The trend in industrial water management is towards contracting: The more complex water supply and wastewater treatment requirements are, the more sensible it is to outsource this work to professional partners. For this reason, more and more companies from all sectors of the economy are relying on tailor-made contracting. Intelligent plant and management concepts ... more

Water resources management

Work and family hand in hand

German family minister, Ursula von der Leyen, honours WAL-Betrieb for its family-friendly Personnel Policies: Even in times of economic difficulties, responsibly-minded employers in Germany are continuing to focus on family-friendly personnel policies. Over the last twelve months, a number of companies, institutions and universities across Germany have used the ‘career and family audit’ run by the berufundfamilie GmbH, an initiative of the ... more

Water resources management

Only the best for Mother Earth

Joint start-up between REMONDIS and the Westerzgebirge waterworks awarded the AS-Humus quality seal: REMONDIS is replenishing Mother Earth in the Erzgebirge in the German state of Saxony. Top quality humus is produced here as a result of the Law on the Circular Flow Economy being implemented. Vererdungsanlagen Westerzgebirge GmbH, a company founded in 2004 in cooperation with Wasserwerke Westerzgebirge GmbH, has, over the last ... more

Property drainage facilities

It’s high time to act

Leak testing is still being underestimated: All privately owned underground drainage pipes must have been tested by the end of 2015 to check they are leak-proof. This is what has been decided on in the Norm DIN 1986 Section 30. This means de facto: approx. 1 million kilometres of drainage pipes need ... more