Genesis Water Technologies Expands Natural Zeolite Flocculants for Municipal and Industrial Water Treatment
MAITLAND, Fla., April 24, 2017 - Genesis Water Technologies, Inc., a vibrant USA based global water & wastewater treatment solutions company, is excited about the formal introduction and expansion of its natural zeolite based flocculant, called ZeoTurb. Around the world there is an increasing need for environmentally safe and sustainable methods of providing high quality solutions for water and wastewater treatment in both municipal and industrial applications. GWT ZeoTurb is a natural non...
Catalyzing Action for Water: 3rd Implementation Roadmaps Report
The World Water Council in collaboration with Korea Water Forum and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea have released the 3rd Implementation Roadmaps progress report. Implementation Roadmaps are an innovative mechanism that monitor progress on publicly committed actions for water identified at the 7th World Water Forum two years ago. They serve as bridges to ensure continuity with the upcoming 8th Forum (Brazil, 2018). The report will provide valuabl...
Queensland scale-up RedEye Launches North America Operations in Nevada Flowing State-to-State Innovation Commitment
Australia: One of Australia’s fastest growing tech companies, RedEye, has announced a strategic partnership with U.S. water technologies organisation, WaterStart, following a Nevada Government trade mission to Queensland in late 2016. WaterStart is a non-profit organisation aiming to bring innovative technologies to Nevada’s water utilities to make the state a global water innovation and investment hub. The first projects to commence as a result of the RedEye/WaterStart partnership are with t...
Dewberry Teams Provide Technical Analyses; On-Site Assessments Following Major Flooding Events
Dozens of Dewberry employees have supported the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with technical analyses of flood impacts and on-site damage assessments over the past several months, under the firm’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Remote Sensing for Incidents contract and as part of the Strategic Alliance for Risk Reduction (STARR II) Joint Venture. Work was performed in southern Louisiana following the August flooding and along the East Coast following Hurricanes Hermine and Ma...
Sustainable Solutions Corporation Releases Comparative Analysis and Environmental Review of Underground Piping
ROYERSFORD, Pa., April 19, 2017 - Sustainable Solutions Corporation (SSC) has released the Life Cycle Assessment of PVC Water and Sewer Pipe and Comparative Sustainability Analysis of Pipe Materials, the first comprehensive environmental review of underground piping systems in North America. Based on a 100-year life cycle assessment methodology, the review includes a study of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe conducted according to life cycle assessment (LCA) standards ISO 14040 series. The life cyc...
Texas Water Development Board Recognizes Innovative Water Solutions in San Antonio
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) highlighted the Tetra Tech-supported H2Oaks Center, a project to develop and sustain water supplies in San Antonio, on its website. Population and industrial growth, combined with three years of drought, exhausted the water supply available to many Texas communities and increased the need for innovative solutions to support long-term needs. One of the local utilities that leads the state in efforts to develop new water supplies and conserve existing su...
United Utilities Awards Contract for Wastewater Treatment System Upgrades to C2V+, a Joint Venture Comprising of CH2M and VolkerStevin
C2V+, a joint venture between CH2M and VolkerStevin has been awarded a contract to undertake major improvements as part of United Utilities’ £70m wastewater treatment system upgrade within the Morecambe Bay catchment. The upgrade work is required to comply with tighter regulation standards within Morecambe Bay set by the Environment Agency, which will be imposed from 2019. The work will help increase flow capacity to cater for future growth and development, reduce t...
Heartland Technology Partners, LLC Announces Closing of New Investment and Changes Name to Heartland Water Technology, Inc.
BOSTON - Heartland Technology Partners, LLC, a global water technology company that develops innovative products to solve some of the world's most challenging waste water problems, today announced that the Company has closed a $12 million equity round. The Company's proprietary technology, the Heartland Concentrator™, has a 10-year track record of effectively treating Landfill Leachate, Power Plant FGD and CCR Pond Water, and O&G Produced Water and Frac Water. The Heartland Concentrator can deli...
Trimble Unity Smart Water Management Software Adds Wireless Monitoring to Streamline Utility Operations
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the latest version of its smart water management software—Trimble® Unity 3.8. Trimble Unity is a cloud-based, GIS-centric Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that offers a suite of applications and tools for the water, wastewater, storm water and environmental water industry. Trimble Unity enables customers to monitor real-time operations, deploy smart meters, assess the condition of assets, reduce leakage and non-revenue water (NRW),...
Woolpert Selected to Design Sewer Rehabilitation Project
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 10, 2017) — HRSD, a wastewater treatment utility that serves 18 cities and counties in southeastern Virginia, has selected Woolpert—a national architecture, engineering and geospatial firm—to provide study, design and administration services for a project to rehabilitate about one mile of sanitary sewer infrastructure in Newport News, Va. This project area includes 4,800 linear feet of gravity sewer pipeline and associated manholes along Jefferson Avenue from West Mer...