Wild boar liver can be used to map PFAS contamination
A new German study uses the liver of wild boar to map PFAS contamination in the habitat of these animals.
The study focused on 66...
Consignment caveats: From liquids to lithium-ion batteries, competent storage requires care
A succession of fires in recent years has sharpened people’s awareness of the need to handle lithium-ion batteries correctly. It’s just one of many...
EA launches consultation on unlimited fines for the worst polluters
New laws will scrap the cap on civil penalties and significantly broaden their scope to target a much wider range of environmental offences
On 15...
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...
Cloud computing: Ohio derailment damage appraisal grapples with conflicting accounts
As details of its spilled cargo have come gradually to light, the Ohio train derailment has elicited “worst of all time” pronouncements, and a...
Innovation would help find more chemicals in water, say conference speakers
At the British Water Micropollutants Conference 2024, which took place in London on 8 February, keynote speakers from the UK's Environment Agency called for...
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...
Toxic chemical combinations found at over 1,600 river and groundwater sites across England
New analysis of Environment Agency data appears to reveal a worrying level of chemical pollution in rivers and other freshwater sites across England.1 The...
Avoiding fires with composite bund systems
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Chemical, oil and fuel spills can have devastating consequences across various sectors, from...
Tannins: A possible answer to microplastic pollution?
Scientists at UBC’s BioProducts Institute find that if you add tannins to a layer of wood dust, you can create a filter that traps virtually all...
PurAffinity signs first commercial agreement for full-scale deployment of its PFAS removal technology
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Puraffinity, a leading innovator in PFAS removal technologies, has signed its first commercial agreement...
Prioritise tackling toxic emissions from tyres, urge experts
A new briefing paper from Imperial College London attempts a deep dive on the pollution produced by the particles sloughed off from vehicle tyres....
Utilities should prepare ahead of mandatory monitoring
Healthier rivers will be one outcome of implementation of the Environment Act 21, writes Darren Hanson of water technology firm Xylem. Now water companies...
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...
Sewage scandal goes to the High Court
On Wednesday 5 to Thursday 6 July, the High Court will hear a legal challenge that aims to force the Government to toughen up...
Bee killing pesticides polluting the vast majority of English rivers
A new analysis of the latest official data from the Environment Agency has uncovered widespread river pollution linked to toxic neonicotinoid pesticides (neonics), known...
Call for Thames Water to make swift upgrades to Cassington sewage works after Wolvercote...
Oxford-based Wolvercote Mill Stream - the only official swimming spot on the Thames – has failed bacteria safety tests. Environmental charity Thames21 has warned...
Licence to spill? Legislative status of government’s new plans unclear
River conservation groups reacted with alarm to the news (on 29 August) that the government plans to ease restrictions on developers' need to ensure...
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...
CIP micropollutants research published by UKWIR
Thirteen research reports have just been published, which aim to boost the water sector’s knowledge of microplastics and further the understanding of anti-microbial resistance...
