An EU-funded €1.4 million-plus research project into carbon nanotubes being led by Professor Michael De Volder at the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Manufacturing has potential commercial applications in the water sector.

Consumer watchdog CCWater is anticipating having to deal with new ‘national’complaint issues when the competitive water retail market opens for business in England in April 2017, according to its Annual Review for England and Wales 2015/16 published today.

Ofwat is consulting on its proposed arrangements to ensure that, where an appointed company decides to exit the non-household retail market, eligible customers in an exit area can secure a retail supplier – something it anticipates will “happen on a frequent basis” where it will need to allocate single customers to a supplier.

Last month’s two day UK AD & Biogas exhibition at the NEC has resulted in more business for HUBER Technology where the anaerobic digestion specialists presented their AD technologies to existing and new customers.

Water industry regulator Ofwat has launched a formal consultation on a new approach to connections charging for companies wholly or mainly in England.

The European Commission has confirmed the calls and other actions of the second year of the two-year Horizon 2020 work programmes setting out funding opportunities for 2017 - including the new 'Closing the water gap' topic with a budget of €10 million.