Weathering the storm

Simon Crowther of Flood Protection Solutions reflects on the recent spate of business closures in his sector, what it means for UK flood resilience, and what might be done

An unconventional lime for phosphate removal

Xavier Mear of Lhoist UK revisits some of the common methods of removing phosphate from wastewater, by way of introducing his own firm's solution

Colombian water project shortlisted for industry award

Engineering consultancy IDOM has been nominated in the Excellence in Water category of the NCE100 list awards

Water innovators shortlisted for Vancouver event in June

Digital, biotech and membrane technologies are among the top 13 innovators selected to take part in BlueTech Forum in Vancouver on 6-7 June 2018

Managing water in the Hebrides

Bell Flow Systems recounts a recent customer in Norway, who approached them with a water metering problem. The customer owned a second home in...

Preparing for the sulphur cap in 2020: Conference presentation to look at monitoring wash...

Stephanie Lavelle of Chelsea Technology Group - a firm specialising in water monitoring - will be presenting on “Monitoring Waste Wash Water from Scrubbers”...

Anglian Water successfully trials Arvia technology

UK utility pilots tertiary treatment combining oxidation and adsorption Effective removal rates achieved for a number of substances investigated Trials of an advanced tertiary water and...

Study highlights threat from pharmaceuticals in the world’s rivers

Pharmaceutical drugs are present in rivers and waterways around the world, at levels that present a danger to wildlife, and which are continuing to...

Utility engagement sought on real-time water monitoring

British Water is calling on water companies to share their real-time monitoring needs with a new focus group in preparation for the next five-year...

Heat-from-wastewater joint venture reveals leisure centre heating project

In the first project to be delivered by a new joint venture between Scottish Water Horizons and SHARC Energy Systems and one of the...

New partner adds hydrologic models and data to cloud service

German environmental software firm KISTERS and global weather forecasting company MeteoGroup announced on 27 March the addition of water environments expert DHI Group as...

New mobile sludge dewatering units incorporate a high level of process control, says firm

Two new mobile sludge dewatering units have been added to the fleet of centrifuges available from Derbyshire based equipment rental firm MSE Hiller. The...

Meeting shares research on viruses and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the water environment

Scientists share research on viruses and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the water environment

Developing a new tool to optimise sea wall design

HR Wallingford writes about a research project the firm is undertaking with the National Oceanography Centre and other partners Sea walls are designed to protect...

Packaged wastewater treatment group widens focus

British Water’s focus group on packaged treatment plants (PTPs) is changing its remit – and its name. Historically the main focus of the technical...

Utility claims European first for online, in situ water sampling

Scottish Water is seemingly the first water authority in Europe to use online bacteria monitoring technology to carry out in situ water sampling. The...

Lab automation acquisition

Analyser manufacturer SEAL Analytical has acquired ROHASYS BV, a Dutch manufacturer of laboratory products for automating and robotising sample (pre) treatment.

Sensors firm to present on fluorescence measurement at SWIG

Chelsea Technologies' Dr John Attridge is to present at the SWIG “Latest developments in water sensors" workshop on 7 March in Cambridge.

Continuous monitoring at EfW plant

Pollution & Process Monitoring (PPM) has supplied two water quality monitoring stations to a waste-to-energy facility in the NE of England.

Innovative new study to monitor Scotland’s water from space

Dr Claire Neil, a Research Fellow in Biological and Environmental Sciences, is leading the project with SEPA, funded through a NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellowship.