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Jeff Scarborough Named Stantec’s New US Federal Water Sector Lead
Jeff Scarborough will lead Stantec’s federal civil works and infrastructure programs, coastal protection, and water/wastewater programs across all U.S. Federal accounts globally.
Sulzer Launches Extended VM Vertically Suspended Sump Pumps
The VM pump range has been designed for pumping all kinds of clean and contaminated liquids and slurry.
De Nora Awarded One Of Asia’s Largest Water Disinfection Projects At Singapore’s Johor River Water Works
De Nora will provide on-site hypochlorite generation systems, offering a safe, economical and effective solution for drinking water disinfection at one of Singapore’s most important water source.
Smith & Loveless Launches PISTA INVORSOR For Ultra-Fine Grit Removal
PISTA INVORSOR by Smith & Loveless is Designed to capture industry-best ultra-fine grit particles down to 75-micron particles across all flow conditions.
SUEZ WTS Announces Price Increases Across Chemical Product Lines
SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions will increase prices across all chemical product lines due to market circumstance.
Evoqua Water Technologies Reports Second Quarter 2022 Results
Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal year 2022 was $426.7 million, compared to $346.6 million in the prior year period.
Oliver Hermes Resigns As Honorary Chairman Of German Eastern Business Association
After three years as Chairman of the German Eastern Business Association, Oliver Hermes, President and CEO of the Wilo Group, is stepping down from his honorary post.
Updates On Water Situation In Ukraine
Water and sanitation workers are directly affected by the war in Ukraine. Polish and Ukrainian water utilities are working together to help refugees fleeing the war-torn country.
Northern Ireland Water Expands Asset Monitoring Program With AI Technology From Samotics
NIW now plans to roll out the SAM4 system to additional sites to further explore all its capabilities across a variety of pump types and processes.
WEG Supplies Products To The World’s Largest Desalination Plant
World’s largest seawater desalination plant, Rabigh 3, was installed in Saudi Arabia, and WEG participated as a supplier of electric motors and frequency drives.
Seeq Launches Conneqt Global Industry Events
Conneqt is an expanded global industry conference designed for manufacturing leaders to explore the latest innovations in advanced industrial analytics.
In A World First, Yokogawa And JSR Use AI To Autonomously Control A Chemical Plant For 35 Consecutive Days
Control in process industries spans a broad range of fields including Water. Test confirmed that Reinforcement Learning AI can be safely applied in an actual plant.
Evonik Opens Its First Zero Liquid Discharge Plant In India
The ZLD plant is set-up on a ‘BOOT’ Model between Evonik and Remondis, with the latter responsible for building, owning, operating, maintaining and transferring the ZLD plants to Evonik.
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Expert Column
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.
Water Sector Must Invest In Our Planet
The water sector itself is a major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide and it stands to reason more needs to be done to help the sector invest in, and accelerate the adoption of technologies which can help the water sector achieve carbon neutrality.
Flow Measurement In Water And Wastewater Industries
Wastewater treatment process needs accurate and reliable flow measurements for defining treatment conditions.
Pakistan’s Water Crisis Is As Alarming As India’s
One PCRT study issued in 2019-20 estimates that every fourth Pakistani has access only to contaminated water.
PROJECTS TRACKER
Energy Recovery Awarded SWRO Contracts Over USD 20 Million In Gulf Region
PX Pressure Exchanger energy recovery devices can reduce energy use in Sea Water Reverse Osmosis facilities by up to 60%.
Li-Cycle Selects Veolia As Partner For Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Plant In New York
When fully operational in 2023, the Rochester facility will help create a sustainable, circular economy for lithium-ion batteries.
Breakthrough Biological Treatment Technology Deployed To Help Improve Water Quality Of Yellow River
DuPont™ OxyMem™ MABR modules have been installed at the plant to help treat additional process capacity and help ensure the plant is equipped to manage growing demand from the rapidly expanding population of the Gansu province.
Xylem Picked By Koh Brothers For Singapore’s Tuas Water Reclamation Plant
Xylem has announced its appointment by Koh Brothers Building & Civil Engineering Pte Ltd, to supply biological aeration diffuser systems to the upcoming Tuas Water Reclamation Plant in Singapore.
New Monitoring Study Shows Big Blower Savings For UK’s Largest Water And Wastewater Company
Following a highly detailed study with its proven FFi4 monitoring equipment, optimisation experts Riventa have identified annual savings of £218,000 ($303,000) for nine blowers that serve aeration lanes for Thames Water in England.
Abengoa Celebrates Inauguration Ceremony Of Rabigh 3 Desalination Plant
Abengoa, an international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the infrastructure sectors, was present at the inauguration ceremony of the Rabigh desalination plant, the largest reverse osmosis desalination plant in commercial operation in the world, with a capacity of 600,000 m3/day.
Xylem’s New Smart Wastewater Treatment Solution Cuts Operating Costs And Reduces Energy Use By 25%
Wastewater utilities can now achieve compliance targets while cutting energy consumption from aeration by up to 25% with Xylem Edge Control. This off-the-shelf suite of digital solutions for conventional activated sludge (CAS) plants marks the latest breakthrough in the digitization of water utilities. With Xylem Edge Control, wastewater operators can now control and monitor their assets, improve nutrient removal, save energy and reduce costs.
Toshiba Receives Contract For Large-scale Ozone Treatment System At Chandrawal Water Treatment Plant In Delhi
Toshiba has concluded a contract with Larsen & Toubro Limited (hereafter L&T) for three ozone generators at the Chandrawal Water Treatment Plant in Delhi, India, being executed by Delhi Jal Board. This is one of the largest-scale ozonation systems for a water treatment plant in India.
SPML Signs Agreement For INR 1157.80 Crore Jal Jeevan Mission-Isarda Water Supply Project
SPML Infra Limited has signed the Contract Agreement with PHED, Rajasthan for a large water supply ‘Isarda Water Supply Project’ under the Jal Jeevan Mission to provide clean drinking water to 25 Lac population in Dausa and Sawai Madhopur districts in Rajasthan.
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Smart Water Practices: What India Can Learn From The UK – 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’?
New Products
Smith & Loveless Launches PISTA INVORSOR For Ultra-Fine Grit Removal
PISTA INVORSOR by Smith & Loveless is Designed to capture industry-best ultra-fine grit particles down to 75-micron particles across all flow conditions.
Endress+Hauser Broadens Its Mobile Calibration Services
Endress+Hauser Broadens Online Mobile Calibration Services for instrumentation including flow, pressure, and temperature.
Latest Case Studies
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.
Degradation Of Fat, Oil & Grease At A Hotel’s STP
A company intends to carry on the business of providing innovative technical solutions for environmental applications including wastewater treatment, sewage treatment, solid waste management, etc.
Stormwater Drainage For Emergency Field Hospital Construction
Both field hospitals were built on turf that would easily flood from roof runoff during even a medium rain event, making the stormwater control system a critical component.
Treatment System For Colored Effluent Stream Containing Dispersed Pigments
In the present case study, A Viscose Filament Yarn (VFY) manufacturing unit is conducting dyeing operations using dispersed pigments in their plant. During the color change in yarn manufacturing, the existing pigment solution is drained from the tank.
Mix To The Max At Yorkshire Water’s New Energy & Recycling Facility
By Landia At Yorkshire Water’s new £50M Huddersfield Energy and Recycling Facility (E&RF), the digester mixing system from Landia is ensuring that total gas production can reach its anticipated 22,192 Nm3/d (normal cubic meter/day). Designed, constructed, and...
An Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant: From Conception to Operation
By James C. Young and Madan Arora IntroductionTulare’s Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant (IWWTP) in 2006 received 26,000 m3/d (6.9 MGD) of low pH wastewater, primarily from industries that processed milk for various purposes. The raw industrial wastewater had the...
Finding A Stable Long-Term Biosolids Disposal Solution
The 1,300 Mile Journey: The City and Bureau of Juneau implements a belt drying system to reduce risks associated with hauling dewatered biosolids and to provide multiple options for the end-use. By Veolia Water Technololgies The City and Bureau of Juneau (CBJ)...
Las Vegas Valley Water District Works Around The Clock To Protect Its Community
A Technician Prepares To Use The LeakFinder-ST By Ken Malone To ensure ongoing water service reliability, the Las Vegas Valley Water District is charging forward with its 10-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), focusing on infrastructure renewal to repair or replace...
24×7 Water Supply To Jhunjhunu In Rajasthan
By Grundfos India The ScenarioRajasthan is a semi-arid region with severe water resource constraints: while being India's largest state by land size with a population of 80.7 million as of 2021, it has only 1% of the country's estimated water resources. For drinking...
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