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...
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...
Sludge tech boost for Dublin wastewater treatment capacity
Uisce Éireann has announced an expansion in sustainable biogas production at its Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Dublin.
Dublin’s sludge treatment capacity will see a significant boost without the need for any major expansion...
CIP micropollutants research published by UKWIR
Thirteen research reports are available to help boost the water sector’s knowledge of microplastics and further the understanding of anti-microbial resistance (AMR) in wastewater treatment processes.
The reports - from the final stage of the...