sewage flow News
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World to focus on improved sanitation in 2008
A wastewater treatment project in the Russian city of Ufa is reducing the amount of raw sewage that flows into the Volga River basin. The project is part of a global push to improve sanitation this year - the International Year of Sanitation 2008. The city of just over one million people in the southwestern Ural Mountains has a well developed oil and petrochemicals industry, low unemployment, ...
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This ((BIO-KWI)) Wastewater Water Treatment Plant in Puerto Lopez, Colombia, demonstrates excellent efficacy in cleaning up the Meta river
The ((BIO-KWI)) Wastewater Treatment Plant of Puerto López (WWTP) was one of the most highlighted government projects. The local community, the municipality, and the council pushed for this investment, as this is one of the greatest contributions of the departmental administration to sanitation, not only for the whole population but for the whole region of Altillanura. This ((BIO-KWI)) ...
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SolidAT win sewer monitoring project in 3 major municipalities
SolidAT together with a local partner won a bid to monitor sewer in 3 major municipalities in Israel (Holon, Netanya and Raanana). In total a several dozens of SmartScan 50 ultrasonic level sensors will monitor the sewer level and provide combined sewer overflow alerts. The municipalities chose our solution over competition due to the high performance of the ultrasonic sensor and high end ...
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FPI Is Looking Forward to Seeing You at 2023 Vietnam Water Week
As the world’s leading environmental monitoring equipment provider and an experienced coordinator with Vietnam’s enterprises and environmental authorities, FPI is going to attend the 2023 Vietnam Water Week on September 28~30 at booth #115~116.About Vietnam Water Week 2023The Conference will be held from September 28~30 at WTC WXPO in Thu Mot City, Binh Duong Province. The theme of “Water for the ...
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Reading sewer main broken twice in three years
For the second time in just three years, a sewer main pipe in Reading, Pennsylvania, has ruptured, causing raw sewage to leak into the nearby Schuylkill River. 69 News reported that workers sent to fix the problem were forced to open an emergency gate, which sent the sewage flowing into the river. Not opening the gate would have eventually caused a backup of sewage into nearby resident’s ...
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A superlative storm water tank in Lausanne/Switzerland
Last year, Lausanne converted the existing rain water surplusing works Capelard in the southwest of the city. The old plant at the Chemin du Capelard was much too small for the enormous catchment area of the sewage water system, which meant ever larger amounts of untreated combined sewage flowed into Lake Geneva during heavy rain. The size of the new plant with its special flow configuration ...
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Brazil: water shortage dries Rio de Janeiro taps
Taps were dry across a wide swath of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, some for nearly a week straight, prompting a flurry of criticism of the state water company and forcing some desperate residents of this Olympic city to fill plastic bottles with water from streams. Rio's Cedae water utility cut off service to nearly a dozen Rio neighborhoods Thursday as part of routine maintenance on a treatment ...
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Rapid response to Polish disaster with BBA large volume pumps
BBA Pumps PL delivered two large volume pumps from stock following a disaster in the Polish capital. Last week, due to a failure of a waste water system, more than three million cubic meters of sewage water flowed into the Vistula river. Responding immediately, BBA ensured that the required equipment was quickly on site and ready to start. Beneath the Vistula river, which flows into the Baltic ...
By BBA Pumps BV
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Grundfos acquires Metasphere to pioneer solutions to the world’s water and climate challenges
Smart sewer solutions from UK-based telemetry and analytics business will empower the industry to meet the challenges of climate change Grundfos has completed the acquisition of XPV Water Partners portfolio company Metasphere, a leading provider of telemetry and analytics solutions for water networks. By adding the capabilities of Metasphere to its portfolio, Grundfos is set to provide its ...
By Grundfos
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Kicking Off Earth Week, EPA Honors New Jersey Environmental Leaders
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has honored four individuals and organizations from across New Jersey with Environmental Quality Awards for their achievements in protecting public health and the environment. EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck was joined by Linda Cox, Executive Director of the Bronx River Alliance to present the awards to this year’s ...
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India’s Push for New Sewers Could Lead to More Pollution
Collected sewage often flows untreated into the Ganges, and decentralized treatment has been proposed as a solution The Ganges, or Ganga, is not only officially India’s national river, it also is considered its most sacred. The Ganges River dolphin is the national aquatic animal, and Varanasi, the City of Temples, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, is situated on ...
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Zimbabwe`s capital at risk from poor water
Zimbabwe's capital is at risk of a new cholera outbreak caused by collapsed water treatment and sanitation facilities, according to a Human Rights Watch report issued Tuesday. Residents in Harare's most impoverished townships have little access to clean piped water and often resort to drinking water from wells contaminated with feces and must defecate in the open, said the report. "The ...
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British company fined for polluting National Trust beauty spot
Thames Water was ordered to pay more than GBP 40,000 after admitting destroying the ecology of a high-quality stream and lake after a burst pipe churned raw sewage out onto National Trust land. Thousands of fish, including notable species of brook lamprey, brown trout, bullhead, and native crayfish were left dead as the sewage caused oxygen levels to plummet and ammonia to rocket in the Penwood ...
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U.S., West Virginia sue town of Fort Gay for violations of clean water and safe drinking water acts
The Justice Department and the West Virginia Departments of Environmental Protection, and Health and Human Resources have sued the town of Fort Gay, W. Va. to stop discharges of untreated sewage from pipes, manholes, and pumping stations into Mill Creek. The complaint, filed on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state agencies alleges the discharges pose a threat to human ...
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In the West Bank, conflict stalls sewage solution
Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank rarely mix, but authorities are hoping their sewage will. The Jewish settlement of Ofra and neighboring Palestinian villages currently dump their sewage into valleys, threatening to contaminate a critical underground water aquifer. So Israeli authorities are advancing plans to solve the environmental mess with a new treatment plant serving both ...
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San Diego Mayor Gets C+ on Water Quality Report Card
SAN DIEGO, California, October 18, 2007 (ENS) - San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders was graded a C+ for his actions to preserve water quality by an environmental group, which Thursday released its sixth annual San Diego Water Quality Report Card. Since 2001, San Diego Coastkeeper has commissioned Strategic Community Consulting to assess each San Diego City Council member in their actions on issues ...
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Plugco has delivered Pipe plug to Saudi Arabia
Plugco has delivered Pipe Plug (Inflatable balloon) to AL-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, 19/11/2015. Size: 1000mm – 1600mm and working pressure is max. 1,7 bar Pipe Plug Model Designation is Pipe Plug (PP) of PP model is blocking pipe or channels to stop fluid flow (water, sewage water or drain water). The main purpose of usage PP (Pipe Plug) plugs are used for pipeline leakage test, if there is ...
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Rio official says there is no plan B for Olympic sailing
Rio de Janeiro Olympic organizers said Tuesday they have "no plan B" for the 2016 games' sailing competitions, despite a recent admission by the state's top environment official that it will be impossible to meet pledges to clean up the raw sewage- and trash-filled waters where the events are to be staged. Mario Andrade, spokesman of the Rio 2016 organizing committee insisted the sailing ...
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Perth Amboy to upgrade sewer system; agreement reached with the EPA to address violations of the clean water act affecting the Raritan River and the Arthur Kill
The city of Perth Amboy, N.J., has agreed to make major improvements in its combined sewer system to protect people’s health and water quality under a legal agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Under the agreement, which was lodged by the Department of Justice in federal court today, the city will reduce the amount of sewage and other pollutants that flow out of 16 ...
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Investigation begins to track suspected pollution from the Lahaina wastewater facility (HI)
Federal and state agencies have begun important research to evaluate the suspected discharge of pollutants to the coastal waters along the Kaanapali coast of Maui. Funded by the U. S. EPA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Hawaii Department of Health, the University of Hawaii will measure how long it takes for wastewater from the Lahaina sewage treatment facility to flow to the near-shore ...
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