Articles & News on Water & Wastewater

WDBC Executive Director Mark E. Alpert Receives the Design-Build Industry’s Highest Distinction

  • November 19, 2020
  • News

The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) has named Water Design-Build Council (WDBC) Executive Director Mark Alpert, PE, as one of the five industry leaders chosen for the 2020 Class of DBIA Fellows.

IMI Critical Engineering Forms Strategic Partnership With Vector Controls and Automation Group

  • September 21, 2020
  • News

Vector Controls and Automation Group, a leading manufacturing representative, distributor, and service provider, announce that they have formed a strategic partnership with IMI Critical Engineering.

Predicting a Crisis Before It Happens: Sensors in the Water Network

  • by Dr. Charlotte Coles
  • August 16, 2020
  • Feature

With technology, it's possible to better predict how people use water and monitor its quality.

Global Water Scarcity Driving Market for Ultrasonic Level Measurement Devices

  • August 5, 2020
  • News

The increasing demand for new water and wastewater facilities to meet the world’s rapidly growing need for clean water will help drive modest long-term growth over the five-year forecast period.

ABB helps Italian company power water purification plant

  • June 23, 2020
  • Case Study

The purification plant will treat wastewater from 26 municipalities across two provinces, servicing the needs of more than 90,000 inhabitants.

Yokogawa to help Turkish company monitor Saudi Arabian water project

  • June 16, 2020
  • News

The Jubail-Riyadh water transmission system, owned by the state-run Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), will transport water from desalination plants near Jubail on the Persian Gulf coast to Riyadh, the growing capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Aquatech announces BreakOuts live event series

  • May 18, 2020
  • News

Taking place on May 26th at 16:00pm-17:00pm (CEST), the first live event is expected to attract a crowd of up to 500 delegates. Bridging the themes of innovation and digitalisation from the physical Aquatech events, the online discussion will kickstart with utilities, European partnerships and global engineering thought leaders from across Europe and the Middle East.
 

EXELE helps Aqua America enhance alarm notification capabilities

  • May 13, 2020
  • Case Study

Aqua America’s existing alarm notification system at the PA facility was experiencing frequent failures, which eventually lead to a catastrophic failure of the entire alarm notification system. Aqua America turned to TopView Alarm and Notification software for their new platform.

Emerson Acquisition to Expand Hydropower Offerings

  • April 2, 2020
  • News

Emerson announced that it has completed the purchase of American Governor Company, maker of technologies and services for hydroelectric turbine controls.

Rockwell Automation helps City of Tacoma upgrade DCS to enhance visibility in wastewater treatment

  • February 3, 2020
  • News

The city collaborated with Carollo Engineers, an environmental engineering firm that specializes in the planning, design and construction of water and wastewater facilities, to help with the technology selection process. The team evaluated different solutions’ capabilities, support services, and more. The PlantPAx distributed control system (DCS) from Rockwell Automation came out on top.