Black & Veatch to capture carbon
YORKSHIRE Water has chosen Black & Veatch to help advance its carbon reduction strategy as part of a long-term sustainability commitment by the utility.
As...
Unfinished business but it’s still a winner
A waste water project in Scotland has won a top environment award… and it’s yet to be finished.
The Scottish Water scheme in the village...
Wessex takes it to the Max for sludge
WESSEX Water has increased sludge handling capacity at its Trowbridge sewage treatment works by reducing downtime of capital assets following the installation of a...
High stakes for low carbon cash
A cash pot of £16m is up for grabs by entrepreneurs who can develop new ideas for low carbon.
The first phase of the Entrepreneurs...
Gates will hold back the water
WORK has started in Harwich to repair the 13 flood gates that reduce the risk of tidal flooding to more than 1200 properties in...
Bristol Water bad luck story
A £1.3m Bristol Water scheme to replace a major water main has been hit by a series of delays that have pushed the programme...
Welsh Water to upgrade wastewater system
A 12-week project by Welsh Water is upgrading a village wastewater system.
The company is replacing the long sea outfall which carries treated effluent far...
Severn sell-off
Severn Trent plc has decided to sell its Severn Trent Services’ Analytical Services business.
A spokesman said: “Over recent months, Severn Trent Analytical Services has...
Making advances
CITIES in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario are to benefit from advanced flow monitoring technology supplied by a UK company.
Hydrological instrument specialist...
Award for energy business
ENERGY management firm Landis+Gyr has announced that its facility in the east of England has been awarded ISO 50001 certification, one of the first...
Plant company found guilty in rare jury trial
A company and its managing director have been found guilty at one of Scotland’s biggest environmental crime trials.
Gary Doonin, along with his company,...
Responsible disposal of electrical goods
Repic, the not-for-profit producer compliance scheme, collected more than a tonne of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) from Peterborough residents during an ‘amnesty’.
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From Airbus to effluent
A university is helping a small local business develop a technique to convert waste products from farms into energy.
Based in Sutton in Ashfield, Lindhurst...
Cheaper option on nuclear storage?
UNIVERSITY researchers have found that a method of storing nuclear waste normally used only for high level waste could provide a safer, more efficient,...
BSI says lessons to be learned by universities on how to save cash
THE UK’s 115 universities could save nearly £14m a year if they adopted a new energy management standard from the British Standards Institution it...
Plant firm relaunches at RWM exhibition
TETRONICS Ltd, a supplier of direct current plasma plants for hazardous waste treatment and metal recovery, used the recent RWM exhibition to re-launch as...
Taking stock of business
RENEWABLE energy distributor SGS Trade has opened a new warehouse in Exeter.
The facility will distribute more than 10 MWp of equipment a year, store...
Wessex takes it to the Max for sludge
WESSEX Water has increased sludge handling capacity at its Trowbridge sewage treatment works by reducing downtime of capital assets following the installation of a...
Making advances
CITIES in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario are to benefit from advanced flow monitoring technology supplied by a UK company.
Hydrological instrument specialist...
Steel firm cleans up with a right good scrubbing
SCRUBBER technology has helped Tata Steel achieve a 40% reduction in atmospheric emissions from a limestone kiln in Cumbria.
The company operates four Maerz kilns...
