News and Articles
Oct 05, 2011
News
Africa could turn a corner in the sanitation crisis
Africa could finally be turning a corner in the sanitation crisis say civil society groups ANEW and FAN, NGO WaterAid, WSSCC and the End Water Poverty Campaign attending AfricaSan3 in Kigali, Rwanda.
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Oct 04, 2011
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VINCI wins a contract to build sewer systems in five Dominican Republic cities
VINCI, through its subsidiary VINCI Construction Grands Projets, has signed a design-build contract with INAPA (Instituto Nacional de Aguas Potables y Alcantarillados) covering wastewater collection, transfer and treatment systems in the cities of Monte Cristi, Neiba, Azua, San Jose de Ocoa and San Cristobal in the Dominican Republic. This project is part of the Dominican government's cholera eradication programme.
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Sep 30, 2011
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First of Three Robbins EPBs launched at Mexican Mega Project
Emisor Oriente TBM fast-tracked for Critical Wastewater Tunnel
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Sep 28, 2011
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Venezuela to extend water and sanitation services to rural communities with help from IDB
$100 million IDB loan will benefit 11,000 low-income households in approximately 68 communities and small towns
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Sep 27, 2011
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Drake & Scull Water and Power wins AED 75 million Infrastructure Contract in Al Ain
Drake & Scull Water and Power L.L.C (DSWP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Drake & Scull International (DSI) PJSC, a regional market leader in integrated design, engineering and construction disciplines of Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP), Civil Contracting, and Water and Power, secured AED 75 million infrastructure contract for the Construction of a Sewerage project in Al Ain-UAE.
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Sep 26, 2011
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ADB Provides $100 Million for Rural Infrastructure, Sanitation in Indonesia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing Indonesia with a $100 million loan to finance community-driven projects that upgrade basic infrastructure in rural villages and improve sanitation services in poor urban neighborhoods.
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Sep 22, 2011
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HDD Bore accessories online
TRACTO-TECHNIK (TT) has launched a new website for HDD bore accessories. With this online catalogue the reowned manufacturer of innovative trenchless pipe installation systems gives a comprehensive and systematic overview of the accessories available for HDD systems.
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Sep 21, 2011
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IFC Helps Improve Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Services in India
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has provided a $5 million loan to Indian water services company, Vishwa Infrastructures and Services Private Limited, to help increase access to water and improve sewage treatment in two midsized Indian towns.
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Sep 20, 2011
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Construction site, general
Water transfer pipeline utilises multiple tunneling technologies including EPB
As part of a £125 million project being undertaken by United Utilities known as the West East Link Main (WELM) pipeline, Tunnel Engineering Services (UK) Ltd recently provided a number of tunnelling machines for the completion of various tunnelling sections of the work, working in varying ground conditions and final pipeline diameters. Standard tunnelling and trenchless installations were used for the completion of the tunnelled works.
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Sep 20, 2011
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AECOM awarded contract for Ohio's Dugway West Interceptor Relief Sewer
AECOM Technology Corporation announced that it has been awarded a design and construction management contract for the US$66-million Dugway West Interceptor Relief Sewer in the Cleveland area. AECOM's total fees are worth approximately US$10 million.
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Sep 19, 2011
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VINCI wins contract to build two tunnels in the El Teniente mine, Chile
Through subsidiaries VINCI Construction Grands Projets (60%) and Soletanche Bachy (40%), VINCI has been announced winner of the contract to design and build two tunnels in Chile. The contract, awarded by Codelco, the country’s national copper company, is worth $400 million.
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Sep 16, 2011
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Key to African Water and Sanitation Access Lies in Completing Transition to Country-Led Service Delivery
According to a new report released by the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) at the World Bank, African countries that transition to taking a leadership role in safe water and sanitation service delivery to the millions of people without access have an unprecedented opportunity to drastically reduce these numbers by 2015.
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Sep 15, 2011
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TT-UK’s all weather training facility
Despite the weather or unseasonable conditions, customer training is able to proceed at TT-UK’s bespoke indoor trenchless training facility.
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Sep 14, 2011
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Sandvik sets a new strategic direction to strengthen market leadership
The purpose of the new strategy is to achieve world class performance in value creation through higher growth and profitability and thereby make Sandvik an even more attractive company for customers, employees and shareholders.
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Sep 13, 2011
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Announcement to NASDAQ Copenhagen A/S
Aarsleff enters into framework agreement with the wastewater company Fredericia Spildevand A/S for sewer rehabilitation in Fredericia Municipality.
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Sep 12, 2011
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Kurdistan Regional Government Selects Innovyze InfoWater
Advanced GIS-Centric Modeling Technology to Support Comprehensive Water Systems Improvement Projects
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Sep 09, 2011
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Spain grants $25 million to Honduras for rural water and sanitation
Project backed by the Spanish Cooperation Fund for Water and Sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Sep 08, 2011
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United Water opens national command center
United Water has opened a national command center in Boise, Idaho, to coordinate the company’s response to Hurricane Irene. United Water owns or operates water and wastewater utilities located on the East coast ranging from Georgia to New Hampshire.
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Sep 07, 2011
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Ditch Witch All Terrain Air Hammer Helps Conquer Hardest Rock
The Ditch Witch® organization announces the release of the All Terrain Air Hammer, which is designed to work with All Terrain directional drills to penetrate the hardest rock.
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Sep 06, 2011
News
Sewage treatment
Water purification unit generates its own energy
A new biological water purification facility developed by Siemens generates enough methane gas to power its own operations. It also produces much less sludge than conventional systems. The pilot facility for this process, which is located at a site run by Singapore’s Public Utilities Board, has been operating in an energy- neutral manner since June 2010. Now, the city state is building a much larger pilot facility – one that will process 300 times more effluent than its predecessor, or about as much sewage water as is produced by around 1,000 people.
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Sep 02, 2011
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Robbins Slurry TBM will delve below Zhanjiang Bay
Soft Ground Machine ramping up for Launch at Chinese Water Tunnel
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Sep 01, 2011
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ST Electronics Wins Intelligent Water Management System Project From PUB
ST Electronics has been awarded a contract by the Public Utilities Board (PUB), Singapore’s national water agency, to provide consultancy services, and to develop and implement parts of an Intelligent Water Management System (IWMS). The company has embarked on the project which is expected to be completed in the second half of 2012.
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Aug 31, 2011
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Investing in Basic Improvements in Sanitation Yield Major Economic Gains for East Asia’s Poor Households
The Water and Sanitation Program, a multi-donor partnership administered by the World Bank released a series of reports pointing out that households that invest in basic sanitation have a better quality of life and could increase up to seven fold the return on investment in economic benefits.
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Aug 29, 2011
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TaKaDu Enters Latin America with First Water Infrastructure Monitoring Deployment at Aguas de Antofagasta
TaKaDu, a Water Infrastructure Monitoring pioneer, announced its first commercial deployment in the Latin American market, at Aguas de Antofagasta, Chile.
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Aug 26, 2011
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KISSS America’s Water Efficient Product Is "Smart" For Smart Irrigation Month
Starting with an efficient irrigation system designed to alleviate some of the problems associated with water waste is one of the messages behind the Irrigation Association’s Smart Irrigation Month in July and a reason why KISSS America’s revolutionary and water-efficient subsurface capillary irrigation products are the smart choice for landscape irrigation.
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