Huber unit solves the problem of disposal costs
HUBER Technology is reporting success with its latest sludge treatment machine, the RoFAS, which has been used in several applications by waste water treatment...
Aerated reed bed meets tight targets
A preparatory school in Oxfordshire is now treating its sewage using a constructed wetland fitted with Forced Bed AerationTM (FBATM), a proprietary approach available...
Waste firm doubles up on screens
CDEnviro has won an order to supply a second MSU:10 portable sludge screen unit to a Scottish waste management company.
Ayrshire-based Billy Bowie Special...
WWEM 2014 details announced
The organisers of WWEM 2014, the international Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring conference and exhibition, have announced the details of the Conferences that will...
Sludge treatment past and future
Dr Bill Barber of AECOM offers insight into the origins of sewage treatment, how ideas from the past are still visible in today's technology,...
Kilkenny membrane bioreactor expansion still provides “outstanding quality” effluent, 15 years on
A submerged membrane treatment plant installed by wastewater treatment experts Jacopa is still providing outstanding treated water quality for the Glanbia dairy in Kilkenny,...
Marking 100 years of activated sludge
ON the 2nd and 3rd of April 2014 in Manchester the CIWEM Wastewater Management Panel is organising a conference in association with Aqua Enviro...
River and seawater combine to power wastewater treatment
AN MIT research team has been investigating an innovative way to mix seawater and river water together in order to generate enough power to...
Half-bridge scraper supplier claims edge on cost effectiveness
Half-bridge scrapers made by A&J Fabtech rotate around a central pivot in circular settlement tanks and are said to provide a cost effective option...
Polish coup for odour abatement system
AN odour abatement system blending old and new technologies has proven its effectiveness in a Polish wastewater treatment application, a coup for the two...
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...
New impeller combines reliability and efficiency
AGAINST a background of growing demand from the water and wastewater treatment industries for submersible motor pumps that resist clogging, deliver reliability and contribute...
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...
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...
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...
Low carbon solution for Center Parcs
Yorkshire-based effluent treatment specialist ACWA has won a contract to upgrade the environmentally-friendly wastewater treatment (WWT) system at Center Parcs Sherwood Forest, in Nottinghamshire.
The...
Scottish waste water crackdown
SEPA to gain new enforcement powers
A lack of understanding about how best to dispose of trade effluent could leave Scottish businesses facing fines worth...
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...
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...
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...
