Scottish Government appoints environmental consultancy to research sustainable improvements to private sewage discharges impacting...
The Scottish Government has awarded Aqua Enviro a research contract to inform future policy to reduce the impact from private sewage discharges on bathing...
Securing wastewater treatment fit for the future
As population growth puts pressure on wastewater treatment plant capacity, Andrew Baird, technical director, WPL, makes the case for better understanding and greater flexibility....
Sponsored content: Predictive analytics trial in wastewater networks
A UK water firm is evaluating methodologies to improve sewer network resilience by forecasting issues such as blockages and sewer flooding. The company provides...
PFAS treatment start-up changes name and announces successful fund-raise to accelerate growth
Puraffinity, a spin-out from Imperial College London, that develops advanced materials for selectively removing target chemical compounds from water, has announced an oversubscribed seed...
More planning applications held up by sustainable drainage design in England than in Wales
Planning applications are twice as likely to be blocked or delayed due to sustainable drainage system (SuDS) design in England than in Wales, according...
Cross-sector learning underpins British Water data conference
Valuable insights into how the water sector can manage data more effectively will be given at an upcoming British Water event this autumn, according...
Firm launches “a uniquely sensitive tool for rapid ATP analysis in water”
US-headquartered life sciences firm Promega has introduced Water-Glo, said to be a new and unique tool to help analysts at water treatment plants, and...
Sponsored content: More Landia mixers for Jersey’s Bellozanne Sewage Treatment Works
Landia has won an order from Doosan Enpure to supply and install a Jet Mixing system for the new Bellozanne Sewage Treatment Works on...
Greater efficiencies claimed for air stripper for removing VOCs from contaminated groundwater and waste...
When it comes to removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from contaminated groundwater and waste streams, a new air stripper product is said to provide...
Sponsored content: Continuous monitoring and control of effluent from a soft drinks manufacturing...
A firm specialising in instrumentation for the water and wastewater sector, Pollution & Process Monitoring (PPM) was approached by a major soft drinks manufacturer...
Noise logger trial pinpoints 115 leaks
A technology trial involving installation of 295 Enigma3m remote correlating noise loggers in a water distribution network in the State of Johor, Malaysia, has successfully cut net night flow by a third. Yoo Sun Chan, general manager, Primayer Sdn Bhd, and Roger Ironmonger, managing director, Primaryer, explain how the work was carried out .
Join us to tackle fatbergs at source, says GCA
UK water utilities are being urged to collaborate with the Grease Contractors Association (GCA) to help tackle the blight of fatbergs at source. The...
£1.3 million investment by utility aims to preserve 19th century bridge near Glasgow
Scottish Water is investing around £1.3m in a project that will help protect its infrastructure and an important heritage site in South Lanarkshire. ...
Personal care firm claims a first with ‘truly flushable’ moist tissue wipe
Bristol-based personal care company Natracare has launched what it claims is Europe’s first truly flushable moist tissue wipe, citing the new product as a...
Firm announces total residual oxidant analyzer for low ppb chlorine concentration measurements in wastewater
Instrumentation firm Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a new Total Residual Oxidant (TRO) analyzer to address the needs of the wastewater industry. The latter...
It’s “an exciting time” for sensors in the water industry, says Alison Fergusson...
Ofwat associate director Alison Fergusson says that it’s “an exciting time” for the roll-out of sensors in the water industry. Sensing technologies are set...
White paper maps digital adoption trends and identifies key learnings in water industry digitalisation
International Water Association (IWA) and Xylem White Paper Maps Digital Adoption Trends and Identifies Key Learnings to Help Drive Migration
Publication harnesses insights...
Monitoring technology guide launched by British Water
A live guide to drinking water and wastewater monitoring technology and services has been launched by industry trade association British Water. The web-based document...
Global WWF study reveals humans ingest microplastic amounts equivalent to a credit card per...
A new study from conservation group WWF appears to find that, on average, people could be ingesting approximately 5 grams of plastic every week...
World’s first municipal scale UV LED water treatment project
Typhon Treatment Systems, a UK‐based manufacturer of Ultraviolet (UV) Light Emitting Diode (LED) water treatment equipment, has won an order to install its innovative...
