‘First-of-its-kind’ citizen science study estimates 600 million litres of sewage-contaminated water enter Lower River...
Around 600 million litres of sewage-contaminated water are estimated to enter the River Roding and its tributaries every year via unpermitted and previously unmonitored...
Water quality data informs management of River Medway flow
Around 10 years of continuous water quality data has been generated as a result of a stipulation in a water abstraction licence on the...
Just 14% of England’s surface waters achieve good ecological status
Only 14.3% of England’s rivers, lakes and estuaries have achieved good ecological status in the latest Environment Agency classifications, prompting environmental groups to call...
New £5m competition targets hidden leaks in homes and businesses
Ofwat has opened the second round of its Water Efficiency Lab, offering up to £5 million in funding to support technologies that can prevent,...
Ofwat backs national framework for citizen-led river monitoring
A national framework that intends to bring citizen-collected environmental data into mainstream catchment management is set to move into its next phase after the...
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...
Finnish firm wins €2.5m award for water monitoring tech
Water technology firm Sensmet, which has developed a unique water quality monitoring technology, has been awarded a €2.5m grant in the latest round of...
Making storm overflow data make Sense
With the UK government demanding a 50% reduction in storm overflow spills by 2029, the era of reactive management is over. (Words: Metasphere).
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Ganges River pollution study: standard monitoring identifies only 1% of organofluorine contamination
Standard tests fail to identify 99% of toxic PFAS chemicals in the Ganges River, according to a new study from interdisciplinary research organization The...
New York’s Legionella outbreak: A wake-up call UK cities shouldn’t ignore
When news of a major Legionella outbreak in Harlem emerged last year, it followed an all-too-familiar script: serious illness, scrutiny of building water...
Study links falling phosphorus levels to ecological improvements in English rivers
A new report from the Environment Agency and the University of Stirling looks at the links between phosphorus concentrations and ecology in English rivers....
UK maps route to reducing chemicals in the environment
The latest data from what is possibly the UK water industry’s most ambitious chemical monitoring programme suggests targeted policy, collaborative science, and source control...
Test for faecal contamination cuts time for results from 24 hours to four
A new test reduces the time required to analyse water samples for indicators of faecal contamination from 24 hours to four. It was developed...
What the UK Government’s PFAS Plan means for industry
An analysis of the new government action plan by experts at activated carbon and purification technology firm Puragen, including some discussion of the practicality...
Environmental monitoring expert listed in Sunday Times 2026 top 100 tech companies
The environmental technology company Meteor Communications has been included in the 2026 edition of The Sunday Times 100 Tech, Britain’s fastest-growing private technology companies,...
Water Discovery Challenge returns to bring more fresh thinking innovators into the water sector
The Water Innovation Fund is opening its doors to innovators from outside the water sector to enter bold solutions to the urgent challenges facing...
AI is changing the monitoring of biological pollutants in water bodies
The authors of a new review outline how AI can turn water quality management from a reactive, after-the-fact process into a proactive early warning...
Whose pollution is it anyway? Project will use bacteriophages to point the finger
An ambitious interdisciplinary project is aiming to develop and test a first-of-its-kind tool which can trace the sources of pollution in UK water bodies....
Study finds higher levels of antimicrobial resistance in surface water during winter
A new study from The James Hutton Institute,* appears to have found that the levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) present in surface water increase...
Advanced river monitoring picks up three major awards
Xylem UK has been recognised with three major industry awards for its advanced river monitoring technologies that support UK utilities in meeting requirements under...
