Vancouver-based firm HydroGraph Inc., a leading producer of ultra-pure graphene, has announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study that demonstrates the potential of using HydroGraph graphene as a scalable solution for industrial wastewater treatment.

United Utilities has submitted a planning application for the first phase of a ten-year plan that will transform how the wastewater of more than a million people in Greater Manchester is treated.

An ambitious project between United Utilities and the University of Manchester to put green concrete to the test in the water sector has taken an important step forward.

Sewage biogas produced in Manchester is all set to become a sustainable feed source for graphene and hydrogen production thanks to a pioneering partnership between Levidian and United Utilities.

UK technology business Evove Ltd. has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) – to take advanced membrane technologies to industrial trials for water and mineral production from sea water.

G2O Water Technologies, the leading developer of graphene oxide membrane coatings designed to significantly reduce the cost of water filtration, is leading a ground-breaking project utilising its innovative filtration membrane coating technology to deliver major energy and cost savings in the commercial industrial laundry sector.

A company using the transformational material, graphene, to revolutionise the water filtration industry has moved into new lab and office space to support plans to take its innovative product to market.

Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s most active private equity firms, has led a £1.035m investment in Manchester-headquartered water treatment technology business, G2O Water Technologies Ltd.

A UK company is heading a £1 million project to pioneer new, graphene-based technology to help address the world’s clean drinking water crisis. Independent market research suggests that the global market for membranes used in water filtration and purification is estimated to be worth more than US$25 billion. 

Professor Richard Luxton, Director at Institute of Bio-sensing Technologyat the University of the West of England, takes a look at some of the latest developments in sensor and biosensor technology for water analysis ahead of SWIG’s major Sensing in Water conference in September.