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With the COVID-19 cases increasing the world over as well as in Indonesia, the concern for the safety of the health workers has come to the forefront.

Refineries and chemical processing facilities operate a variety of pumps and compressors, which have many characteristics in common, and can benefit from retrofit projects.

Xylem Inc. announced it manufactured and delivered, through Xylem partners, more than 100,000 protective face shields in Europe and the United States in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

SEEPEX Inc. is pleased to announce the SEEPEX SWITCH Performance Guarantee.

On 1 January 2021, the EU will extend the Ecodesign rules to include new and more ambitious energy requirements for electric motors in the size range 0.12 kW – 1000 kW. The requirements are being implemented to phase out the least energy-efficient motors on the market.

Non-payment of customer bills poses the biggest Covid-19 threat to water utilities worldwide, research presented at the latest Water Action Platform webinar demonstrates.

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has a significant part to play in identifying ‘silent’ Covid-19 cases in the community, research presented at the latest Water Action Platform webinar demonstrates.

When trying to work efficiently in quarries, water is always an unwelcome guest. Mobile pumps are vital for draining water from the quarry to expose gravel for excavation and to keep the operation going.

As the total cost of ownership of pumping systems comes under greater focus, Harvinder Bhabra, Head of Segment Fertilizers, Metals, Mining and Chemical Process lndustries at Sulzer, looks at the typical method of calculating the cost and suggests other considerations that should be made to assess, and manage, an accurate figure.

Assessing risk and determining responses to Covid-19 were major themes of the most recent Water Action Platform webinar which took place on 9 July.