Floating solar farm gets under way at Lancaster
A Lancaster reservoir will soon be sporting an unusual new feature.
United Utilities is building a floating solar farm on the surface of Langthwaite Reservoir, off Little Fell Lane.
Once complete, it will generate enough electricity...
Anglian Water’s Great Dunmow Project wins carbon reduction award
Anglian Water’s Water Recycling Centre (WRC) at Great Dunmow was installed 20 years ago and at the time of development the plant was well equipped to deal with the flow from the neighbourhoods it...
SDS develops groundbreaking SuDS material to tackle highway metals pollution
A groundbreaking new sustainable drainage material is offering a simple and versatile solution to removing toxic heavy metals pollution from highways.
Developed by the leading water infrastructure systems provider SDS Limited, SDS Aqua-XchangeTM is a...
£7 million investment in Ballycastle Wastewater Treatment Works complete!
A new state-of-the-art £7 million Wastewater Treatment Works at Ballycastle has been officially opened.
The project involved the construction of a new treatment works on the existing expanded site, which will now meet the needs...
Can American smart bugs help Thames Water tackle population growth?
Smart bugs grown in America could help Thames Water tackle population growth by allowing it to treat more wastewater at its existing works.
Billions of the non-genetically modified micro-organisms have crossed the Atlantic with a...
WRAS approval granted for Mag Flow Meters
M1000, M2000 and M5000 ranges from Badger Meter are now WRAS approved by the United Kingdom Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations and Scottish Water Byelaws. WRAS approval is also accepted in many countries worldwide...
‘Temporary rivers’ contribute significantly to global CO2 emissions, study finds
Global CO2 emissions are being significantly underestimated because the contribution to carbon cycling of more than half of the world’s river networks are being ignored, a new study suggests.
A major international study led by...
Changing times for the supply of chemicals
Ellen Rossiter of Water Industry Journal met with Richard Ward, Commercial Vice President of Brenntag UK & Ireland, to discuss how the industry – and the world’s largest chemical distributor – are rising to...
Providing trusted performance
Scottish Water are a publicly owned company, answerable to the Scottish Parliament and the people of Scotland. It is their duty to provide 1.34 billion litres of drinking water every day and also take...
Construction starts on North East flood scheme
Construction work on the main part of the £2.5million Monkton Flood Alleviation Scheme in South Tyneside has started this week.
Contractor Balfour Beatty is carrying out flood protection work across Monkton and Hebburn with work...