The Mangkolemba Ao Lanur Telongjem (MALT) has stated that unfiltered water coupled with rusted pipelines pose serious health threats to the citizens of Mangkolemba town. A press note issued by Imjong Longkumer, President, and Lanutemjen General Secretary of MALT, Mangkolemba stated that Mangkolemba, a sub divisional headquarter under Mokokchung district, is blessed with abundant water from a number of river ...

An international peer review has backed Christchurch City Council's decision to replace the gravity wastewater system in Parklands with a new pressure wastewater system. The Council is introducing new wastewater technology as part of the rebuild of earthquake-damaged infrastructure to build stronger systems, better able to withstand any future earthquakes. City Water and Waste Manager Mark Christison says t ...

A move to privatise the Yankalilla district’s water and waste services will be discussed with the community. Water Utilities Australia (WUA) has talked with the council about taking over its Community Wastewater Management Systems (CWMS). If it happened, the company would buy all water and sewerage operations and associated infrastructure at Normanville, Yankalilla, Myponga Beach, Second Valley and Wirrina ...

Tamil Nadu government is mulling over a proposal to set up a string of desalination plants across its 1,000km long coastline following excessive exploitation of groundwater resources in the coastal areas. While Chennai Metrowater has set up two desalination plants in Minjur and Nemmeli with a capacity to treat 100 million litres of water a day, Tamil Nadu water supply and drainage board has established a pl ...

Trevor Farrant's argues that the Port Stanvac desalination plant is a costly white elephant, whilst Water Minister Ian Hunter argues that it is a crucial piece of future-proofing infrastructure. The Case Against; Trever Farrant The desal plant doesn't have as many holes in it as the recently published purported history of the plant that credits Mike Rann as the champion of desalination. In fact, it was stol ...

Although various alternative technologies are being developed, the large-scale desalination of seawater typically involves forcing it through a membrane that allows the water to pass through, but that traps the salt. These membranes can be costly, they can get fouled, and powerful pumps are required to push the water through. Now, however, scientists from the University of Texas at Austin and Germany’s Univ ...

The Kerala Water Authority has invited e-tender for 'running contract', the area-wise annual pipeline maintenance contract for the city. The total cost expected for the maintenance of the distribution pipes in the city is pegged at Rs 1.8 crore. The water pipeline network in the city, notorious for recurrent bursts, needs constant maintenance. However, most of the running contractors do not have the experti ...

Tenders have been released for wastewater network construction and upgrades. Watsons Pty Ltd has issued a tender for the construction of 300 mm diameter sewer main and associated works in Cranbourne West, Victoria. Works will involve the construction of 460 m of 300 mm diameter PVC sewer main at 570 Hall Road, Cranbourne West. Applicants must have appropriate South East Water accreditation or be suitably qu ...

Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, has expanded its range of medium pressure ultraviolet (UV) water treatment solutions with the launch of two new additions to its WEDECO Quadron series. The WEDECO Quadron series is particularly suitable for drinking water disinfection, and can also be used for fish farming, swimming pool an ...

Dow Water Process & Solutions (DW&PS), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company (USA), received the top prize honor of “Market Choice” for the new DOW FILMTEC ECO Reverse Osmosis (RO) elements in a product contest held by the Aquatech China committee and dayuu.com, an online water industry network. DW&PS Greater China commercial director Christina Fang accepted the award on behalf of Dow at t ...