Yorkshire Water begins innovative upgrade at Kirklington wastewater treatment site
Yorkshire Water has begun £1.6 million of improvements at Kirklington treatment works to improve local watercourses Holme Beck and Healam Beck.
New DNA-based dataset to help identify new microbial indicators of ecosystem health
A project commissioned by the Environment Agency’s (EA) that captures genetic information from microbial biofilm communities in English rivers has developed a new DNA-based dataset which will be used to help identify new microbial indicators of ecosystem health.
Costain creates tool to ‘design out’ potential carbon hotspots in infra projects at earliest possible stage
Costain, the infrastructure solutions company, has created a tool to identify and ‘design out’ potential carbon hotspots at the earliest possible stage of infrastructure projects.
Specialist AI tech built by UK government helped to speed up government’s decision to abolish Ofwat
The AI tool Consult built by the UK government sped up the analysis of over 50,000 responses to the Independent Water Commission review in 2 hours – and helped to speed up the government’s decision to abolish Ofwat.
Southern Water to start work on long-term £2.5 million solution to strengthen Portsmouth sewer pipeline
Southern Water is getting ready to start work on a new £2.5 million project which will deploy innovative lining technology to futureproof a stretch of Portsmouth sewer.
Northern Lithium sets targets for 20,000+ tonnes pa lithium production from Northeast of England lithium brines by 2035
Northern Lithium, Kurita and Evove have announced a tripartite partnership to deliver the UK’s first commercial-scale lithium supplies using advanced membrane-based Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) by 2027.
Mount Fuji’s hidden waters revealed by bNovate’s BactoSense analysers
bNovate’s BactoSense analysers are giving scientists live insight into Mount Fuji’s vast volcanic aquifer, helping secure safe drinking water and industrial supply in one of Japan’s most seismic regions.
South West Water and partners launch £2 million project to predict and manage harmful algal blooms
South West Water and its partners have launched a pioneering new project that will harness cutting-edge technology to develop tools to predict and manage harmful algal blooms (HABS) before they grow.
Sludge drying tech set to deliver key benefits to water companies in AMP8 and beyond
With sewage sludge as an agricultural fertiliser to farmland coming under greater public and media scrutiny, the issue is rising further up the water companies’ agenda and the possibility of tighter legislation is undoubtedly in prospect.
United Utilities in UK first with successful trial to extract glucose from sewage
United Utilities has achieved a UK first at its Blackburn Wastewater Treatment Works by successfully trialling a groundbreaking technology to extract naturally occurring glucose from sewage.
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Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
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. -
Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
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. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.
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Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
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