Discrete package treatment installed at English distillery
Converted from a renovated 1850s model farm, The Lakes Distillery on the banks of Lake Bassenthwaite is in one of the most outstanding landscapes...
Severn Trent to deploy benign biological approach to battling FOG
Severn Trent has signed a new agreement with Next Filtration to allow full-scale deployment of the latter's Next FOG STOP technology, which reduces the...
£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.
Join us to tackle fatbergs at source, says GCA
UK water utilities are being urged to collaborate with the Grease Contractors Association (GCA) to help tackle the blight of fatbergs at source. The...
High-tech greywater reuse for exclusive residences
A next-generation smart greywater-recycling system has been installed at a residential development in one of London’s most exclusive neighbourhoods. Supplied by water infrastructure specialist...
Research sheds light on mysterious stability of nanobubbles
They're helpful in processes like water treatment, as you can get the job done without chemicals, but how stable are they? And under what...
Biohybrid alchemy: Transforming wastewater contaminants into chemicals
Researchers have proposed a novel method for transforming wastewater contaminants into valuable chemicals using sunlight, offering an avenue for sustainable and circular chemical...
Case study: Designing bespoke analytical trailers to measure wastewater
The need for a bespoke monitoring system led utility firm Northumbrian Water to the development of a pair of towable trailers equipped with analytical...
Ultrasonic flow measurement drives efficiency improvements at Five Fords WwTW
Engineers working on a project in North Wales have employed novel techniques to improve wastewater treatment efficiency, reportedly at a fraction of the cost...
Getting to an agreeable settlement
A&J Fabtech offers a few thoughts on picket fence thickeners, which it provides for water treatment and industrial users.
Picket fence thickeners enable the thickening...
UK government plan to sell household goods with water efficiency labels will cause confusion,...
A new system of eco-labels launched by the UK government is intended to help save consumers money on their energy and water bills, but...
Custom packaged plant cuts costs for delivery hub
A storage yard and delivery depot in Hampshire was fitted with a specially designed packaged treatment plant when the existing system could not cope...
Using bacteria to create valuable materials from sludge: New funding announced in the Netherlands
Half a million euros has been donated to assist a research project at the University of Delft (TU Delft), exploring how microbes can be...
Meeting the challenges of mobile dewatering and particle separation
Waste treatment expert Euroby offers some background to the decision to use dewatering equipment, and expands further on its own offering
Dewatering (and thickening) is...
Flat pack AD aims to upend expectations in the digester market
QUBE Renewables is a firm that makes 'flat pack' anaerobic digestion kits, originally developed in cooperation with the Ministry of Defence
Rooting out sewer vulnerabilities
An aerial map of trees is help- ing to understand the damage caused to underground drains and sewers by tree roots, accord- ing to...
Hybrid-SAF units to provide onsite biological treatment for utility
Technology from WCS Environmental Engineering has been selected by United Utilities to deliver biological treatment at a new wastewater treatment works.
The UK...
“Mono Muncher” sends biogas yields up in Spain, says firm
The Mono Muncher protects pumps from blocking by fine-grinding AD feedstocks such as municipal sludge and food waste.
The installation of a Fluid Motion...
How remote monitoring can contribute to operational success
Embracing digital technology will have a vital role to play in the safe, efficient and effective management of wastewater. Whether it is to minimise...
Could recycled wastewater offer the UK an alternative to imported fertilisers?
Research at Cranfield University, in collaboration with Severn Trent and Microvi Biotech, is leveraging the ability of bacteria to recover nutrients from wastewater.
The recovered...
