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Power of jetting: New trade show

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with The WJA Trade Show. A new trade show dedicated to the industrial and commercial applications...

Fast-acting relief valves for UK sludge treatment facility

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with T-T Flow. Government-backed funding saw a Stockport site become the first in the UK to...

Landmark sewage ruling means water companies could face legal challenges over spills

A landmark Supreme Court judgment on 2 July could open up new legal avenues for water companies to be sued for sewage dumping incidents....

Phosphorus removal options explored in collaborative trials

Alternative approaches to phosphorus removal at rural wastewater treatment works are being explored in an innovation project led by United Utilities. The ALT-P project, for...

Planetary-scale innovation at BlueTech Forum

An applied research project in Scotland involving the use of Earth observation science (EOS) in multiple water applications was just one of the...

Pharma pollution alarm

In an article published in Nature Sustainability, researchers warn that discharges to the environment during drug production, use and disposal have resulted in ecosystems...

Microsoft and Apple among winners of Lighthouse Awards

Technology companies Microsoft and Apple have been recognised alongside Martens Brewery and utilities Thames Water and Severn Trent Water as recipients of the Lighthouse...

Call to make London a ‘sponge city’

London will need to urgently become a ‘sponge city’ – a city better designed to absorb and hold rainwater – in order to ward...

Sludge project is developing biochar-based filter to tackle algal blooms

Researchers in Scotland are investigating the potential of converting sewage sludge into a mineral-rich material that could be used to treat water impacted...

New CEO to oversee expansion of leading water treatment and handling businesses

The firm behind water handling and treatment solutions Selwood and Siltbuster has appointed a new CEO. Dan Lee is now Workdry International CEO, with a...

Beneath the surface: Sonar technology revolutionises sludge and silt mapping

Peter Smith, Sludge Treatment expert at waste management company CSG, lifts the lid on the new sonar technology the company is using to accurately...

Turning sludge into hydrogen, and other OFWAT award winners

Winners of OFWAT’s latest Water Breakthrough Challenge were announced on 16 May, and included a project to turn sewage sludge into hydrogen, and another...

Engineering interventions that could reduce exposure of open-water swimmers to human faecal matter

Wastewater treatment must be improved to reduce exposure to human faecal pathogens in treated effluent, according to a new report published on 21...

Blower timers significantly reduce packaged treatment energy cost

Following a successful two-year trial of interval timers on packaged wastewater treatment plant blowers has resulted in an average 50% energy reduction at a...

UK biotech start-up deploys ‘synthetic oysters’ to tackle water pollution

Environmental technology company Smart Ops launched a biotechnology solution said to improve global access to clean water, on 21 May. The Smarts Ops SCR...

Retention ponds can reduce tyre particle pollution

Retention ponds and wetlands constructed as part of major road schemes can reduce the quantities of tyre particles entering the aquatic environment by an...

Beyond the Stockholm Convention: new regulations targeting PFAS

Sona Dadhania of market intelligence firm IDTechEx offers a brief look into the global regulatory landscape of PFAS, including findings from the group's new...

Infrastructure transformation enables World Ski Championship region to manage waste sustainably

Industrial equipment firm Atlas Copco writes. Hosting an international sporting event may bring much-needed revenue to local communities, but it also brings some big challenges...

Switch to green wastewater infrastructure could reduce emissions and provide huge savings

Researchers say they have shown that a transition to green wastewater-treatment approaches in the US, away from greywater treatment, could save $15.6 billion and...

UK’s first battery-powered EDM monitor to gain MCERTS certification

The LIDoTT®, a multi-sensor monitoring system designed and developed by wastewater monitoring specialists, Detectronic, is the UK’s first battery-powered EDM monitor to gain MCERTS...