Why use biological products?

Dr Chris Charles, Wastewater and Water Treatment specialist at Genesis Biosciences – the first company to develop and manufacture its own microbial and antimicrobial cleaning products – discusses the benefits of using biological products as an alternative solution to tackle odour issues in the wastewater and water treatment industry

Landfill fine after ‘offensive’ smells

A landfill site operator has been fined £10,500 for failing to stop offensive odours being detected off site on 17 separate occasions and prompting...
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Dispersion modelling expert

AIR quality specialist Gary Wilson has joined environmental firm SLR Consulting as an Associate in its Shrewsbury Office. Gary has over 8 years’ experience...

Small footprint odour abatement system commissioned for wastewater facility in Milan

Engineering firm and pollution expert CSO Group has received client sign-off from Metropolitana Milanese S.p.A. for its first Terminodour installation at the large San...
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Scraping a living

ODOUR reduction is one of the tasks for sludge handling technology installed at a Thames Water sewage works in London. The water company has invested...
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Nosing out the controversy over AD plant emissions

IN March local campaigners succeeded in blocking plans to build an energy-from-waste plant in Ramsbottom in the Greater Manchester area. Concern over the smell...

Firm gains accreditation for odour sampling

Specialist odour consultancy Silsoe Odours has been awarded UKAS accreditation for its odour sampling, giving its customers full confidence that sampling results will meet...
Odour pollution

What’s that smell?

Duncan Mounsor explains how the science of smell can aid environmental monitoring. ODOUR pollution might sound less serious than other forms of environmental contamination but...
Sewage sludge drying is one of the most complicated processes from an odour control point of view.

Polish coup for odour abatement system

AN odour abatement system blending old and new technologies has proven its effectiveness in a Polish wastewater treatment application, a coup for the two...
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Using analytics to manage wastewater and odour issues

Australian water utility SA Water has recently spoken about its trialing of a custom analytics platform as a means to manage real-time data from its wastewater network

Drawing together diverse data

Airsense Analytics GmbH and PCA Technologies Srl have developed OlfoSense, a  tool that can be used to create a network for odour leakages monitoring...

Scottish Water Horizons fined for Cumbernauld odours

Scottish Water Horizons Limited was fined £26,000 at Airdrie Sheriff Court on Monday 10 October 2016 due to offensive odours coming from its Deerdykes...

SEPA issues first variable penalty

A landfill site in Glasgow has been served with a civil penalty of £6,200 by SEPA for a breach of its environmental permit resulting in an offensive odour that affected local communities for eight days in June 2021 and 138 complaints.

Smart technology enables odour mitigation at Paris WtE plant

A waste to energy (WtE) plant in northern Paris, known as the ‘L'étoile Verte’ or ‘Green Star’ waste recovery facility, which was originally built...
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Odour complaints and how to handle them

Odour management expert Silsoe Odours explores how to understand, handle and prevent odour complaints. Unpleasant odours can impact the health and well-being of those who...

‘Lab-on-a-drone’ tested at wastewater treatment plant

A “lab-on-a-drone” system has been used to monitor hydrogen sulphide gas from the air above a wastewater treatment plant in Brazil, in a project...

Sponsored content: Leading the way on clean air

Anua Clean Air UK writes: Anua Clean Air UK is a specialist air pollution control company with expertise in the field of biological treatment...