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AWWA applauds agreement to fund WIFIA
U.S. House of Representatives and Senate negotiators on Tuesday agreed to provide $20 million for the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act in 2017, paving the way for up to $1.2 billion in loans to support critical water infrastructure projects if approved by Congress. The House is expected to vote on the Continuing Resolution on Thursday and the Senate should take it up Friday. The ...
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HJ3 Composite Technologies of Tucson Wins $100,000 Green Technology Contract from EPA
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that HJ3 Composite Technologies of Tucson, Arizona will receive a $100,000 green technology contract for its innovative drinking water pipeline repair proposal. The contract is part of $2 million awarded to 21 small businesses nationwide to advance sustainable and innovative products and processes under EPA’s Small Business ...
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Chicago Seminar Offers Municipal Officials Cost-Effective Solutions for Water and Sewer Pipe Infrastructure
In Chicago last week water and wastewater utility engineers and consulting engineers from five states – Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada and Wisconsin - participated in an educational seminar on the design and installation of corrosion-proof PVC piping. Participants were provided with technical and financial information that helps utilities reduce operations, maintenance and capital ...
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Fluence signs landmark €165 million contract in Ivory Coast
Fluence Corporation Limited (ASX: FLC) is pleased to announce that it has signed a landmark €165 million commercial agreement with the Federal Government of Ivory Coast for the turnkey supply of a 150,000 m3/day surface-water treatment plant (the “Plant”). The Plant will treat water from Lagune Aghien, Ivory Coast’s largest freshwater reserve near Abidjan, which is dense ...
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AWWA leader encourages Congress to support water infrastructure investment
American Water Works Association (AWWA) former President John Donahue of Machesney Park, Ill. today encouraged members of Congress to make renewing water infrastructure a top priority in the United States. Testifying before the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Environment, Donahue presented AWWA’s recommendations about the nation’s water infrastructure, cybersecurity, source water ...
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Técnicas Reunidas is awarded a seawater desalination plant in Australia
Tecnicas Reunidas has been awarded the execution of the expansion of the Binningup Sea Water Desalination Plant in Western Australia, for the WATER CORPORATION, along with Valoriza Agua (a subsidiary of Sacyr Vallehermoso), AJ Lucas and Worley Parsons, forming the consortium "Southern Seawater Alliance". The consortium shares are: 38% for Tecnicas Reunidas, S.A., 38% for Valoriza Agua, and 19% ...
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Toronto Votes for Open Competition and Full Range of Large Diameter PVC Pipe for its Water Transmission Mains
Toronto council voted decisively last week to open up its material specifications to include alternative materials like PVC pipe for large diameter transmission watermains. Allowing a broader range of piping materials in its water system will enable Toronto to realize significant cost savings. A staff report noted that this approach “promotes competition and realizes potential capital cost ...
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AUS$10.5m for South East Tasmania recycled water
Irrigators in Tasmania’s Coal River district will have access to additional water under a $10.5 million recycled water scheme funded by the Rudd Government. Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, said the South East Tasmania Recycled Water Scheme, developed by Clarence City Council, would also improve the ecological health of the Derwent Estuary by reducing wastewater ...
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March 22 is International World Water Day: U.S. Can Achieve Sustainability in Water By Ending Corrosion in Piping Infrastructure
March 22 is International World Water Day, established nineteen years ago by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) to highlight water scarcity around the world and the need to use water wisely. In recognition of this important event, the PVC Pipe Association today urged lawmakers to put an end to closed procurement policies that exclude corrosion-proof piping ...
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EPA Launches Finance Center to Improve Community Water Infrastructure and Resiliency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched the Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center today to help communities across the country improve their wastewater, drinking water and stormwater systems, particularly through innovative financing and by building resilience to climate change. The center was announced as Vice President Biden and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy toured the ...
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PVC Pipe Industry: Congress Shouldn`t Write Blank Checks for Water Infrastructure
See Skyrocketing Costs at WaterMainBreakClock.com “Billions needed to upgrade America’s leaky water infrastructure” was the headline in a recent Washington Post front-page story. While action must be taken, the PVC Pipe Association is urging Congress not to write blank checks to local governments and utilities with outdated, closed procurement policies that exclude ...
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PVC Pipe Industry: Congress Shouldn`t Write Blank Checks for Water Infrastructure
Unsustainable Iron Pipes Leading Cause of Nation's Corrosion Crisis and Water Main Break Epidemic See Skyrocketing Costs at WaterMainBreakClock.com "Billions needed to upgrade America's leaky water infrastructure" was the headline in a recent Washington Post front-page story. While action must be taken, the PVC Pipe Association is urging Congress not to write blank checks to local governments ...
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Molecor, the first company that has achieved the UNE-EN 17176 certification for its PVC-O pipes and fittings
Molecor, a company specialized in the development of Molecular Orientation Technology, has developed the most complete range of Oriented PVC solutions for the market. The quality of the TOM® PVC-O pipes and ecoFITTOM® PVC-O fittings is now recognized with the AENOR’s N mark, which has granted the corresponding product certificates. TOM® PVC-O pipes have been certified ...
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Measuring Water Stress
However it’s measured, water insufficiency affects billions around the world “Water stress” is a term we hear more and more, but its definition is not yet the same across organizations and national borders. California Water Sustainability, a project of University of California Davis, explains that one widely used tool, the Water Stress Index, is defined by the United Nations ...
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