Taking care of precious assets

TEN small- to medium-sized companies are to carry out feasibility projects to help businesses safeguard future water supplies at home and abroad. The companies have...
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Wallingford add hi-tech boat to range

AN engineering and environmental hydraulics organisation has developed a remote-controlled boat that can be used to measure river and estuarine data including flow, depth...
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Rewatec relies on RainWater

RainWater Harvesting Ltd has struck a deal to distribute a German rainwater tank recently seen on UK television. The company has been awarded exclusive UK...

Water works laps up praise

A new water treatment works in Scotland has won praise from engineers and environment campaigners. At the opening of Scottish Water’s Glencorse WTW Stan Blackley,...
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Scraping a living

ODOUR reduction is one of the tasks for sludge handling technology installed at a Thames Water sewage works in London. The water company has invested...
Lakeside Facility, Slough

What a difference a day makes

A water treatment team has reduced maintenance downtime and increased revenue at an energy-from-waste plant near Slough. The Lakeside facility at Colnbrook incinerates 410,000 tonnes...

Ireland flood job awarded

Mott MacDonald has been appointed by Ireland’s Office of Public Works to help manage flood risk in an area stretching from Dingle in County...
Glencorse water treatment works

City’s WTW comes in on time and under budget

SCOTTISH Water’s £130m Glencorse Water Treatment Works has gone into service on schedule and under budget. Designed and constructed by Black & Veatch, it...

Flood funding could bring an autumn start

FUNDING agreements are nearing completion to clear the way for a £23m flood defence scheme in Warrington. The Environment Agency scheme was granted planning permission...
Ovivo, West Bromwich

Doubled up

WATER industry specialist Ovivo has almost doubled the size of its operation at its UK head office in West Bromwich in an expansion that...
Zickert

A good deal for scraping

Thames Water is spending £24m on sludge handling equipment for its major sewage works in London. A deal with Hydro International will see the Zickert...
Flygt’s 2600 drainage pump series

Pumped up for action

A new trio of sludge pumps for rental or purchase has been added to Flygt’s 2600 drainage pump series. The portable multi-purpose models have been...
Pulsar Process Management

Well handled

PULSAR Process Measurement recently supplied seven of its latest sludge blanket monitors to a sewage treatment works where the acoustic technology replaced outmoded dipping...