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Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2009
Professor Gatze Lettinga from The Netherlands was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2009 for his environmentally sustainable solution for the treatment of recycled water ... -
India trials new train toilet
A new toilet system developed in India has the potential to reduce fresh water use and improve national sanitation levels. -
Toilet revolution in Beijing neighbourhood
Beijing’s fascinating Hutong neighborhoods may be historic, but the plumbing is being thoroughly modernized as the Chinese city races towards the Olympics. -
Waste heat recycling
A new heat-recovery technology being developed to capture low-grade heat in wastewater shows commercial promise. -
IAPMO India
WPC member organisation, the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) has opened a new office in Bangalore, India. -
ISH Frankfurt exhibition 2009
Water and energy will be the two main themes of ISH Frankfurt in 2009. -
Presentation to Solomon Islands school
The World Plumbing Council, together with The Plumbing Industry Commission of Victoria, Australia earlier this year presented training aids to the School of Industrial Development in ... -
UK body receives royal charter
The UK’s Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering, a founder member of WPC, has been granted a Royal Charter. -
Plumbing Education to Employment Programme (PEEP)
Although plumbing is given utmost importance and treated as a highly technical profession in developed countries, in a developing country like India, the picture is altogether ... -
Water and sanitation paper presented
WPC Chairman Robert Burgon presented a paper “Water and Sanitation - Don’t Forget the Plumbing” at an international workshop in Edinburgh, Scotland earlier this year.
