KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Map Asia 2007 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that Manila Water, one of the largest water and wastewater service providers in the Philippines, has selected WaterGEMS V8 XM Edition, Bentley’s water distribution modeling solution, to manage the water network serving more than five million people in the East Zone. This area includes eastern Metro Manila and ...
The 5th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterisation was held at the Jupiters Gold Coast, Australia. Over 300 delegates from all over the world came together to share their knowledge and experience in regard to site characterisation, without a doubt a very important and challenging part of geotechnical and geophysical engineering. The conference offered an ...
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that Salt Lake City, Utah, has selected and deployed Bentley’s WaterGEMS V8i modeling and analysis software and HAMMER V8i transient analysis software to analyze, design, and operate its extensive water distribution ...
The Energy Department’s Water Power Program is seeking feedback from the marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and other stakeholders regarding the verification and validation of advanced open source MHK design tools and models. The Water Power Program is specifically interested in information on imminent demonstrations or deployments ...
“Instream flows” refer to water flowing in a stream after all upstream withdrawals have been made. Withdrawals, diversions, or delays of flows for various purposes – including irrigation, hydropower, and industrial water supply – have a significant impact on instream flows, and the overall health of the aquatic system. Heightened awareness of the importance of instream flows to stream health is ...
HORIBA's Portable Multiparameter Water Quality Checkers, including all models of the U-50 series, recieved the Russian Standard GOST-Certification and are now introduced to the Russian market by HORIBA's Russian office in St. ...
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF), two of the largest water and wastewater national associations, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, have released the Water Sector Competency Model, which defines the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities, for prospective water professionals and ...
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) has announced the publication of the new edition of Modeling Water Quality in Distribution Systems. As water flows through the distribution system to the consumer it may go through unwanted changes in quality. Computer modeling is a realistic simulation of the water quality in utility distribution systems, tracking the water as it moves through the ...
Software’s Ability to Interoperate With Esri’s ArcGIS Enables City’s Water and GIS Professionals to Maintain Hydraulic Model That’s Always Up to Date EXTON, Pa. – Dec. 14, 2010 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that Salt ...
On Tuesday, Feb.21, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 will conduct a public meeting to obtain comments from stakeholders on the work completed thus far on the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the Floyds Fork watershed in north-central Kentucky. This meeting is a follow-up to the well-attended TMDL development meetings held in Louisville in August and November. The ...
Exton, Pa. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that Brisbane Water, one of the largest water utilities in Australia, has selected WaterGEMS V8 XM Edition, Bentley’s water distribution modeling solution, to manage the municipality’s complex water network. The network serves a population of approximately one million. WaterGEMS V8 XM, which won the 2006 AWWA People’s Choice Award ...
Hydro-Logic Limited and Oxford Scientific Software Limited have announced a distribution agreement for the UK and Eire where Hydro-Logic Limited sell and support the water resource system simulation software package Aquator. Aquator is a powerful application for developing and running simulation models of natural river and water supply systems. This simulation package facilitates the ...
Will Use WaterGEMS, SewerGEMS, and WaterCAD to Help Service 1.4 Million Residents LOS ANGELES – BE Conference 2007 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., a subsidiary of Aqua America, Inc., the largest U.S.-based publicly traded water utility, has selected Bentley’s Haestad Methods solutions to model the infrastructure that provides water and wastewater ...
Merger with infrastructure leader broadens solutions portfolio and geographic reach HOUSTON - ENTRIX, Inc., one of the country's largest pure-play providers in natural resources management and environmental consulting, announced today that it has rebranded itself, Cardno ENTRIX, to reflect its recent merger with Cardno Limited (ASX: CDD), a global provider of physical and social infrastructure ...
SOURCE: PepsiCo DESCRIPTION:PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation rely on the pioneering work of its partners in helping achieve our goals around water access, water efficiency, and positive water impact. Here are some partner voices from World Water Week in Stockholm: “The PepsiCo Foundation and the Columbia Water Center are working together to meet this challenge through action and research at ...
The risk of drought in the Norrström drainage basin, Sweden, increased during the 20th century, a new study has found. As the frequency of the dry periods increased, less water was available in the landscape for agriculture and for the resupply of groundwater — despite an increase in precipitation in the area over the same period. The researchers reached this conclusion after screening ...
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) have joined forces on a public outreach campaign that will enhance the image of water careers and encourage students and job seekers to “Work for Water.” The campaign will promote water careers as both professionally fulfilling and aligned to the greatest public health and environmental cause of ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) WaterSense program today is kicking off its national “We’re for Water” campaign to encourage Americans to make simple choices that save water. The program, in collaboration with its partner, American Water, will spread the word about saving water by traveling cross-country, stopping at national landmarks and ...
Solinst Canada Ltd. is pleased to announce the launch of a new version of the Model 101 Water Level Meter. The new Model 101 P7 Water Level Meter features the recently developed Solinst laser marked flat tape and a submersible probe. The new Solinst flat tape is made of extremely durable PVDF with accurate laser markings every 1/100 ft. or each millimeter, certified traceable to National ...
Water is essential to life as we know it; from its unusual density maximum which preserves freshwater ecosystems by ensuring that ponds freeze from the top down during winter, to its hydrogen bonds which shape proteins and the DNA double helix. But while water (in its liquid, solid and vapour forms) is one of the most common substances on Earth, many of its life-sustaining properties remain a ...