Safeguarding tech on trial
Digital technology company InfoTiles has won the opportunity to demonstrate its water management platform - which helps guard against I&I - with a municipality in western Switzerland.
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...
Research highlights need to promote water efficient products
Research carried out by the Bathroom Manufacturers Association (BMA) appears to highlight the need for retailers and installers to promote water efficient products to...
Low-maintenance phosphate monitor launch
OTT Hydrometry has launched an advanced version of its ‘Cycle-P’ remote Phosphate monitor for measuring dissolved Phosphate in rivers, lakes and reservoirs. The new...
Study shows power plants can recycle water using wastewater from oil and gas mining
Simulations demonstrate the use of two kinds of industrial wastewater to decontaminate each other has the potential to slash a power plant’s total water...
Pipe resilience project awarded £3.3m in latest Ofwat innovation competition
An initiative, called Designer Liner, which could reduce leaks and burst water pipes across the country has today (16 May) received £3.3m in funding...
Software firm introduces “the next generation of sustainable drainage design tools”
Water infrastructure software firm Innovyze has launched InfoDrainage, which it describes as the next generation of Sustainable Drainage design tools.
The firm...
Proposal to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighting foams in the EU
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) says it is bringing forward a proposal for an EU-wide restriction on all per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in...
A slimline option for water treatment facilities
A seemingly innovative solid-concentrate water treatment system has been launched by Chem-Aqua, the water treatment platform within water, energy and maintenance solutions provider NCH....
Narrow-beam-width level sensor is simple to install
Presenting itself as a leader in hydrology and meteorology, Geolux has launched a new and improved version of contactless radar for measuring water level.
Identifying ‘discontinuity gap’ could solve freshwater shortages
Esteemed professor and author Cees Buisman, whose renowned book explores how the growth of humanity depends on the growth of our consciousness, has been...
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
The rise of smart water
It's a multi-billion-dollar (per annum) market, explains Dr Mikael Khan, business development manager with consultancy firm Aqua Enviro.
Global appraisal
A new study looking at the presence of pharmaceuticals in the world's rivers has found concentrations at potentially toxic levels in more than a quarter of the locations studied.
Microfiber filter technology receives NSF certification
Amiad Water Systems, a global producer of water treatment and filtration solutions, announce in March that its AMF microfiber filter technology has been evaluated...
Water – respecting our planet’s liquid life source
CountyClean Group offers tips on how to preserve a most valuable resource whilst raising awareness about Water Quality Month in the UK.
This years’ Water...
Innovate UK funding for technology that generates water out of air
A first-of-its-kind ‘atmospheric water harvester’ has secured funding from Innovate UK. NovNat Tech is developing a technology that can generate water out of air,...
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,...
Case study: Designing bespoke analytical trailers to measure wastewater
The need for a bespoke monitoring system led utility firm Northumbrian Water to the development of a pair of towable trailers equipped with analytical...
Database promises to speed water screening
A public database developed by German water screening specialists promises to make it easier and faster for screening laboratories to identify unknown molecules in...
