UKWIR research programme aims to transform sewerage management
Sewage pollution in surface waters in the UK and Ireland is one of the most high-profile environmental issues in the country. Water industry research...
Improving infrastructure planning is essential to delivery
The water sector needs to build infrastructure at scale over the coming decades. Ahead of her keynote address to the Water Industry Forum on...
Unregulated fracking poses water risks in India, warns study
India's plans to scale up fracking operations without robust regulations could spell disaster for the country's finely balanced water security, according to research from...
Pumps and chemical dosing challenges in wastewater treatment
Chemicals play a big part in wastewater treatment. Adeel Hassan, product manager at Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions looks at how different process challenges can...
New trade show ready to showcase advances in water jetting
The first WJA Trade Show taking place in September will provide a strong focus on key issues in the water jetting industry, including health...
Power of jetting: New trade show
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A new trade show dedicated to the industrial and commercial applications...
Fast-acting relief valves for UK sludge treatment facility
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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...
