The Environment Agency is warning that England faces a massive 5 billion litre a day shortfall for public water supplies by 2055 without urgent action to futureproof resources – and Read more
A new research study published today has found widespread Trifluoroacetic Acid (TFA) “forever chemical” contamination in UK rivers - some locations had concentrations among the highest ever recorded globally. Read more
With the need to find more water resources and improve wastewater treatment to strengthen the resilience of the UK’s water and wastewater infrastructure firmly at the top of the water sector agenda, quaternary treatment looks set to play a key role in the toolkit.
Ochre from mine water treatment is being used to stabilise contaminated soil at a former lead works in Chester, making way for 126 new homes.
UK Power Solutions (UKPS), a Last Mile group company and one of the UK's leading multi-utility infrastructure providers, has been contracted by Wates Residential to deliver what will likely be a first-of-its kind ground source heat network for Cardiff.
Following publication of the Environment Agency’s stringent new requirements for reporting on sewer overflows, water companies are under urgent pressure to quantify, report, and mitigate events caused by groundwater infiltration, explains Ryan Pearson, head of strategy at Metasphere, a Grundfos company.
UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) is undertaking a major recruitment drive for new Independent Non-Executive Directors (INEDs) to join its Board.
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has published a policy paper setting out the government's new approach to the UK REACH candidate list of substances of very high concern (SVHCs).
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner.
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and can do odd things,” says Stuart Chatten, Lead Bioresources Technician at Whitlingham Water Recycling Centre (WRC), one of Anglian Water’s principal centres for processing sewage, serving a population of 400,000.
Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group.
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets.