Marina Vela, the newest upscale Marina in the heart of Barcelona has opened for business. The new Marina which utilizes the latest in Flovac vacuum sewer technology has 136 marina berths which can cater for boats up to 50 meters in length.Barcelona's new Hotel W will be attached to the marina … [Read more...]

Flovac Greece has just completed the largest vacuum sewerage system ever undertaken in Greece covering the towns of Mitrousi and Skoutari in the Serres Region of northern Greece.The system which has two large vacuum pump stations, 800 collection pits and 45km of vacuum pipework. The system … [Read more...]

Too often over the years we have seen public infrastructure badly affect a community. Becoming a target of vandals and hurting the image that a small town has tried to develop to encourage tourists or land values.Residential developers are certainly more aware of what the impact of a badly … [Read more...]

Vacuum sewerage systems are ideal in areas that are subject to floodingNearly all vacuum sewerage systems are found in coastal area's many of which are subject to flooding from rain/storms or rising sea levels. We all understand the problems that occur if I&I is present, we all know what … [Read more...]

 The start of the European summer has seen an explosion of trade shows and conferences which have attracted engineers from around the world hoping to keep up with the latest trends and products in the water industry.One of the most unusual was the recent water industry conference … [Read more...]

Commune De Saint Julien De ConcellesThis historic village nestled on the banks of the Loire River near the French city of Nantes on the Atlantic coast ofFrance is the site of the latest Flovac system in Europe.The site is first mentioned in history books as far back as the year 615 … [Read more...]

 As Flovac has grown in 2016 to be the largest vacuum system designer, operator and supplier in the world, we have started to add a description of vacuum sewer systems in a number of languages to our web page.At the right hand top of our www.flovac.com web page you can now find a … [Read more...]

Flovac Slovenia has achieved an "A" credit rating from the European regulatorsOver the past two years European regulators have been reviewing companies throughout the 19 member countries. Only a small percentage of companies within Slovenia have achieved the highest possible rating of … [Read more...]

As vacuum sewers are relatively new it is difficult for many engineers to develop good whole of life models when doing a comparative analysis on alternative sewer systems.Although vacuum systems are newcomers to the sewerage industry we are seeing some systems just reaching their 50th … [Read more...]

Vice President  Krzysztof  Ludera of Flovac Poland hosted a gala event to celebrate the groups tenth anniversary in Poland. Flovac has two offices in Poland, in Wrocław, where the main celebrations were held and in Radzionków.Over the past ten years Poland has been the largest user of vacuum … [Read more...]

Flovac engineers from around the world met up last month in a dizzying tour through four countries in Europe visiting projects and discussing important trends in vacuum sewer designs.Four of the engineers traveled all the way from the Australian engineering centre to join colleagues in Flovac's … [Read more...]

 The number one issue facing the Pacific Island countries is Climate Change and Rising Sea Levels. Focusing on Sustainable water development the PWWA held this years conference in Port Moresby, the capital city of Papua New Guinea.The conference was very well attended by government … [Read more...]