Could access to nitrate isotope analysis transform the UK water utilities sector?
By Dr Calum Preece, Environmental product manager, Elementar UK.
The UK government’s environmental policy saw an ambitious overhaul in 2023 with the introduction of the Environmental Improvement Plan, which sets binding targets for a variety...
SEEPEX innovative pump solutions power sustainable sludge treatment at Thames Water
Thames Water owns and operates Basingstoke Sewage Treatment Works. This regional sludge treatment centre processes sludge from various locations in either liquid or cake form.
The Basingstoke Sludge Treatment Centre (STC) houses advanced facilities, including...
Cutting operating expenses with Sulzer HST Turbocompressors™
High speed turbocompressors help one of Sulzer’s customers reduce energy, maintenance costs and improve performance
Built nearly a century ago, a Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) located in a major city in the North of the...
Durham wastewater treatment works upgrade in full flow
A £6.4 million scheme is underway to extend and upgrade Northumbrian Water’s wastewater treatment works in Kelloe, County Durham.
This WINEP (Water Industry National Environment Programme) scheme will improve the performance of the treatment works...
Rethinking wastewater treatment
Water companies in England have announced an extra £10 billion over the next seven years to curb sewage spills, increasing water scarcity and increased pressure to comply with stringent environmental regulation. Against this backdrop,...
In-Line pH Balancing For Concrete Washout Water!
Designed and Manufactured by Smart Storm, The NeutraliZer™ is a wholly unique, mobile, in-line treatment plant, that uses CO2 to continuously neutralise high alkaline concrete washout water, this equipment is unlike any other product...
Emerging micropollution solutions will help tackle contaminants
Multiple solutions to the challenge on emerging contaminants were under discussion at British Water’s recent micropollutants conference. Here, Dr Fabio Bacci, innovation manager at engineering company Glan Agua, reflects on key learnings, and makes...
Blowing bubbles in summertime
As an operator of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), you well know that the wastewater treatment process is all about biological balance, physical movement and flow. Active micro-organisms need to be balanced against the...
£3.6 million investment to improve quality of the River Wye
Welsh Water is investing £3.6m to upgrade the wastewater treatment works in Kingstone, Herefordshire, next to the River Wye.
The not-for-profit utility company started work on the scheme earlier this year.
The company explained that while...
Northumbrian Water fuels world-first in green energy expansion
A ground-breaking piece of equipment which will capture ammonia from sewage and turn it into ammonia products - and potentially green fuel - has arrived at Northumbrian Water’s Howdon Sewage Treatment Works.
When the pilot...