United Envirotech Ltd has won a RMB30 million engineering, procurement and construction contract to build a wastewater recycling plant in Hegang City, China. 07 September 2010
The new Bluetongue Brewery in New South Wales, Australia, features a state-of-the-art water recovery plant which targets best-practice water reuse standards. 06 September 2010
The company will provide a major oil and gas exploration client with a wastewater treatment system featuring Sanithem SaniBrane technology, and valued at approximately $2 million. 06 September 2010
The purchase was concluded for up to CAN$34.9 million in cash and common stock of Pure Technologies. 06 September 2010
The OsMem family of high performance forward osmosis membranes and modules are designed for municipal and industrial customers. 31 August 2010
AECOM Technology Corp has won a US$101 million design-build contract for a water and wastewater project in Davie, Florida. 31 August 2010
The products provide mobile water treatment solutions for the oil & gas industry, specifically for oil & gas production in shale gas applications. 24 August 2010
The Smart Sponge Plus technology from AbTech Industries reduces the harmful coliform bacteria in stormwater runoff. 24 August 2010
Slovakia Steel Mills will use the plant to treat the water used for direct and indirect cooling at its new steel mill in Strazske, Slovakia. 24 August 2010
The four associations representing America’s wastewater treatment, public works and civil engineering sectors have released the ‘Core Attributes of Effectively Managed Wastewater Collection Systems’. 24 August 2010
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has awarded the contract so KBR can undertake the preparation for a proposed water sector project. 24 August 2010
Analytical technology will be providing advice on implementing water and gas instrumentation across a wide range of industries including utilities, manufacturing and processing. 23 August 2010
According to SBI Energy's latest study, the membrane filtration systems sector of the water recycling and reuse market increased in value by $4 billion from 2006 to 2009. 20 August 2010
The panel consists of six engineering companies which will provide a range of services to Barwon Water for water, wastewater and recycled water treatment assignments until July 2013. 18 August 2010
The agreement involves the sale of 400 m³/h ballast water treatment systems which are undergoing tests at the DHI test facility in the harbour of Hundested, Denmark. 17 August 2010
The Copa SAF (submerged aerated filter) is an aerobic, fixed film wastewater treatment system with permanently submerged media, usually aerated from below. 16 August 2010
The contract involves the upgrade and expansion of a wastewater treatment plant in Kuitun City in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, China. 16 August 2010
Membrane technology company Sinomem Technology Ltd has delivered a 52.0% increase in profit to S$16.1 million for the six months ended 30 June 2010. 16 August 2010
ECO:LOGIC specializes in the planning, permitting, design, construction management, and operations of water and wastewater facilities in northern California and Nevada. 12 August 2010
The AMP5 Professional Engineering Consultancy Services (PECS) Framework, estimated at an overall value of £45 million, will utilise the range of water services from Grontmij. 11 August 2010
inge watertechnologies has acquired local partner, CN Tech Engineers, in the promising Indian market for water supplies and water disposal. 11 August 2010
Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities and Aqua Resources Fund Limited have invested following strong progress from Bluewater Bio in Bahrain and South Africa. 11 August 2010
The InLine+ range of closed-vessel UV systems and the OpenLine range of open channel systems will be on display in Hall 3, Stand 401. 10 August 2010
The WaterNOx Biological Anoxic Filter is an enhanced nitrogen removal technology for onsite wastewater treatment systems where nitrogen removal is required but constant or complex maintenance is not possible. 09 August 2010
The companies will work together to develop an energy and industrial wastewater (IWW) treatment facility which will use Converted Organics’ exclusively-licensed IWW evaporation technology. 05 August 2010
Following a business agreement with UV Pure Technologies, Premier Tech Aqua has introduced a self-cleaning UV unit for the disinfection of wastewater from isolated dwellings. 29 July 2010
The alliance will design and build one of the world’s largest advanced tertiary wastewater treatment plants for Melbourne Water in Australia. 28 July 2010
The orders for air emissions control systems totalled $1.3 million. 23 July 2010
Siwa LeakControl is a location and monitoring system which continuously checks for leaks in pipes and pinpoints them automatically using flow measurements and special software. 23 July 2010
The addition, made due to customer demand, and will enable water and wastewater treatment plants to optimise maintenance and achieve a high level of confidence in chlorine measurements. 22 July 2010
Jacobs will lead the programme management and engineering design and is expected to provide health and safety leadership and asset maintenance advice. 20 July 2010
The acquisition provides Aqua-Aerobic Systems with worldwide control of proprietary cloth filtration technology and further advancement of the company’s filtration capabilities. 19 July 2010
Construction is under way on the expansion and upgrade of the Main Station water treatment plant operated by Illinois American Water in Peoria, Illinois. 19 July 2010
The programme aims to further develop energy-efficient water and wastewater treatment solutions. 08 July 2010
Home Properties awarded the American Water subsidiary with a contract to build a 127,000 gallon per day wastewater treatment plant in Islip, New York. 08 July 2010
The automatic filters from Bollfilter are designed to be incorporated into OEM wastewater treatment systems to treat wastewater or effluent prior to discharge or reuse. 05 July 2010
The rack system for UF modules cuts space requirements by up to 60% compared and can be configured to match each customer’s specific requirements. 01 July 2010
The monitoring system solution for water treatment combines a multi-channel digital controller with a fluorescence quenching (FQ) sensing element. 28 June 2010
Developments include low energy desalination technology, a waste-to-waste sludge reduction wastewater treatment process and a membrane bioreactor (MBR) testing facility for validating new MBR design parameters. 28 June 2010
The contract with the Hue City Water Environment Improvement Project Management Unit involves consortium Nihon Suiko Sekkei (NSS) and Vietnam Water Sanitation and Environment JSC (VIWASE). 28 June 2010
GGC (Guilherme Goncalves Correia & Filhos) and CTGA (Centro Tecnologico de Gestao Ambiental) will install Flygt and Lowara pumps, Wedeco UV reactors and Sanitaire diffusers with Atlas Copco blowers. 25 June 2010
The range from Eimco Water Technologies Integrated Support (EWTIS) curtails the effects of industrial problems such as corrosion, foam, microorganisms, mineral scale and sludges. 23 June 2010
Funding has been approved for the Regional Potable Water Supply Systems project and the Oum Er Rbia Sanitation project. 16 June 2010
The Triton fleet of mobile water and wastewater solutions for on-site treatment are designed to overcome any critical water difficulty for both seawater and brackish water. 14 June 2010
The collaborative website from the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) features resources for water recruiters, career seekers and students. 11 June 2010
Suez Environnement, with the help of historic partner Criteria Caixacorp (Criteria), has finalised the acquisition of AGBAR initiated in October 2009. 10 June 2010
Grontmij will work under a design and build contract to deliver the programme for clean and wastewater infrastructure across South Wales. 10 June 2010
According to a report from Lux Research, the total membrane technology market will grow from $1.5 billion in 2009 to $2.8 billion in 2020. 08 June 2010
Under the agreement, GE’s ultra filtration (UF) and membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology will be utilised by Ramky for wastewater treatment and recycling in India’s industrial sector. 07 June 2010
The group was launched at the International Water Association’s (IWA) Water Loss 2010 conference in recognition of the achievements of the IWA Water Loss Task Force. 07 June 2010
The secondary disc filter from Huber Technology is designed for applications where high filtrate quality and a large filter surface area are required. 04 June 2010
Contracted by a new customer in the mining industry,BioteQ is responsible for design, installation and operation of the pilot plant which will recover dissolved metal from contaminated water. 03 June 2010
Cantel Medical Corp’s Mar Cor Purification subsidiary has expanded its water purification and filtration segment by acquiring Texas-based Purity Water Co of San Antonio Inc. 03 June 2010
The concession contract from the Reunion North Interdistrict Community (CINOR) covers design, financing, contruction and operation of the new plant for 20 years. 28 May 2010
The presentation; ‘Sludge blanket level detection for better control of primary and secondary settlement tanks’, will be delivered on 5 July in Leeds, UK. 28 May 2010
The Sievers InnovOx on-line Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analyser will allow users to analyse challenging water samples on a routine basis without requiring excessive preventive maintenance. 26 May 2010
The pumps and mixers are expected to be delivered to a wastewater treatment plant in Buenos Aires, Argentina during the second half of 2010. 25 May 2010
The Zimpro wet air oxidation technology will treat wastewater at PetroChina’s Daqing ethylene plant projects in Heilongjiang Province, China. 21 May 2010
Larsen & Toubro awarded the contract for the Phase II extension of Quatar’s Doha South sewage treatment works. 21 May 2010
Veolia subsidiary, NA Water Systems, designed and built the water treatment systems for the ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA and ThyssenKrupp Steel USA mills. 18 May 2010
The report; ‘Technologies turn waste into profit’, discuses using sewage sludge from wastewater as a source of energy, phosphorus and other products. 17 May 2010
The €2.6 million renewable energy centre, designed and built by ENER-G, is part of the Living Danube programme; Europe’s largest environmental investment currently under implementation. 17 May 2010
The recent installation of a series of odour control system solutions at sites in the USA, Europe and Asia has brought the company to the 600 benchmark. 12 May 2010
The combined anaerobic and aerobic project includes Biothane’s Biobed EGSB (expanded granular sludge bed) technology and an upgrade of the existing aerobic treatment. 11 May 2010
The transaction value for United Utilities Australia (UUA) and its Australian related entities is approximately AUD225 million, comprising AUD176 million in cash and AUD million in net debt. 11 May 2010
Under the terms of the agreement, Clean TeQ has exclusive rights in Australia to use Microvi’s clean water technologies for the treatment of nitrogenous compounds in groundwater and wastewater. 07 May 2010
Peak Energy Service’s wholly owned subsidiary, Sanitherm, has won wastewater treatment contracts in Alaska, Nunavut and New York. 06 May 2010
Sembcorp and PUB, the national water agency, have opened the fifth and largest NEWater plant which will enable NEWater to meet 30% of Singapore’s total water demand. 06 May 2010
The water treatment system will be used on the Pemex platform and is designed to remove free oil from 800 barrels of storm/wash water per day. 04 May 2010
The contract from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest (NAVFAC Southwest) involves the companies providing design-build services for wet utilities projects in Southern California 29 April 2010
Siemens is working with Centroprojekt do Brasil to supply an integrated wastewater technology solution to the Presidente Getulio Vargas refinery in Araucaria, Parana State, Brazil 29 April 2010
Awards of distinction for Water Reuse Project of the Year and Water Deal of the Year were won by American Water and its Fillmore Water Recycling Plant. 29 April 2010
Renewable Water resources awarded MWH the contract for the $30-45 million Piedmont regional wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Greenville County 28 April 2010
The programme of improvement works will enhance the security and quality of treated water and wastewater for communities served by Thames Water 28 April 2010
Sembcorp Utilities has entered into a tender offer and stockholder support agreement with Biwater to acquire Biwater’s 17,868,543 shares (54% shareholding) of Cascal 26 April 2010
The new range of silicon carbide membranes from Veolia complement the existing line of CeraMem ceramic oxide membranes which are employed in microfiltration and ultrafiltration applications 26 April 2010
Construction has begun for Envirogen to design and deliver a fluidized-bed bioreactor (FBR) system for nutrient removal at the Borough of Ashland’s wastewater treatment plant. 23 April 2010
The Quick4 Plus is designed for use in wastewater treatment applications, providing maximum strength via its centre structural column design 21 April 2010
The non-exclusive Memorandum of Understanding is for the joint development of a biological/physical-chemistry process to remove nitrogen from industrial and municipal wastewater 21 April 2010
The HYBACS (Hybrid Bacillus Activated Sludge) process will be used in the first phase extension of the Botleng sewage treatment plant in a licensing agreement with Headstream Water 19 April 2010
The new office houses engineering and management consulting experts in six Centers of Excellence: heavy civil engineering, management consulting, renewable energy, Smart Grid, wastewater and water reuse 16 April 2010
The low pressure automatic industrial water filters from Forsta are designed for process water, cooling water, wastewater, spray nozzle protection and other industrial applications 16 April 2010
The mine has cut the amount of water used for dust control by nearly two thirds while simultaneously reducing dust emissions by more than half 15 April 2010
The agreement, formed in cooperation with Membrane-Tec, will co-develop wastewater treatment systems for rural communities as part of a programme to promote collaboration between Japan and Jiangsu Province 15 April 2010
In a joint venture with Membrane Filters (India) Pvt Ltd, Pratibha Industries Ltd has secured a Rs1575.9 million contract for the design and construction of 500 mini water supply schemes from the Government of Bihar in India. 13 April 2010
The wastewater treatment plant incorporates bio-media and EKO GEA’s bio-active marine algae additive which stabilises and promotes the anaerobic microbiology used in the wastewater treatment process 12 April 2010
ABS will supply pumps and mixers for a newly built wastewater treatment plant as well as a treatment plant whose capacity is being doubled 12 April 2010
H2O Innovation Inc has appointed Todd Latchaw to the newly created position of National Sales Manager – Wastewater Equipment. 12 April 2010
The Mid-Dakota Rural Water System chose the ZeeWeed technology from GE to increase the water treatment capacity at its Miller plant north of Pierre, South Dakota 09 April 2010
The contracts issued by Thames Water involve replacing London’s Victorian water mains, upgrading sewers and improving and extending water and sewage treatment works 09 April 2010
AECOM’s ETM joint venture with Morrison Construction was awarded the two framework contracts, relating to sewage and water treatment, by the UK’s Yorkshire Water 08 April 2010
Under the terms of the agreement, ABS will deliver the turbo compressors for a wastewater treatment plant in Faribault, Minnesota which is upgrading its biological treatment process 07 April 2010
The Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC) awarded the projects to AECOM as part of the Company’s five year US$6.5 billion investment programme 31 March 2010
WERF (Water Environment Research Foundation) is offering the money through the Endowment for Innovation in Applied Water Quality Research 31 March 2010
The disinfection system has been installed at a wastewater reuse plant in Reus, Spain, operated by the municipal water company, Aigues de Reus Empresa Municipal 25 March 2010
Of the money awarded by PENNVEST, $58 million is for low-interest loans and $34 million is offered as grants for the use of communities in 20 counties 25 March 2010
PERF (Petroleum Environmental Research Forum) selected Siemens to test the viability of using a Petro MBR (membrane bioreactor) pilot unit to treat refinery wastewater 18 March 2010
If passed by the House, the Bill will stimulate the economy through a number of important initiatives, including investment in an aging water infrastructure 18 March 2010
Cascal was chosen from a list of contenders for the Water Company of the Year, which was then narrowed down to the top four companies in the category 16 March 2010
March 15 – 21 is ‘Fix a Leak Week’ in America, and the US EPA is encouraging water utilities, manufacturers, retailers, communities and plumbers to participate 16 March 2010
The Drainage Services Department (DSD) in Hong Kong has requested the study for a sewerage treatment works at South Lantau as part of the Outlying Islands Sewage Stage 2 project. 11 March 2010
XPV Water Fund Ltd Partnership will use Export Development Canada’s (EDC) equity investments to focused on growth investments in Canada’s water sector 08 March 2010
GE’s advanced filtration membranes and thermal water treatment technology will be used to treat mine water, enabling approximately 99% of the water to be reused 05 March 2010
Envirogen will provide process design and materials for a metals recovery system at a purified terephthalic acid (PTA) manufacturing site in the Republic of Poland 04 March 2010
The report published by IMS forecasts record levels of investments in capital equipment, infrastructure and operational activities over the next five years 03 March 2010
The theme of the 4th European Water and Wastewater (EWWM) Conference is ‘Reducing the Environmental Footprint of the Water Industry’. 03 March 2010
The upgrades are designed to improve reliability and reduce energy consumption at the Columbia Regional wastewater treatment plant, which serves more than 100,000 area residents 02 March 2010
Visitors to stand H30 will see Atlas Copco exhibiting its latest compression technologies which meet the water industry’s specific application needs 02 March 2010
The agreement involves ITT and the Chongqing Water Group conducting research to demonstrate the energy savings of efficient water infrastructure and ultimately promote sustainable development in Chongqing 01 March 2010
Singapore’s national water agency, PUB, awarded Hyflux subsidiary, Hydrochem Pte Ltd, with the contract to design, construct, test and commission the membrane bioreactor plant 25 February 2010
Over the course of the three year agreement, TechPrecision will manufacture DAF-based (dissolved air flotation) water treatment systems for Sionix Corporation 23 February 2010
'Bioremediation: Wastewater treatment in diesal power stations' is now available as a download on this site. 22 February 2010
'Treating wastewater: Total nitrogen removal at remote sites' is now available as a download on this site. 22 February 2010
The utility was one of only five to be honoured at the 2010 National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) Winter Conference for Excellence in Management of wastewater treatment 22 February 2010
The Flood Protection System, from Watertight International, has been developed to surpass British Standard PAS 1188 2009, providing total protection to property which is at risk of damage by flooding 18 February 2010
The Devonshire factory, is the first in the UK to install the wastewater recycling plant, which has a closed loop system with a target ‘zero discharge’ to sewer 18 February 2010
'Using alternate energy sources: Decentralised membrane systems' is now available as a download on this site. 18 February 2010
'Intelligent drives on the rise again' is now available as a download on this site. 18 February 2010
The Shiraz Water and Wastewater Company has selected WABAG to plan, install, operate and manage the wastewater plant, which has a total investment budget of €60 million. 17 February 2010
The contracts involve H2O Innovation providing custom-built water treatment systems for municipal and industrial end-users in Canada and the US 16 February 2010
The orders for ITT’s Flygt, Leopold, WEDECO and Sanitaire product lines will be used to upgrade the water reclamation plant as part of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative 16 February 2010
'Saving energy: Using fine bubble diffusers' is now available as a download on this site. 12 February 2010
'Energy and power generation: Maximising biogas yields from sludge' is now available as a download on this site. 12 February 2010
Speakers from Pall Corporation, Aquatech and M&M Engineering Associates will feature on McIlvaine’s ‘Hot Topic Hour’ discussing various aspects of boiler feed and cooling water treatment 11 February 2010
Based on the clog-free Flygt N-pumps, the new Flygt jet aerator provides a better working environment for personnel during installation, operation and maintenance 11 February 2010
The first two units of the wastewater treatment system have been deployed to aid the US Army by cleaning putrid water within 24 hour, leaving no toxic by-products 11 February 2010
The Galway Water Research Facility is a full-scale test-bed for novel waste water and water treatment technology located on the site of Tuam wastewater treatment plant 10 February 2010
Designed to complement the existing AJM/EWT operation, Eimco Water Technologies Integrated Support (EWTIS) will enable Eimco Water Technologies’ to provide 24-hour operational and maintenance support for wastewater treatment plants 08 February 2010
The Northern San Joaquin chapter of the California Water Environmental Association (CWEA) has presented Bonnie Dennedy with the 2009 Laboratory Person of the Year award 03 February 2010
Commencing operations in the second quarter of 2011, the 15,000 cubic metre capacity wastewater treatment plant will serve municipal and industrial customers in the Qinzhou Economic Development Zone (QEDZ) 01 February 2010
The contract involves the provision of a complete oily wastewater recycling plant for the Yajva State District Power Plant in Russia 28 January 2010
Aimed at delivering major cost savings by increasing the efficiency of operational process at Severn Trent Water, phase one of the IBM business transformation programme is underway 27 January 2010
Combining Flygt N-technology with ejector assembly, the Flygt jet mixers from ITT deliver highly homogenous sludge mixtures with energy efficiency, minimal installation costs and low maintenance requirements 26 January 2010
Operating subject to China’s Energy Authority, state-owned energy company, SDIC has begun construction of a power plant which hopes to alleviate the electricity shortages in northern China 26 January 2010
With a capacity to store the values and times of up to 16 of the most important water quality parameters, the Photometer P15 plus from Siemens Water Technology has a software-supported calibration facility, which qualifies it for use as a testing instrument 25 January 2010
February’s show will bring together over 200 exhibitors and feature speakers, covering important topics in water treatment, conservation, preventing contamination and climate change 22 January 2010
3M Purification Inc is to represent H2O Innovation Inc’s complete line of customized water treatment solutions in the US oil & gas and automotive assembly markets. 20 January 2010
After advising Ofwat that it can meet the regulator’s Final Determination requirements, Severn Trent Water’s business plan for the next five years includes lowering bills, challenging efficiency targets and improving services 20 January 2010
Working together, Black & Veatch and Zhongying Precious Metal Co are aiming to provide sustainable options for two new wastewater treatment plants which will treat domestic and industrial waste at a new industrial park owned by Zhongying in the Lunggang District of Shenzhen, China 19 January 2010
The Project Merit award for the Water/Wastewater category of the 2009 Environmental Business Journal (EBJ) Business Achievement Awards, recognises American Water’s sustainable water treatment solution at the Visionaire residential buildings in New York City’s Battery Park City 19 January 2010
Alongside companies, IDEAL, Acciona, Atlatec, ICA and DYCUS, Green Gas International has concluded a 25 year agreement for the construction and operation of the wastewater treatment plant with the National Water Commission of Mexico 18 January 2010
Claire Young welcomes you to this weeks round-up of the news from the Working with Water website 18 January 2010
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued the Oregon Department of Transportation with the $2,750 fine for violating the waste disposal limitation in the water pollution control facilities permit to operate a wastewater treatment system at the Cow Creek Rest Area 15 January 2010
The FlooBed Moving Bed Bioreactor (MBBR) from AJM Environmental Services–Eimco Water Technologies (AJM-EWT) tolerates high variations in water quality and flow in advanced biological treatment for highly loaded industrial process or waste waters 15 January 2010
Powered by solar energy, the water purification units from SwissINSO Holding Inc use reverse osmosis membrane filtration technology to provide a cost effective high performance 14 January 2010
The five year capital programme contracts with United Utilities and Anglian Water will commence in April 2010 14 January 2010
Carleton professors, Banu Ormeci and Edward Lai will receive $159,000 over two years from the Canadian Water Network to find ways to cleanse water of drugs, personal care products and endocrine-disrupting compounds. 13 January 2010
Located in Xinle City, Hebei province, the wastewater treatment plant will be upgraded to improve effluent quality from Class 2 to Class 1A in compliance with the National Discharge Standard of Pollutants for Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants 12 January 2010
With years of marketing and sales experience in the water treatment industry, Jason Rainbird’s first task as general manager will be to establish a marketing programme to promote RO UltraTec throughout Europe 12 January 2010
The collaboration between United Water and its sister company Infilco Degremont aims to promote innovation in the provision of safe drinking water and wastewater treatment 11 January 2010
As principal contractor under United Utilities’ Sludge Balanced Asset Programme, Black & Veatch will design and construct the upgrade of Davyhulme wastewater treatment works in Manchester into a valuable source of renewable energy 08 January 2010
With a portfolio including excavation, transportation, beneficiation and secondary processes, the addition of IPM (Industrial Process Machinery) to Siemens Water will expand the company’s dewatering solutions in mining markets 08 January 2010
Severn Trent Water and Aqualia are at ongoing, but different stages of their pilot trials of the HYBACS (Hybrid Bacillus Activated Sludge) process which removes nutrients from municipal type wastewater to comply with European regulations. 08 January 2010
Operated by Veolia Environmental Services, the leachate treatment plant at the Candles landfill site in Shropshire has treated millions of litres of landfill collected rainwater, making it safe to be returned to the environment 05 January 2010
Worth £400m, the contract for the four-mile Lee Tunnel, is the largest of its kind in 20 years and will prevent more than 16 million tonnes of sewage annually from entering Thames tributary, the River Lee. 05 January 2010
Barrick Gold Corporation’s Pascua Lama project, located 4,000 metres above sea level, on the border between Argentina and Chile, will take delivery of the 10 Whittier Filtration FiltraMatic pressure leaf filters in January 2011. 04 January 2010
Treating stormwater, wastewater and combined sewer overflow, the Up-Flo filter from Hydro International has been approved for use by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 21 December 2009
Growth of H20 Innovation's California business unit, Professional Water Technologies, is attributed to an increased presence in the Middle East and Mexico as well as the signing of several contracts with major municipalities, particularly in the Western United States, Florida, Israel and Australia 17 December 2009
Used as holiday homes by writers such as Charles Dickens, TS Elliott and HG Wells, Folkestone’s historic cliff-top homes will be protected from flooding through the £1.4 million scheme from Southern Water 17 December 2009
Containing detailed information on Highland Tank’s line of storage and wastewater treatment products, the four separate engineering product catalogues are available as downloads or in hard copy format 17 December 2009
Seven of the sewage pumping stations to be upgraded are located in the Western Tianjin Economic Development Area (TEDA) with the remaining nine located in the Tianjin Airport International Logistics Zone (TAILZ) 15 December 2009
The contracts will involve H2O Innovation designing, manufacturing and delivering custom-built water treatment systems for the production of drinking water by reverse osmosis for water reuse and the treatment of wastewater 10 December 2009
The MoVap unit is designed for the growing frac and produced wastewater treatment needs of the Marcellus Gas Shale region, which includes the Washington County 09 December 2009
Both companies have signed a non-exclusive Memorandum of Understanding to jointly pursue opportunities in areas of mutual interest within the municipal and industrial wastewater treatment industry in the US and abroad 08 December 2009
Claire Young welcomes you to this weeks round-up of the news from the Working with Water website 04 December 2009
The 50/50 venture between Orascom Construction Industries and Hassan Allam Sons will supply the 6th October City water treatment plant with intake, booster station and pipelines 04 December 2009
The Mariner Omnipure series M55 marine sanitation system from Severn Trent De Nora has been designed, manufactured and tested to comply with MEPC.159 (55) effluent standards and performance tests for sewage treatment plants installed onboard on or after 1 January 2010 03 December 2009
The economic regulator of water and sewerage prices in England and Wales, Ofwat, has finalised the prices which water and sewerage companies can charge their customers between 2010-15 03 December 2009
The Continuous Toxicity Monitor from Modern Water subsidiary, Cymtox, is uses bacteria to monitor water and wastewater supplies for early signs of unwanted toxins, including metals, solvents, petrochemical compounds, pesticides and herbicides 02 December 2009
Created as a 50/50 joint venture between Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS) and Infiltrator Systems Inc, StormTech engineers and manufactures chamber for use in the underground storm water retention/detention systems. 01 December 2009
The funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was given the go-ahead from Gov. Chris Gregoire and the state Department of Ecology and will pay for low-impact development projects in Washington which provide enhanced stormwater treatment. 30 November 2009
Claire Young welcomes you to this week's round-up of the news from the Working with Water website 27 November 2009
As a result of recent advances in photocatalytic wastewater treatment technology, the RayWOx solar water treatment plant centres around a new type of solar receiver which can generate enough process energy from sunlight to break down a wide range of pollutants. 27 November 2009
By growing algae in ocean floating plastic containers filled with sewage, NASA has created plastic osmotic containers which produce oil. 26 November 2009
An offshore oil platform in the Bay of Campeche is the subject of the deal in which ITT Goulds pumps and ITT C’treat will supply the entire potable and process water systems necessary for maintaining life support systems on-board the oil platform. 25 November 2009
The District Council of Mount Barker has contracted Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies to design, supply, install and commission a 6.9 mega litre per day Actiflo high rate clarification system which will form the major pre-treatment stage. 25 November 2009
The Wuxi Xincheng plant in China’s Jiangsu Province has been upgraded by Siemens using the company’s Membrane Biological Reactor (MBR) system which integrates the conventional biological treatment process at Wuxi Xincheng with membrane filtration using Siemen’s Memcor membranes. 24 November 2009
Claire Young welcomes you to this weeks round-up of the news from the Working with Water website 23 November 2009
Developed in consultation with Morrison Utility Services the Through-Bore Hydrant from Viking Johnson, a brand of Crane Building Services & Utilities, won the Best Innovation Award 23 November 2009
The union of the two companies, who provide hydraulic modelling software to water and wastewater utilities worldwide, means they will be able to provide a full suite of software products geared toward hydraulics and hydrology. 19 November 2009
Provider of title insurance, mortgage services and speciality insurance, Fidelity National Financial now owns 19% of Ecosphere Energy Services (EES), a majority-owned subsidiary of Ecosphere Technologies Inc. 19 November 2009
The 4,000 tonne desalination evaporator which has been installed in the desert around 60 km west of Abu Dhabi will supply a quarter of a million people with 75,900,000 litres of fresh water per day. 17 November 2009
Claire Young welcomes you to this weeks round-up of the news from the Working with Water website 16 November 2009
Opting for UV disinfection instead of chlorine, as part of its ‘non-chemical’ approach to water treatment, the island of Aruba has installed ten of the Berson InLine UV disinfection systems to disinfect drinking water and treat greywater prior to discharge. 16 November 2009
The GRS (Grease Reduction System) from Hydrologix Systems LLC is a computerized-controlled mini wastewater treatment plant which reduces hazardous wastewater producing lethal hydrogen sulfide gases, to the harmless by-products of water and CO2. 13 November 2009
After eleven years of planning and permitting, Poseidon Resources has announced that construction has begun on the first large-scale desalination plant in California. 13 November 2009
Southern Water’s 4D consortium has chosen Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies to build the controversial sewage treatment works in the UK, branded by protesters as ‘Poohaven’. 12 November 2009
The sale was agreed for a cash consideration of USD73 million to existing Manila Water Company shareholders, Ayala Corporation and Philwater Holdings Company Inc. 12 November 2009
The joint venture between Veolia Water Outsourcing Ltd and SEDE will provide recycling solutions for organic waste streams which will protect public health, avoid environmental pollution and re-use waste water treatment by-products. 10 November 2009
Claire Young welcomes you to the November/December issue of Working with Water magazine 09 November 2009
Using the SWRO 440-series Filmtec elements from Dow Water & Process Solutions the SSDP is expected to produce 50 billion litres of drinking water annually using a two-pass RO system for seawater and brackish water. 09 November 2009
Using a 43,000 sq ft section of a car park, the EPA’s (Environmental Protection Agency) Green Infrastructure Research Programme is testing three different types of permeable pavements to discover which will improve water filtration the most. 09 November 2009
Developed by scientists at Sam Houston State University (SHSU), the technology is designed around a ‘consortium’ of naturally occurring bacteria with the capacity to clean wastewater with high efficiency while leaving little sludge and no toxic by-products. 06 November 2009
Neopit wastewater and water treatment facility is part of a larger project which includes new wells, a new pump house, a new water tank and new sewer and water lines. 06 November 2009
The engineering, procurement and construction of the 100,000 m³/d membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment plant in Guangzhou, China will be United Envirotech’s largest EPC contract to date. 05 November 2009
The awards competition, which ranks the 50 fastest growing Israeli technology companies over a five year period, has made Aqwise the first Cleantech company winner. 04 November 2009
Thames Water’s Sewage Treatment Works at Cranleigh, Surrey, will use the NSAF (Nitrifying Saturated Air Flotation) plant to purify the 120 litres of wastewater it handles per second. 04 November 2009
In an initial three year representation agreement with Headstream Water Holdings, Bluewater Bio International has been granted a licence to use the company’s wastewater treatment process, Hybacs, in South Africa, in a contract which can be extended for a further two years if Headstream achieves its sales targets. 29 October 2009
Two Sinopec plants in China will use Siemens Water Technologies’ Zimpro wet air oxidation to treat sulfidic, caustic wastewater generated in the production of ethylene. 22 October 2009
Two 9HP Chopper pump from Landia are being used to tackle the harsh media clogging up the Crittenden County Detention Centre’s wastewater system. 21 October 2009
Paste and high rate thickening is being used a means of maximizing water efficiency in the coal industry. 21 October 2009
Siemens will provide process equipment and design and start-up services for a wastewater treatment system at the Pearl Valley Cheese production facility in Fresno, Ohio. 19 October 2009
BiotechQ Environment Technologies Inc has agreed to design and build the water treatment plant at the Minto copper mine in the Canadian Yukon. 16 October 2009
The UV Wedeco Tak 55 outdoor disinfection system treats municipal wastewater in open channels. 16 October 2009
ABS has launched the ABS EffeX – a range of submersible sewage pumps driven by premium-efficiency motors that reduce energy consumption and environmental impact. 13 October 2009
P.S. Apliclor has been certified as meeting internationally recognised standards for environmental and quality management systems. 09 October 2009
Berkefeld, a subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies was awarded the contract by RWE Power AG. 08 October 2009
Canada’s Biorem Inc is to supply a two-stage air emissions control system to remove the odorous compounds from the air at a municipal wastewater treatment facility in southern British Columbia. 06 October 2009
The City of Memphis Department of Public Works nominated the DuPont Memphis Plant for the award. 05 October 2009
OriginOil Inc has introduced the Attached Growth System which helps pursue clean water goals while generating algae for fuel and other valuable products in wastewater treatment plants. 05 October 2009
BioPetroClean has signed a global commercial agreement with Dow Chemical Company to significantly strengthen its distribution channels. 02 October 2009
The SSI from Highland Tank was designed to meet the regulations surrounding the conservation of water resources. 02 October 2009
Ecolutia Services is adding its Proteus series to the Cleantech mobile water treatment fleet to provide water security. 30 September 2009
VA TECH WABAG ONAS has received orders from the Tunisian wastewater authority (Office National de l’Assainissement) for wastewater treatment plants in Hergla and Enfidha in the Sousse coastal region. 25 September 2009
Since installing the Quantum DXi Deduplication System, Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility has cut backup time by nearly 70%. 23 September 2009
SIONIX Corporation has announced that its first commercially installed Elixir 225-P/RO modular packaged water treatment system is meeting performance expectations. 22 September 2009
The market for sedimentation and centrifugation equipment will remain at $5.6 billion worldwide this year. 15 September 2009
Toray Membrane has released a new version of TorayTrak which includes an updated membrane database and improved TorayTrak software. 11 September 2009
Flood-prone Queens, NY will use the funds to upgrade sewer and water mains systems. 10 September 2009
Unionmatex Industrieanlagen, a German supplier of industrial plants, is relying on Berkefeld water treatment technology to manage the water cycle of the grain mills, from the production of drinking and process water and purification to the recycling of the wastewater. 09 September 2009
The investment will bring the municipality’s drinking water facilities up to standard, replace the drinking water distribution system, install a domestic sewer system and build a water treatment plant. 07 September 2009
Analytical Technology has launched the Q45N Dissolved Ammonia Monitor for continuous measurement of ammonia in river water. 07 September 2009
The Dow Chemical Company has signed an agreement with BioPetroClean (BPC) to market the Dow BPC Water Treatment System to refinery and produced-water markets. 04 September 2009
Technical experts from Dow will present during the 24th annual WateReuse Symposium in Seattle. 04 September 2009
The Water Environment Federation has announced the 2009 WEF Excellence Award Recipients. 03 September 2009
Water purification manufacturers, Argonide Corporation have launched NanoCeram-PACB to complement their original product NanoCeram. 03 September 2009
The new podcast from Microdyn-Nadir is available to listen to now on www.filtsep.com. 02 September 2009
UV disinfection specialist Aquionics will be unveiling two new products at this year’s WEFTEC Technical Exhibition and Conference in Orlando. 27 August 2009
The facility in Greensboro, North Carolina, is the first United States installation of the Bord na Mona MONASHELL® Biofiltration odor control system. 26 August 2009
More than $580 million is being invested in three major water projects in Geelong, the Surf Coast and Bellarine Peninsula in capital investments which will provide long-term water security for households and businesses and create up to 540 jobs. 20 August 2009
Singapore’s Hyflux Ltd and The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) are to collaborate on water projects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Asia including China and India. 20 August 2009
Ashbrook Simon-Hartley will unveil its latest venture into advanced CQ Centrifuge technology at WEFTEC 09. 19 August 2009
Water resources are a major issue facing organizations today and utility companies are continually seeking innovative solutions. The UK’s leading water event, the International Water and Effluent Exhibition (IWEX), is perfectly positioned to equip businesses with the tools and knowledge to take steps towards becoming more sustainable. 19 August 2009
Following on from their announcement of August 2008, Mann+Hummel have confirmed their entry into the water filtration market. 13 August 2009
The Berson InLine+ series of UV water disinfection systems is now fully validated in accordance with the USEPA UV Disinfection Guidance Manual (UVDGM). 06 August 2009
Microdyn-Nadir will be presenting a podcast on www.filtsep.com at the beginning of September 2009. 06 August 2009
Bollfilter has developed the Boll 6.19 automatic backflushing filter for applications such as final effluent washwater booster pump protection, where the overall pressure in the system is low but high pressure washwater is available. 04 August 2009
JWC Environmental has introduced the Honey Monster® SRS-XE - an improvement to its Honey Monster range. 31 July 2009
Beijing BCEG Golden State Sources Environment Protection Development Co., Ltd., a provider of specialized services to customers in China’s solid waste, water and wastewater treatment industries, has selected the TETRA® Denite® System from Severn Trent Services for use at the Phase III of the Huishan Wastewater Treatment Co., Ltd. project in the Huishan district of Wuxi City, China. 30 July 2009
Amiad Filtration Systems Ltd expects to report revenues of US$36 million for the first half of 2009, down from US$39.5 million in the first six months of 2008, but 6% higher than the second half of last year. 30 July 2009
Frost & Sullivan has named Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (VWS) as its 2008 European Pharmaceutical Water & Wastewater Treatment Business Development Strategy Leadership Award winner. 22 July 2009
North China Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute (NCMEDRI) and Tianjin Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute (TMEDI) have recently accepted the VertiCel Process technology from Siemens and selected it for their respective municipal wastewater treatment plant up-grade projects. 16 July 2009
Dow Water & Process Solutions has introduced its latest ultrafiltration module, the DOW Ultrafiltration SFP-2880. 16 July 2009
Severn Trent Services has appointed Will Li to the position of operations manager in the company’s China unit, Severn Trent Water Technologies Co., Ltd. in Shanghai. 13 July 2009
Burkert has launched the 8081, an ultrasonic flow transmitter that offers a major operating advantage of using no moving parts. 08 July 2009
Ultrafiltration specialist inge watertechnologies AG has closed a €5 million financing round. 08 July 2009
Graphite Metallizing Corp has developed a range of bronze metal grades that do not contain lead. 01 July 2009
VWS (UK) Ltd - formed by Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies and ELGA Process Water - has achieved full ISO14001 status. 30 June 2009
Veolia Water have been awarded the contract to build and operate a new wastewater treatment plant in Chartres, France 29 June 2009
H2O Innovation Inc. is to acquire Professional Water Technologies, a California, USA-based company that develops, manufactures and sells speciality membrane pre-treatment and maintenance solutions. 25 June 2009
US company Parkson Corporation has opened a Water Research Facility (WRF) in Pompano Beach, Florida – near the company’s headquarters in Fort Lauderdale. 24 June 2009
Microdyn-Nadir GmbH of Wiesbaden, Germany and Darmstadt University of Technology have developed a new, environmentally-friendly cleaning process for submerged membranes in membrane bioreactor applications. 17 June 2009
Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies have appointed two key roles - Director of Engineered Solutions and General Manager of Design and Build. 17 June 2009
Dow Water and Process Solutions, a sponsor of Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), have announced their new product launches and plans for the international water event. 10 June 2009
Despite the recession, Frost & Sullivan believe that there are huge opportunities for sustainable water and wastewater treatment. Is water the new oil? Or is investment in sustainable water and wastewater treatment money down the drain? 08 June 2009
Bord na Mona Environmental Products have announced plans for the launch of new rainwater harvesting and wastewater reuse systems, in the form of a new compact membrane for residential wastewater and recycling needs. 19 May 2009
US company Parkson Corporation has opened a Water Research Facility (WRF) in Pompano Beach, Florida – near the company’s headquarters in Fort Lauderdale. 01 May 2009
One of the largest power producers in the U.S. has selected Siemens Water Technologies to provide a system to treat wastewater from a Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) scrubber being constructed at a power plant in the eastern U.S. 28 April 2009
Finnish company Finnchain Oy has developed a new surface scum removal system with reduced water consumption and no energy-consuming devices. 27 April 2009
Two separate water treatment businesses of Ebara have now been transferred to Ebara Engineering Service Co., Ltd. 14 April 2009
Water and wastewater treatment solution provider Ashbrook Simon-Hartley have acquired Centriquip Ltd, a centrifuge manufacturer who supply the water and wastewater industries with centrifuge equipment. 09 April 2009
Aquatech Global, the organisers behind the Aquatech events in Amsterdam, USA and China, have announced a new Aquatech show in New Delhi, India. 09 April 2009
Researchers from the Bindley Bioscience Center, Indiana, USA, have developed a new technique which uses sensors to constantly monitor the health of bacteria critical to wastewater treatment facilities. 25 March 2009
Mazzei Injector Company has developed a pipeline flash reactor (PFR) for post-treatment aeration or pure oxygen injection in wastewater treatment applications. 25 March 2009
In-Situ Inc has developed a rugged dissolved oxygen sensor for demanding process applications. 25 March 2009
Toray Membrane USA has developed a 1.125 inch product water tube for its TMG20–400C and TMG20-430C reverse osmosis (RO) low pressure brackish membrane elements. 25 March 2009
ITT has developed what it calls “probably the world’s most comprehensive wastewater treatment web” designed for professionals and lay persons understand wastewater treatment functions, along with installation and design challenges. 25 March 2009
The US$800 million stimulus package unveiled by President Barack Obama in the US could fast track 400 wastewater projects valued at US$6 billion. 25 March 2009
The Brazilian market for water and wastewater treatment is forecast to grow 20% per year over the next three years. 25 March 2009
GLV Inc and Hong Kong-based Global Water Engineering Limited have launched a North American joint venture with Hong Kong-based Global Water Engineering Limited to market the latter’s processes for the anaerobic treatment of industrial wastewater and organic waste, and for the conversion and handling of biogas to produce energy. 25 March 2009
Thames Water Utilities Limited, the UK's largest water and sewerage company, has laid off 300 employees as part of a restructuring programme, and in response to the current economic downturn. 25 March 2009
Siemens Water Technologies has launched a compact oil/water separation unit to the offshore oil and gas industry. 20 March 2009
Dow Water Solutions has started the construction of a US$15 million Water Technology Development Center at the Dow facilities in Tarragona, Spain. 17 March 2009
JWC Environmental has launched the latest version of the company’s Channel Monster, designed for grinding and screening in wastewater pump stations. 16 March 2009
US-based Engineered Software Inc has released the newest version of its PIPE-FLO Professional 2009 software. 10 March 2009
Israeli-based Checklight, a part of the Whitewater Technology Group, has developed a monitoring system based on luminescent bacteria that can automatically detect water contamination and alert SCADA system within minutes. 10 March 2009
In-Situ Inc has released a new version of its Rugged Dissolved Oxygen (RDO) sensor that uses optical technology for dissolved oxygen (DO) measurement. 10 March 2009
Dakota Instruments has introduced a new line of low-cost injection-moulded flowmeters. 10 March 2009
Demand for membranes in South Africa is set to increase, with the market tripling by 2014, according to new report by market analysers Frost and Sullivan. 10 March 2009
Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), a joint venture of GE, Toshiba and Hitachi, has succeeded in making wastewater plant changes that have reduced water usage by 25 million gallons annually at its headquarters in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. 10 March 2009
GE Water & Process Technologies has expanded its production facilities located in Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil. 05 March 2009
Yeomans Chicago Corporation, a subsidiary of Grundfos, has launched a solids-handling pump that can effectively pass large solids in low-flow high head applications. 03 March 2009
Elga Process Water has introduced Aquatrend, a plant monitoring service that aims to help plant engineers understand the myths and realities of water treatment. 25 February 2009
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