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.
Yushiro and QualiChem announce global partnership
- August 7, 2018
- News
The announcement brings together two metalworking fluids manufacturers in the industry. Yushiro is a supplier of metalworking fluids in the Asia Pacific region, and QualiChem is a metalworking fluids business in North America.
ISA announces registration call for 2018 ISA Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls (WWAC) Symposiu
- July 11, 2018
- News
To be held at the Hyatt Regency , from 7-9 August 2018 in Bethesda, Maryland, the event will include briefings by American Water Works Association (AWWA) and Water Environment Federation (WEF) officials, training opportunities, and a vendor exhibition that will showcase new products and services.
ABB and TaKaDu to provide water management solution to Ho Chi Minh City water distribution network
- January 24, 2018
- News
The ABB SCADA solution - ABB Ability Symphony Plus - will monitor and control the entire water distribution system and integrate TaKaDu’s Event Management Solution, which detects, analyzes and manages network events and incidents such as leaks, bursts, faulty assets, telemetry and data issues and operational failures.
ISA announces Don Dickinson as Symposium Chair for 2018 Water/Wastewater and Automatic Controls (WWA
- December 13, 2017
- News
Taking place at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda on 7-9 August 2018—only 15 minutes from the nation’s capital—the WWAC Symposium will feature two days of technical speakers, an exhibitor hall, a tour of a local water plant, and technical training courses on a variety of topics.
Rotork helps Kansas water treatment facility enhance electric valve actuators
- December 4, 2017
- Case Study
In the gravity filter plant, 18 butterfly valves are situated in an area beneath a walkway which made it difficult to access and operate the old actuators. With the Rotork actuators, the installation of Remote Hand Stations (RHS) has now eliminated this problem.
Kamstrup helps Iranian company enhance intelligent water meter solutions
- November 14, 2017
- News
In connection to Kamstrup’s visit in Iran, the company signed both a partner contract and an agreement of two pilot projects with the local Iranian company Iran Ensheab Co. The projects include intelligent water meters and remote reading system.
Endress + Hauser announces investment in new French facility
- September 29, 2017
- News
Endress+Hauser has invested 4.9 million euros in a new building in Lyon. As well as 25 sales and service employees from Endress+Hauser, nine employees from the European headquarters of Kaiser Optical Systems will move into the new facility.
CP Automation and Rockwell Automation partner to help alleviate drought in Namibia
- September 20, 2017
- Case Study
Eco Projects was undertaking a 17 month project in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, to alleviate a critical water shortage. Using boreholes, a deep, narrow hole made in the ground to locate water, the client pumped water to various reservoirs. This is to provide an accessible store of water for Windhoek.
Endress+Hauser announces AdEdge Water Technologies has joined OEM Business Partner Program
- September 20, 2017
- News
Endress+Hauser’s OEM Business Partner Program is a new concept designed to develop and enable a higher level and more strategic OEM customer relationship that is focused on tangible business results and people development.
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