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Rotork eliminates unreliability on River Thames weir

  • May 29, 2015
  • Case Study

Rotork IQ3 non-intrusive intelligent electric actuators have been chosen to replace unreliable actuators for the operation of radial gates on an important river management weir on the River Thames.

Lower oil price is changing the outlook for distributed control systems

  • May 28, 2015
  • News

IHS says the market in the oil and gas industry is expected to be affected by the lower oil price; since oil companies have been cutting back investment.

ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium

  • May 21, 2015
  • News

The 10th Annual ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls (WWAC) Symposium, will be held 4-6 August 2015 in Orlando, Florida.

Endress+Hauser files 259 patents in 2014

  • March 14, 2015
  • News

Endress+Hauser employs more than 700 people in research and development.

Patti Engineering installs SCADA system for Siemens

  • February 18, 2015
  • Case Study

The SCADA system was installed for a water and wastewater infrastructure automation project at the city of Fair Oaks Ranch, TX.

Endress+Hauser hits 2 billion euros in sales

  • February 5, 2015
  • News

In 2014, Endress+Hauser increased net sales by approximately 11 percent, exceeding the 2 billion euro mark.

Procentec solves Profibus problems at Dutch water treatment plant

  • January 22, 2015
  • Case Study

Using ProfiTrace 2 diagnostics found a corroded cable at the Rijnland waste water purification plant.

Boulting Technology to automate Thames Water

  • January 21, 2015
  • News

Boulting to supply motor control centers and automation and system integration services.

ACM Facility Safety and Endress+Hauser Announce P&ID Interpretation Workshop

  • January 8, 2015
  • News

This 2-day course gives students the ability to read and understand P&IDs for the analysis of emergency situations; and for safety, environmental and regulatory compliance issues such as Process Hazards Analysis and HAZOP studies.

Flowserve Water Pumps Meet New Energy Standards in Europe

  • December 19, 2014
  • News

MEN/ME family of end suction water pumps has been updated to meet the new ecodesign regulations set by the European Commission.

Siemens updates sewage treatment plant in Vienna

  • November 29, 2015
  • News

Siemens is supplying control, measuring, analytical and power distribution systems, as well as the low-voltage and medium-voltage switchgear.

Sparling obtains NSF61-Certification for TigermagEP flow meters

  • November 11, 2015
  • News

TigermagEP flow meters are now NSF 61-certified for potable water applications.

AUMA installs actuators at sewage treatment plant in Bahrain

  • November 6, 2015
  • Case Study

40 AUMA electric actuators were installed at the Bahrain Ministry of Works’ Muharraq Sewage Treatment Plant in Bahrain.

Systems integration for Industry 4.0

  • November 3, 2015
  • Feature

By Nick Boughton, Boulting Group Connected devices have infiltrated every aspect of our lives, including the most traditional industry sectors. Here arethe challenges connectivity poses for industry, particularly with regard to systems integration and the water industry.

What 35 years in engineering has taught me

  • October 29, 2015
  • Feature

By Brian Booth, NCH Europe While my generation were classically trained chemists recruited to solve problems with scale, corrosion and bacteria in the water industry, new graduates are now required to have a deeper understanding of general issues affecting the whole industry.

Endress+Hauser provides process training unit to West Virginia college

  • October 15, 2015
  • News

PTU is fully equipped through joint efforts of Endress+Hauser, Rockwell Automation and BridgeValley Community and Technical College.

Endress+Hauser Announces Fall and Winter 2015 Training Courses

  • October 7, 2015
  • News

Classes typically are a combination of classroom and hands-on training on either the Endress+Hauser PTU (Process Training Unit), a full-scale, working process skid with on-line instrumentation and controls, or live instruments in training stands, both designed to simulate operating conditions.

Endress+Hauser signs Forberg Scientific as rep

  • September 22, 2015
  • News

Forberg Scientific is now the E+H exclusive sales rep forWisconsin and Northern Michigan.

New Brew Made From Treated Charles River Water

  • September 2, 2015
  • News

Standells shocked! Harpoon Brewery and Desalitech will treat and brew 300 gallons of water from the dirty Charles River to create a limited edition beer — Charles River Pale Ale.

Global Membrane Bioreactor System Market

  • September 1, 2015
  • News

North America is the largest market for membrane bioreactor system followed by Europe and Asia Pacific. The U.S. is the largest market for membrane bioreactor in North America mainly attributed to the high share of sludge treatment plant and manufacturing industries of this region.

Antaira partners with Simantec to expand to Brazil

  • October 25, 2016
  • News

Simantec Automation has expanded their branch offices in Santos, S√£o Paulo, Brazil, as an official distributor partner of Antaira, in order to provide local industrial device networking support and services to industrial markets

Rotork actuators deliver control for Portuguese automated wastewater treatment facility

  • October 24, 2016
  • Case Study

The Viseu Sul WWTP in Portugal’s Viseu County is the first in the country to adopt advanced membrane filtration (MBR) wastewater treatment technology.

Schneider Electric to deliver automation controller for Vallejo, CA flood control

  • October 12, 2016
  • Case Study

Under the terms of the agreement, Schneider Electric will implement its Modicon M580 programmable automation controller (ePAC) platform to help the VSFCD continue to improve the quality wastewater and flood control services it provides to the people of the district.

Rockwell to showcase solutions for Water and Wastewater Facilities at WEFTEC 2016

  • September 23, 2016
  • News

Featuring its PlantPAx platform, Rockwell Automation will demonstrate process and automation solutions for efficient process control, monitoring and management.

Bedrock provides SCADA RTU platform for Clarksville Light and Water

  • September 23, 2016
  • Case Study

The project is part of Clarksville, Arkansas' plan to save up to $2M over the next five years through improved control, monitoring, and security of its electric grid and water treatment facilities.

2016 ISA Water/Wastewater & Automatic Controls event draws 165 global attendees

  • August 18, 2016
  • News

The Symposium focused on the needs of automation professionals and on the varied challenges associated with automation and instrumentation in the municipal water and wastewater sectors, including emerging automation and control systems trends, SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition), instrumentation, systems integration, optimization, cybersecurity and alarm management.

Endress+Hauser receives Frost & Sullivan’s Global Company of the Year award

  • August 4, 2016
  • News

The global Company of the Year Award for water analysis instrumentation is based on an independent study. Analysts took into account each company’s visionary innovation and performance as well as customer impact.

US expenditures in water & wastewater forecasted to exceed $532 Billion by 2025

  • July 1, 2016
  • News

This new outlook, which draws heavily from planned utility budgets, represents an almost 28% increase over capital expenditures during the last ten years.

Emerson helps HRSD wastewater utility automate remote assets in Virginia

  • June 21, 2016
  • Case Study

Emerson Process Management is replacing an outdated SCADA system as well as remote terminal units (RTUs) used throughout HRSD’s vast wastewater collection system.

Early bird registration deadline for ISA’s 2016 Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls Symposium

  • June 17, 2016
  • News

The best and brightest minds will explore the critical issues and challenges in automation facing the water/wastewater industry at the event, which will be held 2-4 August 2016 at the Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Resort in Orlando, Florida.