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Viking Johnson product secures sbwwi innovation award
An innovative, cost-saving product developed by Viking Johnson, in consultation with Morrison Utility Services, has won the acclaimed SBWWI Water Dragons Innovation Award. Viking Johnson is a leading brand of Crane Building Services & Utilities (www.cranebsu.com). A second Crane product, developed under the WASK brand, achieved the runner up position. The Through-Bore Hydrant, winner of the ...
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California American Water Replaces 2.5 Miles of Main in Its Los Angeles County Service District
California American Water has completed a multi-million dollar water main replacement project throughout its Los Angeles County service district. In its ongoing commitment to replace aging infrastructure and improving water delivery service, California American Water has upgraded 13,300 feet of water distribution mains in the cities of Bradbury, Duarte and the ...
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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 Works shoulders a big responsibility. The Department provides 265 million gallons of water daily to 1.8 million people in the greater Baltimore region, ...
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California American Water Improves System Reliability through Valve Assessment Pilot Program
Initiative will Help Reduce Water Losses in Water Distribution System PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. - During the month of October, California American Water will embark on a preventative maintenance program to restore and exercise approximately 500 valves in its water distribution system. Valves attached to underground mains allow service crews to stop flow through parts of the system in the event of a ...
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Plugco to the rescue – The National Hong Kong Water Company’s Story
The National Hong Kong Water Company had a big problem: a 1000mm (40” ?) main distribution pipe with a nominal working pressure of 16 bar (240psi) had broken and thousands of litres of expensive treated water were being lost. An important roadway was soon flooded and closed to traffic. Many customers had lost their supply of potable water - more annoyingly, no one could reliably forecast ...
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Leaks on Large-Diameter Trunk Mains – More Than Just Non-Revenue Water Reduction
Providing safe, reliable access to clean water is a major challenge for utilities around the world considering that roughly 12 billion gallons of water are lost every day globally. While many utilities are aware of the importance of reducing Non-Revenue Water (NRW), reducing it can be a challenge. The World Bank estimates that NRW costs utilities worldwide about US$14 billion every year. By ...
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$7.5m water project set up for Timor-Leste
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help the Government of Timor-Leste improve water supplies in the capital, Dili. The Dili Urban Water Supply Sector Project will provide good quality water, continuously for 24 hours a day, to approximately 30% of all Dili households, businesses and institutions. Most target beneficiaries come from poor or low income households. Experience shows that easy ...
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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 2002, the historic city, the second largest metropolis in Canada, began a long-term major rehabilitation of its extensive network of water main (770 ...
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