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Maintaining complex systems in the OEM industry can often times be a challenge, particularly when something goes wrong that causes automatic systems to leak. This not only creates burdensome operational downtime, it drains economic resources — lost time means lost money.

A common misunderstanding over water fittings regulations in the UK is creating confusion over clean water equipment compliance and specification, and could be a barrier to innovation, says Paul Carrington, managing director, Aquacheck Engineering.

A special version of the GEMÜ R480 Victoria butterfly valve series from Ingelfingen-based valve specialist GEMÜ is approved with immediate effect for the medium of oxygen.

The sixth British Water Data Conference, kicked off with a warning from keynote speaker Oliver Grieveson on the “dangers and opportunities” around digital transformation. The event took place at the Royal College of Pathology in London, but the body of water infrastructure was the one under examination on this occasion, not least, the health of the instrumentation monitoring some 375,000 combined sewage and stormwater overflows (CSOs) in the UK wastewater network.

Manchester City Football Club’s global community program, Cityzens Giving and Xylem are calling on football fans to vote for their top project as the Water Heroes Academy returns for a second year.

A growing global movement of young innovators is helping the water sector make progress against urgent challenges like water accessibility and security. Brilliant young minds are helping shape a more sustainable world by developing innovative ways to manage water and by educating others in their communities about water challenges.

TURBOdesign1 was introduced at ANDRITZ for hydraulic development of a new vertical line shaft pump. This type of pump is typically used for irrigation and the cooling water supply to thermal power plants.

Thomas Marks, General Manager and Secretary at the Association for Electrical and Mechanical Trades, explores the requirements placed on the individuals and organisations involved in the repair and service of Ex-rated electromechanical equipment.

EurEau welcomes the European Commission’s proposals for the revised Water Framework Directive (WFD), Environmental Quality Standards Directive (EQSD) and Groundwater Directive (GWD), which should reduce the presence of the most worrying aquatic pollutants or groups of pollutants in the aquatic environment and lead to the better protection of precious drinking water resources.

EurEau gives a cautious welcome to legislative proposal of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD). The proposal encourages the waste water sector to be more climate and energy neutral and to go further on treatment. However, it is a lukewarm endorsement of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes.