December 2008 Welcome to Water IDeaS, Your Weekly Newsletter from Industry IDS  
Supported By: Association of Water Technologies IBWA IRC ISTT Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council European Water Association FLUIDEX Global Water Intelligence Stockholm Environment Institute UKSTT
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Ashbrook Simon-Hartley Ltd.
Ashbrook Simon-Hartley has been providing water and wastewater treatment solutions for decades. They are an environmental business providing products, services, and solutions that deliver clean wholesome water, and remove the waste from wastewater in ways that minimize impact on the environment.
Acquisitions
AWC Facility Solutions to Acquire UAE-Based Stream FZC
Group managing director, Azmir Merican, said the acquisition via its 51 percent subsidiary, Nexaldes Sdn Bhd, would allow the company to jumpstart its presence in the high-growth market.
Seera Successfully Concludes $200 Acquisition of BWA Water Additives
The acquisition brings into Seera`s fold a dominant niche player with high growth dynamics and strong cash flow characteristics, in a non-cyclical sector.
Industry Awards
HACH LANGE Receives MCERTS Award for Sampler
HACH LANGE is delighted to announce that the BUHLER 1000 Automatic Water Sampler, was awarded an MCERTS certificate, at the recent WWEM 2008 Gala Dinner.
ABB Scores Double at Pump Industry Awards
It received the Supplier of the Year Award for the second year running, as well as seeing its drives and pumps specialist Geoff Brown recognized for his work in the industry.
Product Launches and Releases
Intellitect Presents In-Pipe Logging Sonde
Each sonde can log data at selected intervals, and when the logged parameter is outside set threshold levels, an alarm can be sent over GPRS, either as a text or email.
HWM Unveils Environmental Data Loggers
Both units are designed for multiple applications, including open-channel level and flow monitoring, flow rate and rainfall measurement, pump usage and network pressure monitoring.
Bobbin Wound Filters
Australian manufacturer Waterco introduce their latest range of bobbin wound filters which offers a large choice of available diameters.
Water World News
Thames Water Chooses Mono Muncher
Thames Water has installed the high-performance TR Muncher from Mono NOV, to improve efficiency at Bracknell sewage treatment works, by preventing pump blockages and minimizing downtime.
Industrial Water and Wastewater Treatment: Brazil is one of the Fastest Growing Markets
Frost & Sullivan will host a free telephone and web briefing on 4th December, at 3.00 p.m. GMT, to provide participants with an overview of the Brazilian Industrial Water & Wastewater Treatment Market.
Successful Use of Ultrafiltration as a Pre-Treatment for Desalination
Sea water desalination is a major growth area and is likely to be even more significant in the future. This is a market segment where ultrafiltration is set to become the preferred pre-treatment for RO.
Editorial

Our newsletter sponsor for this week is Ashbrook Simon-Hartley Ltd., who specialize in water and wastewater treatment solutions.

Halma Water Management has released the Vista Plus and Octopus loggers, combining the measurement, and data logging experience of Hydreka and Radcom Technologies. They can be used for several applications such as flow monitoring and rainfall measurement, pump usage and network pressure monitoring.

For more updates, read the next issue of Water IDeaS.

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