Water & Wastewater news, September 2012

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New Blog: Water use in electricity generation: the sobering facts that make a case for wind and solar power

Did you know it takes 100,000 gallons of water to produce a single megawatt hour of electricity?

27 September 2012Gail Rajgor

Nov Mono’s Muncher opens wider

Progressive cavity pump manufacturer expands maintain-in-place pump range

25 September 2012Alan Burrows

Allweiler pumps selected for Turkish sewage duties

Colfax Fluid Handling will deliver 36 Allweiler All-Optiflow pumps for the large Ambarli sewage plant near Istanbul in Turkey.

24 September 2012

Grundfos SE and SL range

Grundfos announces that its SE and SL pumps are available with innovative technologies and functionality ensuring optimised performance.

17 September 2012Alan Burrows

Smith & Loveless unveils products at WEFTEC

Smith & Loveless launches full-sized models of products at show and live demonstrations

17 September 2012Alan Burrows

Pentair shareholders approve Tyco Flow Control merger

Pentair Inc shareholders have voted to approve the company’s all-stock merger with Tyco International Ltd’s flow control business.

17 September 2012Roisin Reidy

Xylem included in Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes

In its first year as a standalone company, Xylem Inc has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the Dow Jones Sustainability North A

14 September 2012Roisin Reidy

Wilo USA appoints director of engineering

Joe Melton has been named director of engineering at Wilo USA.

13 September 2012

Huangshan three-screw pump features

Huangshan RSP provides three-screw pumps, twin-screw pumps and single-screw pumps with over 20 series.

11 September 2012Alan Burrows

Aquatec diaphragm pump offers 30% more

Diaphragm pump delivers higher flow rate for 12 V dc unit which is 30% more than previous models thanks to a bigger motor.

11 September 2012Alan Burrows

Pentair creates Fairbanks Nijhuis

Pentair has brought its Fairbanks Morse and Pentair Nijhuis brands together to form Fairbanks Nijhuis.

10 September 2012Roisin Reidy

Xylem claims tests show massive energy savings

Test results have shown that energy consumption of a wastewater treatment plant aeration system can be cut by 65%.

6 September 2012Roisin Reidy

Crane Corporation accolade for Tomlinson Hall

UK-based Tomlinson Hall & Co Ltd received the CraneChemPharma Flow Solutions Partnership in Growth Award at the ACHEMA exhibition held in Frankfurt, German

6 September 2012Alan Burrows

Folsom Pump Station awarded Project of the Year

California American Water’s Folsom Pump Station has received a Project of the Year Award from the American Public Works Association Sacramento Chapter (APW

5 September 2012Roisin Reidy