Our research team regularly tracks key water sector news.  Below is this week’s highlights. Do you think we missed anything? Let us know!

Deals:

• Talquin Electric Cooperative Implements Sensus AMI and Smart Metering Technologies for Electric and Water Service Talquin Electric Cooperative, Florida’s 5th largest distribution electrical cooperative, is implementing Sensus technologies for its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and smart metering program that will serve all 54,000 residential, commercial and industrial members in its 2,600 square mile territory.
 http://www.waterefficiency.net/the-latest/florida-coop-sensus.aspx

• GE Supplying Water Recycling Technology to First US Power Plant to Be Built With Stricter Federal, State Emissions Limits GE today announced its zero liquid discharge (ZLD) wastewater recycling technology will be installed at the Russell City Energy Center (RCEC), a new 600-megawatt (MW) natural gas and steam combined-cycle power plant being built in Alameda County, Calif. “GE’s ZLD system is an example of how technology can play a vital role in helping utilities and governments reduce the impacts of energy production on the world’s vital fresh water supplies,” said Heiner Markhoff, president and CEO—water and process technologies for GE Power & Water. http://www.waterefficiency.net/the-latest/ge-recycling-emissions.aspx

• GE Technology Purifies Water at One of World’s Largest Coal Power Plants. South Africa’s leading power provider, Eskom, will use GE’s (NYSE: GE) innovative water and wastewater technology for the Kusile Power Plant. GE’s technology will provide maximum water reuse for the plant. http://www.waterefficiency.net/the-latest/ge-purifies-coal.aspx

• City of Tacoma Selects Echologics LLC for Leak Detection, Pipe Condition Assessment Project. The city of Tacoma, Wash., has selected Echologics, LLC, a leader in water infrastructure diagnostic technologies, to perform non-invasive leak detection and pipe condition assessment for 20 miles of pipe in its water system. http://www.waterefficiency.net/the-latest/tacoma-leak-assessment.aspx

• Singapore’s Top Water Executive Engages Maryland for Water Partnerships in Asia. The Maryland-Asia Environmental Partnership (MD-AEP) hosted a private luncheon for Khoo Teng Chye – Chief Executive of Singapore’s national water agency, the Singapore Public Utilities Board (PUB) – and to discuss clean water partnerships between Maryland and Singapore. http://www.waterefficiency.net/the-latest/singapore-maryland-asia.aspx

• VWS Westgarth bags Angolan offshore UF/SRP contract A multimillion dollar contract for design, supply and delivery of an ultrafiltration (UF) system and a sulphate-removal package (SRP) for offshore oilfield exploration in Angola has been won by UK-based VWS Westgarth, a subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies. http://www.desalination.biz/news/news_story.asp?id=5860&title=VWS+Westgarth+bags+Angolan+offshore+UF%2FSRP+contract

Financing:

• Watts to acquire flow control company Watts Water Technologies has signed an agreement to acquire Danfoss Socla, a France-based manufacturer of water protection valves and flow control solutions. http://www.waterworld.com/index/display/article-display.articles.waterworld.drinking-water.distribution.2011.04.Watts-to-acquire-flow-control-company.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html

• Valve-maker DeZURIK to acquire APCO Willamette Valve manufacturer DeZURIK will acquire APCO Willamette, a leading producer of check valves, air valves and AWWA ball valves. Effective March 31, 2011, the acquisition will strategically expand DeZURIK’s ability to serve the water markets. http://www.waterworld.com/index/display/article-display.articles.waterworld.wastewater.collection.2011.04.Valve-maker-acquisition.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html

• Pentair to buy Norit’s Clean Process Technologies business Private equity firm Doughty Hanson is selling portfolio company Norit Holdings BV’s Clean Process Technologies (CPT) division to Pentair Inc in a €503 million deal. The Netherlands-based CPT specialises in membrane and clean process technologies and systems in the water and beverage filtration and separation sectors. http://www.filtsep.com/view/17070/pentair-to-buy-norits-clean-process-technologies-business/

Report/Study/Innovation

• Emergency process water demand to boost mobile water treatment market revenues Growth in the world mobile water treatment market has resulted from demand for high-purity water in industrial and potable applications across both mature and emerging economies. http://www.waterworld.com/index/display/article-display.articles.waterworld.drinking-water.distribution.2011.04.Emergency-process-water-demand.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html

Other

• H20 Innovation opens Indian manufacturing plant Canada’s H2O Innovation Inc announced on 6 April 2011 the opening of a 10,000 ft² (929 m²) manufacturing plant for its Indian joint-venture H2O Innovation India Ltd near Vadodara, Gujarat. The Indian company has secured Can$ 4.2 million (US$ 4.37 million) in bookings of water treatment systems and equipment for industrial Indian customers since its creation in February 2010. http://www.desalination.biz/news/news_story.asp?id=5862&title=H20+Innovation+opens+Indian+manufacturing+plant

• Time Savings for CAD to GIS Data Integration Project Safe Software has enabled the City of Santa Rosa to implement an integrated water and sewer asset management system by eliminating complex and time-consuming CAD and GIS data integration processes. Conversion tasks that typically took hours are now completed in minutes, while also helping the department to improve data quality in the process. http://www.waterlink-international.com/news/id1799-Time_Savings_for_CAD_to_GIS_Data_Integration_Project.html

• TaKaDu Selected as New Energy Pioneer Bloomberg New Energy Finance today announced TaKaDu as a 2011 New Energy Pioneer In its second year, the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Pioneers program identifies companies from across the world that are making significant gains in the field of clean technology and innovation. http://takadu.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/takadu-selected-as-new-energy-pioneer/