Biwater AEWT was recently awarded a supply contract for the largest Water Reuse project in South East Asia. At a capacity of 228,000 m³/day (60MGD), this will provide 15% of Singapore's water demand by 2010.

The contract, awarded by the main contractor, SembCorp Industries, is for a Reverse Osmosis treatment plant for the fifth, and largest, NEWater facility in Singapore. SembCorp Industries is the main contractor for the design, build, own and operate contract at the Changi Water Reclamation Plant.

The new plant will initially treat 68,130 m³/d (18 MGD) of Changi Water Reclamation Plant's total effluent, which is currently 800,000 m³/d (211 MGD). By 2010 treatment at the new plant will be ramped up to 228,000 m³/d (60 MGD).

Biwater has now secured a total capacity of over 1,562 MLD (413 MGD) installed or contracted projects in reverse osmosis and nanofiltration for the treatment of seawater, brackish water and water re-use.

Wallingford Software today announces the release of FloodWorks v9.0, the leading real time flood forecasting and warning software solution. Two significant advances head a large number of feature enhancements in v9.0: the ability to include wastewater and stormwater models within FloodWorks and the direct integration of RADAR data into FloodWorks. In FloodWorks v9.0 wastewater (InfoWorks CS) and stormwater (InfoWorks SD) models can now be integrated directly into the FloodWorks forecasting system. Outfalls from InfoWorks CS and InfoWorks SD models can be connected directly to existing InfoWorks RS models of river and floodplain areas to provide a more accurate and comprehensive representation of the runoff from urban areas and its contribution to overall flooding.

Version 9.0 of InfoWorks, released today, provides ample evidence as to why Wallingford Software is widely regarded as the most innovative and technically advanced of all modeling software developers for the water industry.

In addition to major developments - such as the ability to model 2D flows using InfoWorks RS - InfoWorks v9.0 includes scores of enhancements that will improve personal productivity and performance.

In v9.0 for instance, users can export InfoWorks models and results to Google Earth format for sharing across the Internet. InfoWorks v9.0 includes a wealth of improvements to all four products: InfoWorks CS for wastewater management and sewerage provision, SD for stormwater, WS for water distribution and supply and RS for river, channel and floodplain flows.

Wallingford Software announces today the release of InfoNet v 9.0, the latest version of its asset management software solution for the water and wastewater industries. Analysis of water network data and integration of network data with other corporate systems dominate a long list of new and enhanced features. InfoNet's strengths in water network data integration and analysis has led many water utility departments to embrace the solution, including asset planning, Asset Performance and Control, Operations and Engineering departments. V9.0 incorporates a wealth of new and enhanced features of benefit to this wide constituency of users.

A Biwater Construction Ltd led consortium has been awarded a Build, Own, Operate (BOO) contract for a new seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant to be constructed at Oued Sebt in the region of Tipaza, Algeria. The new plant will deliver 100,000m³ per day of high quality drinking water when completed. The plant is designed to desalinate raw seawater from the Mediterranean Sea, with approximately 38,800mg/l of total dissolved solids, to meet the European Union drinking water quality standards. The plant will consist of eight reverse osmosis units at a capacity of 12,500m³ per day with two stages to acquire the required boron level of 0.

Four Watson-Marlow Bredel 520 series dosing pumps have been installed at United Utilities Haslingden Grane Water Treatment Works in Rossendale, Lancashire. The new pumps will replace earlier 500 series pumps which have delivered trouble-free service since commissioning in 1993. The new 520 series pumps have been supplied under United Utilities' framework agreement with Falmouth-based leaders in peristaltic pump technology, Watson-Marlow Bredel. The framework agreement relates to the use of peristaltic pumps for the dosing, transfer and metering of liquids and slurries within the water industry. This includes abrasive materials and chemicals such as lime slurry, ferric and sodium hypochlorite, as well as sewage sludge.

CheckLight, provider of innovative bioluminescence-based solutions for rapid water quality testing and online monitoring, has completed its first fundraising round. The water technologies company Whitewater, owned by Hanna Gertler and Ori Yogev, has announced it will make a strategic investment in the company of up to US$3.5 million in several stages.

The funding will be used to accelerate CheckLight's R&D activities and recruit key personnel. The company plans to collaborate with Whitewater Security, a subsidiary of the Whitewater Technology Group, by enhancing its advanced technological systems and methods offered for preventing, protecting and monitoring accidental contamination and terrorist events in water works.

British UV disinfection specialist Hanovia Limited has expanded its operations by moving to newer, larger premises in Slough, England. The new building provides 1,865 sq m (20,000 sq ft) of space, allowing Hanovia to significantly increase production of its UV disinfection systems which are sold world-wide for process water, aquaculture and swimming pool water treatment.

As the only UV system supplier to develop and manufacture both UV lamps and monitors, Hanovia is recognised as the technology leader in UV disinfection. Its UV systems are an integral part of many water treatment processes in the food, beverage, brewing and winemaking industries as well as high purity applications like pharmaceutical and semiconductor manufacturing.

Hanovia is part of the Fluid Technology division of Halma, an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. Halma is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 3000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide. These subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable.

Following an exacting application process Wallingford Software has once more achieved the International Association for Continuing Education and Training's (IACET) highest accreditation level of 'Authorized Provider'. The company first achieved this key accolade in 2002 from the internationally recognized non-profit association, which is dedicated to certifying education providers that meet its stringent continuing education guidelines. As certification is for a period of five years before re-certification is required, Wallingford Software had to submit to an exhaustive review process. This included submitting a detailed application outlining its course offerings and procedures, details of its instructors and award process, and explaining how the company determines the right course for the client.

The valve, measuring and control specialist from Ingelfingen founds its own sales subsidiary in Denmark.

The new subsidiary GEMü ApS will be going into operation on the 1st of May 2007 in Ballerup/Denmark. After years of co-operation between GEMü and the Klitsö processtechnic a-s company as a sales partner, relations with the customers are to be made even closer.

GEM Denmark will look after the existing sales partners and open up new branches of business for GEMü. At the same time we are responding to the globalisation of our Danish customers. The work on international projects is demanding stronger and stronger supraregional co-ordination between engineering, plant construction and end customers which can be provided most efficiently and quickly in the GEMü group itself. GEMÜ is therefore represented by its own offices in 17 countries and by sales partners in more than 50 countries.

GEMÜ has developed two completely new pneumatically operated globe valves, GEMÜ 530 and 534 with a stainless steel and a plastic piston actuator respectively. The two new valve types use the same valve bodies. As a first step nominal sizes DN 15-50 are available with valve bodies in 1.4408 cast stainless steel and GGG 40.3 (EN-GJS-400-18-LT) SG iron. This new development of the valve bodies enabled considerable material and weight saving whilst offering the same stability. The cv values have also been improved by up to 40% compared to existing valve type 512. The maximum operating pressure for sizes DN 15 - 40 is 25 bar, for DN 50 16 bar.

The ceremonial laying of a foundation stone was the signal for work to commence on the new building in the Waldzimmern Business Park, Niedernhall which is just eight kilometers away from the company's head office. The business park enjoys good transport links and will be the new base for the GEMü development department, which has grown substantially over recent years. Prototyping and trials with a range of test benches and testing equipment will also relocate from Kochertal to the new premises. The exhibition centre will become home to GEMü exhibition stand construction and a permanent exhibition containing new exhibits and functioning models.

As of January 2008, CheckLight introduces the new models of its rapid and sensitive water testing kits:

ToxScreen3 test kit - on top of the recognized advantages of the ETV-verified ToxScreen2 kit, the new version has the following new features:

• 15 minutes response time
• Higher sensitivity to many chemical contaminants
• Simpler test procedure

AOC3 test kit - on top of being rapid and reliable, the added features include:

• Wider spectrum of response to carbon-based nutrients
• Simpler test procedure

Savannah picks InfoWorks for city-wide model 17 December 2007: The City of Savannah's Water and Sewer Bureau has chosen InfoWorks from Wallingford Software to meet its modeling needs. Both the sanitary sewer and water supply versions of InfoWorks are being used. "We selected InfoWorks from Wallingford Software based on an evaluation of the water and sewer modeling software available in the market. This was the best one to fit our needs," said Water & Sewer Engineering Director Abe Ghazi. A particular requirement was to choose a dynamic system, he added. "We are going to be using InfoWorks to model both the water and sewer systems for the City of Savannah.

At a press conference held in his office recently, Dr Hashem Yamani, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Chairman of the Saudi Organization for Industrial Estate and Technology Zones (SOIETZ), signed contracts with the International Company for Water Distribution (Tawzea) for the management of water services projects benefitting three industrial cities. These projects are unique as they provide comprehensive water services while meeting all the environmental and water needs of the industrial cities through ROT (Rehabilitate, Manage and Transfer) contracts. This is the first such move in the Middle East.

Beijing Hengju manufactures and supplies specialty water treatment chemicals for oilfield, wastewater treatment, potable water, mineral processing, sugar and paper industries. In addition to a complete range of powder grade polyacrylamides, marketed under the HENGFLOC trade name, our company also supplies polydadmac, polyamine and dicyandiamide type liquid coagulants to cater for all requirements of the industries that we serve. Founded 15 years ago the company has grown rapidly as a result of its involvement in the Chinese oilfield industry where a variety of our products are currently used to improve the efficiency of oil production.

EESiFlo(R) is the world-renowned manufacturer of portable and fixed Transit-Time (Time of Flight), Doppler, and the newly patented Concurrent-Transit-Time Ultrasonic Flow Meters and Doppler Flow Switches. EESiFlo has supplied flow meters and switches to every major industry around the world, including: Nuclear power plants Water and waste-water Heavy equipment-operators Chemical manufacturing Aerospace industry Oil and gas exploration Automotive production HVAC and plumbing Pharmaceutical industry Bio-diesel production Hydrocarbon production Soft-drink manufacturers Hydroelectric dams Shipbuilding National defence RENT TO OWN EESiFlo maintains a wide fleet of portable ultrasonic flow meters in our “Rent to Own” pool.

SECURA B.C. manufactures melt-blown polypropylene filter media for liquid and air filtration and filter cartridges for liquid filtration at absolute, nominal and economical grades. Production is based on SECURA's own patented melt-blown technology. SECURA's staff are also active in designing filtering systems to meet the requirements of individual applications in a variety of industries, e.g. water filtration for beverages, juices, beers, pharmaceuticals, paints filtration for manufacturers and the automotive industry. Systems are also designed for the domestic potable water filtration market. ABSOLUTE FILTERS SECURA's absolute filters achieve 99.

With the long-awaited completion of the St Petersburg flood-prevention facility ‐ the biggest construction project in eastern Europe, known locally simply as 'the dam' ‐ 280 years of debate over the city's flooding woes are set to come to an end in 2008. "280 years of debate over St Petersburg's flooding woes are set to come to an end in 2008." Home to 4.6 million people and some of Russia's most prized cultural treasures, throughout St Petersburg's 300 years of history the city has been flooded on an almost annual basis ‐ and in some years, more than once.

The largest single construction contract in New York's history, when the Croton water filtration plant enters service in 2012 it will bring an end to a long, and at times controversial, saga which began back in 1989. Once completed, the plant will represent a significant step in improving the water quality of the one million New Yorkers who rely on the Croton water system ‐ the city's oldest ‐ which first began service in 1842. "The Croton water filtration plant will ultimately treat around 1.2 million cubic metres a day." Being built entirely underground and requiring deep excavation and extensive rock boring to provide the necessary water tunnels, the four-storey plant will ultimately treat around 1.

Coca-Cola&squo;s Wakefield facility is the largest of six major bottling plants the company operates in the UK. The plant recently completed an upgrade of its water treatment facility ‐ with Severn Trent and Norit working to provide a comprehensive purification and recovery system ‐ which increased influent quality and upped supply capacity by over 30%. In addition, the solution selected ‐ membrane ultra-filtration (UF) ‐ represents a significant departure from the company&squo;s traditionally established multi-barrier approach to water purification. The project increased water treatment peak capacity from an hourly 300 m³/hr to 400m³/hr, improved efficiency to approaching 99% and achieved a tenfold reduction in wastewater generation ‐ down to an average 60m³/day.