Commercial water purification system may have caused pathogen infection in hospitalized patients
A study of four cardiac surgery patients in one hospital has reported that they developed Mycobacterium abscessus infections, a multidrug-resistant nontuberculous mycobacteria, potentially due...
Utilities should embrace technology providers in AMP8
As the demands of AMP8 and the ambitious targets of The Environment Act come into focus, water companies need to embrace technology companies much...
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...
Quality guidelines suggest a framework for reusing municipal water
A research team at the University of British Columbia has investigated the potential reuse of municipal wastewater in urban applications, provided that people...
Four legs better? Aeration and mixing unit claimed to offer performance and energy saving...
In early February Gurney Environmental announced the availability of its SERIES 5 ‘Tarantula’, described as a uniquely designed, low-energy surface aerator that offers several...
Technology aims to widen access to thermal hydrolysis
Canadian firm Lystek International announced the commercialisation of its first, low temperature, low pressure mobile Thermal Hydrolysis Processing unit (Lystek Mobile THP®)
Personal care firm claims a first with ‘truly flushable’ moist tissue wipe
Bristol-based personal care company Natracare has launched what it claims is Europe’s first truly flushable moist tissue wipe, citing the new product as a...
Major role for wastewater epidemiology in tackling Covid-19, says group
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has a significant part to play in identifying ‘silent’ Covid-19 cases in the community, research presented at the latest Water Action...
Water recycling technology delivers cash savings
A next-generation water recycling system, unveiled by water infrastructure systems specialist SDS, will seemingly boost business sector efforts to save water by offering significantly...
Action pledged at cross-sector FOG summit
The hospitality sector has made a call for clarity from UK water companies around their requirements for the disposal of fat, oil and grease...
Trial “brings hope for phosphate mitigation funding”
Somerset Council is hoping to secure Government funding to deliver phosphate mitigation measures which will unlock the delivery of 18,000 new homes across the...
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...
Rapid bacterial detection system combines sound and light
The WaterSpry project is the latest to suggest itself as a contender in the quest for portable and high performance devices that can detect bacteria in water
Growing demand for storm overflow cameras
Water companies are now legally obliged to publish data on their storm overflows, but many of these discharge points are also increasingly being monitored...
Puraffinity, the PFAS Removal Specialist, raises $13.9m in Series A funding led by Octopus...
Sponsored content: This investment allows Puraffinity to scale up its operations and transition from being an R&D focussed organisation to being a full commercial entity.
New wetlands in Wiltshire to recharge nearly 600 million litres of groundwater per year
In a tie-in with World Water Day in late March, employees from Amazon Web Services (AWS), The Rivers Trust and Action for the River...
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 utility secures contract to employ new metaldehyde treatment technology
Veolia Water Technologies (Veolia) has secured a contract with Trant Engineering Ltd to deliver a new compact treatment stream for Affinity Water, supplying an...
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...
Boiling tap water helps remove microplastics, says study
Nano- and microplastics are seemingly everywhere — water, soil and the air. While many creative strategies have been attempted to get rid of these...
