PFAS treatment start-up changes name and announces successful fund-raise to accelerate growth
Puraffinity, a spin-out from Imperial College London, that develops advanced materials for selectively removing target chemical compounds from water, has announced an oversubscribed seed...
Cross-sector learning underpins British Water data conference
Valuable insights into how the water sector can manage data more effectively will be given at an upcoming British Water event this autumn, according...
Greater efficiencies claimed for air stripper for removing VOCs from contaminated groundwater and waste...
When it comes to removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from contaminated groundwater and waste streams, a new air stripper product is said to provide...
World’s first municipal scale UV LED water treatment project
Typhon Treatment Systems, a UK‐based manufacturer of Ultraviolet (UV) Light Emitting Diode (LED) water treatment equipment, has won an order to install its innovative...
Crystal clear maintenance for Yorkshire Water UV plants
After reviewing the 15-year-old Wedeco UV disinfection systems across eight water treatment plants of Yorkshire Water, Xylem says it has implemented a preventative maintenance...
Winners of BlueTech innovation prizes announced
Technologies for surface water monitoring and mains assessment take awards
Major global corporations and utilities share their challenges
Brave Blue World documentary trailer...
Our water cycle diagrams give a false sense of water security
Pictures of the earth’s water cycle used in education and research throughout the world are in urgent need of updating to show the effects...
London facing water crisis, warns new report
London is facing a water crisis, according to a new report from Labour’s London Assembly Environment Spokesperson, Leonie Cooper (Assembly Member for Merton and...
Edinburgh water treatment site houses ‘hidden jewel’ of unique hydro-electric installation, says utility
It is described as a “hidden jewel” - most people in Scotland’s capital will have no idea it exists let alone what it...
Plasma treatment gets a bit better
Growing pollution levels in waterways are heightening the urgency of developing new and more effective forms of water treatment
Water filtration system will be Europe’s biggest
In early April Anglian Water began installing a state of the art filtration system at its Water Treatment Works in Norwich
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
Rapid urbanisation increasing pressure on rural water supplies
Review seems to show rapid urbanisation increasing pressure on rural water supplies globally
Technologies for textiles and aquaculture win MIT Water Prize
A membrane technology for textile manufacturers and a recirculating aquaculture system have been announced as joint winners of the MIT Water prize. Student-led teams...
Cutting down on chlorine
Barry Hopton, Municipal Business Manager at atg UV Technology says UV disinfection is reducing the water supply industry's dependence on chlorine
Graphene’s promise for purification
A group of Russian scientists has figured out that graphene is capable of purifying water, making it drinkable, without further chlorination
First WRAS ‘certified’ submersible level sensor
Instrumentation firm VEGA Controls has announced an apparent first for the water sector – the WRAS approval of a submersible pressure sensor as a whole device
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
First WRAS ‘certified’ submersible level sensor
Instrumentation firm VEGA Controls has announced an apparent first for the water sector - the first ever WRAS approval of a submersible pressure...
Graphene’s promise for purification
A group of Russian scientists has figured out that graphene is capable of purifying water, making it drinkable, without further chlorination. "Capturing" bacterial cells,...
