Flood risk proven by groundwater monitor

West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) in the UK recently refused a planning application on the grounds of flood risk. The proposed development included the...

The role of greywater recycling in ecological conservation

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Castle Water. Greywater recycling systems are being used in homes and businesses all over the...

New COO for PFAS removal expert

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Puraffinity. Puraffinity, which develops precision technology for the removal of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ across multiple...

Retention ponds can reduce tyre particle pollution

Retention ponds and wetlands constructed as part of major road schemes can reduce the quantities of tyre particles entering the aquatic environment by an...

Beyond the Stockholm Convention: new regulations targeting PFAS

Sona Dadhania of market intelligence firm IDTechEx offers a brief look into the global regulatory landscape of PFAS, including findings from the group's new...

Flowmeter testing on a pipeline

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with iCenta Controls. Instrument specialist iCenta Controls details a demonstration of its Metri Pro-Lite ultrasonic flowmeters...

Final keynote speaker announced for Europump annual meeting in May

Europump (the European Pump Association), which represents 15 National Associations across the continent of Europe, has now finalised the programme of talks and presentations...

Group fine-tunes portable sensor for detecting water-borne PFAS below EU threshold

A startup developing specialized biosensors, Grapheal, and the EDYTEM laboratory*, have announced the fine-tuning of a portable device for monitoring water-borne PFAS pollution. Made...

Geospatial platform at London Gatwick provides environmental insights

London Gatwick has created a new geospatial platform, said to be already making engineering and construction works safer at the airport by reducing accidental...

Infrastructure transformation enables World Ski Championship region to manage waste sustainably

Industrial equipment firm Atlas Copco writes. Hosting an international sporting event may bring much-needed revenue to local communities, but it also brings some big challenges...

New tech for removal of multiple pharmaceuticals from wastewater

Sponsored content: Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) are notoriously difficult to remove from wastewater. Traditional water treatment systems do not easily remove APIs from water, so pharmaceutical companies often have to resort to high-cost incineration instead.

Switch to green wastewater infrastructure could reduce emissions and provide huge savings

Researchers say they have shown that a transition to green wastewater-treatment approaches in the US, away from greywater treatment, could save $15.6 billion and...

Unlocking water data capability

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Xylem. The large-scale analogue-to-digital conversion within the water sector means there is no shortage of...

UK’s first battery-powered EDM monitor to gain MCERTS certification

The LIDoTT®, a multi-sensor monitoring system designed and developed by wastewater monitoring specialists, Detectronic, is the UK’s first battery-powered EDM monitor to gain MCERTS...

Q&A: Drivers point to growth in Africa’s industrial water market

With multiple drivers for growth in the industrial market, the challenges for water in Africa are more around implementation than technology, says Walid Khoury...

Ultra high-pressure robotic cutter clears sewer debris in Glasgow

Scottish Water has turned to ultra high-pressure robotics in an apparent UK-first to remove decades of industrial deposits blocking a strategic sewer in South...

Calls for flooding fund as farmers speak of fears for 2024 harvest after one...

A scheme to support flood-hit farmers must open as soon as possible, the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has urged, after one of...

New approach to monitoring freshwater quality can identify sources of pollution, and predict their...

The source of pollutants in rivers and freshwater lakes can now be identified using a comprehensive new water quality analysis, according to scientists at...

Utilities should prepare ahead of mandatory monitoring

Healthier rivers will be one outcome of implementation of the Environment Act 21, writes Darren Hanson of water technology firm Xylem. Now water companies...

What causes extreme flooding? German study weighs contributors

According to a recent study by researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (abbreviated as "UFZ"), the more flood-driving factors there are, the...