Extolling the virtues of bespoke water quality measurement
Bespoke water quality measurement systems can address highly specific requirements. Water-quality instrumentation manufacturer Pollution and Process Monitoring (PPM) says it has a customer base...
Old mines cast a long shadow on their surroundings, says study of people’s attitudes
Local stakeholders need more information than is currently available to them on the impacts of former mining activities on ground water and surface water,...
Newly discovered microbes guzzle greenhouse gases (and maybe oil spills)
Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin’s Marine Science Institute have discovered nearly two dozen new types of microbes, many of which use...
Conference aims to collate lessons
The theme of this year’s Premiam Conference was “Looking back and moving Forward”
Robots fill a void
The challenge of tracking underwater oil plumes is starting to be addressed by the use of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Recent months have seen a number of groups discussing experiments to evaluate this capability
Reef spill should prompt review
Reports that a cruise vessel discharged several thousand litres of food waste and grey water into the Great Barrier Reef should send a clear message that MARPOL Annex IV needs urgent revision
Local authority SuDS demand prompts UK production deal, says supplier
Increasing Local Authority planning requirements for compliant Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in major developments is boosting demand for water quality treatment components, says supplier...
Instruments offer quick and simple analysis of metal content
Responding to customer demand from a wide variety of sectors, Ashtead Technology has added additional Niton XL3t GOLDD+ XRF Analysers to its rental fleet...
35% of microplastics released into the world’s oceans are from synthetic textiles, says IMechE...
Institution of Mechanical Engineers calls for urgent action to prevent the 6 million microfibres released from a typical 5kg wash load of polyester fabrics...
Pinpointing pollution sources
Steve Mustow of WYG on why we need to ensure that nutrient pollution control doesn't stand in the way of new development while continuing to protect sensitive aquatic environments
Cleaning spills with magnets
A seemingly new approach to oil-water separation – with implications for cleaning up oil and wastewater spills - has been developed by researchers at the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences .
Water companies need to do more to protect the environment, says EA report
Water companies need to do more to protect the environment, says a new Environment Agency report published on 11 July 2018.
Although there has been...
Firm to unveil new sensors at oil spill monitoring event in June
Chelsea Technologies Group (CTG) is among the sponsors of the 4th Premiam Conference "Post Spill Monitoring, Looking Back and Moving Forward" on the 21st...
Wastewater treatment plants are key route into UK rivers for microplastics, says study
Water samples from UK rivers contain significantly higher concentrations of microplastics downstream from wastewater treatment plants, a new study appears to reveal
Reasons for choosing in-situ remediation instead of ex-situ and mass-transfer
Miiro Jääskeläinen of Eko Harden Technologies looks at the tradeoffs between three common site clean-up methods for soil and groundwater
UK Government announces £200k to fund research into microplastics pollution pathways
The UK Government has awarded £200k to a group at the University of Plymouth to conduct research that aims to better understand the nature...
Licensed to treat: West Midlands soil facility announces asbestos capability
A soil treatment facility at Edwin Richards Quarry in the West Midlands is now fully licensed and permitted to accept asbestos fragments in soils....
EA water quality report “woefully short on action” to control runoff pollution
An Environment Agency (EA) state-of-the-nation update, warning that 86% of England’s water bodies fail to meet ‘good’ status, is strong on facts but falls woefully short on action
‘Far too many serious pollution incidents’ says Environment Agency water quality report
Environment Agency Chair Emma Howard Boyd has called on water companies and farmers to cut the amount of pollution incidents harming England’s waters and...
Novel biomaterial for PFCs removal wins €1.4m grant
CustoMem says the bio-adsorbent can selectively capture micropollutants like Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) from wastewater
