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Modern and innovative: upgrading the 80 year old Dungog Wastewater Treatment Plant By Eliza Booth, Journalist, Pump Industry magazine In the Hunter Region of New South Wales, along the Williams River, sits the country town of Dungog. The town of just over 2,000 residents is right in the middle of dairy and timber country and […]

Carbon capture and storage: the re-emergence of a critical technology By Imogen Hartmann, Journalist, Pump Industry magazine Experts have determined that preventing carbon dioxide emissions from entering the atmosphere is a critical component of combating climate change. This is where carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology comes into the equation. Here, we break down how

WOMA – Australasia’s leading high-pressure water supplier WOMA – a leading provider of water jetting, vacuum extraction and explosion protection technologies has recently introduced a stable of robust, reliable and technically advanced industrial water jetters to the market. Engineered and manufactured to exacting standards, their units are purpose-built to suit the demands of the oil

New $30,000 irrigation system for Orange oval Orange City Council in NSW is undertaking a $30,000 project to install a new automatic irrigation system at Perry Oval to enable the field to be watered when required and improve the playing surface. Once complete, Council’s sportsground team will undertake weed-spraying and oversowing to boost the quality

WA funds $1.5 million water program for farmers $1.5 million has been allocated by the Western Australian Government towards Watersmart Farms, a project to assist farmers to adopt self-sufficient water supply systems and build long-term drought resilience. The Watersmart Farms project facilitates the rapid, widespread adoption of on-farm desalination plants in agricultural regions to process

Style and size considerations when selecting a control valve Control valves play an important role in regulating the flow, pressure, temperature or other variables – such as density, concentration, level, etc. – of the fluid (gas, steam, water or chemical) to compensate for load disturbances and to maintain the process variable as close as possible

$3 million boost for Southern and Darling Downs water supply The Queensland Government is gearing up to find long-term water supply options for the Southern and Darling Downs regions with a $3 million in-depth water assessment that’s set to create regional jobs. Queensland Minister for Regional Development and Water, Glenn Butcher, said Queensland’s economic strategy

Franklin Electric: the story so far Commencing back in 1962 in Dandenong, Victoria, close by to its present site, Franklin Electric began importing and distributing 4” submersible products. Soon after, local manufacturing commenced with specialised imported parts to offer the Australian water industry Franklin’s world-leading 4” submersible motors. Over the decades, Franklin Electric motor products

NT WorkSafe issues farming equipment safety alert Following an incident in the cattle industry, NT WorkSafe has issued a safety alert to highlight the risk of serious or fatal injuries in the workplace. The safety alert highlights the risk of serious or fatal injuries when working on or near unguarded machinery. The alert has been

State of the Industry 2021: finding opportunities in an uncertain time As the saying goes, hindsight is 2020; but no one could have foreseen the wide scale effects COVID-19 and a devastating fire season on us last year. Now in its eighth year, Pump Industry’s State of the Industry explores how the events of 2020