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...
Science award for biomaterial that filters out micro-pollutants
A granular adsorbent capable of the specific binding and removing of target micro-pollutants from wastewater has won a prestigious materials science award.
Apparently capable of...
Using E. coli to detect heavy metal contamination
Scientists have demonstrated that the bacterium Escherichia coli - often associated with contaminated food - can be used as part of a system to...
Section 82: an opportunity for strategic thinking
New environmental legislation for England and Wales requires continuous water quality monitoring, writes Darren Hanson of Xylem UK - and the wins will go...
Using biodiversity to identify sediment pollution in rivers
A collaborative research project led by the University of Brighton’s Aquatic Research Centre has developed a new technique to help protect the biodiversity of...
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...
A DNA “receipt book”?
Genetic techniques like CRISPR are being used to engineer cells to behave like living biosensors, capable of providing an unprecedented window into the behaviour of cells and, as such, to help with keeping track of changes in environments such as ponds and wastewater facilities.
Monitoring for Malaysia master plan
The large-scale River of Life project in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, aims to reduce the number of small treatment plants
Advanced Rio lab warns of Olympic water quality danger
Recent press coverage highlighting fears that sewage contamination will present dangers to participants in the 2016 Rio Olympics has been followed up by more...
Utility to support the creation of inland swimming hotspots in the East of England
Plans to attain bathing water designation at three sites across the East of England are to be supported by a new package of work...
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...
Scotland’s Covid-19 wastewater monitoring programme extended until March 2022
A project to monitor Covid-19 by measuring its genetic footprint in wastewater will continue for another year after an additional £2.3 million of funding...
Group fine-tunes portable sensor for detecting water-borne PFAS below EU threshold
A startup developing specialized biosensors, Grapheal, and the EDYTEM laboratory*, have announced the fine-tuning of a portable device for monitoring water-borne PFAS pollution. Made...
Firm launches “a uniquely sensitive tool for rapid ATP analysis in water”
US-headquartered life sciences firm Promega has introduced Water-Glo, said to be a new and unique tool to help analysts at water treatment plants, and...
Light trapped in a water droplet could help measure pollutants
Shining light on a water droplet creates an effect that is useful for exploring the properties of individual atoms, and may also help with...
Phosphate monitor protects Cumbrian lake during restoration
Novel phosphate monitoring technology from OTT Hydrometry is helping the South Cumbria Rivers Trust (SCRT) to improve water quality during a project to restore...
The taming of the stew
Following a high market demand for OMEX Environmental to supply a product that would help overcome all issues associated with traditional hydrogen sulphide deterrents, but also provide an effective solution for the hydrogen sulphide as a problem itself, the firm launched the Active Fe range.
Firm announces total residual oxidant analyzer for low ppb chlorine concentration measurements in wastewater
Instrumentation firm Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a new Total Residual Oxidant (TRO) analyzer to address the needs of the wastewater industry. The latter...
Sponsored content: Versatile data logging
Tinytag Instrumentation data loggers can be connected to a variety of third-party sensors
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...
