These innovative API process pumps offer simple, efficient, reliable and cost-effective operation for many processes.
DENVER (Dec. 13, 2016) ‒ The Water Research Foundation (WRF), a leading sponsor of innovative research supporting the water community, has published a new report to help utilities assess several new and emerging capital financing alternatives.
The report indicates that while the new capital funding options may help, utilities still need sufficient and sustained revenue to pay for the financing, and that revenue will need to come from rates.
ORLANDO (Dec. 13, 2016)—Routine maintenance at the Curtis H. Stanton Energy Center, and the need to shut down a generation unit at the power plant, left Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) with a decreased power capacity to treat its wastewater through regular methods.
BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (Dec. 13, 2016)—Spirax Sarco USA, a leader in products and services for steam system management, announced that Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, U.K., is in the Top 10 of the Management Today Magazine list of “Britain’s Most Admired Companies.”
PARSIPPANY, NJ (Dec. 13, 2016)—Members of the Hydraulic Institute (HI), Armstrong Fluid Technology, Grundfos, Taco Inc., WILO USA and Xylem Applied Water Systems participated on a 15-member Appliance Federal Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ASRAC) working group on circulator pumps.
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (Dec. 13, 2016) – Xylem has announced that its new wastewater pumping system with integrated intelligence, Flygt Concertor, has been awarded three international innovation awards at events in Denmark, Italy and Spain.
The retrofit saves the facility several thousand dollars per year.
FORT WAYNE, Ind., (Dec. 12, 2016)—Franklin Electric Co. Inc. announced recipients of the 2016 Franklin Electric Charitable and Educational Foundation Engineering Scholarship Program.
Franklin Electric supports local students in an effort to continue to shape the future of the water and fueling system industries, according to a statement from the company.
FLINT, Mich. (Dec. 12, 2016)—Arcadis, a leading global design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets, has been selected by the City of Flint, Mich., to prepare a Water Distribution System Optimization Plan under a contract worth approximately $800,000, according to a statement from the company.
The plan is intended to guide improvements for the distributed water quality, sustainability and long-term operation of the city’s aging water system.
BJERRINGBRO, Denmark (Dec. 12, 2016)—A project in Chicago aims to show how wastewater treatment can be done in a more energy efficient way, according to a statement from Grundfos.