Field Technologies News

  1. WateReuse Association Presents Annual Awards In Seattle 9/24/2009
    Innovative approaches to addressing water resources issues resulting from climate change, population growth, and depletion or contamination of existing sources were honored during the WateReuse Association’s Annual Awards Luncheon held September 14 at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel in Seattle, WA.
  2. Parsons Brinckerhoff Agrees To Be Acquired By Balfour Beatty 9/24/2009
    Keith J. Hawksworth, the CEO of Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. (PB), the employee-owned engineering, strategic consulting, planning and program/construction management firm founded in New York City in 1885, announced recently that the company’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee are recommending to shareholders to approve the acquisition of PB by the London-based infrastructure firm Balfour Beatty plc (BB) for $626M.
  3. DOE Awards Up To $14.6M To Support Development Of Advanced Water Power Technologies 9/17/2009
    U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced that 22 advanced water power projects will receive up to $14.6M in funding to advance the commercial viability, market acceptance, and environmental performance for new marine and hydrokinetic technologies as well as conventional hydropower plants.
  4. Hydraulic Institute And TAPPI Announce Partnership 9/16/2009
    The Hydraulic Institute (HI) and the Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) announced recently that they have partnered to provide their memberships with a direct link to purchase industry leading pump standards specific to pumps installed or required in the pulp and paper industry.
  5. Burnsville, MN Adopts VUEWorks For Real-Time Sewer Tracking And Maintenance 9/16/2009
    VUEWorks, Inc. recently announced that the City of Burnsville, Minnesota has adopted its VUEWorks software for web-enabled, GIS-integrated work order and asset management.
  6. EPA, Water Online Team Up With NACE To Host Critical Water Infrastructure Webinars 9/15/2009
    Partnering with the U.S. EPA and Water Online, NACE International, The Corrosion Society, is offering a new Web series called WATERCORR. This series of five webinars will each be led by a different industry expert to help provide information and useful tools for municipalities, water utilities, and private industry to make informed decisions on how to protect resources and prolong the life of critical water and wastewater systems.
  7. Study Provides Performance Data For Design-Bid-Build And Design-Build Project Delivery For Public Water And Wastewater Facilities 9/2/2009
    New survey results show that design-build projects for water and wastewater have a shorter duration for design and construction than design-bid-build projects and come in ahead-of or on-schedule more often than design-bid-build projects.
  8. Environment Agency Extends Term Of Black & Veatch's Flood Management Role In UK 8/26/2009
    One in six homes in England and Wales is at risk of flooding, according to the Environment Agency. Black & Veatch will continue to help protect those at risk after receiving a two-year extension to its term as a consultant on the National Engineering and Environmental Consultancy Agreement (NEECA) framework.
  9. Water/Wastewater Market Projected To Be Worth $127B In 2009 8/26/2009
    According to the long-awaited update to the Environmental Business Journal/ZweigWhite WaterView Report, the U.S. water industry is projected to be worth $127B in 2009, a 2.4% increase over 2008 figures.
  10. WILO Smart Pumps Available To Greatly Reduce Energy Consumption Of The Nation's HVAC Systems 8/11/2009
    Because energy is a valuable commodity, WILO USA recently introduced to the US market the world’s first line of high-efficiency circulators, Stratos-ECO (for residential use) and Stratos (for commercial use).