Research to tackle built environment resilience
THE largest UK charity dedicated specifically to built environment research, the BRE Trust, has announced a major three year funding programme to improve the...
Removing medical residues from wastewater
CONCERN has been growing at the volume of drug residues, pesticides and other contaminants in wastewater. Researchers at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) have...
Using biodiversity to identify sediment pollution in rivers
A collaborative research project led by the University of Brighton’s Aquatic Research Centre has developed a new technique to help protect the biodiversity of...
Legal action on the horizon over UK wastewater failures
THE UK faces legal action from the European Commission over failures in its collection and treatment of wastewater.
Around 17 localities were highlighted by a...
Continuous measurement of sludge density helps generate more electricity
Pulsar Process Measurement has supplied eight Sludge Finder 2 sludge interface monitors to Severn Trent’s Stoke Bardolph site as part of a process improvement...
Vision technology measures water quality from space
An international team of researchers has demonstrated a way to assess the quality of water on Earth from space by using satellite technology that...
Heat exchanger cuts carbon emissions for malted ingredients maker
The 3-tank batch sludge pasteuriser system from HRS is said to provide 40% heat regeneration.
Malted ingredients company Muntons (Stowmarket, Suffolk) is putting the finishing...
Ovivo sells UK municipal business to in-house team
WATER treatment specialist Ovivo has sold its UK municipal business for an undisclosed sum to part of the existing senior management team led by...
New fish & eel passes help more species to migrate upstream
The project at Hardham weir involved the design and installation of a fish pass on a section of the weir and an eel /...
Membrane filtration cartridge simplifies operation in high solids applications
Improved solids management is promised by a new range of ultrafiltration cartridges from Koch Membrane Systems, a developer and manufacturer of membranes and membrane...
Technological breakthroughs driving growth in water quality monitoring
Developments in solid-state electronics and small high-powered light sources (like the LEDs in this image) have supported rapid progress with optical sensor technology during...
Water mentor wins funding
DEFRA has granted funding of £150k to a business network that is aimed at helping firms manage their water issues more effectively. The group,...
HWM launches GPRS Pressure Transient Logger
New unit offers cost-effective data transmission and prolonged battery life.
Water and asset monitoring specialist HWM has added GPRS data transmission to its pressure transient...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
