February 2010

In This Issue:

• New Records in Scientific Ocean Drilling History
• More Evidence Links Exploration Well to Mud Volcano
• Water Well Contamination Studied
• Construction Employment Drags in January
• RDS350 Exchange Program
• Meeting to Explore "Groundwater for a Thirsty World"
• Top Dealers Honored
  

Pumps for Burj Khalifa
The recent official opening of the world's tallest structure in Dubai made headline news all around the world. Built at a cost of $1.5 billion, the final height of Burj Khalifa - formerly known as Burj Dubai - that was only announced at the official opening is a mind-boggling 2,716 feet.

Delivering on such an unprecedented project was a major logistical challenge, and Grundfos Pumps GGD was part of the solution.

The new structure is home to a 160-room hotel, a range of businesses and retail outlets, as well as more than 1,000 luxury apartments. All of these facilities require clean water to be delivered to, as well as dirty water to be removed from, what is to all intents and purposes a vertical city. Playing this role are a small army of 82 Grundfos SENV submersible pumps, 27 AP pumps submersible drainage and effluent pumps suitable for a wide range of such applications.

Ensuring the delivery of hot/cold water is an important priority, and Grundfos also supplied 42 CRN stainless steel multistage centrifugal pumps and three Hydro MPC booster sets.

Deepest Hole in Ocean Crust in Scientific Ocean Drilling History
For eight weeks beginning in November 2009, off the coast of New Zealand, an international team on board the scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution (JR) investigated sea-level change in a region called the Canterbury Basin. It proved to be a record-breaking trip. The research team drilled four sites in the seafloor. One site marked the deepest hole drilled by the JR on the continental shelf, and another was the deepest hole drilled on a single expedition in the history of scientific ocean drilling.

(Credit: William Crawford, IODP/TAMU.)

 
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