Estimated contract value of $601M over a 50-year period.
Reclamation awards $21.7M contract to refurbish pump generating plant at Grand Coulee Dam
The principal components of work include replacement and rehabilitation of reverse flow gates for multiple pump units.
EPA settlement requires Indiana company to fund drinking water upgrades at two East Chicago schools
Heritage Environmental Services LLC has agreed to install new drinking water fountains with lead-filtering systems at a total cost of more than $290,000.
WaterWorld Weekly Newscast, October 9, 2017
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Loon and Musk to revive Puerto Rico
Google’s Loon project is granted a temporary licence by the US FCC to set up ballon-based communications in Puerto Rico
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Fujitsu to build 37 petaflops supercomputer
Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has given Fujitsu an order to build a 37 petaflops supercomputer costing $44.3 million, reports the Nikkei It will be Japan’s fastest supercomputer 3x faster than the K computer at Riken which is Japan’s current fastest machine. The 37 petaflops computer will be installed at the …
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GaAs mixers tuned for C-band, X-band, K-band, and Ka-band
Custom MMIC introduces GaAs MMIC mixers for C-band, X-band, K-band, and Ka-band aerospace applications.
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Kionix tri-axis accelerometers offer large g-ranges
Kionix, part of the Rohm group, has introduced a family of medium-g, tri-axis analogue accelerometers. Two versions are available, the KX220-1071/2 accelerometers which provide +/-20g and +/-40g ranges respectively. Maximum supported bandwidths range from 4.5kHz to 8kHz. Both sensors have built-in self-test functions, consume only 0.25mA at 3.3V and are delivered in 10-pin 3mm x …
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Dc-dc converter takes up to 60V in and makes down to 0.8V, at 10A
Vishay has announced buck converters running from 4.5-60V and supplying, depending on version, between 2 and 10A. Inside the family are a pair of n-channel trench mosfets and a controller, all in a 5x5mm MLP55-27L package. The devices are: SiC464 (2A), SiC463 (4A), SiC462 (6A), and SiC461 (10A). Adjustable output voltage is 0.95xVin down to …
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Dutch grower uses supplemental LED-based horticultural lighting to boot lily yield
Alstroemeria grower Together2Grow has trialed an SSL system as a supplement to high-pressure sodium lighting in greenhouses and realized a 20% yield increase.
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