MUNICH, Germany (June 2, 2016)—Team KSB-USA was awarded the gold medal in Munich, Germany, as the overall winner of the third Open German Championship in Wastewater Technology as part of IFAT 2016. The all-star Operations Challenge team competed against 36 teams from six countries as part of the world’s leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management, which runs from May 30 to June 3.

CALDWELL, Idaho (June 2, 2016)—Xylem has secured a contract worth $1.9 million from the City of Caldwell in Idaho to add an advanced wastewater filtration system to the city’s existing wastewater treatment facility. The inclusion of tertiary filtration technology will enhance the treatment of wastewater effluent being discharged into the Boise River by removing suspended solids and ensuring that the facility can meet stricter regulations.

AUSTIN, Texas (June 1, 2016)—The Texas Water Development Board approved financial assistance totaling $14,815,433 for a new wastewater treatment plant and a reclaimed water system. Of this funding, $2,045,000 was designated for a rural water project.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, California (May 31, 2016)—The American Water Works Association’s California-Nevada Section announced the launch of its Water Loss Technical Assistance Program, a $3.2 million program that will run approximately two years to train and assist California’s urban water agencies to produce validated system water audits.

MUNICH, Germany (June 1, 2016)—GE announced that global engineering and construction company M+W group has selected its Jenbacher gas engines and Monsal advanced anaerobic digestion system for Surrey County Council’s new Eco Park waste treatment and biogas-to-energy facility being built by SUEZ Recycling and Recovery U.K. in Shepperton, Surrey, England.