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Mar 22, 2019
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Granite’s New Water and Mineral Services Group Awarded $22.5 Million in Sewer Rehabilitation Projects in Canada
Granite announced that its Granite Inliner division in the Water and Mineral Services Group has been awarded a $14 million contract by the City of Hamilton, Ontario for the cleaning, inspection and structural rehabilitation of existing sewers and a $8.5 million contract by the Region of Niagara, Ontario for the Stamford Interceptor Rehabilitation project.
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Mar 21, 2019
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Electro Scan Inc. Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of The World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2019
Electro Scan Inc. has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies for 2019. The list honors companies making the most significant impact to industry and identifies those demonstrating how to thrive and grow in today's volatile business world.
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Mar 20, 2019
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Robbins Crossover TBM Completes Turkey’s Longest Water Tunnel
XRE Machine completed National Priority Water Line set to go Live in March.
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Mar 19, 2019
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Philadelphia Selects Sensus for Advanced Metering Infrastructure Upgrade
The City of Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) has selected Sensus, a Xylem brand, through a competitive request for proposal process, to deliver smart water technology for its Metering and Customer Service Program. PWD provides services to more than 1.7 million people in Philadelphia.
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Mar 18, 2019
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Don't make a big investment bigger!
Minimizing cost-of-ownership is the secret to getting the most from your sewer inspection crawler. Learn how to keep your lifetime cost-of-ownership as low as possible with Envirosight's FREE resource 7 Secrets to Low Cost-of-Ownership for Sewer Crawlers.
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Mar 15, 2019
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American Water Names Kevin Kirwan Chief Environmental Officer
American Water, the nation’s largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company announced Kevin Kirwan has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Environmental and Operational Excellence Officer effective.
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Mar 14, 2019
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Look Beyond Five-Year Plans, MP Tells Water Industry
The water industry needs to move beyond the five-year regulatory price review if it is to deliver for customers and the environment, Angela Smith MP told a gathering of over 200 water industry professionals at a British Water networking event.
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Mar 13, 2019
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Massive Tunnel Boring Machine Arrives In Melbourne
The first of the two massive tunnel boring machines that will build the West Gate Tunnel has arrived in Melbourne. Acting Premier James Merlino joined Acting Minister for Transport Infrastructure Melissa Horne at the Port of Melbourne as parts of the huge machine were being unloaded.
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Mar 11, 2019
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Interim pipelines in ductile cast iron are the best
Secure, economical, quick to install and reusable
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Mar 08, 2019
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Illinois American Water Invested over $122 Million in 2018 to Upgrade Critical Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
Illinois American Water invested over $122 million in water and wastewater upgrades in 2018. The 2018 construction season included installing approximately 198,000 feet (more than 38 miles) of water main and approximately 3,700 feet of sewer main as well as lining approximately 3,200 feet of water main and about 21,100 feet of sewer main.
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Mar 07, 2019
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Plans for OZPIPE XIX in Full Swing
The Plastic Pipes Conference Association (PPCA) announces that its spin-off event in Australasia will be called OZPIPE XIX and will showcase significant developments in the field of plastic pipe technology and industry. It also reports that a website has been launched to communicate Plastic Pipes XX, its main global Conference and Exhibition to be held next year in Amsterdam.
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Mar 06, 2019
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Xylem Supported Safe Water Project Earns Top Ranking in Manchester City’s Annual Cityzens Giving Campaign with More Than 450,000 Votes
Xylem, a leading global water technology company, announced that the Safe Water project it is supporting in Bangalore, India, garnered more than 450,000 votes from players, partners and football fans around the world – earning top ranking in Cityzens Giving’s fifth annual campaign. Cityzens Giving is the global community initiative of Premier League champion football team and Xylem partner, Manchester City.
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Mar 05, 2019
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Gradiant Secures Four Water Recycling Projects in India, Highlights Importance of Superior and Affordable Wastewater Treatment
Gradiant Corporation, a leader in innovative solutions for industrial wastewater treatment, announced that it has secured four Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) projects in India via its Gradiant India Pvt Ltd (GIPL) division. Gradiant will provide end-to-end water recycling solutions for these clients in the textile processing, dyestuff and alkali-chemical manufacturing, and pharmaceutical industries through its proprietary suite of technologies. These projects are anticipated to recycle from 100 to 4000 kiloliters per day of highly contaminated effluent.
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Mar 04, 2019
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Prioritize Safety When You Dig - Envirosight Releases New Trenching and Excavation Safety Poster for Sewer Workers
Sewer maintenance often requires trenching, but working in and around trenches is the most hazardous construction work out there. Take extra precaution to ensure your team can easily reference OSHA’s mandatory guidelines with Envirosight’s free Trenching and Excavation Safety poster.
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Mar 01, 2019
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Brave Blue World Documentary – A Perfect Storm for Water
An engaging new documentary will showcase water like never before. Called Brave Blue World, the feature-length documentary will provoke a fundamental rethink, revolution and paradigm shift in how people view the treatment and delivery of water, a vital element to life on Earth.
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Feb 28, 2019
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E-Power Pipe® Nominated for bauma Innovation Award 2019
E-Power Pipe® is a trenchless method for the economic and environmentally friendly installation of underground cables. The new development from Herrenknecht has been nominated for the bauma Innovation Award 2019 in the "Machine” category. Trenchless technology offers significant advantages over the conventional open-cut method. The innovative procedure closes a technical gap because it allows small diameter drives with ten times greater lengths, shallower depths as well as high precision and speed.
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Feb 27, 2019
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MC-Bauchemie Strengthens its Tunnelling Systems Business Unit
On 1 January 2019, Lars Langmaack (Dipl. Ing., 49) joined MC-Bauchemie as Technical Director TBM within the company’s Tunnelling Systems unit. In this function, he is responsible for product and system development as well as the provision of comprehensive technical consulting services to construction companies and clients worldwide.
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Feb 26, 2019
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Patriot Environmental Services and Patriot WasteWater Honored with Industry Award from the California Water Environmental Association
Patriot Environmental Services (Patriot) and our Patriot WasteWater (PWW) facility in Orange, California have been awarded 2018’s Facility of the Year in the Small Industry category by the California Water Environmental Association (CWEA).
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Feb 25, 2019
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Honor to whom Honor is Due: Dietrich Stein Trenchless Outstanding Contribution Award was Allocated for the Second Time
During awards ceremonies where the prize itself is honoring a prominent character, the celebration is twice as big. The son of Prof. Dr. Dietrich Stein, Dr.-Ing. Robert Stein, congratulates Dr. Yueping Sun on his win at the 9th International Conference on Pipelines and Trenchless Technology (ICPTT) in Ningbo, China.
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Feb 22, 2019
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Collaboration Tackles Fatberg Scourge at Source
Fatbergs have captured the popular imagination in recent months with TV programmes, a museum exhibition and even a musical planned on the topic, but the companies tasked with preventing sewer blockages from fat, oil and grease (FOG) at source have also been very active.
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Feb 21, 2019
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Cordoba Corporation Welcomes New Vice President of Water Infrastructure
Cordoba Corporation is pleased to welcome Richard Coles as Senior Vice President of Water Infrastructure. Rich will be responsible for leading Cordoba’s water team, serving as Principal-in-Charge advising Cordoba’s water clients, and developing new business relationships.
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Feb 20, 2019
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RELINEAMERICA™ - New Member of the Group
RELINEEUROPE® is consistently continuing its internationalization strategy with the expansion of the RELINE UV® Group. After founding the RELINE UV ASEAN PVT Ltd. with its production in New Delhi in the second half of 2018, the group is now expanding its activities in the American Market with the acquisition of 50% of the interests in RELINEAMERICA™.
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Feb 19, 2019
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American Water Recognized as First US Utility to Achieve Advanced Customer Center of Expertise Certification by SAP
American Water, the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced that it has been recognized by SAP as achieving an Advanced Customer Center of Expertise (ACCOE) certification and is the first U.S. utility company to reach this benchmark.
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Feb 18, 2019
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Collier County to Go Live with Expansive Asset Management Implementation by Woolpert
Woolpert was hired by Collier County, Fla., to support the implementation of Cityworks Asset Management Solution (AMS) for multiple county departments. It went live for its Park & Recreation Division in November and is scheduled to go live in the second quarter of 2019 for the Facilities Management Division.
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Feb 15, 2019
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Cedar Park Streamlines Customer Communication Through Sensus Solutions
The City of Cedar Park, located near Austin, Texas, is changing the way it communicates with its water customers. Instead of putting an invoice in the mail and taking questions over the phone, the city has upgraded its system with technology that puts customers in the driver’s seat.
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