Cleared for take-off: Valve system smoothes de-icing fluid removal at airport
A new automated shutdown system that helps protect local watercourses has been installed by AUMA Actuators in a wash-down area for de-icing commercial airliners...
Retrofit boosts energy efficiency at wastewater treatment plant
A recent blower system retrofit at a wastewater treatment plan produced a noticeable uptick in energy efficiency resulting in significantly lower OPEX, explains gas...
Light trapped in a water droplet could help measure pollutants
Shining light on a water droplet creates an effect that is useful for exploring the properties of individual atoms, and may also help with...
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...
Fatberg foil: Preparing for another year of Unblocktober
Drainage expert Lanes Group has announced the launch of its fifth Unblocktober campaign, calling on individuals and businesses to take the Unblocktober pledge. The...
Water harvesting company picks up water efficiency award
Watflo, a Doncaster-based rainwater harvesting company, has scooped the gold award at the biannual Waterwise UK Water Efficiency Product Awards.
The company won the award...
Optimising water data ahead of price review
Ofwat has published its PR24 final methodology and expectations around leakage and water consumption are predictably high. Implemented now, smart technology can help get...
Sensor-equipped system saves millions of litres of water
The UK’s largest water and wastewater company, Thames Water, has selected Ovarro’s end-to-end service LeakNavigator to deliver a three-year leakage reduction contract, writes Tony...
Water leaders talk environmental scrutiny and infrastructure needs in new podcast
The Environment Agency’s director of water, Helen Wakeham, has discussed plans to increase scrutiny of water companies in England and Wales in a new...
Comment: Building a cyber-resilient water future
A criminal cyber-attack on a UK water company in August 2022, which saw hackers gain access to customer banking details, led utilities to urgently...
Severn Trent Water awards further contracts for Nereda technology
Severn Trent Water has awarded contracts to install Nereda® technology at two more of its key wastewater treatment works, making the company the biggest...
Against the grain: What can be done about microplastics in soils and digestate?
Microplastics are everywhere: We know that much. But should we be worried? What can we do about it? Some of the speakers at Aqua Enviro's European Biosolids and Bioresources Conference, in late November, presented findings from a project aiming to understand the levels of this contaminant in compost and AD digestate. A change in the policy landscape seems imminent, as Envirotec found out.
UK government’s attempt to loosen nutrient neutrality rules blocked by the House of Lords
The government has lost its bid to scrap nutrient neutrality rules for housing developments, with Labour Lords voting to reject the proposed amendments (to...
Sludge project is developing biochar-based filter to tackle algal blooms
Researchers in Scotland are investigating the potential of converting sewage sludge into a mineral-rich material that could be used to treat water impacted...
Imaging method offers promise for cyanobacteria quantification
A group from the civil engineering department at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) have demonstrated a novel, imaging-driven technique that provides high accuracy quantification of cyanobacteria
Mine water treatment relies on borehole loggers
For the last nine years, Severn Trent Services, has managed a contract for mine water treatment across the Coal Authority estate, including 73 mine...
Blockage-clearing pipebot picks up award in OFWAT innovation challenge, with help from drainage expert
A provider of innnovative drainage solutions, Jet Aire, has been named one of the winning partners in the Ofwat Breakthrough Innovation Challenge for its...
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...
Accounting for every drop: ABB awarded for work in New Zealand
Industrial automation technology firm ABB has won the 2023 Global Water Awards in the category “Smart Water Project of the Year” for its collaboration...
Resource demand gap requires investment, says water minister
Robbie Moore MP, UK government minister for water, has addressed the demand gap in resources during his keynote address at British Water’s International Reception,...
