Coir-bed passive filtration for effluent disinfection and improvement of water quality
Dr Evangelos Petropoulos
Premier Tech Water & Environment
There are approximately 5,000 off-mains small sewage discharges (SSD) in England annually. These predominantly involve small treatment plants (< 50PE (people equivalent)), often subjected to 12566-3 or 12566-7...
Smart new technologies can play a vital role in addressing plastic pollution crisis in...
From source to sea, our waters are contaminated by a plastics scourge. A new study by the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Water Management Institute offers a number of technological solutions aimed...
Solution of the corrosion of sewage systems and the release of Hydrogen Sulfide problems
MagTreat-S® is a well-stabilized, non-foaming suspension of magnesium hydroxide which is used as an alkali in marine scrubbers. It is based on the natural mineral brucite and is made in various slurry make down...
Yorkshire Water outlines £13m infrastructure investment for river Wharfe
Yorkshire Water will invest up to £13m in its wastewater network and treatment works, upstream of a stretch of the River Wharfe at Ilkley designated as an inland bathing water, to improve water quality.
The...
SEEPEX SAI Technology enables Veolia’s sludge cake handling system upgrade at Osberstown STF
The modernisation project for Osberstown STF managed by Veolia involved the upgrade from a very energy intensive thermal drying plant to advanced anaerobic digestion using their Exelys™ thermal hydrolysis process. The scope of supply...
Thames Water sets out 25-year collaborative plan for drainage and wastewater
Thames Water has published its draft 25-year plan for drainage and wastewater management.
The draft, which is open for public consultation until 22 September 2022, aims to ensure an ambitious, resilient and sustainable wastewater service...
Turning the tide – Microplastics detection in wastewater
Understanding the impact of microplastics on the environment and on human and animal health is a crucial challenge for the next century. However, before the true impact of microplastics can be calculated, first we...
£30 million Scottish Water project
Scottish Water is to improve services to more than 54,000 people in parts of the Bearsden, Milngavie, Clydebank and Strathblane areas.
The utility will do so by changing the source of their water supply from...
Non-thermal Plasma removes 90% of three target active pharmaceutical ingredients
Process Engineer, Ben Hazard, of Te-Tech Process Solutions, discusses the results of pilot plant trials looking at the removal of an anti-inflammatory, an anticonvulsant and an antibiotic using an advanced oxidation process.
Trace levels of...
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...