Surface attrition slowdown
Vogelsang, the inventor of the rotary lobe pump with elastomer-coated lobes, showcased its advanced wastewater solutions at WEFTEC in New Orleans in early...
Supply Framework win
A framework for the supply of electric actuators has been won by AUMA Actuators Limited following a competitive tendering process issued by water and...
Organic optimisation
A Bredel hose pump has replaced a faulty progressive cavity pump at a water treatment plant in the Netherlands. Pumps manufacturer Watson Marlow...
Solar pumps at Moffat borehole
A solar scheme in Moffat is now helping power the pumps which provide water to the town’s water treatment works.
The £307,000 project has...
Pollution prevention: Dealing with an emergency
Pump Supplies describes a recent emergency installation undertaken for a water industry client.
While our projects can often be months or even years in...
Ensuring flow compliance at Fowey sewage works
Small wastewater treatment works (WwTWs) frequently present significant physical challenges for instrumentation and control engineers. However, a compliant flow measurement facility has been installed...
Preparing for the worst
A new portable area monitor is said to be the only direct-to-cloud area monitor capable of detecting up to eight gases and gamma radiation.
The...
Closing Pandora’s box: A new book explores the science of sewage
Sewage: It's a subject whose complexities are not to be underestimated, but which are increasingly in need of being communicated to the public. A...
Flooding programmes deliver big results, says the Environment Agency
The Environment Agency has published its mid-programme report, detailing the benefits the agency says are accruing from various schemes undertaken to support flood and...
Spray lining first for Scottish Water boosts chamber integrity
Wastewater maintenance and repair specialist Lanes Group has carried out the first spray lining project commissioned by Scottish Water to rehabilitate chambers serving a...
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...
Experts meet in Mozambique to improve resilience against tropical cyclones
Researchers from the University of Bristol and across the world are joining forces this week, in a professed bid to advance early warning systems...
Enhanced treatment can speed-up spill reduction
Enhanced wastewater treatment holds the key to reducing sewage overflows to the environment in a sustainable way, says Dominic Hurd, managing director, ACWA...
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...
Royal Society of Chemistry commends new PFAS limits, but says more to be done
The Royal Society of Chemistry has welcomed the Drinking Water Inspectorate’s decision to apply stricter limits on PFAS levels allowed in English and Welsh...
River monitoring drone boats arrive in UK
Autonomous and remote-controlled drone boats that can measure discharge flow rate and water quality in rivers are available in the UK, seemingly for...
Wave buoy data boosts flood forecasting, says SEPA
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) says it has advanced its flood risk management capabilities with the deployment of Scotland’s first public “near-shore” wave...
Energy efficiency success with pump systems spotlighted at EEMODS event
The success of the European pump sector in driving energy savings was in the spotlight at the recent EEMODS (Energy Efficiency in Motor Driven...
UK project to accelerate technology of biopolymers extracted from sewage sludge
Engineering firm Royal HaskoningDHV is to implement the UK’s first-ever Kaumera pilot plant to extract biopolymers from sewage sludge, in Blackburn, Lancashire.
It is part...
Micropollutant removal pilot plant aims to pioneer new wastewater technology
What's described as the UK’s first pilot plant aimed at assessing the impact of different combinations of technology for micropollutant removal from wastewater will...
