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OriginClear’s PWT completes boiler feedwater upgrade for power utility.

Under this new 5-year contract extension, Veolia will manage and implement a customer utility information and billing software solution for the city.

Sembcorp Industries has reported a fall in net profit of 47 per cent to S$193.5 million ($144.2 million) for the first half of 2016. The decrease partly reflects a gain of S$54.7 million ($40.8 million) on selling UK water business Bournemouth Water in the first half of 2015, as well as a “difficult” current market environment.

Xylem has reported a fall in net income of five per cent to $71 million in the second quarter of 2016, reflecting debt refinancing costs and higher restructuring and realignment charges. Revenue was up one per cent to $932 million, helped by a robust public utility market globally, and particularly in the US.

Acciona group revenues fell by 16.3 per cent to E2,764 million ($3,086 million) in the first half of 2016, owing to a decrease in energy revenues and to a lesser extent construction revenues.

Following two years of R&D, MPW Industrial Services has introduced a combination introduced ultrafiltration-reverse osmosis mobile trailer…

The largest airport in the UK saved more than 130 million liters of water annually using GE’s advanced water treatment solutions…

The Manfouha sewage treatment plant in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is being expanded to help reuse wastewater for irrigation and agriculture in the region…

UAE company Utico Middle East is to invest $185 million to more than double its desalination capacity over two years, reports Reuters.