Peers sought to build urban resilience platform
A new peer-to-peer platform is helping municipalities and water utilities find reliable innovative solutions to their infrastructure resilience challenges, according to the firm behind...
Vast amounts of valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in world’s fast-rising wastewater streams, says...
Enough energy to power all households in the USA and Mexico;
Enough nutrients to meet ~13% of world fertilizer needs;
Enough water to...
Utility trials surfboard-based inspection device
A simple surfboard has been turned into a state-of-the-art automated inspection device to gather information on the condition of infrastructure vital to the supply...
New film showcases solutions for Baltic Sea eutrophication
Launch of documentary on innovations for recycling nutrients from agriculture and wastewater
A short film Sea of Opportunity, launched on 30 January, presents three innovative...
Sponsored content: Heat recovery from waste
Zero Liquid Discharge, or ZLD, is a technique which aims to discharge no liquid waste to the environment
Sponsored content: Versatile data logging
Tinytag Instrumentation data loggers can be connected to a variety of third-party sensors
Governments should prepare for 3m sea-level rise by 2100, says IMechE
Governments around the world must step up their preparations for a minimum sea level rise of 1 metre this century and be planning for up to 3 metres, according to a report released by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) in November.
REDEEMing pumping stations for eels
Dr Jon Bolland of the University of Hull's International Fisheries Institute (HIFI) discusses a new project that aims to make pumping equipment more amenable to aquatic life
Radar reaches a new level
Radar offers many performance advantages, although cost and complexity has restricted its use. All that could be changing now
Optimising ecotoxicology
Postnova Analytics has posted a webinar on how advanced analytical techniques are impacting the field of nanogeochemistry.
LIMS improves water testing efficiency
A new case study has been published by Autoscribe Informatics which apparently shows how the Culligan Analytical Lab in Illinois, US has made significant improvements in laboratory efficiency by using the Matrix Gemini LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System).
New robot for fully automatic water analysis
UK laboratories are under increasing pressure to undertake a wider range of tests; to test more samples, and often to do so with less staff.
Glenfield Invicta merger
Move prioritises “clarity, service and growth”
Glenfield and Invicta, two well-known and long-established brands in the water sector, have announced they are merging their operations...
Documentary conveys “a sense of hope and spirit of optimism for water”
The world’s first screening of the 50-minute documentary Brave Blue World, narrated by Liam Neeson, was met with "rapturous applause" at a blue carpet...
Low-energy desalination technology starts field tests in Palestine
New desalination system shows energy savings of 33-66% compared to existing systems, at recovery of 80%, says group, with recovery of up to 90%...
Fast Fashion: the second biggest polluter on Earth
Dr. Akmez Nabeerasool is a Senior Project Manager at Arvia Technology, a provider of advanced tertiary water and wastewater treatment systems. Below he discusses...
Wood-based yarn captures hormones from wastewater
Hormones and other pharmaceuticals ending up in bodies from natural waters are a globally significant environmental problem. Finish research organisation VTT and Aalto University,...
Study highlights the importance and vulnerability of the world’s water towers
Mountains and highlands are often referred to as natural “water towers” because they provide lowland communities with essential freshwater for drinking, irrigation, industry, food,...
Proprietary formulation improves river pollution measures in São Paulo
On the initiative of the Secretariat of Environment of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, a trial of the FOG Stop formulation - from...
Two new techs to combat Baltic eutrophication get pre-commercialization boost
Testing has started on BioPhree® and TerraNova® Ultra, which aim to stop waste phosphorus reaching the sea and recycle it as agricultural fertilizer, in...
