Rio water pollution levels even worse than previously thought, says report
The latest round of tests on the waters around Rio de Janeiro reveal it is even more extensively contaminated than had been supposed, adding...
Scotland’s first water technology testing facilities open
Scotland’s first ever full-scale facilities for the testing of water and waste water technologies were unveiled in late November in the Highlands and Central...
Small crustaceans offer better ways of detecting pollutants in water, says study
If only slightly toxic concentrations of pollutants in water are to be detected, the growth and swimming behavior of small crustaceans, mini-snails and copepods...
Award for water refilling station
A Swansea company which has striven to improve public access to free drinking water has been honoured as International Green World Ambassadors at a...
Packaged treatment plants forum has new leader
Andrew Baird, technical director for wastewater treatment specialist WPL, is the new convenor of the British Water Packaged Treatment Plant Forum.
It advises on standards...
UK bathing water improving, says EA
A total of 97% of England’s bathing waters passed the minimum tougher standard this year, according to statistics released by the Environment Agency in...
When to Renew and when to Refurbish?
Wastewater solutions and services experts Jacopa provide a specialist, bespoke refurbishment facility that allows ageing or failing wastewater treatment equipment to be brought back...
Simple flow control product expands options for SuDS on new developments
Hydro International is launching the Hydro-Brake® Agile flow control, which marks "a significant new opportunity for highly-efficient surface water attenuation with the lowest-possible flood...
Fuel-from-sewage deal to support Swedish sustainable transport
BIOGAS processing expert Schmack Carbotech has won a contract to provide a gas upgrading plant at one of the world's largest underground wastewater treatment...
World’s best performing companies on water security revealed
Asahi Group Holdings, Colgate Palmolive, Ford Motor Company and Toyota Motor Corporation are among the global corporations achieving an A rating for their efforts...
Clay pipes specified for new blood transfusion centre
The new £33m Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) Centre of Excellence near Edinburgh has specified clay pipes from Hepworth Clay as an underground...
Wastewater research unlocks surprising hydrodynamics of SAF systems
A radical way to improve the performance of submerged aerated filter (SAF) package wastewater systems has been unveiled at a wastewater industry event. Engineering...
Drainage specialists go the extra half mile – for badgers
Lanes Group drainage engineers have carried out a pipe cleaning project with the longest jetting hose they have ever deployed - and all to...
New Archimedes screw pumps for Severn Trent Water
ECS Engineering Services has been awarded the contract to replace seven screw pumps as part of a larger contract for NMC Nomenca. Split between...
Services provider picks up Achilles accolade
Wastewater solutions and services provider Jacopa has secured excellent scores in a recent Achilles Verify audit that assessed its management systems and also operations...
SWW breach earns EA fine
A case brought by the Environment Agency has resulted in a £45,000 fine for South West Water, for breaching environmental controls at a sewage...
Call to end more-for-less sector ethos
An opinion piece from Brian Back, managing director of Radio Data Networks
HAVING been involved in the water and wastewater industries for over a quarter...
The carbon conundrum
Envirotec takes a look at the methods available for measuring organic loading in a body of water, and things to consider when selecting an...
Discrete package treatment installed at English distillery
Converted from a renovated 1850s model farm, The Lakes Distillery on the banks of Lake Bassenthwaite is in one of the most outstanding landscapes...
Kilkenny membrane bioreactor expansion still provides “outstanding quality” effluent, 15 years on
A submerged membrane treatment plant installed by wastewater treatment experts Jacopa is still providing outstanding treated water quality for the Glanbia dairy in Kilkenny,...
