With clean water becoming increasingly scarce and precious, the perceived and inherent value of water increases, driving investment in more sophisticated monitoring and controls. According to a new ARC Advisory Group report, “Advanced SCADA Systems for the Water & Wastewater Industry Global Market Research Study”, barring any new economic slowdowns, the SCADA market for water & wastewater is poised ...

Veolia's environmental monitoring technology unit Endetec is pleased to announce that its TECTA automated microbiology system has received approval from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) for performing regulatory compliance testing forE. coliand total coliform bacteria in drinking water distribution system samples under the Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR) and other related regula ...

AN INTEGRATED waste treatment plant capable of processing up to half of Singapore’s solid waste will be in operation from 2024. The National Environment Agency (NEA) will build the facility in Tuas. It can handle solid waste, food waste, recyclables from the National Recycling Programme and, in a first, sewage sludge from water treatment plants. It will extract resources like biogas and energy from the wast ...

This year Aquatech India celebrated its 5th edition, while Aquatech Global Events marks 50 years of water industry events. From 6 to 8 May, 135 exhibitors and 6500 visitors came together in New Delhi for the annual exhibition and conference, combined with the Industrial Leaders Forum. Aquatech India again sets the standard for water technology trade events in the region. The next edition of the show will ta ...

With the world’s largest and most advanced desalination plants, IDE demonstrates technological leadership, high efficiency, reduced cost and environmental responsibility Kadima, Israel, April 11, 2014 – IDE Technologies today announced it was named as the Global Water Awards category winner of the Desalination Plant of the Year, Sorek, constructed in partnership with Hutchison Water International Holdings P ...

A coal-linked project in China's dry Inner Mongolia region has caused a local water table to plunge and a local lake to shrink.  In neighboring India, a thermal power plant has been forced to shut down because of severe water shortages. In Southeast Asia, impoverished Laos risks destroying the spawning grounds of migratory fish species that feed millions of people along the key Mekong River as it pushes ahe ...

Introducing the Industrial Leaders Forum at Aquatech India   From 6 to 8 May 2014, the fifth edition of Aquatech India will be held in Pragati Maidan – New Delhi. This combined exhibition and conference is a joint venture between Amsterdam RAI and Inter Ads Exhibitions (India). The event focuses on drinking water, process water and waste water. At this edition of the show the Industrial Leaders Forum ( ...

Despite all the recent reports of waste water, including human waste, flowing across it, Karon Beach was recently named as one of the 25 best beaches in Asia by TripAdvisor. Three other Phuket beaches were among the top 25 in the 2014 TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards: Nai Harn, Kata Noi and Freedom. Nai Harn was in fifth place, Kata Noi in 14th, Freedom Beach in 16th and Karon in 18th. With an addition ...

IDE Technologies Ltd. announced today that a large oil and gas company, focused on in-situ projects, has purchased two IDE horizontal MVC evaporators to increase the produced water treatment capacity of a SAGD production site in Northern Alberta.   IDE’s MVC evaporators will process and treat de-oiled produced water to continuously supply high quality distillate. The feed water will be used for drum bo ...

Passavant-Roediger GmbH, a wholly owned German subsidiary of Drake & Scull International (DSI) PJSC, announced that it has been awarded two major contracts for a combined value of AED 50 million for water and wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in India. The new projects will help the company to consolidate its position in the growing water and wastewater treatment (WWTP) sector in the country. Passavant ...