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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
New ideas about flood defence
A seminar at November's Resilience 14 conference will highlight the latest thinking on flood issues. The session "Britain under water" will be headed by...
Warning of SuDS policy fudge
A RADICALLY-revised system for regulating SuDS implementation on new developments is in danger of becoming a ‘fudge’ and a ‘free-for-all’ that could jeopardise effective...
Fine bubble aeration cuts energy bill
THINK of waste water treatment and for many, whether in the water utilities or manufacturing sector, that means old, concrete reactors with a mechanical...
Low carbon wastewater solution for Center Parcs
ACWA has won a prestigious contract to upgrade the environmentally friendly wastewater treatment (WWT) system at Center Parcs Sherwood Forest, in Nottinghamshire.
The new project...
Aerated wetland investment in Fife
SCOTTISH Water’s commitment to deliver a cleaner and fresher environment, and improve the local watercourses across Cowdenbeath, has taken one step further following its...
Flood protection drones approved
THE use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to help combat the threat of flooding has been given the official go-ahead to operate on a...
A drop of sense
WATER utilities in India are turning to the power of smartphones to keep customers up to date with service issues, such as delays or...
