MICHELIN Connected Fleet has signed a four-year partnership with Scottish Water to help boost the performance of the utility’s 2,000-strong mixed fleet and accelerate the firm’s move to electric vehicles (EV) and zero-emission alternatives. The company, which provides water and wastewater services to over 5 million customers across rural, island and urban communities, is rolling out MICHELIN Connected Fleet across its 1,300 vans, 200-plus trucks and trailers, and 500 specialist pieces of plant, over the next six months. The fleet management solutions will primarily be used to guide decisions a ..read more

Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has acquired Hydrock, a 950-person integrated engineering design firm headquartered in Bristol, England. Founded in 1995, Hydrock holds a nationwide presence with 22 UK locations and industry-renowned experience providing sustainable solutions for major projects across the country’s public and private sectors. Hydrock has extensive capabilities in fire safety, energy and sustainability, civil and structural, MEP, transport, environmental, and geotechnical services. The transaction closed on April 30 and the terms have not been dis ..read more

Colleagues from across Pennon Group’s water businesses have sat down with their future customers to understand more about their priorities and to share the companies’ future plans. As part of Pennon’s annual insight programme, the company recently held four workshops in Truro, Exeter, Bristol and Bournemouth. The sessions are part of a series of engagement activity by Pennon’s water businesses South West Water, Bristol Water and Bournemouth Water, to share its future plans with young people and to find out their priorities. The all-day workshops featured a short introduction to the water indus ..read more

Canada’s Thordon Bearings is playing a vital role in providing water to arid regions, with the installation of axial shaft seals and filtration systems to the world’s largest irrigation project, in south central India. The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) in Telangana, India, has been constructed in a region characterized by water scarcity, aiming to efficiently utilise available water resources for agriculture. As the world’s largest multi-stage lift irrigation project, it runs for about 500km (310 miles) through 13 districts and is connected to a 1770km (1100 mile) canal network inc ..read more

Following the introduction of the new Bobcat range of portable power products at the start of 2024, the company has launched the new PA12.7v Portable Air Compressor. The Bobcat range originates from the rebranding of the Doosan Portable Power range from Doosan Bobcat, bringing with it a legacy of well over 100 years of success in this market. The PA12.7v is a variable pressure compressor, that utilises a system called FlexAir technology, allowing it to operate in the range of 5.5 to 12.1 bar and offer free air deliveries from 5.2 to 7 m3/min. FlexAir Technology – Born for Versatility FlexAir ..read more

Three UK water utilities have agreed orders for the installation of a total of 30 Hybrid-SAF modular biological treatment units from wastewater treatment specialist WCS Environmental Engineering (WCSEE).    The contracts with Anglian Water, Scottish Water, and United Utilities demonstrate growing demand for this adaptable wastewater treatment technology that gives utilities greater flexibility in meeting the needs of growing populations and tightening regulatory standards. WCSEE is working closely with Anglian Water, and its infrastructure delivery partner @One Alliance, on the installati ..read more

Wales & West Utilities (WWU) has announced the acquisition of 128 trailers from Steve Vick International (SVI) over the past three years. WWU says these acquisitions are a testament to their commitment to reducing environmental impact while enhancing operational efficiency across its network in Wales (Cardiff, Llandarcy, Wrexham), Central (Bristol, Swindon Bridgwater), and South West (Exeter, Plymouth, Redruth) regions. The strategic partnership between WWU and Steve Vick International is a critical building block in WWUs long term plans for improvement and transformation across its distri ..read more

The G7 nations have agreed new commitments to reduce plastic waste, improve air pollution, resource efficiency, and halt and reverse biodiversity loss. The commitments were signed at the conclusion of the G7 Ministerial meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment in Turin, Italy, at the end of April 2024. Environment Secretary Steve Barclay reiterated the Government’s commitment to protect 30% of land and sea for nature by 2030, as set out in the Global Biodiversity Framework and confirmed that the UK will soon publish the National Biodiversity Strategies Action Plan which will set out a framew ..read more

Global automation technology leader Emerson has released the Rosemount 9195 Wedge Flow Meter, a fully integrated solution consisting of a wedge primary sensor element, supporting components, and a selectable Rosemount pressure transmitter. The new meter’s unique flexible design is ideal for measuring process fluids with a wide range of demanding characteristics in various heavy industry applications, including metals and mining, oil and gas, renewable fuels, chemicals and petrochemicals, pulp and paper, and others. It can be very difficult to measure volumetric flow accurately and reliably in ..read more

We often underplay the significance of rivers and water bodies to human health and the overall environment, but the truth is far from it. The imperative of monitoring water quality parameters looms large in the realm of effective management and conservation initiatives. In line with UNESCO’s sobering statistic which reveals that “90% of sewage in developing nations is discharged untreated directly into water bodies,” it is unsettling to recognize that each day ushers in a staggering two million tons of sewage and other deleterious effluents into the world’s water, not to mention the annual ind ..read more