PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Sept. 19, 2016)—The Hydraulic Institute announced that member company Armstrong Fluid Technology is the latest company to have its pump test laboratory approved through the HI Pump Test Lab Approval Program.

The approved pump test lab is located at 23 Bertrand Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M1L 2P3.

KENOSHA, Wis. (Sept. 19, 2016) – Centrisys Corporation announced that 23 of its THK 600 Thickeners are being installed at wastewater treatment plants in Beijing, China as part of a three-plant installation project aimed at increasing overall plant efficiencies by lowering energy consumption and eliminating polymer costs. This series of installations serves the largest municipal area of China.

PARIS (Sept. 16, 2016)—GE announced it has received approval of its $1.9 billion contract for EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power project. Steam Power Systems, part of GE Power, will supply two conventional power islands that will deliver enough electricity to power approximately 6 million homes throughout the U.K.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Sept. 14, 2016) — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in support of the DOE’s Better Buildings Wastewater Infrastructure Accelerator initiative. The initiative engages state, regional and local agencies working with water resource recovery facilities to accelerate innovative approaches to sustainable infrastructure of the future.