PFAS-eating insects among the finalists of the Water Discovery Challenge
Twenty projects have been named finalists of the Water Innovation Fund’s second Water Discovery Challenge, which is intended to accelerate the development and adoption...
Automated floodgates help deliver IED secondary containment
Sponsored content: This article contains sponsored content.
As UK water and sewerage companies progress Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) improvement programmes, secondary containment is becoming an...
US group outlines less expensive way of removing PFAS from farmlands
A US research team has proposed what they say is a less expensive — and more environmentally friendly — method for removing certain “forever...
Major nurdle clean-up launched after Tyne vessel collision
A major pollution response is under way on the River Tyne after an estimated 25 tonnes of plastic pellets, or nurdles, entered the water...
Separation and containment system targets aviation pollution risk
Aviation facilities are facing increasing pressure to prevent fuel-contaminated runoff and firefighting foam discharges from entering stormwater and wastewater systems. US firm NWPX Park...
Gibraltar faces scrutiny over decades of untreated sewage discharges into Mediterranean
Gibraltar has come under renewed environmental scrutiny following reports that the British overseas territory has discharged untreated sewage directly into the Mediterranean Sea for...
Brighton research on boat pollution inspires international project
A UK marine biologist’s research into fibreglass pollution in shellfish has inspired a UN-endorsed international project to tackle the growing issue of “invisible pollution”...
Dolphin-shaped robot developed to skim oil spills using sea-urchin-inspired filter
Engineers at RMIT University in Australia have developed a remote-controlled miniature robot designed to collect oil spills from the surface of water using a...
Study links falling phosphorus levels to ecological improvements in English rivers
A new report from the Environment Agency and the University of Stirling looks at the links between phosphorus concentrations and ecology in English rivers....
Project uses plants and worms to regenerate polluted urban soils
Dr Lorna Anguilano, co-founder of Phyona: “Plants have been regenerating landscapes for millions of years and we're now just beginning to understand how to...
What the UK Government’s PFAS Plan means for industry
An analysis of the new government action plan by experts at activated carbon and purification technology firm Puragen, including some discussion of the practicality...
Environment Agency announces largest ever expansion of its enforcement team
The Environment Agency (EA) has announced a fivefold increase in its team of enforcement officers and lawyers tackling water pollution, from 41 roles in...
Wet wipe island waste autopsy reveals extent of the sewer blockage challenge
A waste autopsy has examined 30 kg of the 114 tonnes of rubbish excavated from the banks of the River Thames, an area that...
Massive illegal waste dump in Oxfordshire threatens Thames and adjacent river systems
All river stakeholders, including the Environment Agency and Cherwell District Council, are being urged to work together in a swift manner to prevent a...
Yorkshire Water models sewer data availability
An ongoing project with Yorkshire Water is taking a proactive approach to combined sewer overflow (CSO) management, shifting from reactive responses to preventative measures...
Project begins outfall-by-outfall monitoring in real-time on River Roding
A new programme aims to identify, test and fix the most damaging sewage and road run-off outfalls on a ten-mile stretch of the River...
PurAffinity signs first commercial agreement for full-scale deployment of its PFAS removal technology
This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Puraffinity.
Puraffinity, a leading innovator in PFAS removal technologies, has signed its first commercial agreement...
Puraffinity and US Army Corps of Engineers partner to advance PFAS remediation technologies
This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Puraffinity.
Puraffinity, a leading innovator of advanced adsorbents for the removal of per- and polyfluorinated...
Over half of Thames Water’s sewage works struggling to meet demand
Independent analysis has estimated that more than half of Thames Water’s 351 sewage treatment works are currently operating without sufficient capacity to treat the...
People should ask questions about forever chemicals in their workwear
As the textile and laundry industries come under increased scrutiny to better manage PFAS contamination, specialist PPE workwear and laundry firm phs Besafe is...
