The end of the road for Big Pipe?
- From: Vol 9, Issue 10 (October 2008)
- Category: Market insight
- Region: Unspecified
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- Related Companies: General Electric (GE), Memcor, Mitsubishi, Siemens Water Technologies and Zenon Environmental
The concept of centralized wastewater treatment is being challenged. The alternative – decentralization – is growing in importance, but will not provide a universal solution, as Gord Cope discovers.
The Brontosaurus was the largest animal ever to roam the earth. Weighing some 25 tonnes and growing to a length of 75 feet, this Goliath dominated the landscape 150 million years ago, until changes in climate and the emergence of tiny, fleet competitors undercut its rule.
Likewise, in the world of wastewater treatment, the centralized plant has held sway for ...
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