The James Hutton Institute in Dundee, in partnership with Scotland Europa and the Environmental Clean Technologies Partnership, is hosting a seminar next Thursday looking at EU funding opportunities in the field of water and eco-innovation.

Leading regional process solutions provider ACWA Emirates has won a prestigious Frost & Sullivan award for its remarkable achievements in the regional membrane bioreactor (MBR) market over the past five years.

The Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published the Water Resources Management Plan Direction 2012 for England and Wales which comes into force today.

Twelve UK companies will be exhibiting at Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) 2012, which runs from 2^nd to 5^th July, accompanied by British Water, the trade association for the UK water and wastewater supply chain.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is continuing to support the modernisation of water and wastewater infrastructure in Turkey with a loan of up to €20 million to finance the construction of the Mezitli wastewater treatment plant in Mersin.

A hard-hitting film has been launched today on www.notagame.co.uk to warn teenagers about the potentially fatal consequences of swimming in reservoirs this summer.

Asian water utilities and technologies are playing an increasingly significant role in the global water sector. In drought zones and super-cities the challenges of water management are many, but several companies in Israel and Singapore have developed cutting edge technology and optimal water efficiency in order to meet ever greater demands.

Flare Products Limited has recently provided two 1000 cubic metres per hour waste gas burners for The Jardine Engineering Corporation in Hong Kong – the  two flare systems have been installed at Tai Po Sewage Treatment Works.