News for water treatment plants in India

Va Tech WABAG Ltd (WABAG), a leading player in water technology space, reported a strong increase in its consolidated profit after tax (PAT) at ?15 crore for the quarter ended June 30 when compared to a PAT of ?5 crore in the same quarter a year ago. Profit before exceptional items and tax stood at ?20 crore against ?7 crore in the corresponding period last year. Consolidated revenue from operations grew 52 per cent to ?658 crore (against ?431 crore) on the back of a strong order book. Its ord...

Michael Ertl (54) will take over as head of the Inorganic Pigments (IPG) business unit at LANXESS with immediate effect. He will be responsible for the specialty chemicals company’s global business with inorganic color pigments, which are used primarily in the construction industry. Ertl succeeds Holger Hueppeler (53), who heads the newly formed Flavors & Fragrances (F&F) business unit at LANXESS following the successfully completed acquisition of Emerald Kalama Chemical. "We are pleased tha...

The project to clean Ludhiana’s polluted ‘Buddha Nullah’ kick-started, with 200 cusecs of freshwater being released into the polluted stream. Samrala MLA, Amrik Singh Dhillon, Payal MLA, Lakhbir Singh Lakha, and Ludhiana Mayor, Balkar Singh Sandhu inaugurated the Rs 9.80 crore project of releasing at least 200 cusecs of freshwater into the stream daily. Buddha Nullah is a seasonal water stream, which runs through the Malwa region of Punjab, and after passing through the highly populated ...

The Karnataka government has proposed a ?1,670 crore project to supply treated water from Vrishabhavathi river in Bengaluru to regions like Tumakuru, Nelamanagala, Chikballapur and Doddaballapur, among others, to help revive depleting water tables in what appears to be the continuation of a policy to supply used water to regions surrounding India’s IT capital, officials privy to the development said. JC Madhuswamy, Karnataka’s minister for minor irrigation, law and parliamentary affairs, sa...

Huhtamaki, uhtamaki, a global provider of sustainable packaging solutions has partnered RiverRecycle and VTT to develop technology to tackle floating river waste. It has donated €600,000 to fund the development and piloting of a river waste collector, which was transported to and assembled in Mumbai, to collect waste from the Mithi river for the next 12 months. "This project promotes sustainability with a holistic approach by collecting plastic waste, while also empowering local communities ...

Pressure on freshwater supply and climate change are not the only perils Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary stares at in not so distant future. The mangrove ecosystem so critical to Odisha's identity and existence is set to be suffocated and stifled by a growing load of pollution from industrial, mining as well as human activities. The basins of Brahmani and Baitarani are home to dozens of industries that include some of India's major Central PSUs in steel, aluminium, coal, thermal power apart from...

Grundfos, a global leader in advanced pump solutions and water technologies, has entered into an agreement to acquire Mechanical Equipment Company, Inc. (MECO). Based in the United States, MECO is a world leader in the industrial water treatment market with manufacturing and sales offices in the United States as well as international offices in Singapore and Ireland. The company has a strong presence in water treatment, and a global leading position in water purification for the pharmaceutical m...