Motor management system claimed to make pump blockages ‘a thing of the past’
In a bid to tackle the problem of pump blockages, Anglian Water has extensively trialled the Simocode motor management system from Siemens, at over...
Fluid thinking: Equipping cities to avoid inundation
Urban locations worldwide are struggling to manage stormwater drainage, in the face of extreme weather. The opportunity appears vast, for those who can help...
Aerial assessment
Unmanned aerial vehicles can make an important contribution to gathering data from flood events, and estimating the damage to properties. Dr Monica Rivas Casaldo, a senior lecturer in integrated environmental monitoring at Cranfield University, offers further insight
Ammonia removal technology selected for Scottish site
Technology from wastewater treatment specialist WPL has been selected by Scottish Water to deliver enhanced ammonia removal at a village treatment works.
Tightening...
WWEM 2016 visitors urged to plan ahead
WWEM 2016 will open its doors on 2 and 3 November in Telford and with 8 conferences, more than 80 workshops and a sold...
Germany in Court over water pollution and nitrates.
On 28 April the European Commission announced it is referring Germany to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to take stronger...
Firms achieve first drinking water spray lining in AMP7
Morrison Water Services, a part of M Group Services’ Water Division, is working in partnership with Yorkshire Water to deliver a drinking water...
Avocado farmer slashes water consumption at IoT-enabled farm
The following case study provided by Crawley based communications technology firm Spirent Communications looks at how an avocado farmer in drought-stricken California was able...
Firm brings All-Membrane Brine Concentration (AMBC) technology to Africa
Modern Water has entered into an important new collaboration agreement with WEC Projects of Johannesburg to promote its innovative and proprietary All-Membrane Brine Concentration...
Satellite telemetry supports flood protection in Scotland
Water monitoring expert OTT Hydromet explains some of the practicalities behind a recent project
In recent years the development of flood warning systems has benefited...
Could used beer yeast be the solution to heavy metal contamination in water?
A recent analysis by researchers at MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) has found that inactive yeast could be effective as an inexpensive,...
UK government’s attempt to loosen nutrient neutrality rules blocked by the House of Lords
The government has lost its bid to scrap nutrient neutrality rules for housing developments, with Labour Lords voting to reject the proposed amendments (to...
South Crofty Tin Mine is Project of the Year winner at the Pump Industry...
Pumps manufacturer KSB submitted the South Crofty tin mine project into the Pump Industry Awards UK, with Cornish Metals. In March it was announced...
Pumped up for action
A new trio of sludge pumps for rental or purchase has been added to Flygt’s 2600 drainage pump series.
The portable multi-purpose models have been...
Sponsored content: Non-invasive clamp-on flow measurement of sludge lines
Flow measurement expert Katronic's ultrasonic clamp-on flowmeters measure 16 RAS/SAS (returned/surplus activated sludge) lines in pipes up to 85 years old, in a large...
Government announces improved flood defences and countermeasures
The Government released a National Flood Resilience Review on 8 September, outlining a number of measures to be put into effect, including enhancements to...
Dual attack on flooding with new defence system
A new flood defence system, JBaR, from oil and environmental specialists, Adler and Allan, provides protection potential for sites that store oil and other...
Scottish Government appoints environmental consultancy to research sustainable improvements to private sewage discharges impacting...
The Scottish Government has awarded Aqua Enviro a research contract to inform future policy to reduce the impact from private sewage discharges on bathing...
Connah’s Quay opts for “almost zero maintenance” DO monitors
The how and why behind the deployment of luminescent optical dissolved oxygen (LDO) monitoring at a well-known CCGT power station, in the words of...
ClO2 dosing system gets WRAS approval
Water treatment solutions firm Clearwater Technology says its recently launched Pureox 3500 Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2) generator system for water purification has achieved WRAS approval
