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Ebara Corporation has won the Best Partner Award from GS Engineering & Construction Corporation, which is headquartered in the Republic of Korea.

The Lowara ecocirc XL bronze range has been granted Water Regulations Advisory Scheme (WRAS) approval, and now meets all strict byelaw regulations set out by UK water companies.

Baker Hughes Incorporated announced that for the second consecutive year, it will contribute USD 100,000 to support Susan G. Komen, the world s leading breast cancer organization, in its efforts to end breast cancer forever.

Federal Pump, an 87 year old Brooklyn, NY manufacturer of centrifugal pumps for the buildings industry, was awarded several prestigious high rise projects in NYC after introducing its newest stainless steel pre-engineered and packaged variable speed potable water system along with its recent upgrade to its MSC chopper pumps for wastewater applications.

A single TR Muncher from Mono has been selected for a sludge grinding application, which was previously performed by 3 grinders, supplied by another manufacturer. The 3 grinders were struggling to deliver the required performance and maintenance levels at a large waste water treatment plant in Rhode Island, New England.

The outstanding features of the new Mink claw vacuum pump range are optimised noise emission levels and a smaller floor area. The new range will be introduced at the Fakuma plastics processing trade fair in Friedrichshafen (Germany).

Flowserve Corporation announced it has received a major order to provide multiple pumping systems to Alstom, a France-based global leader in power generation. The orders, totaling approximately $30 million USD, were booked in the second quarter of 2014.

Xylem Inc. has won a 2014 Innovative Technology Award from the Water Environment Federation (WEF) for the company’s wastewater pumping solution, Flygt Experior.

The Indian government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has presented its ten-point agenda for economic reform in the country. Based on this the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is forecasting a rise in Indian GDP to more than six percent by 2015.

The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee recently heard testimony which makes a strong case that “modernizing and replacing the country’s aging water and wastewater infrastructure may be the single largest public works need that our Nation faces” and it requires a serious investment.