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Itron begins water meter installation in Australia
23 February, 2012
Itron has commenced the installation of a wireless fixed network system to track water consumption in the town of Port Douglas, Queensland,...
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Los Angeles selects Innovyze software for water supply
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LACDPW) in California has selected Innovyze's smart water modelling and management solution software for its capital improvement...

WB to support Armenian water supply improvement project
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 The World Bank (WB), through International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), has allocated a $15m loan to help improve water supply in...

Amiad to provide filtration solutions for Australian projects
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Amiad, through its subsidiary Amiad Australia, secured contracts to provide water treatment and filtration solutions for two projects in...

UK's Thames Water issues drought warning
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Parts of London and the Thames Valley area of the UK are being forced into a 'crippling' drought as some rivers and groundwater levels have fallen to dangerously low levels, Thames Water has...

Miya to execute water supply improvement project in Bahamas
Monday, February 20, 2012 Arison Investments subsidiary Miya has secured an $83m contract from the Water and Sewerage Corp (WSC) to execute a project for an enhanced water supply in the...

Canadian city unveils sewer project to prevent harbour pollution
Monday, February 20, 2012 The city of Charlottetown, in Canada, has unveiled an $18.8m upgrade project to protect its Spring Park combined storm and sanitary sewer...

China to invest measures for water pollution monitoring
Friday, February 17, 2012 The Chinese Government is planning to invest CNY1.8bn ($285.71m) over the next three years to monitor water pollution in the...

AfDB allocates $100m loan for Zaria water project in Nigeria
Friday, February 17, 2012 The African Development Bank (AfDB) has allocated a $100m loan for a water supply expansion and sanitation project in the city of Zaria in northern...

Veolia Water secures three O&M contracts for Japanese treatment plants
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Veolia Water, through its subsidiary Veolia Water Japan, has secured three operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts for water and wastewater treatment facilities in...

Maynilad to build two wastewater treatment plants in the Philippines
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Maynilad Water Services will invest about PHP616m ($14.39m) to construct two wastewater treatment plants and their corresponding conveyance systems in the...

ADB invites bidders for water project in Azerbaijan
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has invited applications for the construction of water supply and sewerage networks at Agdash,...

Jordan to select developer for mega water project in April
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 The Jordanian ministry of water and irrigation is expected to select a developer for its proposed Jordan Red Sea Project (JRSP) in April...

Toray to provide equipment for Singaporean desalination plant
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Toray Industries has secured an order to provide reverse osmosis (RO) membrane elements to the Tuaspring desalination plant in...

SCIRT selects Innovyze to rebuild sewer collection system in New Zealand
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 The Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT), New Zealand, has selected Innovyze's InfoNet solution to assist in the condition assessment programme for its sewer collection...

Scottish Water completes infrastructure upgrades in Scotland
Monday, February 13, 2012 Water and sewerage services provider Scottish Water has completed a £23m environmental improvement project in Campbeltown,...

Trility begins operations at Australian wastewater treatment plant
Monday, February 13, 2012 Trility has commenced operations on the Northern Water Treatment Plant (NWTP) at Kinduro near Townsville in...

US announces funding plans for west coast water infrastructure
Friday, February 10, 2012 The US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) has allocated $50m in funding for water infrastructure projects in western...

PERC Water to upgrade Adelanto wastewater treatment facility in the US
Friday, February 10, 2012 PERC Water has secured a contract from the Adelanto City Council to upgrade the city's wastewater treatment facility located in the US state of...

Veolia-led consortium to renovate French wastewater treatment plant
Thursday, February 09, 2012 OTV, a subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies, has been selected by SIAAP to lead a consortium to renovate a wastewater treatment plant in Acheres,...

Arcis Resources completes trial of water solids reduction solution
Thursday, February 09, 2012 Arcis Resources Corp has completed the trial of its new water-borne solids waste reduction solution at the Mercedes-Benz facility located in Alabama,...


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