DuPont and Water.org Partner to Increase Global Access to Safe Water
Collaborating on Sustainable Water Solutions for People Living in Poverty WILMINGTON, Del., December 20, 2021, DuPont (NYSE:DD) and Water.org have partnered to increase global access to safe water, with a focus on communities most vulnerable to the consequences of water scarcity. The partnership combines DuPont’s technical leadership in water filtration and purification solutions with Water.org’s expertise in pioneering market-driven financial solutions to the global water crisis. Th...
ASCE Statement on EPA Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan
The following is a statement by Tom Smith, Executive Director, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): WASHINGTON, DC. – The American Society of Civil Engineers applauds the Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan released yesterday by the Environmental Protection Agency to help communities across the country remove lead pipes out of their drinking water systems. Access to clean and safe drinking water is critical to public health and economic prosperity, and ASCE’s 2021 Report Card for...
Skanska builds and installs piping and machinery for wastewater plant in Tampere, Finland, for EUR 45M, about SEK 460M
Image credit Tampere Region Central Wastewater Treatment Plant - Skanska Skanska has signed a contract with Tampere Region Central Wastewater Treatment Plant to carry out piping and machinery project for a wastewater treatment plant in Tampere, Finland. The contract is worth EUR 45M, about SEK 460M, which will be included in the Nordic order bookings for the fourth quarter of 2021. The project consists of building and installing piping and machinery for the new wastewater treatment pl...
Evolution of Narrow Band IoT in Remote Water Consumption Readings
Carlos Tejedor (Idrica): we must get ready. In the short term, everything will have sensors in the water industry. The NB standard will coexist with 5G to support billions of sensors. The Spanish city of Gandia was the first municipality to have tens of thousands of meters working with NB technology, in a project led by Idrica, Vodafone and the Gandia city council. This was the first Smart Water City with Narrow Band (NB) applied to remote metering. The project led the city to become...
GLWA Increasing System Resiliency with Improvements to 14 Mile Transmission Main
Pipe renewal extends the pipe segment’s service life by as much as 50 years GLWA and its member partners collaborated on plan to ensure continued protection of public health and safety Construction to be completed by mid-January with no anticipated impact on water quality DETROIT— The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) announced today it is continuing to build resiliency into its regional system by proactively renewing segments within a 1.5-mile stretch of water transmission...
The Bureau of Reclamation Uses Crowdsourcing to Identify Innovative “Snowpack Estimation” Solutions, Offering $500k Prize Purse
Washington, D.C. -- December 7, 2021 -- The Bureau of Reclamation today announced its crowdsourcing competition, the "Snowcast Showdown", which is being implemented by DrivenData, Ensemble, and HeroX. The Challenge seeks innovative methods of estimating snow water equivalent (SWE), tasking competitors to provide spatially-distributed estimates of SWE over the western US during the 2022 winter season. Participants are competing for a prize purse of $500,000. SWE refers to the amount of li...
Burrowing Critters Increase Risk of Levee Failure
WASHINGTON—Researchers have developed a new method to estimate the risk of levee failure and flooding from burrowing animals like badgers and porcupines. Levees are human-made embankments usually made from dirt that alter river flow to provide protection to nearby communities. When burrowing animals dig into earthen levees to make their homes, they can weaken the infrastructure to the point of collapse and localized flooding — but most flood risk models don’t take that into account. Now, a...
City of Westminster and Project 7 Water Authority (Ridgway) among 39 EPA invites to apply for water infrastructure loans
Projects will help modernize water infrastructure for 25 million Americans while creating up to 49,000 jobs DENVER — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that 39 new projects are being invited to apply for Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans, including projects in Westminster, Colorado and Ridgway, Colorado; and 4 projects are being added to a waitlist. The agency anticipates that, as funds become available, $6.7 billion in WIFIA loans will...
Digital transformation, key to ensuring access to drinking water in Colombia
In Colombia, where losses from non-revenue water are a major issue, digital transformation of the entire cycle of this precious resource is essential, according to Idrica. Colombia is a water-rich country with a sound policy and strong public leadership. One of its main objectives is to ensure reliable access to water resources for the entire population, yet this can only be achieved by tackling new challenges such as climate change, pollution and water losses in the distribution network...
Idrica Develops World's First 5G-NR Device Specifically for the Water Industry
The device is part of a 5G-NR technology project for real-time remote reading of drinking water consumption. This pilot scheme is being carried out in Valencia, within the framework of Spain’s National 5G Plan. November, 16 2021. Idrica has developed the first 5G-NR device specifically for the water industry. This groundbreaking piece of equipment, based exclusively on 5G-NR (New Radio) technology, will provide solutions to challenges which had been out of reach up until now, mainly in M...
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