WASSER BERLIN INTERNATIONAL | 28 – 31 March 2017
March 31, 2017
WASSER BERLIN INTERNATIONAL DAILY: 31 March 2017
Well Construction Symposium
Minimising the use of pipeline washing agents
During the first day of the two-day Well Construction Symposium at WASSER
BERLIN INTERNATIONAL the focus was on wash drilling and drill cuttings on well
construction sites. In his introductory paper on the Thursday at the fair (30 March)
Sven Tewes, Chief Executive of NORD Bohr und Brunnenbau GmbH, explained that
the choice of dry drilling or wash drilling depended on the particular application, and
that both methods have certain advantages and disadvantages. Wash drilling is used
with certain diameters and depths, and this requires the addition of washing agents,
but their use should be kept to a minimum. In northern Germany these consist of clay
products based on bentonite, polymers, pH value regulators and weighting agents. In
the future it will be necessary to minimise the use of wash drilling agents, to treat the
wash in circulation, and to use drum and containers because flushing basins are now
a thing of the past. The speaker also stated that drilling sites should be enlarged.
European Day of the European Water Association
Urban design must adapt to the changing water situation
Urban designers will have to change their approach in order to meet modern
demands for wastewater management. Many networks of pipes, and many buildings
too, are not adequate to the challenges presented by climate change. In the past
municipal authorities were primarily concerned with allowing precipitation to run off
into rivers as quickly as possible. Nowadays the objective is to ‘harvest’ it, i.e. to take
advantage of it and at the same time to respond to the reduced reliability of
precipitation events, according to Malte Henrichs of Fachhochschule (Technical
College) Münster, speaking at the European Day Forum at BERLIN WASSER
INTERNATIONAL.
Henrichs‘ institute has developed a software tool that enables calculations to be made
about various possible scenarios involving precipitation in a variety of topographical,
geographical, geological and demographic situations. Ideally every effort should be
made to allow it to discharge into the groundwater or to be used for industrial
purposes, keeping the unused run-off to a minimum. As an example of the methods
applied Henrichs gave an example of the calculations made using the area around the
former Oxford Barracks of the British Army of the Rhine in Münster. These included
covering roofs with vegetation, ground-level basins and porous road and path
surfaces, all of which make far better use of water falling as precipitation than is
possible with customary approaches. However, he admitted that this scenario is not
compatible with the desire to ensure greater profitability by sealing over built up areas,
especially in regions with a thriving economy such as Münsterland. He was pleased to
note that “our model is, however, included in urban land use planning".
Job opportunities in the water industry
Good chance of finding new employees
According to Nathalie Leroy, managing director of Hamburg Wasser, the water
industry has a good chance of securing generations X and Z as future employees
because it can offer them fulfilling work. The industry’s ability to offer a livelihood was
a convincing argument, Leroy said, speaking at the Career Congress at WASSER
BERLIN INTERNATIONAL. However, a change in corporate leadership style was
needed which allowed workers to take greater responsibility. The fact that at Hamburg
Wasser around half of the workforce was due to retire over the next 12 years
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Press contacts:
Messe Berlin GmbH
Emanuel Höger
Press Spokesman and
Press and Public Relations
Director
Group Corporate Communication
Messe Berlin Group
Wasser Berlin
International
Daniela Gäbel
Press Officer
Messedamm 22
14055 Berlin
Tel. +49 30 3038 2351
Fax +49 30 3038 2278
[email protected]
Management Board:
Dr. Christian Göke (CEO),
Dirk Hoffmann
Chairman of the Supervisory
Board: Peter Zühlsdorff
Companies register: Amtsgericht
Charlottenburg, HRB 5484 B
Additional information:
www.wasser-berlin.com
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presented a challenge. If people had to ultimately keep working until they were 70
employers would have to do more for social welfare and healthcare. Dominic
Spinnreker-Czichon of the Danish engineering consultancy DHI outlined the
qualifications future engineers had to bring along. They needed programming skills in
order not to waste their time in overqualified positions. He made the case for processbased thinking as regards workplace structures, for breaking down barriers between
corporate divisions and less strict working times. He also saw virtual reality as offering
big opportunities in the water industry.
Bürkert Fluid Control Systems
Continuous monitoring of all important water parameters
A reliable supply of water requires the efficient water analysis management, enabling
those in positions of responsibility to safeguard supplies even when faced by
increasing demand. Bürkert offers a future-proof solution with its Type 8905 online
analysis system, because this modular system can be continuously expanded with
new metering blocks. Other new additions to the analysis programme include
sensoring blocks for iron (flow injection analysis) and the spectral absorption
coefficients SAK254 (full spectrometer metering cubes) for determining water quality.
Even the basic version of the online analysis system provides metering blocks for five
different readings on a common platform: pH value, oxidation reduction potential
(ORP), conductivity, chlorine and turbidity. There is also a sensoring block (Type
MS02) which can offer a choice of obtaining readings for free chlorine or chlorine
dioxide.
Hall 3.2, Stand 320, press contact: Lisa Ehrlich, tel.: +49 7940 1091320, email:
[email protected], internet: www.buerkert.de
POLOPLAST GmbH & Co KG
Working life in excess of 100 years
The one-piece POLO-ECO plus PREMIUM is a triple-layer wastewater pipe system
that is available in ring stiffnesses of 10, 12 and 16 kN/m². In addition to offering
outstanding reserves of safety it also has many applications, for example, for
removing sewage or rainwater. The POLO-TC (TOP-CONNECT) sleeve system
guarantees excellent laying reliability as well as saving time and money. The yellow
mounting that is securely fitted inside the sleeve prevents the sealing ring from
slipping out and thereby ensures maximum reliability during pipe laying and also when
the sewer pipes are in operation. The choice of the best possible materials ensures
that the POLO-ECO plus PREMIUM range of wastewater pipes has a very long
working life. Long term testing and investigations have shown that, at a continuous
operating temperature of up to 50 degrees Celsius and the correct processing, a
working life in excess of 100 years can be expected.
Hall 1.2, Stand 217, press contact: Martina Radlingmayr, tel.: +43 732 3886281,
email: [email protected], internet: www.poloplast.com
PolycarbonPlus GmbH
Adsorption with subsequent absorption
PolycarbonPlus is a patented system that is marketed under the product name of
MesoFix and has been developed specifically for a number of applications in the
purification and treatment of water and wastewater of various origins. MesoFix is a
molecularly adsorbent absorber, made up from multiple components using a special
carbon compound and other conditioned parts which are homogenously compounded
in the form required for their particular use. The material is also available in the form
of pellets and/or as granules, in pads, booms, mouldings of any required shape, or in
bulk form, depending on where and how they are to be deployed. MesoFix adsorbs
the entire group of hydrocarbons such as BTX, PAH and CVHC as well as crude oil
and all its derivatives in both liquid and gaseous consistencies. The outstanding
feature of the systems is its ability to adsorb contaminants with subsequent
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absorption. The exhibitor states that this effect is available for the first time on the
world market.
Hall 2.2, Stand 309d, press contact: Michael Rathmann, tel.: +49 4161 593310, email:
[email protected], internet: www.mesofix.com
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