The Flovac vacuum system is one of the most innovative and longest in Spain - The vacuum system installation, executed over the past 8 years have allowed prevention of salinity problems in the town. With this system, the City of Santa Pola collected wastewater generated for 12,900 homes for later … [Read more...]
High Flow Projects – Reef Island Bahrain
Over the last five years building work has continued at Reef Island in Bahrain and this year Flovac has added its proprietary wireless monitoring system to assist the operations group with troubleshooting the system.When design work commenced on the Reef Island project in 2008 many engineers … [Read more...]
Recognition for Community Involvement at the Flovac Production Centre
As Flovac nears the tenth anniversary of the founding of it's production centre in Venray , Flovac has been recognised within Holland for it's support of the local community and its social responsibility. Since it's beginning Flovac has worked closely with the largest local sheltered workshop … [Read more...]
Official Opening of New Smart Vacuum System in Estonia
Merko, the leading construction company in Estonia has finished construction in Vääna-Jõesuu of Estonia’s second vacuum sewerage system - Flovac's first system was completed last year in Leppneeme and has performed better than expectations for both the community and the operators.Both … [Read more...]
NZ’s First Vacuum System Wins Major Environmental Award
wastewater system at Kawakawa Bay, Auckland, New Zealand has been awarded an Environmental and Sustainability Award at the Arthur Mead Awards Function. Flovac's system was awarded one of three prizes, which was presented by IPENZ, Auckland Branch.The awards are named after Auckland City … [Read more...]
Preston’s Housing Development in Christchurch
It's a case of one down and 2599 to go at the biggest subdivision in Christchurch.The single house under construction in the Prestons housing development in Christchurch will not be alone for long.The milestone of Prestons' first house was marked by a visit from Prime Minister John Key … [Read more...]
Operations and Asset Management Conference
In May, 2014 Flovac ran another Asset Management and Operations Conference, this time for the Water Corporation of Western Australia.More than 30 managers and operators attended at the Lancelin vacuum sewerage scheme a few hours north of Perth.The Water Corporation covers an enormous area, … [Read more...]
Flovac Train Project Canada
Flovac has just completed its first train extraction system in Canada at the Willowbrook Maintenance facilities for the Go Transit group in Toronto.As trains come into the yard maintenance crews can hook up a vacuum hose via a fitting to the trains sewage holding tanks. The tank is evacuated via … [Read more...]
Earthquake Sewer System for Christchurch NZ
Vacuum Sewers prove to be the best Earthquake sewer system for ChristchurchShirley vacuum sewer a first for the South Island.SCIRT partner McConnell Dowell is more than halfway through a big project to build a Flovac vacuum wastewater system in the Christchurch residential suburb of Shirley - … [Read more...]
Coping in a world with less water
The Downside of Saving WaterIn recent times severe water shortages in many parts of the world have led Water Authorities and consumers to rethink how water is used in households. Water restrictions in many areas have drastically cut the amount of potable water used, with car washing and garden … [Read more...]
Bilad Seet Vacuum Sewerage System
The Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources in the Sultanate of Oman has again awarded the job of design and installation of a vacuum system for one of Sultantes most historic towns. This newest project at the small town of Bilad Seet about 175 km north of Muscat.In 2001 the … [Read more...]