Echologics signs service agreements with Tampa, Montreal
Echologics, a division of Mueller Co., secured a service agreement with the City of Tampa (Fla.) Water Department to provide trunk main leak detection for 7.5 miles of mostly cast iron pipe in its water system. The company's technology will help pinpoint leaks without interrupting service or disturbing surrounding infrastructure.
The company also signed a contract to help the City of Montreal (Quebec) Public Works reduce non-revenue water and improve water system efficiency with its non-invasive Transmission Main Leak Detection service. Advanced acoustics will help the city non-invasively locate leaks and points of illicit water consumption.
American Water selects Mueller Systems for water meters
Meter and water management technology supplier Mueller Systems will supply American Water with water meters and automated meter reading (AMR) systems, as part of a supply agreement that could extend until 2016. American Water will deploy Mueller Systems technology including AMR and the Mi.Net – Mueller Infrastructure Network for Utilities advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system.
Kruger wins Actiflo contract in Jonesville, N.C.
Kruger, a Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies company, won a contract for the Jonesville (N.C.) Water Treatment Plant Improvement project and will furnish two 0.5 mgd prefabricated package ACTIFLO systems. The systems will be used for drinking water treatment, specifically removing total organic compounds (TOC) and total suspended solids (TSS) with clarifier effluent that meets the U.S. EPA limits for TOC removal for enhanced coagulation. The process is to be operational by winter 2012.
Kaiser Electric building new water plant in Staunton, Ill.
Kaiser Electric is building a new water treatment plant in Staunton, Ill. Work on the $8 million facility began in December 2011 and is to be completed in February 2013. The facility is about 25 minutes north of St. Louis. The plant will use a dissolved air flotation (DAF) clarification system that removes algae at the beginning of the treatment process, drastically reducing treatment chemicals. About 80 percent of the facility will be underground to blend in with its surroundings. Kaiser crews will install electrical service, provide new service to an existing pump station, and install two standby generators and all power, lighting, and distributive control systems for pumps, aeration, filters, tanks, valves and chemical feed systems. The general contractor is Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, and the architect/engineer is Heneghan & Associates.
