Floating solar farm is a solution to Hong Kong land challenges
The Government of the Hong Kong SAR is introducing an innovative floating solar farm to overcome limited land resources as it pursues its plan...
Pumps bolster Rotherham flood resilience
The centre of the town of Rotherham in South Yorkshire suffered significant flooding following extreme rainfall in June 2007 and November 2019, affecting hundreds...
New impeller combines reliability and efficiency
AGAINST a background of growing demand from the water and wastewater treatment industries for submersible motor pumps that resist clogging, deliver reliability and contribute...
Sponsored content: SEEPEX big pumps with maintain-in-place technology
SEEPEX, a global leader in the design, manufacture and application of progressive cavity (PC) pumps, macerators and digital technology, says it is continuing to extend its world-class portfolio of maintain-in-place pump technologies.
Digital tool helps utilities overcome sludge pumping challenges
Software developed by fluid engineering firm BHR Group and launched in January is helping water utilities analyse their sludge pumping systems and reduce costs.
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Sponsored Content: Liquid storage capacity boost
The removal of solids from liquid waste has significant advantages within the environmental industry, as TT Pumps writes. Separation has already become very popular in the dairy industry for processing animal waste. This is a result of annual restrictions on spreading liquid waste at various times of the year, with the solid fraction not held under the same restrictions.
Electric actuators in biomass power plants
Gerda Nölp of AUMA looks at the potential of electric actuators to make a difference in the performance of biomass-fired power plants, and the...
Börger’s brace cures problems
BÖRGER’S rotary lobe pumps have solved an irritating ragging problem at Severn Trent Water’s Earl Shilton sewage treatment works in Leicestershire.
Replacing progressive cavity pumps...
A dream of fewer disruptions
With water and wastewater systems operators under increasing pressure to run facilities smoothly and efficiently, Mike St Germain, vice president (process industries), Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS), explores challenges that need to be addressed.
Fishy story with a happy ending – Bedford Pumps awarded
A company has been given a top rating for its new range of ‘fish friendly’ pumps.
The credential was awarded to Bedford Pumps Ltd following...
Thoughts on control valve selection
By Al Gunnarson, VP of Sales and Marketing, Warren Controls.
The advent of online sizing and selection tools has transformed the process of selecting valves,...
Low-hanging fruit for savings?
Circulator pumps in central heating systems provide 200 million opportunities globally to improve energy efficiency, according to new research from energy technology firm Grundfos.
The old ones are the best – Tackling blockages in pumps
Pump blockages resulting from large quantities of grit, debris and fibrous matter is a problem faced almost daily by operators of wastewater and effluent...
Valve actuation at the centre of advanced oil tanker VOC emission control system
Minimising the emissions of VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) from oil tankers during the fluctuating ambient conditions experienced during sea voyages is vitally important from...
What’s behind a boom in sludge?
The UK sewage sludge treatment sector is undergoing rapid change. Leslie Eaton of SEEPEX, a manufacturer of progressive cavity pumps, offers a view on...
Pumps trade association announces additional keynote speaker for its 2024 Annual Meeting
Europump (the European Pump Association)* continues to develop the programme of presentations for its 2024 Annual Meeting, taking place at the De Vere Beaumont...
Sponsored content: Innovative SLA for actuators at utility
Since being awarded a sole actuator supply framework in October 2019, AUMA Actuators has worked with Anglian Water to develop a new and unique process to service, maintain and replace a range of actuators throughout the region.
Firm delivers savings and efficiency for new life science facility
Creating a new hygienic production facility that includes ATEX zone 1 areas is a complex task, especially when the facility will need over 1,400...
WIMES makes peristaltic points clearer
Watson Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS) has helped with a revision of the Water Industry Mechanical & Electrical Specifications (WIMES), opening up peristaltic pumps to more potential customers in the UK water industry.
New Archimedes screw pumps for Severn Trent Water
ECS Engineering Services has been awarded the contract to replace seven screw pumps as part of a larger contract for NMC Nomenca. Split between...
