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...The bosses of Thames Water appear to have been napping more persistently. The overleveraged business is going down the drain....
...Investigations later found that a faulty valve had been left open, allowing sewage water to escape, and an automatic monitoring system had failed....
...Storm overflows are safety valves that release untreated effluent when the system comes under pressure. Monitors must be fitted in all by the end of this year....
...The Aaira combines one of these with a carbon filter (to neutralise noxious odours) and an HOCI generator, which uses a scoop of table salt dissolved in tap water to produce a weak acid (think along the...
...It raised its bid to $57 and offered a “hell or high water” antitrust provision that shifted much of the regulatory risk to its side....
...Nasa reported another leaking valve in a fuel line less than three hours before Wednesday’s launch, though engineers were able to tighten it and stop the leak in time to meet a two-hour launch window....
...Then screw it onto your garden tap, turn it on and let the valves take the strain....
...Hofmann’s company Femeg, which makes water meters, safety valves and precision parts for the car and chemical industries, is the victim of a downturn that is raising serious doubts about the future of the...
...through two valves at a rate of one drip per second into two flasks....
...Those who have grown up with fonder memories than mine find the safety valve’s gentle whistle as soothing as a lullaby....
...“It was more like a valve than a filter . . . so one had to trickle through.”...
...Companies such as Valve, creator of the Steam Deck gaming console, which taps into the desire for greater product repairability win plaudits from fans....
...Coming up next week In our Understanding AI series next week, Richard Waters explores who will be affected by generative AI and how far we can trust it, John Gapper asks whether AI should be paying creative...
...Jean-Léry Lecornier, the head of a 140-strong co-operative of industrial forgers on the outskirts of Paris that make valves for the sector, says he is aware “we’re not in a field that attracts young people...
...Valves, tubes, pumps and containers made of special plastics — all are in short supply....
...In September 2019, I went into Bart’s Hospital in London for open-heart surgery (during which a mitral valve was repaired and an aortic valve replaced), but within a few months I was feeling not only better...
...Cloud Alpha, £189.99, hyperxgaming.com @jamie_waters...
...Hatvani’s Facebook group is a gold mine of energy saving ideas (air fryers, installing thermostatic radiator valves and lining curtains with old fleeces) to cut bills....
...The US lobbied the EU to water down this provision too, say people familiar with the effort....
...Ondo, a London-listed provider specialising in this area of work, estimates its technology reduces water-damage claims by 70 per cent: equivalent to about £9bn of the industry’s annual water-leak payouts...
...“Companies already have enough on their plate trying to keep their heads above water without wondering how they are supposed to get their products certified,” said Stephen Phipson, chief executive of Make...
...Some analysts say the protests provide a relief valve, as well as an opportunity for the Revolutionary Guards — the dominant security force of the regime — to display their power when needed....
...You know, there is a deep culture of protest in Iran, a release valve, if you will....
...You could see it as a safety valve, which signals to us that something we are experiencing requires our attention. Really, it’s how we deal with anger that justifies the labelling as good or bad....
...And so it seems that, you know, what Putin’s doing at the moment is just continuing to order all of this indiscriminate bombing of Ukrainian infrastructure, depriving Ukrainians of electricity and water,...
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