Solar-powered system gives efficiency boost to desalination
Researchers in Canada have designed a device that produces drinking water from seawater using an evaporation process driven largely by solar power, with efficiency...
WWEM 2018 sees return of Instrumentation Apprentice Competition and new WIPAC Learning Zone
This year’s WWEM Conference will take place in Telford on 21 - 22 November 2018
Water company performance survey seeks supplier views
Water sector supply chain companies are being invited to share their experiences of working with UK utilities over the past 12 months.
British Water’s annual...
Water quality in Malawi threatened by use of pit-latrines
New research carried out by the James Hutton Institute in collaboration with the University of Strathclyde, alongside partners in the Government of Malawi, has...
Rainwater-only irrigation system launches at premiership club, with accompanying awareness campaign
In what seems an important advance, and a relatively rare one with UK sports infrastructure, Manchester City has announced that its City Football Academy,...
“Devastating water leak” drives move to improve sustainability, says chemistry research group
An organic chemistry research group, the Maulide Group at the University of Vienna has described how a devastating water leak in a nearby chemistry...
Qdos pump replaces three diaphragm pumps at German water treatment plant
The water treatment plant at Riepe, in the East Frisia region of Lower Saxony, has replaced three diaphragm pumps with a Qdos series peristaltic...
Support for researching nanoporous metal foams that use sunlight to clean up water
A researcher from the University of Bath has received support to help with developing a new, more efficient way for the water industry to...
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...
Water innovators recognised at BlueTech event in Vancouver
Technologies for wastewater treatment and plant optimisation were the winners of the Innovation Showcase at BlueTech Forum. The event attracted 200 delegates and took...
Endotoxin detection technology drastically cuts time for assessing water quality, says group
An important advance is claimed for a technology that allows water quality to be assessed in a matter of minutes.
The new Bacterisk technology was...
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...
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
Q&A: Drivers point to growth in Africa’s industrial water market
With multiple drivers for growth in the industrial market, the challenges for water in Africa are more around implementation than technology, says Walid Khoury...
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...
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...
Cleaning up PFAS with PFAS will backfire, warn scientists
A new paper in Nature Communications raises a red flag about fluorinated sorbents, a class of emerging materials for removing PFAS from water. The...
Water sector knowledge transfer service goes live
A knowledge-sharing and project showcase platform that will support the UK water sector with its innovation ambitions has launched.
The Knowledge Transfer Service, from...
Utility says water quality remains high with help of metaldehyde run-off reduction scheme
Severn Trent says its Farm to Tap scheme, which aims to mitigate the impact of pesticide run off on water quality, has seen its...
Comment: Water in the US – a decade of turbulence
As technology and innovation consultancy Isle celebrates the 10-year anniversary of its presence in the US water market, Cristina Ahmadpour, Isle president and...
