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Government Officals and Special Guests Gather to Celebrate Completion of 3rd Largest AFO Project in North America
Last week, government officials, special guests and educators gathered in London, Ontario to celebrate the successful funding, installation and commissioning of a 50 km AFO system on the Lake Huron Water System’s water main transmission ...
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Baltimore region embraces program to locate, map, assess and repair water distribution assets
Over the past decade, the City of Baltimore has seen vast improvements in control point operability and system sustainability of its water distribution assets. The report card is looking better each year. The Baltimore City Department of Public ...
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The Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF) is a federal program designed to support the rehabilitation and modernization of drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure. Through the CWWF, $569.5 million is being provided ...
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Choosing a more reliable method than batch tracking
Oil and gas pipeline owners routinely conduct inspections of their assets by using inline inspection pigs. These tools are used to identify defects within the pipeline and need to be tracked throughout an inspection. Pipeline owners have several ...
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Preventive medicine: City of Montreal reduces non-revenue water loss with leak detection program using Sahara Technology
The City of Montreal believes that the best medicine is preventative medicine, especially as it applies to its water network. Montreal has an impressive water system that supplies drinking water to a population of nearly 1.9 million people. Since ...
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Ili Pigs Can Still Be Precisely Tracked Despite Unexpected Speed Excursions
Inline inspection (ILI) of oil and gas pipelines has been common practice for asset owners since the 1970s. Historically, companies have tracked these ILI tools with field teams to confirm its location and ensure that the pig reaches the trap. While ...
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Making History Again: Louisville Water Deploys Purerobotics for PCCP Condition Assessment and GIS Mapping
To many history buffs, “the prettiest ornamental water tower and pumping station” in the U.S. belongs to Louisville Water Company (Louisville Water). In 1860, the water company, which today provides water to more than 850,000 people ...
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Never Assume: Ontario utility surprised to find unexpected pipe material during force main condition assessment
The familiar adage, “never assume anything” certainly applies to the water and wastewater pipeline industry. The message was brought home to Utilities Kingston (UK) early this year when the utility was surprised to find ...
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No Leak Too Small: Portuguese Water Management Company Rolls Out Smartball Tool To Detect Leak On Critical Young Transmission Main
Drinking water systems degrade over time, with the useful life of the pipe and component parts often lasting for decades. Of course, age is only part of the equation. The deterioration of any particular pipeline depends on a multitude of factors, ...
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Wake-Up Call: Unexpected blowouts on never-failed pipeline compel Texas Water Authority to change course on asset management
When your pipeline operates well for five decades, it’s easy to be lulled into a false sense of security about the condition of your buried assets. Out of sight, out of mind. Then, in an instant, that mindset can change. For Canadian ...
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Pure Technologies makes waves with advanced pipeline robot
What has a rotating head, modular feet, can quickly navigate up to 5 kilometres through turbid wastewater with ease, and deliver live video and integrity information that can aid in detecting leaks and other anomalies in underground pipes? ...
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Latest Generation Robotic Crawler Takes Pipeline Inspections To The Next Level
What has a rotating head, modular feet, can quickly navigate up to 2.9 kilometres through turbid wastewater with ease, and deliver live video and integrity information that can aid in detecting leaks and other anomalies in underground pipes? It`s ...
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Looking For Clues: Hamilton Demonstrates Value of Condition Assessment Program During Investigation Of Critical Watermain
In late 2015, the City of Hamilton, Pure Technologies (Pure) and Robinson Consultants worked together to perform an external investigation of a pipe section in the Woodward Greenhill Transmission Main (WGTM) to gain understanding of what was causing ...
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Putting People Power to Work: Pure Builds Sand Sieve Kits for Cawst Charity
A representative from CAWST recently visited Pure’s Calgary office and told a large audience about its unique approach to teaching people in developing countries how to build biosand filters to provide clean water. In turn, Pure was able to ...
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A First For Europe: Scottish Water Initiates Condition Assessment Using Advanced Pipediver Technology
Scottish Water takes innovative and responsible approaches to pipeline management. To assess the condition of its Newmore Raw Water Main, the water provider used PipeDiver™ inline inspection technology, the first use of the technology in ...
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Pure Technologies Announces Appointment of Ms. Sara Elford to its Board of Directors
Pure Technologies Ltd. ("Pure" or the "Company") (TSX: PUR) is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has appointed Ms. Sara Elford to the Board effective today. Ms. Elford recently retired from Canaccord Genuity after a distinguished ...
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Bad Wrap: Inline tools for Condition Assessment of Bar-Wrapped Pipe (BWP)
Utilities complete condition assessment of bar-wrapped pipe with Smartball®, Pipediver®, and Robotic Platform Tools By the early 1940s, cast iron pipe was losing its historic cachet as the go-to material for new buried infrastructure. Cast ...
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Abnormal Weather Plays Havoc With Buried Infrastructure
Dallas Water Utilities Discovers Massive Hidden Sinkhole And Achieves Huge Savings Through Annual Leak Detection Program The year began with the Lone Star state experiencing its fourth year of drought, compelling State Governor Greg Abbott to ...
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Still Healthy After 35 Years in Operation - DWS Takes Proactive Approach To Assess 90 Km of Large-Diameter Pipe
The Usutu Water Scheme supplies raw water to a number of coal-fired power stations and towns in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The bulk water pipeline, completed in the late 1970s, consists of large diameter (DN1300 mm) pre-stressed ...
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Pure Technologies Announces Details for Second Quarter Conference Call
Pure Technologies Ltd. ("Pure" or the "Company") (TSX: PUR) announces that its second quarter results (for the period ended June 30, 2015) will be released after market close on August 5, 2015. A teleconference and webcast will be held to discuss ...