Water Management

DHV, an engineering consultancy firm in the Netherlands, has bagged a EUR15m design and construction contract from Water Board Veluwe, for the replacement of the existing wastewater treatment plant at Epe with a new plant utilizing its Nereda technology.

Missouri American Water, an invester-owned water utility and a wholly owned subsidiary of American Water, has acquired the wastewater system serving the Lake Tamarack Residents Association in Cedar Hill. The system which serves a population of approximately 140 residents, adds 53 customers to the company's customer base.

AquFlow, formerly known as Hydroflow, has said that it will present a complete line of metering pumps for chemical injection for water treatment applications during the ACE 2010 - by AWWA in Chicago at Booth # 1782.

Culligan International Company, a developer and provider of water treatment and filtration systems, has sold its vended water business owned and operated by Culligan Store Solutions (CSS), to Primo Water, a company engaged in retail water exchange and retail sales of water dispensers.

H2O Innovation, a company that designs and develops custom-built water treatment systems, has said that its India joint-venture H2O Innovation India has bagged contracts totalling CAD2.2m for the supply of water treatment systems and equipments for industrial customers located in the Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.

The EBRD is supporting the modernization of municipal infrastructure in the Croatian city of Sisak with an EUR11m loan to co-finance the extension of wastewater network and the construction of a wastewater treatment plant.

Thames Water, a utility responsible for water supply and waste water treatment in the UK, has opened the first-ever desalination plant in mainland UK. The plant will turn a mixture of seawater and river water from the tidal River Thames into high-quality drinking water.

Harrison Western Group has said that a consortium lead by it subsidiary, Harrison Western Process Technologies (HWPT) has bagged a $22m contract for the design, supply, installation, commissioning and operation of a new water treatment plant at Cobre Las Cruces (CLC) copper mine near Seville, Spain.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is initiating a rulemaking to better protect the environment and public health from the harmful effects of sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) and basement backups.