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At the InnoTrans in Berlin, Germany, Vogelsang will be showcasing its service systems for hygienic wastewater disposal and drinking water supply in passenger trains to a broad specialist audience for the first time. The focus will be on the BioUnit MID, a new model in the BioUnit product range, which Vogelsang is expanding with two new units together with the BioUnit SMA.

Xylem (XYL) announced that teams from the Philippines and Algeria were the grand prize winners of its 2024 Xylem Global Student Innovation Challenge. The annual program invites high school and university students worldwide to develop solutions to the world’s biggest water challenges.

Smith & Loveless Inc. highlights the EVERLAST Series 1000 Pump Station, an above-ground wastewater pump station that continues the S&L hallmark of high efficiency, long service life, operator ease and safety, and low operation and maintenance costs. The EV Series 1000 pump station comes as a complete, factory-built, and tested system that is fast and simple to install in both new installations and replacements of submersible pumps.

Titled “Urban Water Resilience – Reshaping Our Cities”, this year’s BLUE PLANET Berlin Water Dialogues on November 28 will concentrate on the need to improve water resilience in urban areas in the face of climate change. After last year’s focus on the circular water economy, this year’s edition will explore the interplay of blue, green and grey infrastructure to strengthen urban water resilience.

Dr Thomas Buer will become the new managing director of Endress+Hauser Liquid Analysis on 1 October 2024. He succeeds Dr Manfred Jagiella, who is retiring at the end of September after 17 years at the helm of the competence center for liquid analysis.

KROHNE unveils an advanced electromagnetic flowmeter engineered specifically for the water and wastewater industry in North America. Designed with long-term reliability and durability in mind, the ENVIROMAG offers a cutting-edge solution for accurate flow measurement in various water and wastewater applications.

Mass deployment of connected leak loggers is being made possible by the latest technology, writes Tony Gwynne, global leakage solutions director, Ovarro.

Solutions enable industry and municipalities to address challenges of water scarcity, water affordability, energy efficiency and regulatory compliance. As water challenges escalate in India, Xylem is sharpening its customer focus and making it simpler for utilities, municipalities and commercial users of water across the country to adopt advanced water solutions.

Delivering potable water to the residents, commerce and industrial infrastructure of Montréal is a massive task for the City’s Water Department. The Department operates six water treatment plants, the largest of which are Atwater and Charles-J.-Des Baillets.

In 2021, around 11 billion tons of cargo were transported by sea worldwide. This accounts for almost 90 percent of global trade and means that the shipping industry, which has mainly been powered by heavy fuel oil until now, is responsible for around three percent of global CO2 emissions.