Photobioreactors assist with examining algal blooms

Scientists at the John Innes Centre are using automatic photobioreactors from algal specialists Algenuity to look more closely at algal blooms – a phenomenon...

Keeping an eye on nutrient levels

The science behind nutrient pollution in rivers is still poorly understood. Nitrate and phosphate concentrations in the UK's rivers are still at mostly unacceptable levels, although there is also uncertainty about what constitutes an acceptable level

Compact logging of flow and pressure

The MacR6 N from Bell Flow Systems is described as a compact battery-powered device for logging water flow and pressure .

Continuous toxicity monitor wins Frost & Sullivan innovation award

Water monitoring systems supplier Modern Water has won a coveted 2018 New Product Innovation Award from Frost & Sullivan, an internationally recognized market research...

New device will help protect vulnerable communities in Colombia from unsafe water

An international collaboration between the University of Bath and Universidad de los Andes has developed a low cost, portable and user-friendly multi-sensing device for...

Managing water in the Hebrides

Bell Flow Systems recounts a recent customer in Norway, who approached them with a water metering problem. The customer owned a second home in...

Preparing for the sulphur cap in 2020: Conference presentation to look at monitoring wash...

Stephanie Lavelle of Chelsea Technology Group - a firm specialising in water monitoring - will be presenting on “Monitoring Waste Wash Water from Scrubbers”...

Utility engagement sought on real-time water monitoring

British Water is calling on water companies to share their real-time monitoring needs with a new focus group in preparation for the next five-year...

Utility claims European first for online, in situ water sampling

Scottish Water is seemingly the first water authority in Europe to use online bacteria monitoring technology to carry out in situ water sampling. The...

Lab automation acquisition

Analyser manufacturer SEAL Analytical has acquired ROHASYS BV, a Dutch manufacturer of laboratory products for automating and robotising sample (pre) treatment.

Sensors firm to present on fluorescence measurement at SWIG

Chelsea Technologies' Dr John Attridge is to present at the SWIG “Latest developments in water sensors" workshop on 7 March in Cambridge.

Continuous monitoring at EfW plant

Pollution & Process Monitoring (PPM) has supplied two water quality monitoring stations to a waste-to-energy facility in the NE of England.

Innovative new study to monitor Scotland’s water from space

Dr Claire Neil, a Research Fellow in Biological and Environmental Sciences, is leading the project with SEPA, funded through a NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellowship.

Clearing up turbidity and suspended solids uncertainty

The potentially damaging consequences of high levels of turbidity in waterways, arising from natural or human-made causes, makes it a particularly critical parameter to measure

Scientific microplastic survey of Scottish coastal waters confirms contamination

Microplastics found in two thirds of samples, many carrying toxic chemicals The results from Greenpeace’s 2017 ship tour of Scotland - published on 7 March...

Cost-effective water level logger for ground and surface water applications

Bell Flow Systems has introduced the dipperLog NANO water level logger, an addition to the firm's ground water measurement range. The dipperLog NANO sensor...

Innovative new study to monitor Scotland’s water from space

The University of Stirling's Faculty of Natural Sciences is working with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) to investigate the feasibility of introducing earth...

DNA pinpoints river animals in the here-and-now, new research reveals

New research proves that environmental DNA survives for less than two days in small fast-flowing rivers

Award for water monitoring system for river management

VINCI Facilities has won an innovation award for its work in the Royal Parks using advanced water level monitoring technology and cloud-based data management...

Single-method process analyzers offer powerful solution for online wet chemical analysis

Metrohm Process Analytics has introduced a new family of economical online process analyzers: the 2026 Titrolyzer and 2029 Process Photometer. Described as powerful, compact process...