Pump system receives carbon reduction award
Engineering solutions provider Boulting Group has won the Water Industry Achievement Award for Carbon Reduction Initiative of the Year for its collaborative work with...
Report supports case for biogas as an HGV fuel
Study for British bioenergy company shows that biogas generated from food & beverage process residues offers a low-carbon commercial transport fuel for the future
New...
Non-contacting flow measurement in Milwaukee deep tunnel system
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) serves a population of 1.1 million across 28 communities on the shore of Lake Michigan. Since 1994, MMSD has...
AD plant secured with concrete safe storage solution
For a long-established farm business near Reading, JP Concrete has created phase one of an all-encompassing storage and safety solution to ensure the smooth...
Waste systems and recycling plant specialist to hold recycling open days in Solihull in...
Blue Group is to hold waste recycling open days at Armac Demolition in Solihull on 12 and 13 July.
The two day programme is broken...
New solution for hardening soft ground launched by ALLU at Shanghai summit
The 7th China International Piling and Deep Foundations Summit was held 24-26 April in Shanghai. Processing technology firm ALLU unveiled a new addition to...
Power valve actuators deployed at Middle East refinery
Rotork fluid power valve actuators have been ordered for multiple applications at a new grassroots refinery under construction in the Middle East.
With a capacity...
Jet vac tanker takes on the cowboy pipe fillers
Lanes Utilities is deploying a new 12,000 PSI jet vac tanker to tackle "the menace of cowboy builders who dispose of concrete by pouring...
“World’s biggest” gate valves deployed in Texas water pipeline project
In recent months Yorkshire based Blackhall Valves has played an important role in the gargantuan Integrated Pipeline Project (IPL), intended to improve the water...
Computer-generated frequencies disrupt mineral deposits in wastewater pipes
A seemingly chemical- and filter-free water conditioning system is being used in wastewater pipes to help sugarcane-processing plants in Thailand meet environmental standards.
The firm...
Remote water monitoring system trials in Africa
A new remote monitoring system to ensure rural communities have access to water is being trialled in Sierra Leone.
The technology – a collaboration between...
£1 million grant for project to develop dynamic road charging based on vehicle emissions
Connected-vehicle developer Tantalum and Imperial College London have begun work to develop a real-time NOx emissions estimation capability, which would give local authorities the...
Qdos pump replaces three diaphragm pumps at German water treatment plant
The water treatment plant at Riepe, in the East Frisia region of Lower Saxony, has replaced three diaphragm pumps with a Qdos series peristaltic...
Variable speed drive cuts risk of sewage leaks
A pump control system based on an ABB variable speed drive is helping Severn Trent Water protect local homes from the risk of sewage...
Specially-modified pumps used in Europe’s largest wastewater project
KSB Aktiengesellschaft, Germany, has supplied 21 pumps to Emschergenossenschaft for use in the Emscher sewer, also known as Emscher canal, which is currently Europe’s...
Fast tank cleaners save water
When cleaning tanks and other similar storage vessels, spray balls are acknowledged as being an inexpensive, yet effective method. However, with industry more focused...
Pump plan to save the Arctic ice
Scientists at Arizona State University (ASU) have come up with a proposal to tackle global warming by thickening Arctic ice using millions of wind-powered...
Small scale energy generation sets the scene for “next generation agriculture”
Describing your technology as "a slurry tank with a lid on" is unlikely to win any marketing awards, but with nine successful farm-based AD...
Life in the tunnels
The biggest wastewater tunnel ever to be built in Scotland, Glasgow's £100 million Shieldhall tunnel is due for completion in the Summer of 2017....
Lifting specialist reinforces relationship with low level radioactive waste operator
The UK's main facility dedicated to the safe and efficient disposal of low level radioactive waste has reinforced its partnership with Cooper Handling Group...
