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World Toilet Day 2015: new World Bank report finds severe lack of access to water & sanitation for thousands of families across the Pacific

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As more and more families migrate from rural areas to Pacific capital cities, water, sanitation and health challenges in rapidly growing informal settlements in key Pacific capital cities are in urgent need of response, according to a new World Bank report. Released to coincide with World Toilet Day 2015, Unsettled:...

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Chien Jin Plastic Sdn Bhd renamed to Norma Products Malaysia Sdn Bhd

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Chien Jin Plastic Sdn Bhd was officially renamed to NORMA Products Malaysia Sdn Bhd on 30th October 2015. Bernd Kleinhens, President of the Asia Pacific region, and Sivadas Pillai, General Manager, unveiled the company's new logo in the presence of the entire staff body during a curtain raising ceremony. From...

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HSL Constructor Pte Ltd to build third desalination plant at Tuas

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National water agency PUB has selected HSL Constructor Pte Ltd as the Contractor for the construction of Singapore's third desalination plant at Tuas. The plant is expected to commence operations in 2017 and will add another 30 million gallons, or 136,000 cubic metres, of water per day (mgd) to...

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PUB trials smarter system for flood detection during Northeast Monsoon

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National water agency PUB is exploring smarter ways to detect floods this monsoon season. A trial project in collaboration with A*STAR's Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), the flood detection system utilises image analytics technology to scan real-time PUB CCTV footage and detect images with flood waters. This will complement...

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Hyflux continues to diversify portfolio with proposed acquisition of Indonesian bottled water company

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Singapore firm Hyflux Ltd announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hyflux Consumer Products Pte Ltd (Hyflux Consumer) has entered a Joint Venture Agreement with PT Gunawan Sejahtera. Under this agreement, Hyflux Consumer has proposed the acquisition of 50% equity interest of Indonesian bottled water company, PT Oasis Waters International (PT...

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Siemens helps transform the main wastewater treatment plant in Vienna into a green power plant

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Siemens will support the city of Vienna in optimizing its main sewage plant in terms of energy. For this purpose, Siemens is supplying the control, measuring, analytical and power distribution systems, as well as the low-voltage and medium-voltage switchgear. Furthermore, the order includes the installation and commissioning of the...

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BioGill appoints first distributor in Taiwan

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BioGill Asia has announced that Crossbond Corporation is the first BioGill Distributor appointed in Taiwan. With more than 20 years’ experience in the water industry, Crossbond is now providing the BioGill technology to improve pond water and to treat a variety of wastewaters from food & beverage processing, sewage...

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Further industrial-scale deployment of Lewabrane in Europe

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The reverse osmosis separation elements produced by specialty chemicals company LANXESS have again proven their worth in practice: some 400 Lewabrane elements have been reliably treating brackish water in a new industrial-scale plant in Serbia for one year now. They are being used to treat water from the Danube...

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Vietwater and RE & EE Vietnam Expo & Forum Celebrated with a Grand Opening Ceremony in Hanoi, Vietnam

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The 7th Vietwater and 1st RE & EE Vietnam 2015 Expo & Forum was officially opened today at the Vietnam Exhibition Fair Centre (VEFAC) in Hanoi, Vietnam by H.E. Ms. Phan Thi My Linh , Vice Minister, Ministry of Construction; Mr. Cao Lai Quang , Chairman, Vietnam Water Supply...