Current Headlines

1. National Industry And Regulatory Experts Present Basis For Stray Gas Investigations And Water Management Associated With Unconventional Oil & Natural Gas Development
   6/18/2013

   The Ground Water Research & Education Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy will host the Stray Gas Incidence & Response Forum and the Unconventional Oil & Gas Water Management Forum July 9-11, 2013 in Grapevine, Texas.

2. Hach Launches DR 900 Handheld Colorimeter
   6/18/2013

   Hach Company has developed the next great multiparameter handheld instrument for testing water in the field, the DR 900 Handheld Colorimeter. The DR 900 allows for quick and easy access to your most used testing methods, and is field ready in every way possible.

3. Innovyze Smart Water Network Modeling Technology Supports North Carolina Utility
   6/18/2013

   Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for smart wet infrastructure, recently announced that Greenville Utilities Commission (GUC), of Greenville, North Carolina, has chosen Innovyze industry-leading smart water network modeling and management solutions software to manage its water system. The addition of InfoWater and InfoWater UDF will assist GUC in addressing critical design, and operational and water quality issues with maximum effectiveness.

4. ARCADIS Promotes Ten Staff Members To AVP, VP, And Senior VP
   6/18/2013

   ARCADIS, the leading pure play global engineering and consultancy firm, announced recently it recently promoted ten staff members to various levels of vice presidency - two to senior vice president, two to vice president, and six to associate vice president.  

5. FCI Future-Ready ST100 Air/Gas Flow Meter At WEFTEC2013
   6/18/2013

   Process, plant and instrument engineers visiting WEFTEC 2013 Booth 3944will learn more about the advanced ST100 Flow Meterand other helpful solutions to flow metering, conditioning and switching challenges from Fluid Components International (FCI).

6. New Aqua MegaDisk™ Cloth Media Tertiary Filter Operates In 80% Less Space Than Sand Filters With Comparable Hydraulic Capacity
   6/18/2013

   The Aqua MegaDisk cloth media filter is yet another breakthrough addition to Aqua-Aerobic Systems’ extensive line of cloth media filters.

7. New ABB Leaflet Covers Swirl And Vortex Flowmeters
   6/18/2013

   Six-page leaflet briefly describes benefits of ABB Vortex (FV4000) and Swirl (FS4000) flowmeters for measuring flow rates of liquid, gas, and steam. The leaflet provides installation and product photos as well as tables of key specifications. Both flowmeter types offer high accuracy and wide rangeability, as well as an integrated temperature sensor for mass flow measurement of saturated steam.

8. Water Disinfection: Safely Generating Up To 5000 Grams Of Chlorine Dioxide Per Hour
   6/18/2013

   Diox-A 5000 is an especially powerful but also safe chlorine dioxide generator developed by Siemens Water Technologies. Depending on its version, the Diox-A 5000 can generate up to 2,500 or 5,000 grams of chlorine dioxide per hour for the disinfection of process or cooling water.

9. EPA Report Details How Development Can Impact Public Health, Environment
   6/17/2013

   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released its most comprehensive review to date on how the built environment – the way we build our cities and towns – directly affects our environment and public health.

10. United Nations Calls For Global Action On Drought
    6/17/2013

    United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a collective global response to drought and a shift from crisis management to drought preparedness and resilience. He said the price for preparedness is minimal compared to the cost of disaster relief.