EU Bank Contributes Financial and Technical Support to Provide Clean Drinking Water for More Than 2 Million People in Gaza
At a high-level pledging conference in Brussels today (20 March), the EIB has signed a letter of intent confirming its support for the Gaza Desalination Programme. This includes a EUR 7.1m technical assistance grant for the Palestinian Water Authority, backed by the European Commission. The EIB will launch the tendering procedure for the provision of technical assistance on 15 April. On this occasion, EIB Vice-President Dario Scannapieco, who is responsible for the Economic Resilience Initiat...
A Natural Leader: UTC Aerospace Systems To Save 25 Million Gallons Of Water A Year, Achieving Major Water Reduction Milestone
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - With a continued focus on reducing water consumption, UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), today held a ribbon-cutting for its first U.S.-based water reclamation initiative at its manufacturing facility in Santa Fe Springs, California. The project will increase water savings by 25 million gallons at the site, adding substantially to the 9.7 million gallons of water saved on the premises since 2013. UTC Aerospace Systems has been working wit...
NARUC Recognizes Fix-A-Leak Week, March 19-25
WASHINGTON–The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and its members encourage communities across America to recognize the week of March 19-25, 2018, as Fix-A-Leak Week. Now in its tenth year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense initiative promotes water efficiency and conservation by reminding all Americans to check their household fixtures and irrigation systems for leaks. Household leaks are responsible for more than 1 trillion gallons of water wasted a...
East Coast Erosion Control Receives Innovative Application of Technology Award
Bernville, PA - March 19, 2017 – East Coast Erosion Control is honored to be the recipient of the “Innovative Application of Technology” award. The “Innovation Application of Technology” award is given by the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania, to “the company that strongly demonstrates a ‘break-the-mold’ approach to integrating new or existing technology into its business.” East Coast Erosion Control will be formally honored at the Ben Franklin iXchange event, to b...
Water Management Program Projected to Save North Texas HOA up to $5 Million Over Ten Years
DALLAS – Executives with Smart Outdoor Services, Inc., a leader in water management solutions, announced today that the company has developed a water sustainability program for Stonebridge Ranch Community Association, one of Texas’s largest HOAs spanning over 5,000 acres and located in McKinney, which is projected to save the property management group $3 million to $5 million in water utility costs over the next 10 years. During a pilot program that began in March 2015, Smart Outdoor Services h...
Bluewater and 11th Hour Racing Partner with Imagine H2O to Launch
San Francisco – Bluewater, a world leader in drinking water technologies and solutions, and 11th Hour Racing, a US organization that establishes strategic partnerships to promote collaborative, systemic change benefitting the health of our ocean, today launched a global innovation competition to address urban drinking water scarcity challenges. The program, launched under the Imagine H2O’s Global Water Accelerator Program, will have a financial commitment up to a total USD1 million in deploym...
Water Reuse and Flood Resilience in One: New Technology Set to Take Water Sector by Storm
Waterscan is delighted to unveil Intellistorm® - the future of water reuse and flood resilience. Intellistorm® uniquely combines rainwater harvesting, attenuation and intelligent data gathering into one system. Where deployed, it is expected to drastically reduce site water consumption and discharge to drain. Responding to live weather forecast data, Intellistorm® enables a site to maximise water reuse and reduce discharge to drain by intelligently storing and using collected rainwater for...
NACWA Publication Addresses Stormwater Management, Key Infrastructure Issue Nationwide
Washington, DC – Recent infrastructure packages proposed by the White House and Senate Democrats note the need for more investment in Stormwater Management practices, raising awareness nationwide for greater investment in stormwater infrastructure. Stormwater discharges from municipal drainage and conveyance systems — referred to as "municipal separate storm sewer systems," or "MS4s," — are regulated across the country through National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permits under the Cl...
Water Standard Successfully Delivers Membrane Water Treatment Package for First of Its Kind Midstream Application
HOUSTON - Water Standard, a global leader in water treatment solutions for the energy industry, announced today that it successfully delivered a membrane water treatment package to a midstream energy company, as a groundbreaking component of their gas quality upgrade project within their LPG export terminal. This export terminal is designed to load LPG carriers for delivery to the world market to meet rising international demand for American LPG supply. The membrane water treatment package, w...
Barrasso, Shuster Aim for Water Projects Legislation This Year
The chairmen of the Senate and House committees that oversee navigation and flood-control projects say they plan to move new legislation this year to authorize a new round of construction efforts around the nation. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., who chairs the Environment and Public Works Committee, said in a March 1 statement that "we are making good bipartisan progress on legislation to address America's water infrastructure. We are working side-by-side on water infrastructure legislation that...