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Awarded for Action on Old Water Pipes
With 15 percent of its nearly 9,000 miles of water and sewer mains approaching 100 years old and needing rehabilitation or replacement, New Jersey American Water is turning to new technology to make old pipes like new again. For its innovative work to rehabilitate more a 90 year-old pipeline in West Orange, the company received the New Jersey Action Alliance’s 2013 Distinguished Engineering ...
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Water pipe deterioration prediction using AI/LM
Kurita Water Industries Ltd. recently acquired a majority shareholding in Fracta, Inc., a holding company of Fracta (California, U.S.). Fracta provides a software service for water pipe deterioration prediction using artificial intelligence / machine learning in the United States. As a result, Fracta has become a new member of the Kurita Group. Learn more here: ...
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Septic Tanks And Running Water During Cold Temperatures
Septic systems can easily freeze when there are cold temperatures and frost is running deep under the ground. People, who live in rural areas and have a septic system installed in their properties, should be very careful about running water to keep their lines open. If the temperatures are really cold and you keep adding water to your septic system, it could cause the entire system to freeze ...
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Historic Vote Will Reduce Hot Water Waste, Save Americans Money and Time
Plumbing inspectors, manufacturers, engineers, contractors, labor representatives and other industry technical experts in Las Vegas voted overwhelmingly yesterday to make a change to plumbing codes that will ensure hot water pipes in new homes and commercial buildings are insulated. Overall, insulation of hot water pipes will shorten the amount of time spent waiting for hot water at showers and ...
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Successful Installations in Sweden With NCC
NCC Infrastructure, with its group HQ in Solna completed two successful pipe rehabilitation job unique set of challenges. One contract was in the Stockholm municipality of involved the rehabilitation of a storm water pipe. The pipe was totally deteriorated through significant rusting an collapse. The pipe in lay under a park area and continued under a road carrying heavy volumes of traffic. ...
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Update to Code of Practice for Self Lay of Water Mains and Services England and Wales.
WRc is working with water companies and SBWWI to update the Code of Practice for the Self Laying of Water Mains and Services, England and Wales. In 2004, WRc organised a steering group with representation from the water and sewerage companies and SBWWI which produced the 1st edition of this code of practice. Since then many self lay organisations have been using the code of practice on new ...
By WRC Ltd
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Aegion shares rise after strategy call
Aegion CEO Chuck Gordon’s message on a strategy call earlier this week was that the group’s emergence from a protracted restructuring phase is set to deliver earnings consistency over the next three years – albeit with modest topline growth prospects. The Nasdaq-listed pipe rehabilitation specialist expects to realise low to mid single-digit average annual revenue growth ...
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TOM®, PVC-O pipes guaranteed for 50 years: the revolution in the pressurized water transport market
Molecor, a company specialized in the development of Molecular Orientation Technology, offers highly effective products and solutions to the pressurized water pipe market, which has allowed it to position itself as a leader in the manufacture and marketing of TOM® Oriented PVC Pipes (PVC -O), a product that the company guarantees for 50 years. The technological improvement presented by the ...
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Kurita supports Somali refugees in cooperation with CARE
We continue our social involvement as Kurita Europe by donating money to CARE. CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. Our donation helps 160,000 inhabitants of a refugee camp in Kenya. We help Somali refugees for a better future by ensuring the access to basic education, sufficient water, hygiene and sanitary supply. Due to the sustained unsafety situation in ...
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Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) investigation in Chile
Last August 2016 Open World Company (Chile) carried out a GPR investigation on the territory of one of Chilean industrial companies. The purpose of this survey was to found leaks from the water pipe going through the industrial zone. The company had really big problem with this leak because they lost a lot of water. For this work Open World used VIY3-300 GPR to sound the ground up to 6 m depth. ...
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New Application Note on the Determination of Trace Elements in Copper using an ICP
Teledyne Leeman Labs, a leading manufacturer of analytical instrumentation for elemental analysis, announces the publication of a new application note on the Determination of Trace Elements in Copper using a Radial Viewed Prodigy ICP Spectrometer. World-wide copper consumption is in the vicinity of 18 million tons per year. The largest consumer of copper is the building industry; followed by the ...
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Germany to replace all lead water pipes
Water containing lead not suitable for infants, toddlers, and pregnant mothers It has been known for years that lead is harmful to health, yet water pipes made of lead are still widespread in many older buildings. The result can be increased lead concentrations in drinking water, in some cases above the limit value of 10 microgrammes lead/litre of drinking water (µg/L) in effect as of 2013. ...
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Aquarius in David Wanetick’s book ‘Solution Nation’
‘Solution Nation’introducesisraeli companies that are having a global impact, developing solutions to problems that threaten to end life or materially degrade the quality of life. Aquarius Spectrum was chosen as one of the six Israeli companies that are developing innovative solutions for the water sector challenges. Aquarius Spectrum is a leading provider of advanced ...
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IWA Water Tech Spotlight
Water Tech Spotlight is a monthly blog which aims to highlight the latest technology developments in the water industry globally. SubMerge is mentioned in the spotlight of december 2021. Autonomous inspection robot fleibly navigates through water pipes Award-winning SubMerge Robot recently won the Aquatech Innovation Award. The autonomous robot was developed by a consortium of Dutch water ...
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SUEZ wins contract to provide water mains cleaning services for water network in Singapore
SUEZ was recently awarded a new three-year contract by PUB, Singapore's national water agency, to provide water pipes cleaning services using water-saving technologies Ice PiggingTM and air scouring. This further extends the cooperation between the parties in water pipes cleaning following a previous three-year contract. Under this new contract, SUEZ will provide a range of preventive ...
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Where there is an MB Crusher unit, there is a way!
Brodarica in Croatia is a small and peaceful holiday village by the sea, its catchword is relax. This small cosy area offers amenities where tourists and local families can have a pleasant time. All easily achieved, till recently, when the water mains change became imperative. The quiet in this coastal village could be jeopardised by the major work that needed to be done in the city roads as the ...
By MB Crusher
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A Successful Trial for Aquarius Spectrum’s acoustic Leak Detection technology in Australia
A leading Australian sewerage and water service corporation was looking for advanced solutionsin order to detect and reduce water pipe leakages and prevent major pipe bursts and asset failure. During July 2018, a trial was conducted using AquariusSpectrum’sAQS-SYSacoustic monitoring technology.As part of the trial, 18vibrationcorrelated accelerometer sensors were installed on areas of the ...
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Major New Proposal Seeks Change to Plumbing Codes that will Save Americans Money on Energy and Water Bills
The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry (UA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have reached an agreement on a landmark proposal to save energy and water in new buildings. The two organizations jointly submitted a proposal to the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) to require the insulation of ...
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Global Water Technologies plans pilot `smart water grid` project with people + pipes + policy
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 14, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- Global Water Technologies (OTC Pink: GWTR) is planning to launch a pilot "smart water grid" that demonstrates the importance of addressing sustainable infrastructure through a comprehensive approach that shows benefits to people, pipes and policy. In the past year, the company has announced a patented new sensor + software solution for monitoring ...
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AWWA advocates for water infrastructure investment as Drinking Water Week ends
As Drinking Water Week concludes, the American Water Works Association and water professionals across North America are advocating for investment in the repair and replacement of local water infrastructure. It’s critical that water infrastructure is maintained properly given that public health, economic vitality, fire protection and quality of life rely on it. However, much of the water ...
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