PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Feb. 25, 2016) – The Hydraulic Institute has named Paul Ruzicka its 2015 Member of the Year. Ruzicka is global COE residential, commercial wastewater and chief engineer at Xylem Inc. - Applied Water Systems . The award was conferred to Ruzicka at the Hydraulic Institute’s 2016 Annual conference held recently in Tucson, Arizona.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Feb. 24, 2016) – The Value of Water Coalition has released the results of a new national poll on public attitudes and concerns about water. The Water Environment Federation (WEF), along with 30 other public and private water agencies, business and community leaders, and national organizations, is a member of this national coalition that has come together to advance positive solutions to America's pressing water challenges.
Image 1. Sean Fitzpatrick (Images courtesy of Danfoss)
Image 2. Jeff BergmanLOVES PARK, Ill. (Feb. 24, 2016) - As part of its continued growth in the fluid-handling industry, Danfoss Drives has expanded the Global Strategic Customer organization with the addition of Jeff Bergman and Sean Fitzpatrick.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (February 24, 2016) – This week, the Hydraulic Institute (HI) announced the recipients of several awards and honors, which were presented during HI's 2016 Annual Conference in Tucson, Arizona. Jack Claxton, Vice President, Engineering, Patterson Pump Company, received HI's Lifetime Achievement Award; Patrick Hogg, Product Manager, Nidec Motor Corporation, was HI’s Young Engineer of the Year award recipient; and William C.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Feb. 23, 2016) – The Hydraulic Institute introduced member company, Flowserve Corporation, as the latest company to have their pump test laboratory approved through the HI Pump Test Lab Approval Program.
ENSCHEDE, the Netherlands (Feb. 23, 2016) – Pentair was named “Water Innovator of the Year” during the Water Vision Congress, held February 18, 2016 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Pentair’s new X-Flow Helix technology was recognized for its ability to prevent membrane fouling and reduce energy use in the treatment of industrial wastewater.
HOUSTON (Feb. 23, 2016) – GE has announced that it will supply its wastewater treatment equipment for an upgrade of Indianapolis Power & Light Company’s (IPL) Petersburg Generating Station. GE will provide its brine concentration (evaporation) technology to treat flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewater discharge, enabling IPL to meet its U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements.
WASHINGTON (Feb. 19, 2016) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released DWMAPS – the Drinking Water Mapping Application to Protect Source Waters. This online mapping tool provides the public, water system operators, state programs and federal agencies with critical information to help them safeguard the sources of America’s drinking water.
BOSTON (Feb. 18, 2016) – Many countries are facing a perfect storm of financing constraints and water infrastructure shortfalls. Dramatic declines in oil and commodity prices, low water tariffs, groundwater overdrafts and untreated wastewater discharges are prompting governments to tap the private sector through public-private partnership (PPP) schemes.
HOUSTON (Feb. 18, 2016) – Siemens Analytical Products and Solutions has announced the partnership with new channel partner Process Technology, Inc. (PTI). The new partnership will focus on the Rocky Mountain region, as PTI is based out of Salt Lake City, Utah.