Sludge thickening disc scores on cost and low maintenance

Huber Technology has recently received an order for a size 2 disc thickener from Costain and Severn Trent Water for Itchen Bank STW. The RoS2S...
A treatment plant. The costs of treating nitrate-contaminated water amount to around £120 million per year for the UK water industry.

Defusing the nitrate time bomb

Steve Buss, Catchment Management Specialist at independent scientific environmental consultancy ESI, comments on recent findings that nitrate levels in groundwater are now levelling out....
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Climate change threatens UK water security

THE UK water sector is facing major challenges from global climate change. A rise in the global temperature in recent years and changes in...
Steve Lawrie, Dexter Watson,

Opinions on dealing with wet waste

Envirotec addresses a few questions to Steve Lawrie, a technical specialist with Dexter Watson, a supplier of equipment and services for the water and...
ACT's seemingly game-changing technology has been pilot successfully by Scottish Water.

Pilot promises less sludge in future

THE sewage recycling technology from start-up Applied CleanTech (ACT) has been piloted with "promising results" at Dunbar and Aviemore Waste Water Treatment Works...
Drinking untreated water is a major contributor to the deaths of children under five, globally.

Filter distribution makes impact in Rwanda

ALMOST 500,000 people in the poorest part of Rwanda had clean water at home over Christmas thanks to UK company DelAgua, which has been...
BOGE

Oil-free is good for water

PISTON compressors - as used in water treatment - have been given a fresh face with the new oil-free PO series from BOGE, according...
water treatment

North-east water boost

NORTHUMBRIAN Water’s Warkworth Water Treatment Works (WTW) is set to undergo a £2.2million refurbishment to help maintain and enhance drinking water quality for the...
Installing a giant Hydro-Brake for the Wigan Flood Alleviation Scheme.

Technology holds back floods upstream

A ‘supersized’ engineering solution to river flooding is said to deliver carefully-engineered flood protection while supporting biodiverse landscaping and wetlands. Hydro International's Hydro-Brake® Flood Alleviation...

Dual attack on flooding with new defence system

A new flood defence system, JBaR, from oil and environmental specialists, Adler and Allan, provides protection potential for sites that store oil and other...

Permeable pavements cater for Nordic conditions

In co-operation with industrial partners, Nordic R&D firm VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland says it has developed permeable pavements, able to reduce the...
Environment Agency, flood, Shoothill,

Online check for flood risk

A new online tool is intended to help households and businesses in England check for flood risks to property. Data from the Environment Agency has...
The SeeSnake range is for inspecting small to medium diameter pipelines.

CCTV inspection for small spaces

INSPECTION using CCTV equipment has become the norm when it comes to understanding the state of repair and the operational condition of most pipeline...
water, environment

River clean-up gets “seal” of approval (b’dum-tish!)

A seal found 17 miles inland from the coast in late December is proof the River Mersey is clean, according to United Utilities, which...
Recent restoration work on the River Welland: Before (above) and after (below).

Restoring a “river ecosystem”

THE River Welland in Market Harborough has been the focus of recent restoration work, with an environmental project led by the University of Leicester...

EU project boosts real-time monitoring of chemical pollutants in water

Even low levels of pollutants like pharmaceuticals can pose a significant threat to marine wildlife, so there is much to gain from their detection...
A view along the Loddon River through Old Basing, Basingstoke.

Canal monitoring marks IoT first

SMART water systems start-up Aquamatix appears to be one of the first off the mark with a commercial application of the 'internet of things'...

Services help the EA stay mobile

THE Environment Agency (EA) claims to be taking huge strides forward in mobile working with the help of Peak-Ryzex mobile managed services (MMS). The...

Managing water use as a business cost

THAMES Water Commercial Services has trebled the size of its Scottish operation in a bid to seize a greater share of Scotland’s £330million non-household...

Diamonds are forever?

WELL diamonds are certainly hard wearing, and in the case of a new water sensor under development, this property is being harnessed for monitoring...