SJE-Rhombus Named 2017 ESOP Company of the Year
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. - SJE-Rhombus®, a leading manufacturer of pump control solutions for the water and wastewater industry, has been named the 2017 ESOP Company of the Year. The award was presented by the ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) Association to SJE-Rhombus employee owners at the annual ESOP Association Conference in Washington, D.C. on May 10th. "Receiving recognition as the national employee-owned company of the year is an honor," said Dave Thomas, CEO and President of SJE-Rhom...
CH2M, Evergreen State College Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Visualize a Future for Water Infrastructure
PORTLAND, Ore.- Visualize a future where water infrastructure doesn't play a vital role in the daily lives of global citizens. Might seem hard to picture – yet, around the world water infrastructure is aging, and at risk for breakdowns. With dams averaging 50-years-old, most wastewater systems operating well over their expected lifespan and leaky pipes responsible for the loss of six billion gallons of treated drinking water every day, water infrastructure in the United States is at a critic...
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...
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...
New White Paper from Envirosight Discusses How Emerging “Smart Sewer Crawlers” Incorporate CANbus Technology.
RANDOLPH, NJ—March 14, 2017— Envirosight has released a new white paper detailing the advantages a new breed of "smart crawlers" bring to sewer inspection. These crawlers, using digital technologies like CANbus to extend their capabilities, deliver greater intelligence and functionality, consume fewer resources, and support advanced automation and data collection features. CANbus is an embedded control architecture where components communicate directly with each other over a single pair of condu...
Take Control of the Wastewater from your Home
KITCHENER, Ont. — We use a lot of water in our homes, whether it is taking a shower, brushing our teeth, washing dishes, cleaning the house or, ahem, taking care of other matters. It is comforting peace of mind to simply watch this dirty water swirling down the drain, but its safe and efficient disposal doesn’t happen by accident. And it’s not until there is a problem — such as a holding tank backing up into your basement — that people give much thought to the water that is swirling down...
Veolia Nuclear Solutions To Deploy Contaminated Water Treatment Systems At Four Magnox Sites in the U.K.
PARIS & PALO ALTO, Calif.-Regulatory News: Veolia (Paris:VIE) announced that its Nuclear Solutions entity, through its subsidiary Kurion Inc., will deploy effluent treatment systems at four Magnox sites in the United Kingdom under a new contract between the two firms. Under the agreement with Magnox Limited, the company will design, build and install the new systems at the four sites, enabling the removal of contaminated waste from the sites’ active effluent water treatment, ponds water filtrati...
Trinidad City Council Votes to Transfer Treatment Operations to CH2M
DENVER - The Trinidad, Colorado, City Council approved a 5-year contract with CH2M to manage the city's 18-year-old wastewater treatment plant. The Trinidad city council recognized a need for help maintaining and operating the facility's quickly-aging equipment and assets. Officials selected CH2M based on significant qualifications to deliver the work, and a legacy of technical excellence in the region. "CH2M will bring industry expertise and knowledge to the city," said Mayor Phil Rico. "In...
Meeting Today's Water Treatment Needs With Better Mixing Technology
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., March 1, 2017 -- The water treatment needs of today's society are rapidly changing, and Komax is working to meet that change with a unique Channel Mixer design created for today's municipalities and organizations. A Shifting Infrastructure Water treatment plants have an extensive history throughout the United States and Europe. The problem? That history has often impeded progress, and these days, the headlines of any media outlet are filled with the upgrades these...
City of Dryden’s Stantec-Designed Wastewater Treatment Plant Achieves LEED Silver
The City of Dryden’s new wastewater treatment plant is now certified LEED® Silver, clearly demonstrating the City’s commitment to creating a sustainable and environmentally responsible community. “We are very proud as ‘The Wilderness City’ to showcase a LEED® certified structure that not only includes the building, but additionally the plant and processes. This wastewater treatment plant not only meets the goals of sustainability but delivers on environmental responsibility, energy efficiency...
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