The Clarence Valley Coffs Harbour Regional Water Supply project in Northern New South Wales, Australia, was developed to provide a sustainable, secure water resource beyond the year 2046. The $99.35 million Shannon Creek Storage component featured innovations in planning, design and construction to address environmental and engineering issues, which enabled the project to be delivered on time and within budget. 09 July 2010
Population growth and improving standards of living, coupled with dramatically increased urbanization, are placing increased pressures on available water resources, necessitating new approaches to urban water management. 28 April 2010
Working with Water spoke with David Waggonner, principal at Waggonner & Ball Architects, about the importance of integrating water into the city structure of New Orleans. Leading the rebuild of the water damaged city is a challenge – not only must lessons be learned from existing and temporary infrastructure and political failures, but successful processes elsewhere in the world must be integrated with the uniqueness of New Orleans. 12 May 2009
Norrie Hunter reports on how California is dealing with the problems of water shortage and seismic threats to the water infrastructure, by adopting measures to encourage a cultural shift in how west coast Americans regard and use their valuable water resources. 23 April 2009
Christophe Salles of Borealis AG takes us through the decision making process behind selecting the right material for large diameter water distribution mains, considering life cycle costing and installation costs. 17 April 2009
Nearly a mile long and 40 metres below ground, a key section of Belfast’s deepest tunnel was completed earlier this year, boosting Northern Ireland Water’s efforts to tackle river pollution and reduce flooding. 27 March 2009
The challenges of changing regulations and standards can mean difficult situations for water companies. As new discharge limits and controls come into force, traditional treatments can become redundant. Severn Trent Services explain how they have been using filtration technology to meet the challenges. 27 March 2009
The most important resource of all – water – is often difficult or expensive to extract, or not sited near to where it is needed. Anthony Bennett takes a looks at some techniques to assist the management of water and its extraction in the United Kingdom. 26 March 2009
The town of Gillingham, England has responded to growing population and increased treatment standards by installing four of Nordic Water’s Dynasand moving sand bed filters. The installation in its present configuration is designed to meet anticipated needs till 2013 – but with additional media and designed capacity for a potential fifth unit, it is expected to meet Gillingham’s needs until the year 2020. 26 March 2009
Singapore has increasingly been looked upon by the international community as a role model for water management. The city-state, which has no natural aquifers or groundwater, has made tremendous progress from facing challenges in water supply to setting the standards in sustainable water management. 26 March 2009
Scottish Water has embarked on a number of major infrastructure improvement programmes for its five million plus customers, but none as dynamic and important as the supply of fresh drinking water to Scotland’s largest city. Norrie Hunter reports on this massive, highly sensitive construction programme on the outskirts of Glasgow that marks a milestone in Scottish Water’s 10 year, £2.4 billion investment plan for Scotland. 26 March 2009
Water pollution – especially as a result of oil production and storage – is an unfortunate fact of life. Finding a solution is not as obvious, especially if it has to fit around an existing infrastructure. We take a look at a development by BPC, which looks at bioremediation as a solution. 26 March 2009
Working with Water spoke with Ian Barbour, General Manager of Dow Water Solutions, about the important issues of water provision and quality in the world today – from the cost of providing clean water in India, to desalination in Australia. 25 March 2009
The Harnaschpolder wastewater treatment plant, based in the Netherlands and run by Veolia, is a great example of a modern filtration system with a look to the future. Filtration+Separation visited the plant to find out how it operates. 18 March 2009
In the past, designing piping was a laborious and haphazard job. Three-dimensional computer design has revolutionized the whole construction process - and certainly made the process a great deal easier for the designers of a complex water piping system for a new shark exhibit in a 90 year old Chicago museum. 04 March 2009
Reducing the environmental impact of water management and infrastructure projects is becoming an essential part of the business. In this article, Dr Mike Coffey looks at the role environmental monitoring can play and how to design an effective program. 04 March 2009
In wastewater plants, the 8-inch diameter x 40-inch long RO element has been the standard in RO systems for many years, but is clearly not the optimum for today’s large systems. Peter Moss, Robert Skelton and Michael Tylla of Koch Membrane Systems examine the issues related to the use of large elements, and show how these challenges have been addressed. 04 March 2009
How does the hydrological cycle – in all its varying scales – work? What are the threats to water budgets and water quality? In this article, we take a look at the impact of human use and how we can interact with the water cycle in a long term and sustainable way. 04 March 2009
The Australian town of Goulburn’s timely water initiative presents a model for the future as cities learn to live with drought and other water challenges. Was an ultraviolet disinfection scheme for irrigation part of the answer? 04 March 2009
Nikolay Voutchkov takes us through one of California’s most advanced desalination projects – the Carlsbad seawater desalination plant – and explains the associated climate action plan in order to keep the plant as carbon neutral as possible. 04 October 2008
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