Canadian firm BluMetric Environmental Inc. has been awarded a US$1.38 million contract to supply a Reverse Osmosis system to a large diversified in...

Mexico water, wastewater chemical market to grow from industrial water demands

Escalating industrial processes in Mexico has spurred water and wastewater treatment needs, boosting demands for water treatment chemicals.

Pall Corp. to present membrane technology solutions at Peru mine water conference

Pall Corp will present membrane technology solutions at the Mine Water Solutions in Extreme Environments conference in Lima, Peru.

Odor control

CSO Technik's Terminodour odor control system is now available in the USA, Canada and Mexico exclusively through Kusters Water, a division of Kuste...

World Water Day 2013: Xylem commemorates World Water Day through global water cooperation

Xylem Inc. is commemorating World Water Day by enhancing global partnerships to provide and protect safe water resources.

GE membrane technology to be installed at largest European drinking water plant

Erope's largest drinking water purification plant to feature GE's ZeeWeed* 500 water treatment technology is under construction in Ravenna, Italy.

Groundwater depth mapped but data still lacking from developing countries

A new report from the European Commission shows how researchers have developed a new model to map groundwater but that information on the depth of ...

UK water regulator chief resigns under uncertainty

Uk water regulator Ofwat has announced that chief executive Regina Finn will be leaving in November...

Reed beds to filter East London’s drinking water from sludge

A £4.5 million reed bed system that will filter reservoir water to supply drinking water into parts of East London is now fully operational...

Laboratory Management: Integrated Sampling the Key to Safe Water Supply

Water suppliers around the world are using Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) to integrate the sample collection and analysis process...

Europe's Water for All

Europe's beaches and waterways are enjoyed by tourists from around the world. The Water Framework Directive demands are proving tough for many coun...

Headworks promotes Afnan Din to Vice President

Headworks International is pleased to announce the promotion of Afnan Din to Vice President.

Aging Infrastructure: Sliplining Helps Restore Failing Clay Tile Sewer

The City of Lima, OH, was faced with a failing 78-inch diameter clay tile-lined sewer ranging in depth from 25 to 31 feet. Several remediation opti...

Middle East/Africa

Collection of water and wastewater new headlines from the Middle East/Africa

Getting to Know the Forward Osmosis Pioneer

Not only has the UK's Modern Water taken a university R&D project and made it into a multi-million pound business, it is also the first company...

Parkson to build sustainable solar sludge drying system in Dubai

Dubai has selected Parkson to build a sustainable solar sludge drying system to cut treatment costs for the Persian Gulf city.

Dubai opens UAE’s largest desalination plant

Dubai’s Electricity and Water Authority has opened its ‘M Station’ in Jebel Ali that can produce 140 million imperial gallons of desalinated water ...

Headworks promotes Afnan Din to Vice President

Headworks International is pleased to announce the promotion of Afnan Din to Vice President.

Middle East/Africa

Collection of water and wastewater new headlines from the Middle East/Africa

Casablanca membrane wastewater reuse plant first in North Africa, says GDF Suez

The Médiouna facility inaugurated this week in the Greater Casablanca region of Morocco will treat wastewater from 40,000 people to be reused for a...

WaterRF report helps global water utilities conserve energy, greenhouse gas emissions

The Water Research Foundation has published a report that helps water utilities across the globe measure energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Tanzanian Tales: Why PPP Failed to Scale a Mountain of Water Problems

The case of privatisation in Tanzania can be seen as an example of how international vendors should not enter a developing market. The following ar...

Tetra Tech awarded $24M for East Africa water resource management program

Tetra Tech, Inc. has been awarded a $24 million contract to provide technical support for water resources management and climate change adaptation ...

Advanced water technologies help solve India water supply issues

GE has been working in India to help it efficiently use available water resources and expand its usable water supply.

Flood defences to be improved in Bangladesh

Around one million people are set to benefit from a project that aims to improve flood defences and drainage in coastal areas in Bangladesh...

Deodorising system key to new wastewater DBO in India

Degrémont has secured two new design-build-operate (DBO) wastewater contracts in India, with one featuring a deodorising system to limit unpleasant...

New water, wastewater opportunities predicted to arise from China's nuclear power sector

China's shrinking freshwater levels have compelled power plants to adopt water reuse and recycling treatment solutions.

French-Chinese partnership to deliver Shuangliu wastewater treatment plant

A joint venture between a SUEZ Environment subsidiary and Chinese firm will deliver a 25-year partnership to manage eight wastewater treatment plan...

Chennai's second SWRO plant up and running

The second seawater reverse osmosis plant with a capacity of 100,000 m³/d to provide drinking water for the city of Chennai, India, has been commis...

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Hong Kong justifies $12/m3 expected desalination cost in Tseung Kwan O

The Hong Kong government has said that its planned 90 million m3/year desalination plant will cost more per unit of water than other plants in the ...

Beijing receives $2.9M drainage pumping project

Xylem Inc. has been awarded a $2.9 million contract from the Beijing Drainage Group to install drainage pumps in 19 Beijing pumping stations.

Public services under scrutiny in developing Asia

Public services including clean water and sanitation are failing frequently to reach developing nations across Asia, the Asian Development Bank has...

Americas

collection of water and wastewater new headlines from the Americas

Asia Pacific

collection of water and wastewater new headlines from the Asia Pacific

UK Ceramic Membrane Trial to Disprove High Capex Concerns

High investment costs have prevented widespread use of ceramic membranes for drinking water treatment. An 18-month trial recently started in the So...

Desalination contract awarded by Australia’s Xstrata Coal

Desalination company Osmoflo has secured an AUS$12 million contract to boost water conditioning and desalination capacity at Xstrata Coal’s Ulan mi...

MWH, Microvi partner on Australia, Asia Pacific water projects

Microvi Biotechnologies is partnering MWH Global to bring its revolutionary water technologies to Australia and the Asia Pacific.

WaterRF report helps global water utilities conserve energy, greenhouse gas emissions

The Water Research Foundation has published a report that helps water utilities across the globe measure energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Australia, New Zealand government support spurs use of membrane technology in water treatment

The Australia and New Zealand membrane technology market for water and wastewater treatment has grown from government support.

GE technology helps Australia’s largest desalination plant become operational

GE was instrumental in bringing Australia’s largest seawater desalination plant into operation with its innovative rainfall catchment technology.

Veolia to deliver MPPE water purification unit to Australia floating natural gas plant

Veolia will supply a Macro Porous Polymer Extraction (MPPE) water purification unit for an Australian Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility.

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WEBCASTS

Miami-Dade County Saves through Water Conservation

Join this webinar to find out how the Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department developed an easy-to-use system that helps their park managers remotely monitor water consumptio...

Off The Shelf - Real Time Control

In Hach’s webinar "Off the Shelf - Real Time Control," you will learn about a variety of areas in the wastewater process where Hach has been able to advance optimization and automation.&n...

Hydraulic Fracturing: Beyond Name Calling to Real Environmental Protection (a four-part series) Part 4 -- Fracturing Site Closure & Restoration Considerations

This series will bring together experts in water, energy, and conservation to explore the most important issues and disclose the most successful steps to prevent problems through each stage of the ...

Enterprise Asset Management for Smart Water Operations

During this webcast, Eric Meliton, a leading Environmental Technologies Industry Analyst from Frost & Sullivan, will discuss leading asset management trends in the municipal water and wastewate...

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UPCOMING WATER INDUSTRY EVENTS

Waste-Tech 2013

Location:

Moscow , Russia

Website: http://www.waste-tech.ru

May 28, 2013 - May 31, 2013

11th Latin America Leadership Forum

Location:

Morelia , Mexico

Jun 3, 2013 - Jun 5, 2013

IUVA and TZW: EMEA Regional Conference

Location:

Karlsruhe , Germany

Jun 4, 2013 - Jun 5, 2013

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	Automated Sludge Age Control By creating an automatic sludge age control system, the City of Morrison Wastewater treatment pl...
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