Australian Government sells IP for water cleansing technology
26 March, 2012Groundbreaking water cleansing technology, developed by Australian Government scientists, has been successfully commercialised and sold to the private sector.
Alliance formed in odour control industry
14 March, 2012There has been a significant development in the odour control industry with the forging of an alliance between three major players - Odour Control Systems Australia, Bioaction and BL Camtek.
Pumps performing at wastewater plant
01 February, 2012 | Supplied by: Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology GroupSince changing jobs from plumbing to managing a wastewater treatment facility, Wayne Brooking has kept similarities in his role; maintaining piping systems. Now he is responsible for the efficient processing of Kawerau’s wastewater on a much larger scale, and Watson-Marlow Bredel pumps are a key part of this process.
Optimising wastewater treatment
27 January, 2012 | Supplied by: Endress+Hauser Australia Pty Ltd
Optimising the wastewater treatment process using analytical sensors with automated cleaning is a cost effective way to reduce maintenance, improve efficiency and ensure measurement accuracy.
Grundfos Sololift2 compact wastewater disposal units
08 December, 2011 | Supplied by: Grundfos Pumps Pty LtdThe Sololift2 range of compact wastewater disposal units from Grundfos makes installation within domestic conversions and renovations easier than ever. The range is designed to handle wastewater in domestic homes, as well as greywater in both commercial and public buildings. It is to be used where wastewater cannot be led directly to the sewer by means of a natural downward slope.
Sustainable farming project expands
08 December, 2011An Australian first, Project Catalyst provides economic support to sugarcane farmers to trial and adopt cutting-edge sustainable farming practices in a bid to reduce the environmental impact that sugarcane production has on the Great Barrier Reef.
Gorman-Rupp Prime Aire trash pump
23 November, 2011 | Supplied by: Hydro Innovations
The diesel-driven Prime Aire trash pump from Gorman-Rupp has a revolutionary impeller design which is said to be able to handle large solids while maintaining efficiency.
Sludge-level monitoring
23 November, 2011 | Supplied by: Bintech Systems Pty Ltd
Pulsar Process Measurement provides solutions for sludge-level monitoring on primary tanks, secondary tanks and SBRs. The Pulsar Sludge Finder 2 is suitable for primary and secondary settlement tanks, clarifiers, stationary and travelling bridge applications, gravity thickeners, reactor clarifiers, DAF thickeners, sequential batch reaction tanks and industrial process thickeners.
‘Gold Banksia’ goes to Gippsland Water Factory project
10 November, 2011
Gippsland Water has won the ‘Gold Banksia’ at the 2011 Banksia Environmental awards for its new wastewater treatment system.
Xylem becomes GE’s distribution partner
02 November, 2011
GE has announced that it has entered into an agreement for Xylem, the global water technology company, to become GE’s distribution partner into the public utilities market for its advanced membrane filtration products.
Wastewater treatment plant improves pump performance
10 October, 2011 | Supplied by: Hydro Innovations
For over 14 years, the Moe Wastewater Treatment Plant has been effectively and successfully processing sewage. Located in Gippsland, Victoria, the medium-sized plant serves an equivalent persons population of 22,000. Its average daily flow is 5 ML per day.
Advanced water treatment plant constructed
04 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Ovivo
Viterra is an agribusiness providing premium quality ingredients to leading global food manufacturers and its Tamworth malt facility has a grain capacity of 45,000 tonnes, supplying malt both domestically and internationally.
Wastewater upgrades gain favour
03 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Hydroflux Epco Pty Ltd
Until recently, Local Authorities in Queensland and Tasmania owned and operated their wastewater treatment facilities. Many of these plants were old, undersized and provided substandard levels of treatment. In most cases, the smaller plants used trickling filters or facultative ponds. By the 1970s, extended aeration package plants and oxidation ditch-type activated sludge plants became more common.
Malcolm Thompson Pumps Aquaplus SS series vortex pumps
03 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Malcolm Thompson Pumps Pty Ltd
Vortex pumps have been added to the Aquaplus SS Series range of submersible sewerage pumps. The range consists of grinder pumps, cutter pumps, non-clog pumps and aerators.
Sewage more than just waste
27 July, 2011 | Supplied by: Melbourne Water
Melbourne’s biggest sewage treatment plant, the Western Treatment Plant, has, for the first time, used sewage to produce more than enough biogas to power the entire plant for the last two months.
