PARSIPPANY, N.J. (February 24, 2016) – This week, the Hydraulic Institute (HI) announced the recipients of several awards and honors, which were presented during HI's 2016 Annual Conference in Tucson, Arizona. Jack Claxton, Vice President, Engineering, Patterson Pump Company, received HI's Lifetime Achievement Award; Patrick Hogg, Product Manager, Nidec Motor Corporation, was HI’s Young Engineer of the Year award recipient; and William C.

HOUSTON (Feb. 23, 2016) – GE has announced that it will supply its wastewater treatment equipment for an upgrade of Indianapolis Power & Light Company’s (IPL) Petersburg Generating Station. GE will provide its brine concentration (evaporation) technology to treat flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewater discharge, enabling IPL to meet its U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements.

ENSCHEDE, the Netherlands (Feb. 23, 2016) – Pentair was named “Water Innovator of the Year” during the Water Vision Congress, held February 18, 2016 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Pentair’s new X-Flow Helix technology was recognized for its ability to prevent membrane fouling and reduce energy use in the treatment of industrial wastewater.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Feb. 23, 2016) – The Hydraulic Institute introduced member company, Flowserve Corporation, as the latest company to have their pump test laboratory approved through the HI Pump Test Lab Approval Program.

WASHINGTON (Feb. 19, 2016) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released DWMAPS – the Drinking Water Mapping Application to Protect Source Waters. This online mapping tool provides the public, water system operators, state programs and federal agencies with critical information to help them safeguard the sources of America’s drinking water.

KONTICH, BELGIUM (Feb. 18, 2016) – Saint-Gobain Seals has opened a new large diameter seal production facility at its Kontich, Belgium site in order to further improve quality and reduce lead-times significantly for large diameter, polymer OmniSeal seals. With this new production facility, Saint-Gobain Seals aims to strengthen the service to the Energy sector for applications such as FPSO turret swivels, large engineered valves, wind turbines, compressors and turbines.

HOUSTON (Feb. 18, 2016) – Siemens Analytical Products and Solutions has announced the partnership with new channel partner Process Technology, Inc. (PTI). The new partnership will focus on the Rocky Mountain region, as PTI is based out of Salt Lake City, Utah.