Drive package for water, wastewater and irrigation
22 June, 2007 | Supplied by: Danfoss (Australia) Pty Ltd
A complete package of complementary products is available with the VLT Aqua Drive from Danfoss Drives. A broad range of VLT MCD100, 200 and 3000 series soft starters suitable for motors up to 1200 kW are available to handle fixed speed applications. These are suitable for operation by the drive in cascade control mode, for example on multiple pump applications.
Endress+Hauser moves to new Melbourne office
14 June, 2007
Endress+Hauser has moved to a new office in the Omnico Business Centre in Notting Hill, providing them with a platform from which to service a growing Victorian client base.
New CEO for Australian Water Association
28 May, 2007
Australia’s peak water industry body has a new chief executive officer.
Danfoss digs deep into environmental issues
24 May, 2007 by Sylvia Aitken, Editor
Waste Streams recently had the opportunity to pick the brain of Danfoss president, Sven Ruder. In this revealing interview, we take a look at the company's successful philosophy and why the environment is a key concern to a number of its processes
Stormwater bacteria control
24 May, 2007 | Supplied by: The Novasys Group Pty Ltd
Nanotechnology and textile technology merge for stagnant stormwater bacterial control.
Energy-efficient desalination not a pipe dream
23 May, 2007
The delivery of energy-efficient desalination received a boost with the establishment of a major new research collaboration between CSIRO and nine of Australia's leading universities.
GT600 Greywater treatment system
20 April, 2007 | Supplied by: Nubian Water Systems
The Oasis Domestic Greywater Treatment System (GT600) is capable of generating a saving of almost 400 L of drinking water a day for the average four-person household. It takes the greywater generated by baths, showers, laundry and hand basins and treats it to a high quality suitable for garden irrigation, toilet flushing, clothes washing and car washing.
Water disinfection system
23 March, 2007 | Supplied by: Aerocycle Environmental Solutions Pty Ltd
Aerocycle-Aquatherm is a water disinfection system that uses heat to remove all bacteria and pathogens from greywater and untreated effluent. The system is economical as it uses heat exchangers to recycle the energy used to initially heat the effluent. No chemicals are used in the process; however, a later addition of chlorine at 0.01 ppm for disinfection may be added.
Leak finder prevents flooding
13 March, 2007
UK-based company Syriniox has developed a water leakage system to detect very small leaks in large trunk water mains before bigger leaks occur.
moviBoost pressure systems
22 February, 2007 | Supplied by: KSB Ajax Pumps
The moviBoost pressure systems consist of multiple Movitec vertical multistage stainless steel pumps, mounted on a common base plate together with stainless steel suction and discharge manifolds complete with valves.
Urban stormwater management manual
20 December, 2006 | Supplied by: EA Books
The manual titled Australian Runoff Quality: A Guide to Water Sensitive Urban Design was prepared by Engineers Australia's National Committee for Water Engineering and published in March this year by Engineers Media.
Australian Water Recycling & Infrastructure Summit
22 November, 2006
IIR Conferences’ Australian Water Recycling & Infrastructure Summit aims to provide a balanced, far-reaching analysis of the current issues, featuring presentations and case studies from water experts from across the country.
Leak detection service
21 November, 2006 | Supplied by: 'us' - Utility Services
'us' - Utility Services has further developed its Leak Detection Service by introducing a data compressor/logging system that is installed on water meters. It uses the GSM or CDMA network to send meter readings to a central data server that will chart the water usage of each site for viewing on the web. The web page is a secure site with access via a user name and password.
Brits in Australia to study water recycling
17 November, 2006
A mission from the UK arrives in Australia this month to study water re-use and recycling in the wake of increasing concern in the UK about the twin challenges of climate change and urban development.
Diaphragm valve
20 October, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.burkert.com/
The Type 2031 2/2-way diaphragm valve has been designed with modular options and additions for use with water treatment, biotechnology and food and beverage industry applications, particularly cleaning-in-place (CIP) and sterilising-in-place (SIP).