Royal HaskoningDHV has announced that following the successful partnership with Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. in the United States last year, the company is now extending the licence for the Nereda® granular biomass wastewater treatment to include Canada.

The installation of floating solar panels is being explored at Hong Kong’s 17 impounded reservoirs under a feasibility study being carried out by Black & Veatch for the Water Supplies Department of the Hong Kong SAR.

Businesses using robots for short-term manufacturing assignments look set to benefit from a service developed by EU-funded researchers that can custom-design affordable robots – companies will be able to either lease or buy the robots for quick installation.

Irish Water is planning to start a demonstration project ahead of the full implementation of an innovative solution for the Gweedore Sewerage Scheme after concluding that a traditional waste water network would not work in the area.

Anglian Water is extending its use of thermal imaging drones to detect leaking water pipes – the utility’s performance on leakage is already around half the national average.

Scottish Water Horizons has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement that it, along with alliance partner SHARC Energy Systems, has been awarded grant support to facilitate the installation of heat from sewer systems at five locations across Scotland.