UK - The year 2011 was a year of great change: from revolution in the Middle East and North Africa to turmoil in the world economy; from the continued rise of the BRIC Nations to the development of new and radical technologies. And the consequences of these events will be felt throughout the global water sector. The Global Water ...
Long Beach, California, USA - British government and business leaders discussed the economic and environmental benefits of the UK's Green Deal-the no-cost-down programme to retrofit 26 million British homes and businesses-during a Renewable Energy World 2012 conference panel. The panel focused on how government policies act ...
Alexandria, Virginia, USA - The Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the International Water Association (IWA) proudly announce a re-launch of the popular World Water Monitoring Day public education and outreach programme. Now called World Water Monitoring Challenge, the new name, look, and updated website encourages year ...
Broomfield, Colorado USA - Innovyze announced that the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT), New Zealand, has opted to draw on the powerful analysis and business intelligence capabilities of InfoNet to assist in the condition assessment programme for its sewer collection system. SCIRT, a partnership between ...
Beijing, China - Black & Veatch has hired Gary Martin as Sales Director, Asia for its global energy business.Martin will expand Black & Veatch's growing large-scale power generation and Oil & Gas business across Asia. He brings considerable experience from both an engineering design and equipment manufactu ...
Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA - Koch Membrane Systems has hired Ravichandran Subramanian as Regional Commercial Manager. He will be responsible for developing the markets for all KMS products in Southeast Asia for both the Water & Wastewater and the Industrial & Life Sciences divisions of the company."KMS i ...
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - The market for advanced municipal wastewater treatment represents a US$27.8 billion market as cities the world over seek to either replace old or add new facilities to process an additional 4.3 billion gallons a day, according to a Lux Research report.Of the projected capital expenditure in 20 ...
UK - The fifth in a series of events that began in 2005, WWEM 2012, the Water Wastewater & Environmental Monitoring event (Telford, 7th to 8th November 2012) will be larger than any of its predecessors and this is due in no small part to the collaborative arrangements that have been established with a number of major organis ...
Aachen, Germany - Koch Membrane Systems (KMS) will launch two next-generation membrane products at SMAGUA 2012. The 20th International Water and Irrigation Exhibition will take place 6th to 9th March at the Feria Zaragoza Exhibition Center in Zaragoza, Spain.Making their debut to the Spanish market are the latest innovati ...
Trevose, Pennsylvania, USA - GE announced that Kevin Cassidy has been named chemical and monitoring solutions (CMS) general manager - water and process technologies for GE Power & Water.GE is a major global supplier of water treatment, wastewater treatment, water reuse and process systems solutions, along with water t ...
UK - With ship owners worldwide contemplating the impending IMO Ballast Water Management Convention, UV disinfection specialist Hanovia has joined with fluid handling specialist Hamworthy to provide a robust new range of water treatment systems specifically designed to meet the IMO's requirements.This partnership is t ...
Singapore - Schneider Electric announced the launch of its Telemetry and Remote SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) solution (TRSS), targetted at critical infrastructure and remote asset management in the Water & Wastewater, Oil & Gas and Renewable Energy sectors.Schneider Electric's TRSS offer in ...
Cape Town, South Africa - The Jetvac sewer cleaning company in South Africa was tasked with repairing multiple defects in a four-kilometre-long sewer pipe in Cape Town. Using conventional technology would mean installing a cured-in-place pipe lining between each set of manholes along the pipe - at a cost that would bust the annu ...
Birmingham, UK - Severn Trent Services has been awarded a framework agreement to provide its TETRA® NSAF tertiary ammonia removal technology to Thames Water Utilities Ltd. The TETRA NSAF contract will support Thames Water's multi-billion pound capital programme for AMP 5 - an asset management planning period from 2010 to ...
Broomfield, Colorado, USA - Innovyze announced the City of Hendersonville, North Carolina, has selected InfoSewer for ArcGIS (Esri, Redlands, CA) as its sewer modelling platform. InfoSewer has helped define the standard in the industry for GIS-centric sewer network analysis, planning and design since 2003.The City of Hend ...
Voorhees, New Jersey, USA - American Water Works Company Inc, the largest publicly traded US water and wastewater utility company, announced the financial close of its sale of regulated operations in Arizona and New Mexico to EPCOR USA. The agreement of sale was announced on 24th January 2011, at a purchase price of US$470 milli ...
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA - Green Energy Management Services Holdings Inc, announced that the company has entered into agreements with two properties of a leading international hotel chain to install and test GEM's proprietary Water Management System, which is a combination of the company's patent-pending "smart v ...
Voorhees, New Jersey, USA - Twelve new single family homes slated to be built in Camden's Cramer Hill neighbourhood will be designed with water conservation in mind, and will be labelled through the Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense programme. The Nueva Vida III homes will be the first urban community of such ...
Leverkusen/Jhagadia, India - LANXESS is continuing to expand its Indian production site in Jhagadia, Gujarat state. The specialty chemicals group is underlining its commitment to the subcontinent by inaugurating three new plants this month to serve the growing India market. LANXESS has invested over EUR 70 million and created ro ...
Stuttgart, Germany - MAHLE Industry GmbH, located in Stuttgart, Germany, has acquired the technology venture InnoWa Membrane GmbH in Schwaikheim, Germany.InnoWa Membrane GmbH specialises in the development, application, and manufacture of high-performance filter systems based on membrane technology. The company emerged fr ...
Surrey, British Columbia - Singer Valve, manufacturer of control valves, has appointed Mark Gimson as the new Business Development & Marketing Manager. Gimson is responsible for strategic development in new markets, launching of new products and overall marketing efforts worldwide. "Mark has worked with Singer Valve sin ...
Overland Park, Kansan, USA - Black & Veatch has appointed John Chevrette as President of its Management Consulting Division. He will lead the company's efforts to address key challenges affecting today's water, electric and gas utilities. Chevrette brings more than 20 years of industry consulting experience to ...
Warrendale, Pennsylvania, USA - Siemens Industry Automation Division entered into an agreement to acquire Cambridge Water Technology, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on 24th January 2012. With this acquisition, Siemens intends to strengthen its product portfolio with a leading-edge technology.The acquisition of Ca ...
Broomfield, Colorado USA - Innovyze announced that ViK Lovetch, the water utility serving the Bulgarian city of Lovetch, has opted to utilise the analysis and business intelligence capabilities of InfoNet as its network management system. The purchase will represent a significant step up for the utility's capabilities in thi ...
Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA - The International Desalination Association (IDA) announces the establishment of the IDA Desalination Academy, a global institute of higher learning about desalination that will offer a comprehensive and accredited set of training events in various locations around the world.The mission of t ...
Charlotte, New Carolina, USA - Membrana-Charlotte, a division of Celgard, LLC, has launched a new online store, http://store.liqui-cel.com, for membrane contactors. The store expands the company's existing internet presence while also providing customers with a convenient channel to purchase Liqui-Cel®, SuperPhobic®, ...
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - The launch of the International Water Summit was announced collaboratively by the Abu Dhabi government, Masdar and the International Water Association, providing a global platform to discuss and find solutions to the global challenges of water scarcity and security. The inaugural summit will tak ...
Alexandria, Virginia, USA - The Water Environment Federation (WEF) is proud to announce a new partnership with Imagine H2O, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that hosts a global business plan competition and an accelerator program for water startups. Through this initiative, both organizations will encourage entrepreneurs to turn ...
London, Canada - An agreement has been signed under which Salsnes Filter AS of Namsos, Norway will join the Trojan Technologies group of businesses. The agreement is subject to regulatory approval.Salsnes Filter's patented filter technology removes particles from municipal and industrial process water. Industries such ...
Kansas City, Missouri, USA - Black & Veatch has appointed Cindy Wallis-Lage as President of its global water business. She will lead the company's efforts to address billions of dollars in water infrastructure needs around the world. Aging infrastructure, economic challenges and increasing demand are factors that drive g ...
Beaverton, Oregon, USA - Puralytics, a developer of photochemical water purification products using light-activated nanotechnology, announced that its SolarBag 3-litre water purifier is the first non-powered, non-chemical system to ever exceed US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) requirements for water purification pro ...
Alexandria, Virginia, USA - The Water Environment Federation (WEF) is pleased to announce a new webcast programme that will provide free training to WEF members and the entire water profession. Featuring a range of timely topics, the monthly webcasts are made possible at no cost through the financial support of industry organisa ...
Enschede, the Netherlands - Pentair X-Flow has been selected to provide its AirliftTM MBR technology to a production plant in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, of Super Group Ltd, a leading instant F&B brand owner with market dominance in Southeast Asia. The AirliftTM MBR Wastewater Treatment Plant will treat and ...
UK - WWEM 2012, the Water Wastewater & Environmental Monitoring event (Telford, 7/8th November 2012) has announced a partnership with SWIG to help accelerate the sharing of knowledge between academia and industry at this year's event.SWIG (Sensors for Water Interest Group) is a not for profit information exchange ...
Balk - SKion GmbH, the investment firm of German entrepreneur Susanne Klatten (BMW, ALTANA, SGL), acquires a share of 20 per cent in water technology company Paques from the Netherlands.SKion realizes this position via an acquisition of shares from the existing shareholder (Pâques family) and a capital increase. In ...
Broomfield, Colorado, USA - Innovyze, announced the opening of registration and a call for papers for the fifth annual Asia Pacific Water and Sewer Systems Modelling Conference. The event, widely considered to be the most comprehensive and significant wet infrastructure modelling, design and management technology conference of i ...
Beijing, China - Bentley Systems Inc, dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, announced that HYDROCHINA Kunming Engineering Corporation has chosen the ProjectWise platform, along with Bentley Navigator, for its project team collaboration and work-sharing needs. The company purc ...
Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA - Koch Membrane Systems, Inc (KMS) announces the launch of its new website. The new site, www.kochmembrane.com, is designed to give users clear and easy access to content while supporting the depth of the company's expertise.The KMS website is structured around the company's two majo ...
Balk - Delft University of Technology has conferred an honorary doctorate on Jos Pâques, owner and founder of the water technology company Paques on 10th Jan 2012 in conjunction with the celebration of the 170th Dies Natalis of Delft University of Technology.Delft University of Technology recognises Jos Pâques ...
China - Shanshan Urban Drainage Co Ltd says the consumption of recycled water in Tangshan Urban Drainage Co Ltd for 2011 reached 35 million tonnes with an annual growth volume of five million tonnes and a year-to-year growth rate of 16 per cent; with the reuse ratio of recycled water reaching 35 per cent. Tangshan Urban D ...