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AMI Partners with SJE-Rhombus to Create Cloud Based Pump Monitoring Solution for Municipal Wastewater Market

May 17, 2013 Las Vegas, NV, May 17, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Today, AMI, a Las Vegas, Nev. based engineering and cloud technology company, announced their partnership with SJE-Rhombus to create a cloud based pump monitoring system for the municipal waste water marke...

MC workers protest privatisation of Water supply, sewerage in HP

May 17, 2013

Shimla, May 17 -- Deadlock continued between the ruling Congress government and employees of Municipal Corporation, Shimla as workers lodged protest against the privatisation of water supply and sewerage system here today.

US Trip Unearths Best Practice in Wastewater Recycling

May 17, 2013 The University of Tasmania issued the following news release:An Australian Maritime College PhD candidate has witnessed first-hand the potential of efficient wastewater recycling.Thanks to a scholarship from Water Quality Research Australia (WQRA)...

Old Cotter Dam disappears underwater

May 17, 2013

After a century of providing Canberra with fresh drinking water, the old Cotter Dam has disappeared beneath the water of the new storage.

Exclusive: Six teams to tender Scottish Water £1.5bn deals

May 16, 2013 Exclusive: Construction News can reveal six joint ventures have been invited to tender across two categories for Scottish Water's infrastructure programme, which could be worth up to £1.47bn over 12 years.Scottish Water is procuring for long...

Senate Passes Merkley Proposal to Create Jobs by Repairing Crumbling Water Infrastructure

May 16, 2013 The office of Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., issued the following news release:Today, the U.S. Senate passed Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley's Water Infrastructure Financing Innovation Act (WIFIA) as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2013. ...

Lower Murray Water to fight defamation rulings

May 16, 2013

A water authority in north-west Victoria is appealing against a Supreme Court judgment for defaming three directors of a former irrigation body.

Long Beach water rate boost recommended

May 16, 2013

LONG BEACH -- Long Beach Water Department staff on Thursday recommended a four percent water rate hike next year and the same increase in each of the following four years.

Advisory: First issued under embargo

May 16, 2013 WATER FIRMS URGED TO CUT LEAKS BACKBy Emily Beament, Press Association Environment CorrespondentWater companies must do more to cut leaks which lead to up to a fifth of water supplies being lost, a top environmental official is demanding.

Mikulski Announces Senate Passage of Water Infrastructure Bill to Create Jobs, Protect Maryland Communities

May 16, 2013 The office of Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., issued the following news release:U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today announced Senate passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), which provides critical flood protection for co...