The UK is falling further behind in the race to capitalise on growing global demand for innovative water technologies, while countries like Israel, Singapore and Australia are increasingly well positioned to succeed in a market estimated by the Technology Strategy Board to reach $770 billion by 2016.
The Technology Strategy Board has just announced details of ten small to medium sized companies in the UK which are set to deliver innovative feasibility projects designed to help businesses safeguard future water supply, both in this country and abroad.
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.
Twelve UK companies will be exhibiting at Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) 2012, which runs from 2nd to 5th July, accompanied by British Water, the trade association for the UK water and wastewater supply chain.
Dr. Paul Leinster, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency has called for consideration to be given to the introduction of multi-pipe water supply systems in the UK to maximise the efficient use of water.
Global water technology firm Xylem has tested its Sanitaire Gold Series membrane at a wastewater treatment plant in the Netherlands, with energy use at the plant being reduced by up to 22 per cent while delivering high quality aeration.
Work on a prototype device for harvesting energy and clean drinking water from human waste has got the go ahead this month in the UK.
Scientists at Pennsylvania State University have developed an innovative process of obtaining energy from sewage.
The smart water meter trial, currently being carried out in Reading to test the suitability of a long-range radio-based communications network for connecting smart water meters, has now been extended to include London.
New Government grant funding totalling nearly £3 million for four major collaborative projects to develop and demonstrate technologies to tackle CO2 emissions will include wastewater treatment plants.
ABB has launched AquaMaster+™, a digital platform for smart water network management, designed to help water utilities monitor, analyze and manage their water networks, preventing pipeline water losses and optimizing operations.
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets.
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.