Imaging method offers promise for cyanobacteria quantification
A group from the civil engineering department at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) have demonstrated a novel, imaging-driven technique that provides high accuracy quantification of cyanobacteria
Measuring potable water quality: Why one size does not fit all
A wide variety of factors can affect the quality of potable water during treatment, ranging from the characteristics of the source water to factors...
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...
Consultancy awarded the contract for COVID-19 school sewage surveillance
Aqua Enviro, a SUEZ company, is to be part of a consortium on an important new project, known as TERM*, that is looking for...
New handbook aims to help SMEs best manage water use
Clean water is vital to life and one of our most precious resources, yet around 40% of the world’s population doesn’t have enough. At...
Real-time monitoring improves UV disinfection performance
Chemical-free UV disinfection expert atg Technology is using real-time monitoring of organic contaminants to improve the performance of disinfection.
The effectiveness of a UV disinfection...
Diamonds are forever?
WELL diamonds are certainly hard wearing, and in the case of a new water sensor under development, this property is being harnessed for monitoring...
Water contamination detection tool shortlisted for national award
An innovation designed in Exeter to detect contaminated water and save lives has been shortlisted for a national innovation and enterprise award.
FluoroGlow’s device is...
Pulling water out of the air: Tel Aviv study yields potability suprise
In a seemingly first-of-its-kind study, researchers found that water generated from the air in the heart of an urban area, the city of Tel...
Testing and certification body orders advanced ballast water monitoring kits as countries look to...
Aqua-tools, a specialist in water microbiology, has delivered the first in a series of 30 state-of-the-art Rapid ATP Ballast Water Monitoring Systems to SGS...
SWIG presentation at WWEM: Discharge monitoring and extracting value from data
The Sensors for Water Interest Group (SWIG) will be presenting an event at the forthcoming WWEM show (Telford, 21-22 November) called "Industrial Discharge Monitoring...
USVs set to collect water pollution data in SW England pilot
A consortium of British marine technology companies has secured Innovate UK funding to deploy non-invasive Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) for water quality monitoring in...
How do you monitor a tidal river?
If water samples are taken from a river at 9am on consecutive days, it is reasonable to be able to directly compare analytical results,...
The carbon conundrum
Envirotec takes a look at the methods available for measuring organic loading in a body of water, and things to consider when selecting an...
Radar level sensors at “a competitive price” announced by measurement firm
Measurement technology firm Vega has introduced a new Bluetooth radar level sensor aimed at the water and wastewater sectors. The VEGAPULS WL S 61...
Global appraisal
A new study looking at the presence of pharmaceuticals in the world's rivers has found concentrations at potentially toxic levels in more than a quarter of the locations studied.
View real-time water quality live at WWEM 2018
Visitors to the Meteor Communications stand (No.10) at WWEM 2018 will be able to view the UK’s largest integrated, real-time water quality data...
Liquid-phase hydrogen sulphide sensor speeds identification of odour causes
A new sensor from miniature sensors expert Unisense measures hydrogen sulphide (H2S) dissolved in wastewater. This enables utilities and consultants to find the root...
Firm exhibits new monitoring instruments at WWEM
The OTT Hydromet stand (No. 19) at WWEM 2018 will be focused on the latest technologies for monitoring hydrology, meteorology and water quality. With...
Australian water quality centre validates automated vs manual colony counting
Automated microbiological systems manufacturer Synbiosis says that a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Methods X details how scientists at the Australian Water Quality...
