One of the main considerations concerning the valve actuators at the Bens WWTP (waste water treatment plant) in Coruña, Spain, was its close proximity to the Atlantic coast and the resulting saline atmosphere in the area. It is well known that this environment is highly corrosive to exposed electrical equipment and can be a major cause of unreliability and breakdowns.

Rotork was able to reassure the main contractor, engineering company and the end user by referring them to the nearby Repsol Refinery, where all the installed actuators are Rotork’s intelligent IQ design, together with the Ro…

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WABAG has been awarded a follow-up order from the Sultanate of Oman. After the conclusion of the reverse osmosis plant project in Duqm, the company has received a further contract for the completion of a seawater treatment plant, which will supply desalinated water to various industrial production plants in the Sohar International Port Complex.

The use of microfiltration as a pretreatment phase in the reverse osmosis process employed for the Duqm plant was a technological first in the sultanate and is seen as exemplary. This concept is also to be employed in the Sohar International Port de…

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Geomembrane Technologies Inc. (GTI) has finished a project for a large cheese and butter plant in the state of Victoria, Australia, again demonstrating GTI’s strength in successfully completing worldwide projects.

The dairy processor turned to GTI’s experts to design, fabricate and supervise the installation of an odour control cover for an additional lagoon required at an existing wastewater treatment system. The plant required odour control due to its strong wastewater flow as part of its wastewater treatment system.

GTI’s engineers designed the 44mx88m cover to be removable for period…

CSO Technik’s pump action screen has recently proven the effective operation of its cleaning system by removing three months of accumulated debris on the flow side of the screening basket.

The screen at a combined storm overflow at Godre’ graig CSO South Wales was installed by CSO Technik in October 2008. Unfortunately a power supply to the screen could not be secured until February 2009. In the meantime, the pump action screen was effectively used as static screen to protect the overflow to the river.

When the pump action screen came to be commissioned in mid-February 2009, the screen…

VA TECH WABAG has received an order from the Tunisian wastewater authority, ONAS (Office National de l’Assainissement), for the planning and completion of the Hergla and Enfidha wastewater treatment plant. The project will involve a volume of over €11 million and WABAG will serve as the leader of a consortium that includes the local construction company, MTT. The work is to be co-financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB).

The new wastewater treatment plant will boost economic development in Enfidha

Enfidha is located in north-eastern Tunisia, some 80km south of the capital a…

After the startling success of the initial Verderflex Dura range of peristaltic pumps, GPM Pumps is delighted to announce the launch of the Verderflex Dura 35 as the latest addition to this ground breaking Verderflex Dura range of hose pumps.

The Verderflex Dura range is a genuine advancement in peristaltic pump technology. It has the following benefits:

Longer hose lives
Less frequent and shorter downtime
Saving space
Using less power
Being more economical to run

Peristaltic pumps with continuous flow rate

Up until now, you couldn’t get a Dura that could pump more than…

2009 has been a dramatic year for the climate change agenda and it is hoped this will conclude in a new international climate deal to be signed in Copenhagen in December.

Over the last two years The Prince of Wales’ Corporate Leaders’ Group (CLG) has been building up momentum in the international climate negotiations through the Bali and Poznan communique#233;s. The communique#233;s have reinstated a message to the governments that the international business community requires a strong and effective international climate structure.

The Copenhagen communique#233; on climate change is a …

MWH Soft, a leading global provider of environmental and water resources applications software, has announced that its president and chief operating officer, Dr Paul F. Boulos, Hon.D.WRE, has been elected to the board of trustees of the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut, Lebanon. He will serve on the Board’s executive and nominating committees and will chair its advancement committee.

Dr Boulos, who has chaired the LAU board of international advisors since 2006, will draw on a distinguished career and vast leadership experience in his new role. A renowned international authority…

The 10th annual Wallingford Software User Conference, the company’s first major event since it joined forces with MWH Soft, has been hailed as a major success by industry experts.

The two-day event on 15-16 September in Reading, UK, attracted record attendance and presented another prime opportunity for water resources engineers to network, learn and find inspiration with colleagues from around the globe. The opening address by EMEA operations director Andrew Brown highlighted the synergies of the combined companies in terms of both product portfolio and operations. Keynote speakers includ…

MWH Soft, a leading global provider of environmental and water resources applications software, has expanded its commitment to the water utility industry by including vanguard carbon calculation capabilities in all its industry-leading water modelling product lines. Its new sustainability analysis extension, a first in the industry, will be available in InfoWorks WS, H2ONET Suite, and H2OMAP h20 and Infoh20 Executive Suites. The tool gives water utilities invaluable energy efficiency management capabilities for reducing both power costs and carbon footprints.

A large percentage of energ…