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The Winners of the 2021 AEMT Awards were announced during a Gala Presentation Ceremony in Coventry on Thursday 18th November. Attended by some two hundred people from across the electrical and mechanical trades arena, the evening once again proved to be a wonderful evening of reward and celebration.

British Water’s unique Women on Water campaign continues to build momentum, with the renewal of a successful mentoring programme and the announcement of an in-person networking reception.

Limited mounting space due to closely arranged formats for small packaging sizes combined with high output – what could the perfect dosing solution for this task look like? Compact filling nozzles, which are installed as battery arrangements, nozzle blocks, or in multiple lines in large filling systems, are an important building block on the way to the most efficient processes possible and the optimum solution.

Seed treatment is a long-established and proven way for farmers to battle crop diseases and destructive insects, while simultaneously encouraging germination and promoting early season growth. The pumps within seed coating machines have a range of challenges to overcome and demands to meet, so careful assessment at selection stage is vital.

The urgent need for innovation to address multifaceted and intertwined water-related challenges is becoming increasingly clear, as the public, media and governments place pressure on the water sector across the world to drive down emissions and pollutions.

Using an actuated ball valve in conjunction with a liquid level sensor and a PID control module will allow for very accurate level control within a storage tank.

Manchester City Football Club’s global community program, Cityzens Giving and global water technology company, Xylem Inc. are calling on football fans to vote for their “water heroes” – one of five teams of young leaders who are working to tackle water challenges in Cape Town, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Mumbai and New York City.

COP26 is focussing attention on climate change. While water is the backbone of our economy and society, it is also heavily affected by changing weather patterns. Politicians and our societies as a whole must develop a better understanding of the value of water services so that water operators can assume their responsibility to ensure sufficient safe drinking water and properly treated waste water for future generations.

Irradiation with UV light is considered a safe and chemical-free disinfection process in modern water treatment. According to the Drinking Water Ordinance, only tested UV devices are permitted in public drinking water treatment. According to the company, the Dulcodes LP UV system from ProMinent is the first and currently the only one to be certified according to the current testing standards.

Simplicity lays the groundwork for reliability in the Alfa Laval Gas Combustion Unit (GCU), which has long set the standard for boil-off combustion on LNG carriers (LNGCs). Through design enhancements and connectivity, Alfa Laval has taken the GCU’s original simplicity and made it even smarter in the new GCU 2.0.