Northumbrian Water is investing up to £6 million in developing an innovative approach to tackling water discolouration. The new approach could deliver potential savings of 90% against traditional mains water cleaning processes and has already attracted the attention of other water companies.
Nova Innovation, a global leader in tidal energy generation, has deployed the world’s first fully-operational, commercial, grid-connected offshore tidal array in Shetland.
Anglian Water has opted to deploy an integrated GIS and SAP module to streamline processes and manage its assets and work.
More than £13 million in funding has been committed to a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Nottinghamshire that will generate renewable energy.
Government funding is helping with the commercial development of a real-time, rapid response software system to autonomously and efficiently inform on events (such as natural disasters, terrorism, riots) as they unfold.
WELTEC BIOPOWER Gmbh, one of the world‘s leading stainless-steel biogas plant manufacturers, will shortly start building an anaerobic digestion plant for Colombia‘s largest egg producer.
The Government has confirmed that the Treasury will underwrite funding for approved Horizon 2020 projects applied for before the UK leaves the European Union.
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.
Northumbrian Water is turning to the world of gaming to promote excellence in customer service throughout its workforce. The utility has appointed Gateshead-based virtual reality developer Vector76 to develop a new mobile game as a way of sharing best practice among colleagues.
A community-owned 50kW Archimedes screw hydroelectric turbine has been installed on the River Esk at Ruswarp, near Whitby, North Yorkshire to generate electricity for local residents.
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.
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.