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Nov 16, 2020
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Olea Edge Analytics Launches Smart Water Management Platform to Power Cities with Complete Visibility of All Managed Assets
Olea Edge Analytics, an intelligent edge computing platform for the water utility industry, launched its Smart Water Management Platform, a single dashboard that gives cities and utilities complete visibility of all their managed assets.
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Nov 13, 2020
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Tertiary Treatment Success Leads to Equipment Purchase
Technology from onsite wastewater treatment specialist WPL has been selected by Anglian Water to deliver enhanced ammonia removal at a major works.
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Nov 12, 2020
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New Jersey American Water Launches 'The Flow of H2O' Video Series to Mark Sixth Annual 'Imagine a Day Without Water'
In honor of the Value of Water Campaign’s sixth annual Imagine a Day Without Water tomorrow, New Jersey American Water is launching The Flow of H2O, a three-part educational video series that explains the effect of pollution on watersheds, the drinking water treatment process, and the wastewater treatment process. The videos are virtually accessible to all educators and parents for free via YouTube.
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Nov 11, 2020
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Diversity and Inclusivity ‘Lacking’ in the Water Sector
The lack of diversity and inclusion in the water sector, along with the latest research on Covid-19, features in updates presented to the Water Action Platform community in October’s webinar.
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Nov 10, 2020
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BlueInGreen is Selected by EBMUD to Help Implement Measures to Ensure Reliable Drinking Water for 1.4 Million People
California's East Bay Municipal Utility District selects BlueInGreen to fortify its corrosion control measures as part of its ongoing leadership in California and in the water treatment industry.
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Nov 09, 2020
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DuPont Water Solutions Named a Finalist for Prestigious U.S. Chamber of Commerce Citizens Award
DuPont was nominated for the Best Corporate Steward category for its efforts to help global communities thrive through increased access to safe, clean water.
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Nov 06, 2020
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Robbins Main Beam Carves out a Win in Louisville
Tried and tested TBM and conveyor complete Ohio River Tunnel.
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Nov 05, 2020
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City of Palo Alto Utilities Selects Sedaru as Next Generation Asset & Operational Management Platform for Wastewater
The silicon valley city advances its digital water initiatives.
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Nov 04, 2020
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Water Documentary Goes Mainstream
A powerful documentary that aims to drive positive change in water is set to reach a global audience of millions.
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Nov 03, 2020
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MWH Treatment to Play Key Role in Thames Capital Delivery Programme
MWH Treatment (MWHT) has successfully secured a place on Thames Water's non-infrastructure framework for the asset management period 2020-25 (AMP7).
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Nov 02, 2020
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Safe Utility Tunnelling Through Tailor-Made Hard-Software
The process engineering limits of pipe jacking have shifted considerably in recent years. Jacking lengths of 800 m and more are no longer a special feature. Narrow bends and S-curves appear more and more frequently in the tenders of the network operators and are usually executed without major problems. The reason for this extremely positive development lies not only in the constantly increasing wealth of experience of the mostly specialized companies in Germany, but also in the integration of customized hardware and software into the daily pipe jacking routine. Some products, which guarantee static safety in particular, will be presented in this article.
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Nov 02, 2020
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Scale-up Data Technology, Water Companies Urged
There has been “significant growth” in the use of data by the UK water sector but technology now needs to be rolled out at scale if optimum benefits are to be felt over the next five years. This is the picture from Paul Dickenson, chair of the British Water Data & Analytics Focus Group, who was speaking ahead of British Water’s Data Conference, which took place on 21 October 2020.
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Oct 29, 2020
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Xylem Makes Communities in the East of England More Sustainable with Anglian Water
Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company, is helping to prevent water shortages in the U.K. as part of its commitment to address scarcity and to make communities more sustainable and resilient.
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Oct 28, 2020
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The City of Gatesville Partners with Ameresco to Upgrade Water Meters and Implement Automatic Metering Infrastructure
Ameresco, Inc., a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, announced that it is partnering with the City of Gatesville, Texas, to replace over 3,600 city water meters as part of an automatic metering infrastructure (AMI) project. Upon completion, Gatesville residents will benefit from greater transparency into their water usage and billing, helping the community conserve more and spend less on operating its water infrastructure.
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Oct 27, 2020
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Hoffman Southwest Announces New Name as National Underground Group
Hoffman Southwest Corp., a provider of underground pipe inspection, cleaning, repair and locating services throughout the U.S., announced that the company changed its name to National Underground Group.
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Oct 26, 2020
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SAF Optimisation Data Shared at Wastewater Conference
Data from a study to improve optimisation of SAF wastewater treatment systems is the focus of a presentation from WPL that took place at the 2020 European Water & Wastewater Management conference on 13-14 October.
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Oct 23, 2020
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Introducing the Vermeer R600T Reclaimer
Vermeer expands its horizontal directional drilling (HDD) fluid management equipment line with the new R600T reclaimer.
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Oct 22, 2020
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Collaborative Approach Required to Achieve Zero Pollution
Water companies can expect increasing scrutiny into their environmental performance, as customer awareness of river and bathing water quality grows. This was among messages from Helen Wakeham, deputy director of water quality at the Environment Agency, during a keynote address at the Zero Pollutions Conference 2020, hosted by technology consultancy Isle.
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Oct 21, 2020
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UK-India Water MoU Offers “Great Boost” to Trade
British Water chief executive Lila Thompson says a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreed between India and the UK’s leading water sector trade association will “bring a great boost” to trading relationships between the two countries. Thompson’s comments came at the India-UK Water Partnership Forum, a virtual event which took place on 22 September 2020.
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Oct 20, 2020
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Kelley Digger Shield Takes the Express Route to Atlanta
On July 1st, 2020, The Atkinson / Technique Joint Venture entered into a contract with Kelley Engineered Equipment (KEE) for the supply of a 90.25” (2.3 m) digger shield. On August 15th, just Six weeks later, the machine was on site and ready to work. Averaging about 5.3’ (1.6 m) per day, the distance needed to install 4 rings of liner plate, the shield finished its drive on October 6th, 2020.
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Oct 19, 2020
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Cartegraph Acquires SEMS Technologies, Creating Powerful Platform for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Operators
Experienced software providers team up to offer asset management, regulatory compliance tools for distribution and collection teams
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Oct 16, 2020
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Leak Loggers Support Emergeny Effort in Beirut
Data technology company Ovarro has responded quickly to a request for emergency leak detection equipment from the Veolia Foundation, which is supporting the rehabilitation of drinking water networks in the Port of Beirut.
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Oct 15, 2020
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TasWater Response to Covid-19 is Platform’s ‘Most-Read’
A paper explaining how Australian water and wastewater utility TasWater responded to the Covid-19 crisis is the most-read document on the Water Action Platform.
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Oct 14, 2020
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American Water Employees Raise More Than $214,000 for Water For People in First-Ever Virtual Fundraising Campaign
American Water, the largest publicly-traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, announced the company and its employees raised more than $214,000 to support Water For People, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to providing access to improved water and sanitation systems and services in developing countries.
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Oct 13, 2020
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Choosing Your Next Sewer Inspection Truck
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