/liner in pressure pipelines. This perception is born perhaps from the perceived fact that the majority of such liners are machine wound from a starting pit, or manhole, from where they are also grouted, often under less that ideal conditions, leading to voids behind the liner which subsequently result in the distortion of the liner when the pipeline is pressurized, which in turn then leads to tearing of the joints and a general catastrophic liner failure. This myth is further perpetuated by the fact that most spiral wound liner manufactures state in their product data that the lining of pressure pipes cannot be recommended with their system.
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Dec 14, 2011
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NSF International Launches NSF Passport Program™ to Help Companies Attain Global Market Approvals for Water Treatment, Distribution and Plumbing Products
The NSF Passport Program™ provides a single NSF point of contact to manage multiple country approvals, saving time and money in bringing products to global markets.
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Dec 13, 2011
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Biotechnology for sustainable water supply in Africa
European-funded project targets sustainable water supply in Africa and other developing countries. Using biotechnology is seen as a simple and cost-efficient approach.
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Dec 12, 2011
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WaterAid's Water Point Mapper receives award
WaterAid last night received a high commendation for its Water Point Mapper tool. The Charity Times Awards 2011 commended the development and effective use of the water supply monitoring tool.
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Dec 09, 2011
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Trinidad and Tobago to improve water quality with $50 million loan from the IDB
Project will reduce contamination along the Caroni River Basin and provide wastewater treatment for 9,100 households.
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Dec 08, 2011
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Tunnel Design & Construction – Safety, Sustainability and Efficiency
Tunnels are of increasing importance for the European infrastructure. Tunnel structures have become longer and more complicated, and underground transit is on the rise. Learn how best to construct, maintain and upgrade tunnels at IQPC’s 2nd International Conference Tunnel Design & Construction Europe, from November 16-18, 2011 in Amsterdam.
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Dec 07, 2011
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Record-breaking Rockhead flies through Fifth Tunnel
In September 2011, a self-propelled tunneling machine achieved a milestone in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The 1.8 m (72 inch) diameter Robbins Double Shield Rockhead bored 614 m (2,014 ft)—a distance that appears to be a world record for a hard rock machine of this diameter.
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