Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a framework contract for screens and screenings handling systems with an estimated value of £10 million (ex VAT).
HUBER UK’s Engineering & Operations Director Dave Thompson takes a look at what innovation can mean in practice in the water sector – and says it’s sometimes equally innovative to apply, reconfigure and adapt existing technologies to tackle new problems and challenges.
Southern Water has awarded a new five-year contract to Hydro International for the service and planned maintenance of Hydro SludgeScreen® primary sludge screening and dewatering units.
South West Water has hosted the first municipal trial of the Fournier Rotary Press in the UK, assessing its potential to improve sludge dewatering performance and support future biosolids standards.
Uniwater has acquired Hy-Ram Engineering, a specialist in tooling, products and hire for the water sector, based in Mansfield, England.
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd have announced a collaboration agreement to bring Clean TeQ Water's Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal technologies to water utilities across the UK.
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies.