Business in the Community calls on food and drink businesses to take action on...
The charity Business in the Community (BITC) was calling on food and drink businesses to take action across their supply chains to improve water...
Bath hospital Legionella inquest pinpoints failures
The risks presented by Legionella bacteria in water systems were in the headlines again in February, following inquest findings which highlighted the failures that...
Severe drought no longer caused just by nature, say researchers
Scientists at the University of Birmingham are calling on drought researchers and managers around the world to consider both human activity and natural phenomena...
Video showcases ‘ultrapure’ water technology at National Graphene Institute
Veolia Water Technologies has released a new video showing how its ultrapure water technology is helping cutting edge research at the National Graphene Institute....
Anglian Water moves to measure THM in real time
An advanced precision analyser has dramatically reduced the time and complexity of measuring trihalomethane (THM) levels in drinking water at Anglian Water, says manufacturer...
Scotland’s first water technology testing facilities open
Scotland’s first ever full-scale facilities for the testing of water and waste water technologies were unveiled in late November in the Highlands and Central...
Award for water refilling station
A Swansea company which has striven to improve public access to free drinking water has been honoured as International Green World Ambassadors at a...
UK bathing water improving, says EA
A total of 97% of England’s bathing waters passed the minimum tougher standard this year, according to statistics released by the Environment Agency in...
The carbon conundrum
Envirotec takes a look at the methods available for measuring organic loading in a body of water, and things to consider when selecting an...
Terrorists and the water supply: UK specialist hits back at “scaremongering” criticism
Craig Stanners, Director of IVL Flow Control has hit back at alleged criticism that he was scaremongering when stating that the UK’s water networks...
Modular controller simplifies water treatment in cooling towers
The use of cooling towers is widespread across many industries and the water treatment process within these systems performs a crucial role which needs...
Sealing up the cracks in security
The UK’s drinking water is at far too great a risk from potential contamination of supply by terrorists, with current systems simply not quick...
Can suppliers make the totex dream come true?
Keith Hayward of Hydro International’s European Wastewater Division reflects on efforts to move towards an outcome-focused approach to meeting water industry goals
With AMP6 off...
Database promises to speed water screening
A public database developed by German water screening specialists promises to make it easier and faster for screening laboratories to identify unknown molecules in...
Surge vessels installed for Southern Water
IN February Quantum Engineering Developments (QED) completed installation of ten surge vessels for Southern Water to replace eight vessels in the Thanet area of...
Vision technology measures water quality from space
An international team of researchers has demonstrated a way to assess the quality of water on Earth from space by using satellite technology that...
Technological breakthroughs driving growth in water quality monitoring
Developments in solid-state electronics and small high-powered light sources (like the LEDs in this image) have supported rapid progress with optical sensor technology during...
Defusing the nitrate time bomb
Steve Buss, Catchment Management Specialist at independent scientific environmental consultancy ESI, comments on recent findings that nitrate levels in groundwater are now levelling out....
Filter distribution makes impact in Rwanda
ALMOST 500,000 people in the poorest part of Rwanda had clean water at home over Christmas thanks to UK company DelAgua, which has been...
North-east water boost
NORTHUMBRIAN Water’s Warkworth Water Treatment Works (WTW) is set to undergo a £2.2million refurbishment to help maintain and enhance drinking water quality for the...
