Call for government to make swift decision on ban on plastic in wet wipes
The government needs to make an immediate decision on banning plastic in wet wipes in order to help tackle this sewage-based pollution ending up...
Comment: how can the EU’s industrial policy support industry’s efforts with sustainability and decarbonisation?
Ahead of its Annual Meetings and Joint Conference with CEIR and Pneurop in Brussels this coming May, Vanni Vignoli, President of Europump, a trade...
Report is most comprehensive to date on challenges and solutions to the phosphorus crisis
Skyrocketing fertilizer prices in recent months highlight importance of challenges outlined in new report
Phosphorus is an essential but often overlooked resource, which is...
Wetland programme intended to protect rivers and chalk streams in East England
Proposals to create 26 new treatment wetlands across the East of England are part of a new wetland programme from Anglian Water, which the...
EU project to develop sensor systems for the tracing of synthetic drug laboratories via...
An EU-wide collaborative project, microMole, aims to design and develop a standalone sensor system that will track down the production of illicit substances by...
SDG for wastewater treatment is not enough, according to new modelling approach
While achieving the United Nations (UN) ambitious Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for wastewater treatment would cause substantial improvements in global water quality, severe water...
New measures and research needed to tackle ecological impact of pharmaceuticals
A group of international researchers has issued a warning about the increase in pharmaceutical contamination in the environment, with suggestions about how it might...
Tool to help understand the environmental effects of human medicines in Scotland
A new data visualisation tool aims to help researchers better understand the effects medicines have on Scotland’s environment. It has been launched by the...
Septic system waste pervasive throughout Florida’s Indian River lagoon
Study finds even ‘properly functioning’ septic systems contaminate groundwater and surface water, as a group from Florida Atlantic University explains.
For more than a decade,...
Goodbye to decaying deposits and blocked pumps? Ensuring the clean operation of municipal stormwater...
The use of air supply through injectors slows the rate at which odour and decay develop in a wastewater application, as German pumps and...
Sites must fulfil water protection obligations
With public attention on corporate environmental activities, there is particular pressure on industrial companies to limit their impact on the local water environment, says Adam Parmenter, industrial sales manager at WPL.
Discharging a duty
Water industry intransigence and regulatory neglect seem to provide the backdrop to a sewage dumping scandal that has made headlines recently and emboldened citizen scientists and environmental campaigners. Will 2022 be the year water companies are finally forced to get their act together, asks Envirotec.
Firms appointed by utility to support £5 billion infrastructure programme in Scotland
Utility firm Scottish Water has appointed a network of companies that it says will enhance water and wastewater services, and support a forecasted £1...
Comment: New year brings resolution on pollution
With sector-wide recognition that a step-change is required to deliver the environmental improvements required by all stakeholders, a new year brings fresh opportunities for...
Laser scans show devastating impact of wet wipes on the Thames
River charity Thames21 has released data showing a mound created by wet wipes, which has grown to the size of two tennis courts and...
£4m innovation contest
Ofwat, the economic regulator of water services in England and Wales, has announced a new "open access" competition for innovators, in an aparent widening of the scope of its existing £200 million Innovation Fund, and a bid to encourage more diverse ideas to transform the water sector.
Ocean-dumping for Fukushima wastewater: Japan’s complex decision remains contentious
Japan has ended years of speculation over the fate of radioactive wastewater stored in tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant since the 2011...
Visionary water projects celebrated by Lighthouse Awards
Carlsberg and Anglian Water among winners announced during Aquatech 2021
Global organisations that have blazed a trail of innovation to conserve and enhance water resources...
Defra’s Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan falls short, says conservation group
"We are appalled to see that Defra’s Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan has not taken into account the thousands of responses to the draft...
Washing machine filter captures microplastic without the need for disposables
Bristol based microplastic technology company Matter is launching Gulp, "the first sustainable, long-lasting washing machine microfibre filter" on Kickstarter from 11 October.
The firm develops...
