Big data goes down the plughole to fight future public health threats

Scientists at the University of Bath’s Water Innovation and Research Centre are developing new ways of monitoring public health at home and in low-income countries by analysing wastewater Rising antimicrobial resistance and fast-spreading epidemics like...

Alleviating Flood Risk

Residential properties prone to flooding in Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire prompts sewer network improvements with dB ultrasonic technology and pump control. Varying factors including population growth and climate change mean that the UK water industry faces...

Anglian Water’s commitment to employee LIFE

“As a utility company with a wealth of moving parts, people and processes, we take our employees health, safety and wellbeing very seriously. With over 5,000 direct employees and over 10,000 alliance partner employees...

EU invests €35m to improve water quality in Ireland

A major cross-border project, which aims to improve water quality in the shared waters between Northern Ireland and Ireland through enhanced wastewater treatment, has been launched. The Shared Waters Enhancement & Loughs Legacy (SWELL) project,...

Recovering value from sewage

The Importance of the Circular Economy – The linear economic model where we “take, make and dispose” of things is not sustainable. It relies on large quantities of cheap easily accessible materials and energy....

New £72m AD plant will help Yorkshire Water reduce carbon footprint and keep customer...

Yorkshire Water’s £72m new anaerobic digestion plant at Knostrop Energy & Recycling Facility in Leeds has been officially opened in what is the latest step in the company’s commitment to invest in renewable energy...

First minister gives Stirling’s £6million green heat network seal of approval

A ground-breaking energy hub which will deliver low-carbon heat to a city community has been welcomed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. She toured the site at Stirling which harnesses energy from waste water through a...

Optimisation of plant, operations and outputs of the AD, biogas & biomethane & WWTP...

Dutch company Wiefferink’s award winning product range has been designed to optimise biogas plants, increase your profits & reduce ammonia emissions New products for UK Triple membrane AB roof biomethane storage – Farmergy are launching the...

Optimising renewable energy

Christian Toll, CEO of AeroThermal, discusses Thermo-Pressure Hydrolysis (TPH) technology and how the business’s milestone in the handling of household and business organic waste could help shape the future of renewable energy. According to the...

Activated Carbon Applications in the Water Industry

Activated carbon is a high purity form of carbon with a very high surface area, making it suitable for a wide range of purification applications in a variety of different sectors. The water industry has...