RYE BROOK, N.Y. (Oct. 20, 2015) – Increasing energy efficiency through the adoption of readily available wastewater management technologies can slash related emissions by nearly half, according to a new study released by Xylem Inc. The analysis further concludes that 95 percent of the electricity-related emissions abatement can be achieved at negative or neutral cost.

CANONSBURG, Pa. (Oct. 20, 2015) – QUA has announced that Fred Wiesler has joined the company as director of sales and marketing.
Wiesler brings to his new position more than 30 years of experience in the water industry in both engineering and business development along with a successful track record that includes international sales and marketing, bringing new product lines to market, managing a global sales force and developing business with OEMs and other industry suppliers.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Oct 20, 2015) – ITT Corporation has elected Geraud Darnis to its Board of Directors. Darnis, 55, is president and chief executive officer of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a building technologies provider with systems that serve the commercial, governmental and residential property sectors, as well as the industrial, transport refrigeration and food service equipment markets.

GUANGZHOU, China (Oct. 20, 2015) – Aquatech has been awarded a contract to provide a water treatment facility that includes a Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) plant for a coal-to-liquid fuels conversion project being developed by Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Co. Ltd., a division of Shenhua Group, a coal producer in China.

(16 October 2015)—KSB Pumps Ltd. India won an order for the supply of six boiler feed pumps to be installed in the new fossil-fueled power station located in Tanda in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. India’s national power utility is currently building two new power plant units there, each with a capacity of 600 megawatts (MW). The pumps are designed for a pressure of 500 bar. An electric motor and a turbine with power ratings of 11 MW and 17 MW respectively will serve to drive the pumps.

(Oct. 15, 2015) – Danfoss participated in an industry leader roundtable hosted by the White House to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).