Industry News

The efficiency of a flood management scheme in Cumbria is being compromised by people who keep leaving it open.
Individuals in Rothbury have been warned by the Environment Agencythat tampering with the culvert flap at Coplish Burn could cause water to flood the village.

Researchers from Lancaster University are planning to trial a river clean-up project in Cumbria as part of flood management solutions for the UK.
The Westmorland Gazette described how Sewborwen’s Farm in Newton Rigg near Penrith will be the base for an experiment looking at preventing small holding waste entering rivers.
Engineers in China have embarked on the industrial testing phase of a revolutionary new high-efficiency submersible pump system, which it is hoped will help improve safety in the country’s perilous coal and ore mines. Read More >
A revolutionary pumping system has been installed in the labyrinthine sewers of Paris that will use the natural heat produced to heat various buildings around the French capital. Read More >
Moves top upgrade waste water treatment infrastructure and pumping stations in Eastern Europe have resulted in it becoming one of the most lucrative areas in the Western Hemisphere for the hydraulic pump market. Read More >
New pumps are being installed as part of a £350,000 upgrade to a Herefordshire town's sewerage facilities. Read More >
Industrial high-pressure water pumps are being sent to Japan from nations all over the world in a bid to help the earthquake and tsunami-stricken nation try to prevent further catastrophe from its deteriorating Fukushima nuclear power plant. Read More >
Plymouth school children will be switching on the system of submersible pumps that will carry out the test-fill of the dive pool at the brand new Plymouth Life Centre. Read More >
A new conference on motors is scheduled to take place in November this year in Solihull. Read More >
The Hydraulic Institute (HI), the international trade association and standards development organisation for pump manufacturers and suppliers, has published the new Pump Efficiency Prediction guidelines in a separate, self-contained publication. Read More >
