DNA pinpoints river animals in the here-and-now, new research reveals
New research proves that environmental DNA survives for less than two days in small fast-flowing rivers
Ovivo sells UK municipal business to in-house team
WATER treatment specialist Ovivo has sold its UK municipal business for an undisclosed sum to part of the existing senior management team led by...
Cloudbursts: What can we learn from Copenhagen?
Luke Strickland and Stuart Divall of Ramboll UK review some of the flood mitigation measures implemented in the Danish capital since its cataclysmic flood...
Low cost wastewater treatment among winners at Dublin technology forum
An energy-positive industrial wastewater treatment system and a company specialising in online sensing and real-time analysis are winners of the 2017 BlueTech Forum Technology...
Bugs, good and bad
A new study seems to show that chlorinated water supplies don't disturb healthy gut microbiomes in young children, addressing concerns that such effects could lead to longer-term susceptibility to chronic disease.
Ofwat to launch new £4m open competition for water innovation
Ofwat, the economic regulator of water services in England and Wales, has announced a new “open access” competition for innovators, in an apparent widening...
Flushing out lockdown trends
The team identified a spike in consumption of easily abused prescription opioids and anti-anxiety sedatives between March and June 2020, while some illicit drug use plummeted.
Using containment for de-watering
SURREY-headquartered Land and Water Services (LAWS) has been using Geotube® containers to dewater difficult sludges for Anglian Water Services.
On a live contract at Pitsford...
Designing better water filters with AI
Even the best water filters let some things through, but designing improved materials and then testing them is time consuming and difficult. Researchers writing...
Artificial Intelligence can reduce urban flooding, says group
Urban flooding can now be managed much more effectively using Artificial Intelligence, according to the creators of a new technology called CENTAUR™ - a...
French Environment Minister wants radar level sensors for flood monitoring
Radar flood sensors may soon be introduced in France, according to comments made by the country's Environment Minister, Ségolène Royal in a recent TV...
Pressure-level sensor provides motorway flood warnings
Water level sensing technology from OTT Hydrometry is being used in an intelligent flood warning system that has been installed at a ford in...
Stay on top of Legionella, says testing firm
Testing and certification firm ALS Global is offering to help firms comply with regulations relating to the safeguarding of premises against Legionella
A fresh start for water drinkers
MORE than 8,000 people in the Oban area are benefiting from the completion of a major Scottish Water project.
The company has spent more than...
Non-contacting flow measurement in Milwaukee deep tunnel system
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) serves a population of 1.1 million across 28 communities on the shore of Lake Michigan. Since 1994, MMSD has...
EA flood and coastal risk management event scheduled for March 2017
The Environment Agency with Trio Events will convene the second Flood and Coast conference and exhibition and are seeking all flood and coastal risk...
Science award for biomaterial that filters out micro-pollutants
A granular adsorbent capable of the specific binding and removing of target micro-pollutants from wastewater has won a prestigious materials science award.
Apparently capable of...
Report flags “overlooked” potential of groundwater
Groundwater accounts for 99% of all liquid freshwater on Earth. However, this natural resource is often poorly understood and consequently undervalued, mismanaged and even...
Three more P removal contracts awarded
Treatment solutions firm Bluewater Bio says its high rate multi-media filtration technology, FilterClear, has been selected for three further plants by three different water companies
Water ‘gate’ solution chosen by Thames Water for flood protection
The Water Gate is a temporary flood protection solution which once rolled out self deploys using the weight of the water itself to hold...
