Condensate recovery: The unsung hero of boiler house efficiency?
For boiler house operators looking to maximise energy efficiency, the ability to recover condensate to the boiler has the potential to provide exceptional ROI...
Sponsored Content: Heat exchangers can enhance energy savings
By Matt Hale, International Sales & Marketing Director, HRS Heat Exchangers
Systems steward: New leader at the British Pump Manufacturers Association
Continuing in his role as managing director of pumps manufacturer KSB UK, Dale Croker takes over the BPMA post following a two-year tenure as vice president.
Biofilters ensure wastewater compliance for maltings plant
Process solutions provider ACWA Services has installed new bio-filters at the Pencaitland maltings plant near Edinburgh, one of five plants operated by major UK...
Scientific microplastic survey of Scottish coastal waters confirms contamination
Microplastics found in two thirds of samples, many carrying toxic chemicals
The results from Greenpeace’s 2017 ship tour of Scotland - published on 7 March...
New report highlights the wastewater reuse opportunity in eight cities across the globe
A new report, Wastewater: The reuse opportunity, published on 27 February by the International Water Association and OFID (the OPEC Fund for International Development),...
Need to prevent ‘Groundhog Day’ for SuDS following ‘Achieving Sustainable Drainage’ report
More needs to be done to avoid ‘Groundhog Day’ for sustainable drainage, warns surface water solutions firm ACO Water Management, following a further report...
Project aims to bring fluoride-free water to East African regions
Dr Junjie Shen's project will work on developing technology capable of removing fluoride from water with minimal energy consumption
Water sector must prioritise supply chain resilience
The importance of supply chain resilience in the water sector was the overarching message from Baroness Brown, speaking at a British Water reception held...
Notes from the trenchless…
Wessex Water discusses the use of trenchless technology in a number of recent projects in the wastewater sector.
It was not so many years...
Firms appointed by utility to support £5 billion infrastructure programme in Scotland
Utility firm Scottish Water has appointed a network of companies that it says will enhance water and wastewater services, and support a forecasted £1...
Chinese researchers find new water reservoir on the Moon
A research group from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics (IGG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has found that impact glass beads...
United Utilities awards second Nereda contract with Morecambe WWTW upgrade
United Utilities has awarded its second contract for a Nereda plant, months after awarding what was then the UK’s biggest at Kendal WwTW.
The technology...
Planetary boundaries update: freshwater at stake
The freshwater change planetary boundary has been transgressed, according to a new international study. Green water is the water cycle available to plants, including...
Explosion prompts risk review
The incident occurred on 3 December 2020, at about 11:20am, and appears to have involved the explosion of a silo containing biosolids at a sewage treatment and food waste site operated by GENeco, a subsidiary of Wessex Water
Piezoelectric system pinpoints pipe leaks
THE identification and tracing of leaks in smaller pipes could become a faster, more accurate and cost effective process thanks to a solution developed...
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...
Wastewater requires additional treatment to reduce spread of novel coronavirus according to Israeli study
Wastewater must be further treated to minimize the risk of dissemination and infection of SARS-CoV-2, according to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers,...
Utility pilots “transformative” AI approach in wastewater treatment
Anglian Water says transformation of its treatment and recycling processes is being made possible by trials of AI-driven software developed by Norwegian technology company...
Auto-analysers go on show at WWEM
For many analysts, WWEM 2018 will be the first opportunity to see SEAL Analytical’s latest autoanalyzer, the AA500, a fully automated, high throughput, segmented...
