Thames Water is investing in tertiary sand filtration technology from Hydro International as part of its improvement programmes at seven wastewater treatment works to meet improved discharge standards for ammonia levels.

Syrinix has revealed research which shows that its TrunkMinder system for permanent pipeline monitoring pays for itself within an 18 month to 3 year timeframe.

Electro Scan Inc. has announced that Ant Hire, Ltd., leading distributor of CCTV cameras, robotic cutters and services to market sewer leak detection technology to UK-based water companies and contractors, has become an International Authorized Dealer of its proprietary line of sewer leak detection and pipeline rehabilitation certification technology.  

Advanced optimisation of ACWA Services’ robust Nitreat® ion exchange process has enabled significant Capex and Opex savings for Anglian Water, the Society of Chemical Industry’s IEx (Ion Exchange) 2012 conference in Cambridge heard recently.

Chemineer have launched a new smooth profile, dynamically curved non-ragging impeller that minimises the possibility of rag build-up and significantly extends the lifetime of an agitator.

Until recently only the very largest commercial water users could switch water supplier. Now with the threshold for switching very substantially reduced the potential market has expanded from just 2,000 to almost 30,000 businesses.

GPS PE Pipe Systems has further enhanced its market-leading Protecta-Line barrier pipe range with the introduction of pupped fittings, enabling installers to use butt-fusion welding techniques.

ACWA Emirates LLC has won a contract to provide a further state-of-the-art MEMTREAT® membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment plant for the high-profile King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Research Park in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

As part of Scottish Water’s capital investment into its sewage treatment works to meet tighter consent requirements, an extensive refitting programme is being undertaken. At the works in Ashgill and Coalburn (South Lanarkshire) and Blackridge (West Lothian), Hydro International’s Dynasand® and Dynasand® Oxy vertical sand filters have been installed to ensure improved tertiary treatment and final water quality to river catchments.

ACWA Emirates LLC is to supply a range of state-of-the-art water and wastewater treatment solutions for the massive new Shah gas field, which is being developed by the Abu Dhabi Gas Development Company, Al Hosn Gas.

The Middle East faces considerable water and sanitation challenges, which governments across the region are acknowledging and tackling aggressively as an integral part of their development strategies.

GPS PE Pipe Systems has supplied plastic piping to carry out one of the longest pipeline pull back schemes ever carried out in Europe: the Orkney to Shapinsay under sea link.