MWH Soft, the leading global provider of environmental and water resources applications software, has announced the technical programme for its annual Middle East User Conference. This comprehensive and significant infrastructure modelling, design and management technology seminar will be held 16-17 November 2009, at the Sheraton Abu Dhabi Hotel and Resort, United Arab Emirates.

This once-a-year learning opportunity for the Middle East modelling community will feature unique technical presentations showcasing projects from the region, technical product updates, and hands-on learning opport…

The OilGuard from SIGRIST-Photometer, Switzerland, offers a wide range of applications such as produced water monitoring in off-shore locations, monitoring for leakages and oil traces in waste water, surveillance of condensate or cooling water in heat exchangers, and monitoring of oil incidents in potable water.

The instrument has been developed in close cooperation with customers and is the result of more than 15 years’ experience with online oil-in-water monitoring systems. This photometer combines proven UV-fluorescence techniques with valuable features for an easy and reliable operation…

World-leading positive displacement pump manufacturer, Watson-Marlow, has acquired the German MASO / sine pump manufacturing business from MASO Process-Pumpen and Sundyne Corporation.
The purchase demonstrates the Watson-Marlow Pumps Group’s continuing commitment to leadership and innovation in positive displacement pump technology. The MASO / sine pump products will now be branded MasoSine.
MasoSine is a natural extension of the Watson-Marlow peristaltic pump range, complementing its offering in sanitary markets, and joining a portfolio comprising Watson-Marlow Pumps, Watson-Marlow Tubin…

Wallingford Software, global leader in hydraulic and hydrologic water modelling and asset management software, has announced the acquisition of InfoStream, a leading mobile information software developer and systems integrator.

InfoStream’s tools provide users with a complete office to field and field to office solution. It uses mobile technology to link field workers seamlessly and securely to InfoNet asset and data management software and can support a wide range of hardware including BlackBerrys, laptops, tablet PC’s and PDA’s.

Steve Tunstall, managing director of Wallingford Softwa…

Watson-Marlow Pumps Group has opened two new offices, in Zurich and Mexico City.

The group can now offer Swiss customers direct shipment from its UK plant in Falmouth, saving 20% on transport costs and seven days of delivery time. Swiss orders ship on next-day-delivery terms.

Newly appointed sales engineer Walter Burger heads the Swiss operation, which is set to become another European success story.

“We’re delighted to have Walter on board looking after our Swiss contacts,” said Klaus Heinrich, country manager for Switzerland and Germany.

“Walter brings with him a raft of engine…

Following an EU-wide tendering process, in January 2007 WABAG received an order from the city of Rzeszów for the refurbishing and technical expansion of its existing drinking water treatment plant. In November 2008, barely two years later, the plant went into operation exactly as scheduled. Since then, some 400,000 inhabitants in the region have been enjoying an extremely clean drinking water supply. On Friday 3 April 2009, the city of Rzeszów and all the companies and institutions involved in the project celebrated the opening of the plant.

With a population of 160,000, Rzesz…

The PortAventura theme park and vacation resort on Spain’s sunny Costa Dorada has selected CSO Technik’s Terminodour system to provide odour abatement for a sewage wet well on the site.

The PortAventura resort, near Salou, incorporates three hotels and two theme parks catering for more than 4 million visitors a year. Among the many attractions at the resort is Europe’s biggest roller coaster.

The Terminodour system is being used to prevent odour egress from an underground sewage wet well. The Terminodour unit oxidises the odours beneath the covers, using active oxygen molecules (ions) el…

Version 10.0 of InfoWorks, FloodWorks and InfoNet, which has just been released, further underlines Wallingford Software’s position as the pre-eminent modelling software developer for the water industry.

A major addition to InfoWorks RS, CS and SD is the new collapsing wall functionality of the 2D engine. Initially developed to model cascades of falling dams, V10.0 enables any type of barrier to collapse based on depth, water level, velocity or unit force criteria. A whole “wall” or just segments can be collapsed. This new release incorporates considerable new enhancements and features tha…

WISKI As A Service is designed for non-time based consumers, universities and research institutes worldwide.
The software industry shows a definite trend towards software leasing, particularly in the case of small to medium-sized enterprises.

As an alternative for the traditional licensing business, flexible on-demand offerings such as application service providers (ASPs) and software as a service (SaaS), will enjoy increasing popularity. According to current estimates, the demand for SaaS increases in Germany alone by more than 30% annually.

Kisters stands at the forefront of those dr…

Petrom is the largest oil and gas producer in south-eastern Europe and since 2004 has been a subsidiary of the Austrian OMV Group. In April 2008, Petrom commissioned WABAG with the modernisation and operational management of the wastewater treatment plant at the PetroBrazi refinery in Ploiesti. One year later, Petrom has again brought in the WABAG specialists, this time for the wastewater plant at the Arpechim refinery in Pitesti, which from 1 May 2009 has been operated and maintained.

For over a year, WABAG h20 Services has been operating the wastewater treatment plant at the PetroBrazi…