Firm secures deal to build radial weir gates for EA refurbishment of Thames structure
ECS Engineering Services has recently secured a deal to supply eight radial weir gates to the Environment Agency (EA) as part of a project...
EA surface water data now available in Envirocheck Flood Screening report
With the Environment Agency recently warning of the risks related to surface water flooding, following heavy mid-summer downpours, it seems timely that a UK...
Bat technology sounds out sewer problems
Lanes Group says it has become the first wastewater network contractor in the UK to commercially deploy pipe inspection technology that uses sound to...
Optimising foam control for reduced environmental impact
Foaming occurs in a wide spectrum of industries, from food processing to drug manufacture, from waste water treatment to paper production and from brewing...
Advanced Rio lab warns of Olympic water quality danger
Recent press coverage highlighting fears that sewage contamination will present dangers to participants in the 2016 Rio Olympics has been followed up by more...
China’s water industry trade show continues to get bigger
The premier trade show for China’s water industry is set to take place in the New China International Exhibition Center (NCIEC) in Beijing on...
Terrorists and the water supply: UK specialist hits back at “scaremongering” criticism
Craig Stanners, Director of IVL Flow Control has hit back at alleged criticism that he was scaremongering when stating that the UK’s water networks...
Cost-saving clog-free valve gets water industry green light
Around a third of UK Water Companies are now changing over from specifying traditional cast iron flap check valves to a tried and tested...
What is the potential scope for real-time control in the UK water industry?
By Andrew Thornton, Head of Project Development (Northern Europe) with water quality expert and equipment manufacturer Hach.
With the soaring cost of energy and chemicals...
Notes from the trenchless…
Wessex Water discusses the use of trenchless technology in a number of recent projects in the wastewater sector.
It was not so many years...
Samba drums and raw sewage?
"Raw sewage in Rio" debate shows value of UK investment in water treatment, says Lanes Group's Richard Leigh
Fears over sewage contamination problems during the...
Water firms deliver on “developer services standards” promise
Water companies have delivered on their promise to compile and deliver a key set of developer services standards that can be used to compare...
Scheme aims to improve access to sanitation in Egypt
A new project in Egypt aims to improve sanitation services for more than 800,000 poor Egyptians in the Nile Delta where there is a...
Fast TOC gets faster
ENHANCEMENTS have been made to GE Analytical Instruments' Sievers InnovOx Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analyser, a tool intended to help companies monitor, measure and...
The advantages of dewatering
By Steve Lawrie of Dexter Watson, a supplier of design services to the waste sector
One place where the mounting pressure on water authorities is...
Bioreactor promises low cost sterilisation
A low cost means of sterilising waste water has been developed by researchers at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), the work being published in the...
Rooting out sewer vulnerabilities
An aerial map of trees is help- ing to understand the damage caused to underground drains and sewers by tree roots, accord- ing to...
Praise for resolving sewage pump failure at university site
Lanes Group has been praised for its fast action in response to drainage fault at a Scottish university that resulted in sewage building up...
Modular controller simplifies water treatment in cooling towers
The use of cooling towers is widespread across many industries and the water treatment process within these systems performs a crucial role which needs...
True grit solutions gain traction
Wastewater solutions and services provider Jacopa is reporting increasing interest in grit removal solutions as water service companies seek to leverage the resources that...
