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Oct 17, 2022

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Aussie Trenchless

Chris Meredith

Aussie Trenchless PST the way to go

Aussie Trenchless was thrilled to have been able to exhibit at No-Dig Down Under in June 2022 as it was an opportunity to reconnect with industry contacts after three long years since the last event.
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Oct 14, 2022

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ChangeMaker 3D

Luke Wadley

3D printed concrete wastewater chamber marks success for ‘printfrastructure’

United Utilities and ChangeMaker3D have achieved a UK first by building a concrete wastewater chamber using 3D printing.
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Oct 11, 2022

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Medit Inc.

Sotirios "Terry" Peristerakis

Pipe Robot SIGMA HD-LR: The Perfect Choice to Inspect Extra-long Distances

The new, battery-driven robotic pipe crawler is suitable for long-range pipe inspection challenges and is available now at Fiberscope.net. The system can inspect more than a mile of pipe in a single run.
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Oct 10, 2022

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DuPont

Milena Yordanova

DuPont Provides Sustained Healthy Water Solutions for South African School

Community-based purification project at Reneilwe Primary School inaugurated on World Water Day
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Oct 09, 2022

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inter 3 GmbH Institut für Ressourcemanagement

Helke Wendt-Schwarzburg

German-Iranian Project Team Develops Measures for Sustainable Water Resource Management in Iran

The BMBF project "IWRM Zayandeh Rud" was successfully completed and celebrated with the opening of a German-Iranian training center.
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Oct 07, 2022

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Ovarro Ltd

Kathryn Langley

Ovarro Completes Acquisition of Datawatt

Remote monitoring specialist Ovarro has completed the acquisition of Datawatt, a Netherlands-based technology and automation company serving the water and energy sectors.
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Oct 06, 2022

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United Utilities Group PLC

Leakage Dog Kilo Earns His Stripes

The newest recruit in United Utilities’ war on water leaks has graduated with flying colours. Leakage dog Kilo proved he “nose” what he’s doing when it comes to sniffing out the smell of escaping water. The newly trained springer spaniel has managed to save a wag-tastic 72,000 litres a day after finding a hidden leak in a field that could have been running for months.
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Oct 05, 2022

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Isle Utilities

Megan Ford

Water Stewardship Now Critical for Business Resilience

With competition for water resources occurring in many regions of the world, how businesses meet their own needs and those of the communities in which they operate will be increasingly vital for their long-term survival and growth, says Erik Driessen, head of the Northern European office of technology innovation consultancy Isle.
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Oct 04, 2022

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Xylem

Kim Genardo

Georgia City Charges Forward on Water Loss Control with Sensus, a Xylem Brand

When the City of Dallas, Georgia, launched an initiative to get a handle on water loss, they couldn’t know just how far their journey would take them. The city began with a smart water meter pilot program that helped them reduce non-revenue water (NRW)—an undertaking that netted a $12,000 return in just four months. From there, City of Dallas Billing Clerk Amber Whisner and her team began to explore more ways to reduce water loss and improve service.
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Oct 03, 2022

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British Water

Mar Batista

Monitoring Technology Guide Launched by British Water

A live guide to drinking water and wastewater monitoring technology and services has been launched by industry trade association British Water. The web-based document includes clear definitions of monitoring components, parameters and the monitoring requirements of different applications, along with direct links to suppliers able to provide suitable equipment.
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Sep 28, 2022

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WPL Ltd

Lianne Ayling

WPL Wins Holiday Park Wastewater Contract

Wastewater treatment specialist WPL has won a contract to provide onsite wastewater treatment at a holiday park in Cornwall. The underground installation at Juliots Well in North Cornwall will replace the existing septic tank and includes a WPL HiPAF (high performance aerated filter) modular treatment plant.
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Sep 27, 2022

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Utility Week

Stuart Stone

Water quality as-a-service, about more than throwing tech into networks

Awarded more than £700,000 from the Water Breakthrough Challenge Catalyst Stream, Treatment-to-Tap seeks an industry watershed by supplementing a tech rollout with collaborative data analysis and behavioural science to build trust in tap water.
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Sep 26, 2022

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Pipecore

Rangedale successfully rehabilitates maintenance holes using Vertiliner system

Rangedale has successfully completed the colossal task of rehabilitating 14 fully deteriorated sewer maintenance holes on behalf of Programmed Facility Management and the Principal, Greater Western Water.
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Sep 23, 2022

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Trenchless Australasia

Christiano Alphonso

After the storm: what the floods have taught us

There is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all solution to the flooding crisis experienced yet again in Australia. But there is a common approach that can help mitigate risk and prepare for the future.
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Sep 21, 2022

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Utility Week

Stuart Stone

Industry 4.0, Covid, and the digitalisation of gas safety in water

Though gas detection and monitoring have long been a key part of health and safety in the water sector, it’s a topic that the Covid pandemic has driven up the industry’s agenda according to Draeger Safety UK’s Adam Pope.
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Sep 21, 2022

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PERI Formwork Scaffolding Engineering

Markus Woehl

VARIOKIT Tunnel Formwork Solution Deep in the Heart of the Golden City

With construction work being carried out in depths up to 30 metres in the centre of the city famous for the Golden Gate Bridge, an enormous building structure is being realised. When completed, the Chinatown Subway Station will form the northern end of San Francisco's Central Subway System. The new station will significantly improve access to public transport in some of the city's most densely populated areas. The architectural requirements presented the contractor with enormous challenges. PERI developed a project-specific solution based on the VARIOKIT Engineering Construction Kit in order to economically construct the inner lining.
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Sep 19, 2022

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phys.org

John Benson

Sewage pollution: Why the UK water industry is broken

As a child swimming off the coast of south Devon in the 1960s, I believed the warm water passing through my legs was the Gulf Stream current. Now, as an adult, I realize it was actually raw sewage being discharged into the ocean.
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Sep 15, 2022

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Utility Week

Water efficiency: Saving water, money and the environment

Urgent action is needed from water companies due to the combined pressures of increasing consumption and climate change, which is exacerbating supply and demand imbalances in parts of the country.
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Sep 14, 2022

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Northumbrian Water

Northumbrian expands ‘self-healing’ leakage tests

A gel and mineral-based solution allowing leaking water pipes to ‘self-heal’ without the need for excavation is being tested by Northumbrian Water field teams across the north east after a successful trial in Newcastle.
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Sep 13, 2022

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SAERTEX multiCom® GmbH

Leading relining product selected for important European pipeline rehabilitation

SAERTEX-LINER® H₂O, which has been successfully installed more than 100 times around the world, will be used to reline an important 2.4 km pipeline in Poland.
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Sep 12, 2022

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Wise on Water

Rapid water network information a necessity

When managing water networks, rapid information is not a luxury, it is now a necessity that translates into crises avertedand money saved, says Kevin Brook, director, Orbis Intelligent Systems
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Sep 08, 2022

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Pipeline Technology Journal

Dennis Fandrich

Germany: No Technical Reason For Cutting Nord Stream 1 Gas

Gazprom, Russia's state energy giant, has significantly reduced the flow of gas through Nord Stream 1, now at 20 percent of capacity. The Russians say they are in need of a gas turbine for the pipeline -- the EU’s single largest piece of gas infrastructure --that has been undergoing maintenance work in Canada by Siemens Energy. Yet Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany rejected the notion that technical problems were behind the sharp curtailment.
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Sep 07, 2022

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The Penetron Group

Ole Miss Fraternity Built to Last with Penetron Concrete Waterproofing

In August 2022, the Pi Beta Phi fraternity for women at the University of Mississippi completed a $9 million expansion of the fraternity’s house in Oxford, MS – just in time for the new school year. PENETRON ADMIX, a crystalline waterproofing admixture, was specified to waterproof and protect the basement retaining walls.
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Sep 06, 2022

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SAERTEX multiCom® GmbH

SAERTEX-LINER® H₂O Proves itself again in the rehabilitation of 2.4 km Potable Water Pipeline in Poland

With firm confidence in the innovative technology from over 100 successful installation projects worldwide, SAERTEX-LINER® H₂O has been selected again for the rehabilitation of a 2.4 km long water supply pipeline in Bełchatów, Poland.
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Sep 05, 2022

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International Water Association

Keith Hayward

Industrial water reuse: Perspectives from emerging economies

Water scarcity and environmental degradation are driving water reuse projects across the world. IWA recently hosted a webinar on reuse for industrial purposes, with a focus on emerging economies in Africa and Asia. This is part of a series of webinars also exploring reuse for drinking water and industrial applications in advanced economies.
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