Project aims to bring fluoride-free water to East African regions
Dr Junjie Shen's project will work on developing technology capable of removing fluoride from water with minimal energy consumption
Is England losing the battle for better water quality?
Efforts to improve the water quality of England’s rivers, lakes and waterways are faltering - and unless policymakers recommit to the hard work of...
Hundreds of water sector research reports made available at UKWIR
UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) is providing free access to over 1,000 of its water sector research reports aimed at helping to improve water...
Seminar explores how AI can help in the water sector
A detailed overview of artificial intelligence (AI) and its increasing emergence in the water and wastewater sector was the focus of British Water’s latest...
Water harvesting company picks up water efficiency award
Watflo, a Doncaster-based rainwater harvesting company, has scooped the gold award at the biannual Waterwise UK Water Efficiency Product Awards.
The company won the award...
Tackling metaldehyde with powdered activated carbon
Ejector solutions firm Transvac Systems offers a recap on the solutions used to remove metaldehyde from water, and its own product offering in this...
Innovate UK funding for solution to tackle PFAS
London-based chemical technology firm Puraffinity has developed an innovative approach to eliminating PFAS from water supplies, with funding from Innovate UK.
Its solution is a...
Update gives insights into non-acoustic leak technologies
Technology company Ovarro has partnered with UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) to update the sector on advancements in non-acoustic leak detection techniques.
The update provides...
Firm reactivates its first spent carbon from a drinking water facility
Wigan-based CPL Activated Carbons, has successfully reactivated its first batch of ‘green list’ spent carbon from a drinking water treatment facility.
Activated carbons are used...
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...
Sponsored Content: Custom wedge gate valves
Valves expert T-T Flow writes: When there was a requirement for custom wedge gate valves to facilitate the transition to new metric pipework at a major water treatment works, T-T Flow stepped in to provide the perfect solution that would also maintain the ability to isolate flow.
Ofwat announces £100 million fund to boost action on water efficiency
Ofwat is calling for ideas and input as it develops a new £100m fund to help save water.
The fund is being set up to...
Innovation centre to bring together UK research on biofilms
The UK’s world-class expertise in the research of biofilms has been recognised through the launch of a new National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC).
Supported by...
Commercial water purification system may have caused pathogen infection in hospitalized patients
A study of four cardiac surgery patients in one hospital has reported that they developed Mycobacterium abscessus infections, a multidrug-resistant nontuberculous mycobacteria, potentially due...
Measuring potable water quality: Why one size does not fit all
A wide variety of factors can affect the quality of potable water during treatment, ranging from the characteristics of the source water to factors...
Microfiber filter technology receives NSF certification
Amiad Water Systems, a global producer of water treatment and filtration solutions, announce in March that its AMF microfiber filter technology has been evaluated...
Egypt and UK sign MoU on water partnership
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been agreed between Egypt and a leading UK water sector trade association to establish a framework for bilateral...
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...
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...
White paper validates innovative oxygen transfer technology
A new, industry-verified white paper validates the oxygen transfer efficiency of an innovative, gas infusion technology for water and wastewater treatment.
The trademarked Dissolved Gas...
