Millions are at risk using high arsenic water for cooking, says study
The use of water contaminated with higher than recommended levels of arsenic could pose a serious health risk to millions, according to a new...
Report urges food and beverage industry to adopt water best practice
The reputational and financial risks of the mismanagement of water and wastewater systems is the subject of a new report published today (17 June)....
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...
Water leaders talk environmental scrutiny and infrastructure needs in new podcast
The Environment Agency’s director of water, Helen Wakeham, has discussed plans to increase scrutiny of water companies in England and Wales in a new...
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EA water quality report “woefully short on action” to control runoff pollution
An Environment Agency (EA) state-of-the-nation update, warning that 86% of England’s water bodies fail to meet ‘good’ status, is strong on facts but falls woefully short on action
Comment: Smart water reuse and flood management technology “could be a vital strategic water...
Comment from water technology firm SDS
Water infrastructure planners should aim to exploit emergent digitally-controlled rainwater storage and recycling technologies to contribute substantially to water...
New nitrate removal plant to improve water quality for Anglian Water’s Retford WTW
WATER and wastewater solutions provider ACWA Services has been contracted to design and build a new state-of-the-art Nitrate removal plant for Anglian Water’s Retford...
Joint venture wins contract to treat brine from reverse osmosis desalination in China
Suez and Solvay have won the contract to treat brine from reverse osmosis desalination at Wanhua Chemical Industry Park in Yantai (Shandong Province). This...
Scottish utility completes reservoir car-removal operation
A delicate operation to remove nine ageing car wrecks which had been dumped in a Paisley reservoir has been hailed a success by utility...
Scale-up data technology, water companies urged
There has been “significant growth” in the use of data by the UK water sector but technology now needs to be rolled out at scale if optimum benefits are to be felt over the next five years
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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
Urgent improvements in water security needed to achieve climate resilience, warns research group
Urgent steps to improve water security are needed across the world as part of measures to increase climate resilience, the University of Oxford-led REACH research programme warned on 3 August as it published a new, interdisciplinary report.
City’s WTW comes in on time and under budget
SCOTTISH Water’s £130m Glencorse Water Treatment Works has gone into service on schedule and under budget. Designed and constructed by Black & Veatch, it...
£17 million investment to improve Scarborough’s drinking water
Irton water treatment works will be modernised to improve drinking water and enable the site to meet the needs of future generations, Yorkshire Water...
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...
Comment: Agriculture and pharma key to solving micropollutants problem
In the face of growing public concern about the presence of micropollutants in water and wastewater, Dr Pablo Campo Moreno identifies initiatives that he...
More action needed to protect future water resources, says EA
Almost a fifth (19%) of water supplies are lost by water companies before reaching customers’ taps, a new report from the Environment Agency appears...
