Reforms to flood funding and investment to protect farming communities
The UK government says it is bolstering England’s resilience to flooding through additional financial support to farmers and rural communities, as well as refreshing...
Pioneering 3D printing project shares successes
Leaders of a pioneering project to develop 3D printed infrastructure and components for the water sector will be sharing insights from five years of...
Small and smart actuator gets explosion-proof rating
Electric actuator manufacturer AUMA has added an explosion-proof version to its successful PROFOX actuator series.
“The new PROFOX-X actuators expand all the benefits of our...
Pathogens which cling to microplastics may survive wastewater treatment
Wastewater treatment fails to kill several human pathogens when they hide out on microplastics in the water, reports a new study appearing in the...
Preventative pump maintenance reduces downtime and risk
Now that industrial companies face being hit with unlimited fines for pollution incidents, outsourcing pump maintenance to specialist contractors can provide security and peace...
Closing Pandora’s box: A new book explores the science of sewage
Sewage: It's a subject whose complexities are not to be underestimated, but which are increasingly in need of being communicated to the public. A...
Flooding programmes deliver big results, says the Environment Agency
The Environment Agency has published its mid-programme report, detailing the benefits the agency says are accruing from various schemes undertaken to support flood and...
Spray lining first for Scottish Water boosts chamber integrity
Wastewater maintenance and repair specialist Lanes Group has carried out the first spray lining project commissioned by Scottish Water to rehabilitate chambers serving a...
Solar-powered system gives efficiency boost to desalination
Researchers in Canada have designed a device that produces drinking water from seawater using an evaporation process driven largely by solar power, with efficiency...
Experts meet in Mozambique to improve resilience against tropical cyclones
Researchers from the University of Bristol and across the world are joining forces this week, in a professed bid to advance early warning systems...
Enhanced treatment can speed-up spill reduction
Enhanced wastewater treatment holds the key to reducing sewage overflows to the environment in a sustainable way, says Dominic Hurd, managing director, ACWA...
More action needed to protect future water resources, says EA
Almost a fifth (19%) of water supplies are lost by water companies before reaching customers’ taps, a new report from the Environment Agency appears...
Royal Society of Chemistry commends new PFAS limits, but says more to be done
The Royal Society of Chemistry has welcomed the Drinking Water Inspectorate’s decision to apply stricter limits on PFAS levels allowed in English and Welsh...
River monitoring drone boats arrive in UK
Autonomous and remote-controlled drone boats that can measure discharge flow rate and water quality in rivers are available in the UK, seemingly for...
Wave buoy data boosts flood forecasting, says SEPA
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) says it has advanced its flood risk management capabilities with the deployment of Scotland’s first public “near-shore” wave...
Energy efficiency success with pump systems spotlighted at EEMODS event
The success of the European pump sector in driving energy savings was in the spotlight at the recent EEMODS (Energy Efficiency in Motor Driven...
UK project to accelerate technology of biopolymers extracted from sewage sludge
Engineering firm Royal HaskoningDHV is to implement the UK’s first-ever Kaumera pilot plant to extract biopolymers from sewage sludge, in Blackburn, Lancashire.
It is part...
Micropollutant removal pilot plant aims to pioneer new wastewater technology
What's described as the UK’s first pilot plant aimed at assessing the impact of different combinations of technology for micropollutant removal from wastewater will...
Digital trial reduces I&I wastewater costs
Inflow of stormwater and infiltration of groundwater into wastewater systems is a constant operational challenge for managers. Now, Håbo municipality in Sweden is tackling...
EcoClarity and Yorkshire Water join forces in fight against fatbergs
Trials of a cutting-edge fats, oils and grease (FOG) Recovery Hub at Yorkshire Water’s wastewater treatment works in Hull are helping the utility improve...
