Precast storm tanks join AMP8 rollout

Water-management products manufacturer Marshalls Civils & Drainage has been appointed to a £6 million Severn Trent framework to supply precast concrete storm tanks as...

Greener MOF cuts water treatment costs

A change in the way a metal-organic framework (MOF) is processed has substantially reduced its estimated energy use and production cost while retaining its...

Parched UK confronts growing challenge of water resilience

With almost three-quarters of England in drought and conditions also severe across Wales and parts of Scotland, the UK's exceptionally dry summer is intensifying...

PFAS-eating insects among the finalists of the Water Discovery Challenge

Twenty projects have been named finalists of the Water Innovation Fund’s second Water Discovery Challenge, which is intended to accelerate the development and adoption...

UK utilities support burst rising mains detection initiative

Condition-monitoring specialist Samotics has developed a new capability to detect burst rising mains, one of the wastewater network’s most challenging and least visible failures....

Automated floodgates help deliver IED secondary containment

Sponsored content: This article contains sponsored content. As UK water and sewerage companies progress Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) improvement programmes, secondary containment is becoming an...

Researchers combine plasma and cavitation in bid to destroy PFAS

Researchers in Germany have developed what appears to be a new approach to destroying persistent PFAS 'forever chemicals' in contaminated water, using two complementary...

Dual-bubble process removes over 90% of wastewater microplastics

Researchers at Australia's RMIT University say they have demonstrated a way to remove more than 90% of microplastics from wastewater by combining microscopic and...

Low-emission wastewater technology enters field trials in Scotland

A promising low-emission wastewater treatment technology has moved from the laboratory into real-world testing, as researchers at The James Hutton Institute begin field trials...

Separation and containment system targets aviation pollution risk

Aviation facilities are facing increasing pressure to prevent fuel-contaminated runoff and firefighting foam discharges from entering stormwater and wastewater systems. US firm NWPX Park...

Plug-and-play hydropower system trials at Glasgow wastewater works

A novel hydropower technology is being trialled by Scottish Water at its Shieldhall Wastewater Treatment Works in Glasgow, to assess the possibilities it presents...

Wastewater phosphate monitoring … it’s all about the sample!

Swan Analytical Instruments has launched a new Sample Filtration Cabinet which the group says ensures the reliable provision of representative samples to its continuous...

Paris wastewater plant to test removal of tyre wear particles

A pilot project at one of Europe's largest wastewater treatment plants will investigate whether wastewater treatment processes can effectively remove tyre and road wear...

EU-funded mobile treatment to recycle Montpellier’s urban wastewater

Montpellier is testing a mobile wastewater recycling system designed to turn treated urban wastewater into a reusable resource for applications ranging from irrigation and...

Water sector faces ‘perfect storm’ as AMP8 delays push projects off track

The UK water sector risks falling into a familiar cycle of late-stage pressure and rising costs unless it addresses the underlying cause of the...

Gibraltar faces scrutiny over decades of untreated sewage discharges into Mediterranean

Gibraltar has come under renewed environmental scrutiny following reports that the British overseas territory has discharged untreated sewage directly into the Mediterranean Sea for...

Hidden water risks place strain on Europe’s long‑term resilience, says report

Europe faces growing long-term risks as flooding, water scarcity and pollution increasingly converge across the continent, according to a new analysis from engineering and...

UKWIR launches framework to standardise asset health

UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) has released a report aimed at tackling the lack of a unified approach to quantifying and valuing asset health...

Live monitoring helps Scottish Water avoid over-pumping at St Andrews station

Real-time monitoring helped Scottish Water manage an unexpected maintenance problem at a strategic sewage pumping station in St Andrews, avoiding the need for temporary...

PFAS removal from industrial wastewater: How can activated carbon help?

This article contains sponsored content. Removing harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from industrial wastewater and surrounding environments is a clear goal with many...