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Lowara releases new Smart Pump range

Lowara releases new Smart Pump range The new Lowara Smart Pump range is designed to “plug and play” and is all about the right combination of motor, variable speed drive and pump — featuring an integrated, intelligent pumping system with an electronically driven, permanent magnet motor. With an embedded electronic drive dubbed the “e-SM”, the […]

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Memorandum of Understanding agreement signed for pumped hydro project

Memorandum of Understanding agreement signed for pumped hydro project AGL’s proposed 250MW pumped hydro project at Bells Mountain, near Muswellbrook in New South Wales, is one step closer to being a reality as the company signed an agreement with Idemitsu Australia Resources to undertake an engineering feasibility study. The agreement follows on from an initial

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Tender: sewer pump station upgrades 

Tender: sewer pump station upgrades  Western Water (VIC) is seeking tenders for the manufacture, construction, testing and commissioning of the Riddells Creek and Hopetoun Park Sewer Pump Station Upgrades. Three sewage pump stations (Hamilton St SPS, Sutherlands Road SPS and Webb Court SPS) are to be upgraded.  The works include: Underground emergency storage reservoirs, concrete

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Water treatment upgrade tops infrastructure sustainability ratings

Water treatment upgrade tops infrastructure sustainability ratings The Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (ISCA) has awarded a water utility the highest sustainability rating ever achieved for an Australian water infrastructure project. Sydney Water’s Lower South Creek Treatment Program earned an Infrastructure Sustainability (IS) Design “Excellent” rating of 69.7 points. The program involves a $450 million

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Unitywater offers new custom wastewater solution for industrial businesses 

Unitywater offers new custom wastewater solution for industrial businesses  Unitywater has partnered with a global utility company to offer custom-designed and built wastewater treatment facilities for commercial and industrial businesses in South East Queensland. Unitywater and Suez have signed an agreement to offer custom-designed and built custom wastewater treatment facilities that are then jointly operated

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Court rules Kimberly-Clark ‘flushable’ wipes claim not misleading

Court rules Kimberly-Clark ‘flushable’ wipes claim not misleading The Australian Competition and Communications Commission (ACCC) has alleged that Kimberly-Clark was misleading consumers about the suitability of its wipes to be flushed down the toilet by describing its products as ‘flushable’ on product packaging and its website. The ACCC argued that Kimberly-Clark’s wipes did not break

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Pump station upgrades target sewer pressure surges

Pump station upgrades target sewer pressure surges Adelaide’s Largs North wastewater pump station is now better able to cope with increasing sewage volumes and pressure surges following the completion of a $12 million upgrade to the facility and a new sewer main. On-site construction works began in April 2018 and involved a refurbishment of SA

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Tender: water and sewer general works construction panel

Tender: water and sewer general works construction panel Central Coast Council (NSW) is seeking tenders for contractors for a water and sewer general works construction panel. Council intends to establish a panel of contractors to undertake and deliver general construction works in relation to water and sewer assets under a standing offer arrangement based on

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