Condition Assessment

Norwegian researchers and a small company in Tromsø are taking part in a project aimed at preventing between 30 and 50 per cent of Europe’s drinking water being lost due to pipe leakages

The company Breivoll Inspection Technologies has only five employees. Nevertheless, it is working closely with Norwegian municipalities and research centres both in Norway and overseas. The reason for the company’s success is its advanced application of ultrasound.

A water and sanitation monitoring program is helping governments prioritize major reforms and has also identified the need for US$864 million of additional annual investment to help El Salvador, Honduras and Panama meet their national goals for water and sanitation.

Pure Technologies Ltd. ("Pure" or the "Company") (TSX: PUR) announced today that it has been awarded new work worth approximately $8 million by the Board of Management of the Lake Huron Primary Water Supply System ("LHPWSS"), London, Ontario. The award is for the supply and installation of Pure's proprietary, acoustic fibre-optic ("AFO") monitoring system on a major water pipeline serving approximately 500,000 people spanning eight municipalities in the London area. The contract includes real-time pipeline monitoring services for two years.

Upgrading and modernizing our aging water infrastructure can be an incredibly effective method of conserving fresh water. In fact, cutting water losses and optimizing its use ought to be one of the very first steps in building a more sustainable world.

However, because much of our water systems are virtually invisible to the average citizen, the water infrastructure may not be getting the attention, or the innovation, that it needs in order to be able to cope with the increased demands and changing environmental and climate conditions.

Thames Water has published details about the potential procurement, designation and licensing of the infrastructure provider which will be needed for the construction of the Thames Tideway Tunnel Project – with an estimated value of £4.2 billion.

The utility has published the information (in the form of a Prior Information Notice) in order to obtain market feedback and gauge potential market interest prior to the start of the formal procurement process.