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The Second Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline, in operation since 2nd December 1910, is still one of the cornerstones of the city’s unique water supply system [more...] |
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Poloplast, a leading global manufacturer of plastic pipe systems for water supply, sewers, building services and compounds, continues on its strong growth path. [more...] |
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For the operator of one of Europe’s largest and most advanced wastewater treatment plants, the year 2010 is drawing to a very successful close. [more...] |
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Through its “Stream Map for SHP” survey initiated in 2009, the European Commission seeks to learn more about the status and future outlook of the European small hydropower (SHP) industry. [more...] |
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A ÖVGW symposium in early July made it clear that it takes a consistent, commonsense approach to tackle modern challenges. Science is leading the way [more...] |
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After eleven years as Head of the Vienna Waterworks, Sailer passed the helm to his successor Wolfgang Zerobin (also read page 45) end of June, but will remain in the water business [more...] |
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In Germany, it is easy to score political points with water. Anti-trust authorities are a good means to this end and have already brought about price reductions by force. Now the BDEW is taking action [more...] |
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Climate change and its impacts on water management are also a concern of the European Federation of National Associations of Water and Wastewater Services (EUREAU) based in Brussels. [more...] |
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The Republic of Moldova has made considerable progress in stabilising its budget and developing into a market economy in recent years. [more...] |
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WCD has been praised but also fiercely criticised for its accomplishments. As the most recent debate on the Ilisu Dam shows, however, there is no way around it [more...] |
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The plan requires water suppliers to adopt a systemic approach towards risk and crisis management. An IAWD/IAWR-hosted symposium raised awareness of the WSP and compared ways to achieve this goal 
This big event was a success for the global association, the young water professionals and especially for Austria, but some basic questions remained unanswered 
Climate change naturally also affects the water utilities. The Vienna Waterworks are now investigating the extent of this impact and what types of adjustment measures are needed 
With its MSc course MANAGEMENT & UMWELT, Umwelt Management Austria offers your employees a great opportunity to engage in vocational training while resolving in-house issues 
The new Christian Doppler Laboratory at BOKU Vienna is a unique public-private partnership model in the Danube Region. Its aim is to investigate all processes within and around the river and to balance the arising conflicts of interest 
A new ÖWAV guideline prepares theground for an integrated water supply & sewage disposal management and raises the chance of utilities to obtain funding for a digital pipeline management system (LIS) 
The Environment Ministry’s water quality check revealed that water from private wells is often of poor quality. Now there is free advice on how to resolve this problem 
The European Union is seeking to tackle the challenge of climate change by turning away from fossil fuels. Germany, for instance, wants to derive 50 % of its energy supply from renewable sources by the year 2050. 
To meet CO2 reduction targets, each country has to choose the energy source best suited to this need. In many cases, this source is hydropower. Alstom Austria supplies the technology 
In early October, the tailings reservoir of a Hungarian alumina refining factory broke. While this caused a human and environmental tragedy, the water sector seems to have got off more lightly 
