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Illinois American Water’s Interurban District invests $600,000 in water main replacements
The investment from Illinois American Water will fund the replacement of two-inch with eight-inch water mains in Belleville, East St Louis, Granite City and Madison
Aquascape Foundation installs rainwater harvesting system in Colombian school
A team of volunteers from the Aquascape Foundation installed the 10,000 gallon RainXchange rainwater harvesting system at La Rosa de Saron school in Barranquilla, Columbia
Southwest Water to transform china clay quarry into a reservoir
The £1.2 million scheme will see former quarry, Stannon Lake, turned into the second largest reservoir in Cornwall, holding the equivalent of 3,200 Olympic swimming pools of water
HaloSource receive two awards from Frost & Sullivan
HaloSource won the ‘2010 Technology Innovation Award’ and ‘2010 Hot Investment Opportunity Award’ for its HaloPure drinking water disinfection technology
Tampa Bay seawater desalination plant passes final two performance milestone tests
Tampa Bay Water, American Water - Acciona Agua achieved 25 million gallon water per day (MGD) for 120 consecutive days and averaged 20 MGD for 12 consecutive months

Ofwat's Final Determination
Claire Young presents an overview of Ofwat's Final Determination process and what it means to you, the customer.
Editorial podcast - 15th January 2010
Claire Young presents a round-up of this weeks news from Working with Water
Editorial podcast - 4th December 2009
Claire Young presents a round-up of this weeks news from Working with Water
Editorial podcast - 27th November 2009
Claire Young presents a round-up of this weeks news from Working with Water

What does the future hold for renewable energy in the Middle East?
We are pleased to announce a new webinar from Renewable Energy Focus in association with the World Future Energy Summit, which addresses the future for renewable energy in the Middle East.
Filtration+Separation Webinar with Elmarco Inc.
The new Filtration+Separation webinar, in association with Elmarco, is free to access. Looking at nanofibers, the webinar will look at the nanofiber formation process, the benefits of nanofibers and the most suitable markets for their use.

Drinking water: Turnkey project brings piped treated drinking water
More than 300,000 people in a remote district of Sri Lanka are today enjoying quality drinking water for the first time due to a turnkey project undertaken by Outotec for Sri Lanka's National Water Supply and Drainage Board.
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Water pumps cope with festival demands Water pumps cope with festival demands
More than 60,000 visitors attended this years Pinkpop Festival drawn by headline acts including Bruce Springstein, Depeche Mode and Franz Ferdinand. The three day annual rock event, held in the city of Landgraaf in the Netherlands, places huge demands on the temporary infrastructure built to support the clean water demands of the revellers.
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Nitrate removal: Multi-zone ion exchange with less waste
An IChemE-award winning ion exchange system which removes nitrate from groundwater with minimum use for chemicals, reduced power consumption and waste volumes has been installed by ACWA Services at a number of UK water treatment works.
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Environmental monitoring: Multi-elemental analysis of environmental samples.
Fast and accurate analysis of environmental samples is a must in order to restrict pollution. In this technical article, a team from Thermo Fisher examine a solution for sample analysis that aims to give fast and accurate multi-elemental analysis of samples.

Bypass pumping considerations
With significant state funding being allocated for wastewater and drinking infrastructure improvements throughout the US, there will be a need to temporarily divery water flows during construction improvements. With the demand for bypass pumping systems set to grow, Del Ritz discusses how to implement a successful bypass operation.
The Tangled Web: Silent Threats & Invisible Enemies
In a 2009 report, MessageLabs Intelligence revealed that an average of 3,618 new Websites per day were identified as harboring malware and other potentially unwanted programs such as spyware and adware.
Removing bacteria from intake water
With desalination playing an important role in the provision of water, this article looks at the chlorine-based disinfection systems developed by Grundfos.
BIO-CEL®- Mechanical Cleaning Process
Listen and learn about the new BIO-CEL®- Mechanical Cleaning Process developed by MICRODYN-NADIR.