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Yorkshire Water Awards £10M Contract To Samotics To Improve Energy Efficiency & Operational Resilience
Electrical Signature Analysis (ESA) is a favored form of asset monitoring within the water industry as it enables remote capture of high-quality performance and efficiency data.
Act Now With Energy-Saving Technologies: Steve Barrett, MD, Riventa
With electricity prices soaring, pump system optimization experts Riventa have voiced their support to the Chairman of Isle’s call for the water industry to make the most of innovative, energy-saving technology.
Seco Green Fund Achieves Sustainability Goals For Over A Decade
Green Fund has supported the investment of a diversity of sustainable projects which have reduced the environmental impact of the company’s operations.
NIVUS Presents Street-Precise Early Warning Of Heavy Rainfall
NIVUS has launched FloodLead – a sensor-based AI system for emergency services, municipalities, citizens and industry.
Abengoa Participates In Selection Process For Development Of Largest Desalination Plant In Africa
The plant will have a capacity of 548,000 m3 per day, expandable to 822,000 m3, and will use reverse osmosis technology to meet the demand for drinking water and irrigation for some 5,000 hectares of land.
25 Water-Tech Startups Reach Semi-Finals Of The/Nudge Prize | Ashirvad Water Challenge
Ashirvad Pipes and The/Nudge Institute had launched the Rs. 2.5 crore Prize to improve Water Sustainability in India in Feb 2022
Biofertilizer From Anaerobic Digestion: The Future Of Circular Fertilization
There is growing recognition of Anaerobic Digestion (AD) as the most efficient and sustainable solution to maximize the recovery of energy and nutrients from organic waste.
DuPont Water Solutions To Participate In WEX Global 2022
DuPont Water Solutions is a silver sponsor of WEX Global 2022 in Valencia, Spain from 27 to 29 June 2022 at SH Valencia Palace Hotel.
Climate-Related Flooding & Drought To Cost World’s Major Cities $194 Billion Annually
C40 Cities study finds that without urgent action, millions more people around the globe will face grave risks from river flooding, along with more frequent and severe drought by 2050.
Temporary Wastewater Treatment Unit Helps Nursing Home Meet Consent
In a rural location and not connected to the public sewer, the property is served by an onsite wastewater treatment plant and reed bed.
Yokogawa Joins HAKUTO-R Program To Explore ‘Lunar Water Resources’ For Industrial Use
Yokogawa Electric has agreed with ispace to participate in its lunar missions as a supporting company.
Grundfos Inks Mou With Ngee Ann Polytechnic To Develop Smart Sustainable Solutions For Southeast Asia’s Built Environment
The 3-year partnership will focus on sustainability education and talent development.
SUEZ And Partners Sign Binding Agreement For Acquisition Of Enviroserv, South Africa’s Largest Waste Management Company
With this, SUEZ expects to reinforce its positioning as an international player in industrial and municipal waste treatment activities.
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Water Leaders
Delivering Essential Training In A Digital Landscape: Ceris Van De Vyver, Isle UK
Ceris Van de Vyver, Head of Technology and Training, Isle UK (Left); and Mandhy Senewiratne, Isle Course Facilitator (Right) Water industry training programs have had to undergo a transformation to ensure essential learning continues during the coronavirus pandemic....
IDE Technologies Secures EPC Contract For Aconcagua Desalination Plant In Chile
The company says that it aims to bring world-class desalination experience coupled with environmental awareness to the drought-stricken region of Chile. Israel: IDE Technologies has been awarded by Aguas Pacífico SpA the EPC contract for the Aconcagua Desalination...
Regulated UK Market Leads On Leak Detection: David Frost
David Frost, MD, Servelec Technologies The pressure to reduce leakage levels coming from the UK water industry regulators has led to a global interest in leak detection and location technologies emerging in the UK market. David Frost, Managing Director, Servelec...
How Sustainable Can Desalination Be?
Miki Tramer, VP Sales & Marketing, IDE Technologies talks to Mayur Sharma about how environmentally-safe and sustainable management is of prime importance to the desalination industry. Q. Tell me more about IDE’s dedication to sustainability.Miki: In a time of...
Just in Time Garments Manufacturing: A Disruptive Tex-Tech
Nitin Kapoor, Co-Founder & CEO, IBA Crafts Nitin Kapoor is the CEO and co-founder of IBA Crafts Private Limited located in Noida since 2009. He has earned his MBA in marketing and accounting from Amity University and has previously worked for over five years with...
PROJECTS TRACKER
Water Research Foundation Funds 22 New Projects To Advance The Science Of Water
The diverse research projects will benefit all areas of the One Water cycle – drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and recycled water – in an integrated fashion.
Case Study: Better Water For A Better City
GEA’s environmental decanters are playing a key role in a massive drive to treat wastewater and clean up urban and rural lakes and rivers in Bengaluru region. These decanters reclaim millions of liters of water from processed sewage sludge.
WABAG Consortium Wins 146 Million Euro Order For 50 MLD Desalination Project In Senegal
The seawater desalination plant will be based on SWRO technology with very advanced compact systems, considering the availability of land and challenging terrain.
H2O Innovation Wins $7.9 M Of New Water And Wastewater Projects
These new contracts, with a total value of $7.9 M, bring the WTS backlog to $40.4 M.
L&T Construction Awarded Contract From PHE Dept In Jodhpur For Water & Effluent Treatment Business
The scope of work includes 213 Kms of raw water mild steel transmission mains, 4 pump houses along with associated electrical, mechanical, and instrumentation works.
NMCG Signs Agreements Worth Rs 273.52 Crore For Sewage Infrastructure In West Bengal
Major components of project include a 35 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant, 4 pumping stations, 6 diversion structures, Repair & Rehabilitation work, 15 years Operation and Maintenance, etc.
WABAG Signs Concession Agreement For 40 MLD Recycle And Reuse TTRO Plant in Ghaziabad
This project would receive a grant during construction period from Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam, which has raised money through India’s first municipal Green Bond.
Anglian Water Becomes First Utility To Adopt New Cloud-Based Technology To Detect Rising Main Sewer Bursts
Ovarro’s pollution early-warning technology BurstDetect chosen by Anglian Water.
Vital Capital Environment With Partners SNC And SPML Wins Raichur Rural Water Distribution Project By RDWSD In Karnataka
Vital Capital Environment has announced that together with its partners SNC and SPML, it has been awarded the Raichur Rural Water Distribution project by RDWSD, State Government of Karnataka in India.
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Theme: INNOVATIONS IN MUNICIPAL WATER & UTILITIES
Content & Ad Closing Date: 30 July 2022
Tech Focus: Automation, Biological, Biosolids, Contamination, Desalination, Digital, Disinfection, Filtration, Floods, Leak Detection, Membranes, Meters, Networks, Pipes, Pumps, Reclamation, Reuse, Sludge, Softwares, Solid Waste, Tanks, Valves, Wastewater, Water Loss
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Theme: INNOVATIONS IN DOMESTIC WATER PURIFICATION MARKET
Content & Ad Closing Date: 20 September 2022
Tech Focus: Activated Carbon, Chemicals, Dosing Pumps, ETP & STP Media, Filtration Components, Plants & Systems, Instrumentation, Membranes, Pumps, Resins, UV Systems, Vessels, Water Purifiers
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Theme: 4th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE – WASTEWATER 360˚
Content & Ad Closing Date: 20 November 2022
Tech Focus: Aeration, Automation, Biological, Biosolids, Blowers, Clarification, Collection, Contamination, Disinfection, Effluent, Filtration, Flow Control, Instrumentation, Membranes, Mixing, MSW, Nutrient Removal, Odor, Pumps, Reuse, SCADA, Separation, Sewage, Sewers, Sludge, Solid Waste, Stormwater, Valves, ZLD
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Dr. H2O Column
Smart Water Practices: Treated Sewage As Water? Let’s Drink To The Nation – Part 4
There is a clear need in our cities for understanding why we use fresh water only once when technology has transformed to turn used water into pure drinking water.
Smart Water Practices: Can Indian States Shore Up River Catchments To Improve The Water Our Cities Get? – Part 3
Can states shore up river catchments to improve the amount of water cities get?
How Can Infrastructure Companies Meaningfully Grow Their Top Line?
Chris Thomas, Isle’s head of innovation and enterprise explains how growth engineering can help accelerate change and help businesses thrive.
Smart Water Practices: Can India’s Water Utilities Shift From Driving Supply To Managing Demand? – Part 2
Is the UK Water Utilities model a pipedream that India can never hope to aspire for? Or can administrators begin to think ‘demand-side’?
Smart Water Practices: What India Can Learn From The UK – Part 1
Have you wondered how other countries supply water, and what measures they take to govern water use? Here is an amazing case study of the UK’s water utilities.
Climate Change And Water: How Do We Understand It Inside Our Heads? – Part 2
Chennai-based Rathindra Roy reflects on what we can likely do about climate change.
Water Crisis Looming Large: India’s Population Set To Drop Over 0.5 Billion?
Our per capita water availability annually has fallen to an alarming 1.1 million liters. It was 4 million liters in 1950 when India hosted about 350 million people.
Climate Change And Water: How Do We Understand It Inside Our Heads? – Part 1
Chennai-based Rathindra Roy reflects on what we can likely do about climate change.
Product News
FieldComm Announces Registration Of First Process Automation FDI Host System
FieldComm Group has announced that Emerson’s AMS Device Manager has successfully completed conformance requirements testing under FieldComm Group’s FDI Technology Host Registration Policy.
Veolia Water Launches New Disruptive Technology For Desalination And Water Reuse In Asia Pacific
Veolia Water Technologies has announced the Asia Pacific launch of the Barrel™, an integrated plug-and-play Reverse Osmosis (RO) technology.
Singer In-Line Strainers By Mueller Now Available In Additional Sizes
Singer® In-Line Strainer is carefully designed to protect valves and regulators from pipeline debris, so utilities don’t have to worry about costly maintenance, downtime, and repairs.
Emerson Condition Monitoring Software Expands Visibility To Asset Health
Global software and technology leader Emerson is updating its machinery health platform to enable customers to migrate to a more holistic, modern interface for condition monitoring.
DuPont Launches New Portfolio Of FilmTec Prime RO Elements For Treatment Of Brackish Water In Industries
DuPont Water Solutions has launched a new portfolio of reverse osmosis (RO) elements for the treatment of brackish water in industrial applications. FilmTec™ Prime RO elements provide unparalleled performance while boasting exceptional sustainability metrics and retaining compatibility with existing RO systems.
LANXESS Implements Variable Pricing Surcharge For Ion Exchange Resins And Iron Oxide Adsorbers
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS will globally implement a variable pricing surcharge for its Lewatit ion exchange resins and Bayoxide iron oxide adsorbers which will be applied with immediate effect.
Aquarius Spectrum Launches AQSense-Edge Cat-M/NB-IoT Acoustic Leak Detection Sensors
AQSense-Edge represents the next generation in AQSense Fixed Sensors, a product range designed for continuous pipe monitoring.
Endress+Hauser Introduces Netilion Water Networks Insights
Netilion Water Network Insights (NWNI) software service connects all levels of water supply systems, empowering service providers and water associations to manage multiple control and data sources through a single interface.
Waterless Urinals Earn NGBS Green Certification
Waterless Co. Inc. has announced that their urinals have earned National Green Building Standard Certification (NGBS Green) from Home Innovation Research Labs.
Fresh Case Studies
Water On Wheels: Smart Water Stations And Decentralized Water Delivery
Development of JanaJal WOW (Water on Wheels) which is considered as the ideal tool for delivery of safe water to the doorstep of households not only enhances the capacity utilization of every water ATM but also causes behavioral change and adoption of safe water as an integral part of daily survival of communities.
Installation Of 12 Km Long Polyethylene Effluent Pipeline Of Marine Outfall Project In Gujarat
Industrial clusters in Chemicals & Petrochemicals sector generate chemical sewage streams that must be adequately treated before discharge into the sea or river. While the proper treatment of chemical sewage streams is important, the pipelines used for transporting sewage are also crucial and should be robust, leak-free, and with a long lifespan to minimize any environmental risks from potential leakage of hazardous effluents.
A Spiritual Journey Of Kashi’s Renaissance: Laharatara Lake Rejuvenation Project
Cownomics is an indigenous technology based on Vaidic Sciences, for resurrection of native ecology of wetlands and water bodies.
Pump Solves Pipeline Pressure Challenge At A WTP In France
The Villejean water treatment plant near the city of Rennes in Brittany faced a structural challenge in adding sodium hypochlorite to a drinking water storage reservoir due to the unusually long length of the pipeline transporting the chlorine.
Conserving Water And Delivering Real Value To Customers
Unitywater began working with TaKaDu, a global leader in providing Central Event Management (CEM) solutions to water utilities. With the TaKaDu CEM solution, Unitywater aimed to reduce water loss, shorten repair cycles, improve customer service and increase operational efficiency.
Integrated Water Management For A World-Class Automobile Manufacturer
The customer is one of the leading manufacturers of world-class quality motor vehicles. It expanded its manufacturing set up with its “Greenfield” car manufacturing facility at Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. The state is, however, moving slowly from irrigation to an industrial economy and has various challenges related to water use for irrigation and industrialization.
Urban Water: Curbing Loss And Improving Supply In Delhi
The old adage ‘Bin Paani Sab Soon’ (everything will finish without water) is becoming a reality although slowly. From abundance to scarcity in a few decades, water has become the topic of every discussion.
Two-Level Pumping: 20 MLD STP In Pune
Five identical pumps were used with the help of VFD to take care of the requirement of feeding raw sewage to two different basins at two different levels and different load conditions.
WOMEN OF WATER (WOW)
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