Tag: United Kingdom
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B&V puts forward four water-reuse recommendations
Four key recommendations have been put forward by Dan McCarthy, president and CEO of Black & Veatch’s global water business, for overcoming global barriers to reuse of water as part of an integrated water industry portfolio.
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Four-stage RO for London desalination plant
The UK’s 150,000 m³/d Thames Gateway brackish-water reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination plant, which was opened by Queen Elizabeth’s husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, on 2 June 2010, has a four-stage RO process.
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Philippine/Japanese consortium buys UU Australia
United Utilities Australia Pty Ltd, which is involved in several membrane-based desalination and water reuse projects in Australia, has been bought by a consortium including Manila Water of the Philippines and Mitubishi Corp and JGC Corporation of Japan.
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Strong pump-head feature of new high-pressure pump
Featuring a duplex stainless steel discharge manifold for extra durability, the new 6801 triplex plunger pump introduced by Cat Pumps (UK) has the ability to deliver fluids at pressures up to 480 bar (7,000 psi) and flows up to 57 L/m.
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Bacon named operations director for STS in Europe
Water and wastewater treatment company Severn Trent Services (STS) has promoted Rick Bacon to director of operations for its Water Purification division.
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Biwater to build six SWRO plants in Maldives
Six seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plants with a total capacity of 3,000 m³/d are to built built in the Southern Province of the Maldive Islands by Biwater International Limited.
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Water data analysis software updated
The latest release of AquaChem™ 2010 water data analysis software from Schlumberger Water Services is now compatible with a Hydro GeoAnalyst™ SQL Server ™ database, while based on Microsoft Access ™ database structure.
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UK turbidity meter meets EPA standard
UK scientific supplier Camlab has launched an easy-to-operate turbidity meter that uses a white-light source and a 90-deg infrared detection technique to meet the specifications for EPA turbidity measurement (EPA Standard 180.1) which is a standard procedure for analysing the quality of UK drinking water.
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Cascal chairman looks to desalination future
Cascal NV, a subsidiary of the UK-based Biwater water and wastewater group, is looking to extend its market reach further into desalination, according to its recently elected chairman, Adrian White.
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CH2M Hill hires UK engineer as water operations chief
CH2M Hill announced on 4 August 2009 that British civil engineer Neil Reynolds has joined the Denver-based firm as international operations director for the Water Business Group.