NI Water invests £15 million on essential sewer work

Over the last six years, NI Water has invested £15 million to improve over 75 miles of sewer network across Northern Ireland. Nine million pounds has been invested on essential sewer improvement work, part of...

Pipe bursting stands ready for Britain’s next big challenge

‘So reliable, it’s just common routine,’ says Mammoth’s director Ten years ago, the demand for trenchless pipe bursting to replace Britain’s gas and water infrastructure was surging “full bore,” so to speak. Some of the...

Making it easier to monitor the raw water composition and guarantee drinking water quality...

Swan has been developing and manufacturing process analytical instruments for monitoring water quality since 1991. Based in Switzerland, Swan sets the standard for the control of many water quality parameters. Precision, reliability and excellence...

Succeed in the water industry’s digital revolution

How can you ride the wave of change in the UK? As you begin to invest in technology such as AMI smart meters and widespread data capture/analysis, it’s important to know what you’re looking...

Leading pump rental specialist Selwood provides green-friendly solution to overpumping job

An environmentally-friendly and highly-efficient solids handling pump provided the ideal solution when Selwood was called upon to assist with a complex operation. Wessex Water contracted Bridges Electrical to carry out upgrades at Westover pumping station,...

High frequency monitoring to protect UK rivers!

The science behind nutrient pollution in rivers is still poorly understood despite the fact that nitrate and phosphate concentrations in UK rivers are mostly unacceptable. Key to improving our understanding is high-resolution monitoring across...

Energy production through anaerobic sludge stabilization

Bavaria: Sewage plant retrofitting increases performance and reduces operating costs Waste is a resource - this knowledge is increasingly gaining ground in municipalities and wastewater companies. While the anaerobic use of sewage sludge has long...

Space technololgy beamed down to earth

Researchers analyzing RADAR signals gathered over three years from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft discovered a large lake of salty water buried deep below the surface of Mars. This seems like science...

AI data power saving time and money

The industry is looking forward to the advent of self-healing pipes and the micro-robots that have already been christened Pipebots, HELEN COMPSON writes. Yes, they might be futuristic developments at the earliest of stages,...

Training the next generation of catchment managers

The water environment faces diverse and increasing pressures arising from a combination of factors including climate-driven changes in hydrological extremes, population growth and floodplain development, changes to carbon and nutrient cycles, and the legacy...