TORRANCE, Calif. (Sept. 30, 2015) – ExxonMobil has reached an agreement with PBF Energy, Inc. for the sale and purchase of its refinery in Torrance, California, a lubricants distribution center at Vernon, products terminals at Vernon and Atwood and associated California pipelines and other logistics assets, including facilities at the Southwest terminal.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Sept. 29, 2015) – ITT Corporation has appointed Farrokh Batliwala as president of its Control Technologies business.
CHICAGO, Ill. (Sept. 29, 2015) – A partnership of water sector organizations—the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), the Water Environment Federation (WEF), the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) and WateReuse — have released the Water Resources Utility of the Future 2015 Annual Report.
EMMABODA, Sweden (29 September 2015)—Xylem, Inc., a global water technology company, has produced the 4 millionth Flygt wastewater pump at its manufacturing facility in Sweden. Xylem is the first international pump manufacturer to have produced this quantity of wastewater pumps at the same facility.
CHICAGO, Ill. (Sept. 28, 2015) – The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has announced the first winners of a new national municipal stormwater and green infrastructure awards program. Developed through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the program recognizes high-performing regulated Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) and inspires them to exceed requirements through innovative and cost-effective approaches.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Sept. 28, 2015) – The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has released a new comprehensive report that details the challenges, opportunities and pathways to improving the nation’s stormwater systems. The release of “Rainfall to Results: The Future of Stormwater” at WEFTEC 2015 in Chicago coincided with the official launch of the WEF Stormwater Institute, a new center to address stormwater issues.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (Sept. 28, 2015) – The American Water Works Association’s California-Nevada Section (CA-NV AWWA) has announced the formation of a program to educate and assist drinking water agencies in understanding and reducing unnecessary losses of precious water.
HOUSTON, Texas (Sept. 28, 2015) – ValvTechnologies, Inc. has named Vicky Stubblefield director of Global Supply Chain Operations.
Based in Houston, Stubblefield will have executive responsibility for ValvTechnologies’ global sourcing and purchasing groups, leading the development and execution of supply chain strategies and performance on a worldwide basis.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Sept. 23, 2015) – WEFTEC is the best place for water professionals to learn, connect, and explore new, transformative ways to manage water. More than 20,000 water professionals and over 1,000 water companies will attend the Water Environment Federation (WEF)’s 88th annual technical exhibition and conference in Chicago, Sept. 26-30. The following events are held in McCormick Place South, unless otherwise noted.
COSTA MESA, Calif. (Sept. 24, 2015) – JWC Environmental (JWC) has entered into an agreement to acquire IPEC Consultants, Ltd. (IPEC), a manufacturer of solids/liquid separation products for wastewater and specialty industrial process liquids.