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Xylem has been awarded a $1.7 million contract with Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to design and supply advanced water pumping technologies as a key component of a significant irrigation project in Vietnam. Xylem will help to provide a reliable water supply at the Phu My pumping station in the Bắc Ninh province for 5,600 hectares (ha) of cultivated land in the area.

The trial of a new Apex35 hose pump from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group at EEW Saarbrücken GmbH, a producer of energy from waste, has indicated the significant potential savings in pump maintenance costs. Not only is the Apex35 pump able to run without clogging, for a much longer period when pumping abrasive brine at EEW, but downtime and the cost of replacement parts is reduced greatly.

As California faces one of the most severe droughts on record, water reuse is an essential and sustainable solution that will help secure the state’s water needs. Xylem has been commissioned to deliver a unique water reuse solution to help increase the supply of purified, recycled water in Los Angeles.

International technology Group Andritz has been awarded a contract for an extensive overhaul of 14 vertical adjustable propeller pumps supplied by Andritz in 2002.

Advanced microscope technology in the gigantic MAX IV Laboratory at Lund University, Sweden, offers great opportunities for future research and development. The technology is very sensitive, and this poses special demands for pump systems.

GF Piping Systems has received a substantial order totaling more than EUR 15 million from the shipbuilding company STX France.

Kirloskar Brothers supplies Calik Enerji of Turkey with pumps for its 230MW CCPP project in Georgia.

Chorley-based Droyt Products has selected a Bredel 32 hose pump from Watson-Marlow , to help transfer liquid glycerine soap between a mixing vessel and a cooling/setting mould.

Sour crude oil contains a high amount of impure sulfur. To convert sour crude oil into valuable and refined fuel the impurities occurring as elemental sulfur in solution and as hydrogen sulfide gas need to be removed. Due to the presence of hydrogen sulfide, sour crude oil is toxic, hazardous and extremely corrosive which makes its transportation to the preparation system challenging.

Amarinth has completed the reconditioning of the pumps stationed on the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline which safeguard against pollution in a region of Georgia that exports natural spring water.