New Archimedes screw pumps for Severn Trent Water
ECS Engineering Services has been awarded the contract to replace seven screw pumps as part of a larger contract for NMC Nomenca. Split between...
A rough ride ahead for diesel: Energy expert assesses VW scandal fallout
Plummeting consumer confidence in diesel cars will benefit hybrid and electric vehicle sales, according to an expert in energy technology at the University of...
Southern Water fined £160,000 for major sewage pollution at Sussex beaches
The Environment Agency has prosecuted Southern Water for causing a total of 40 million litres of untreated sewage to be discharged from its treatment...
VW scandal spotlights fraudulent emissions testing procedures
As the VW emissions rigging scandal continues to unfold in the US, it seems likely that fraudulent testing procedures have had an even bigger...
Improved driver behaviour cuts cost
A look at how Gateshead council is making cost savings through the use of telematics
MANAGING a fleet of over 500 vehicles ranging from cars...
Feedstock storage taking up too much space at AD plants, says supplier
Too much storage area is being taken up for feedstock storage at AD plants, according to one designer and manufacturer of precast concrete elements...
£4.28 million flood defences go underground, overground in London parks
A £4.28m award-winning flood defence project in Southwark, South London, is combining above and below-ground temporary flood storage to create a pioneering solution at...
Bat technology sounds out sewer problems
Lanes Group says it has become the first wastewater network contractor in the UK to commercially deploy pipe inspection technology that uses sound to...
Cost-saving clog-free valve gets water industry green light
Around a third of UK Water Companies are now changing over from specifying traditional cast iron flap check valves to a tried and tested...
“Bomb-proof” Polyurea spray coating for tanks
LTS Systems UK has partnered with Prokol Polyurea coatings, the only CE Certified Pure Polyurea manufacturers in Europe with a whole of life warranty,...
Notes from the trenchless…
Wessex Water discusses the use of trenchless technology in a number of recent projects in the wastewater sector.
It was not so many years...
Mixing expert shakes up distillery AD
Mixing is an essential part of the AD process and System Mix, which markets the Rotamix Dual Zone mixing system, says it has...
New technology for oil and gas pipeline inspection
Oil and gas pipeline installations are coming under growing scrutiny from industry regulators. Hugh Davies of pipe inspection specialist OMS discusses how new technology...
Pipe rehabilitation at soft drinks plant
Drainage industry service provider Dalrod has tackled an unusual pipe rehabilitation project at the manufacturing plant of a major soft drinks manufacturer. It presented...
Automated sludge system needs less air and cuts power and cost
AN innovative three-stage biological sewage treatment process, which cuts costs and improves efficiency, is approaching final commissioning at Nottingham’s Stoke Bardolph wastewater treatment works....
Screw package cuts energy by 30%
GARDNER Denver has launched its new Robuschi Robox Screw compressor and blower package for the wastewater treatment industry; designed to save customers up to...
Avoiding pump blockages
Wastewater plant operators face the problem of pump blockage - resulting from large quantities of grit, debris and fibrous matter - on a daily...
Wakefield waste-to-energy plant opts for spiral tanks for AD and liquids
LIPP Systems UK has recently installed six new spiral seam tanks at a new bio-energy plant development in Wakefield, Yorkshire. These include three large...
UK debut for fine grit removal system
A RADICAL change of approach to grit removal in wastewater treatment plants, being introduced to the UK for the first time, could be fundamental...
Cash boost to help septic tank owners clean-up their act
Thousands of people across the North West could be polluting the environment without knowing it – all because they don’t love their septic tanks,...
