New low cost Compact 80 GHz level sensors

Extended family for water and wastewater industries VEGA has extended its proven VEGAPULS family for continuous level measurement. The new radar instrument series is based on the latest FMCW 80-GHz technology and, thanks to a...

Most reliable and effective way to remove scum

Installation of the UK’s first two Scum Skimmers has been completed: one on a Final Settlement Tank (FST) at Europe’s largest sewage works, Thames Water Beckton WWTW, and the other on a Primary Settlement...

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...

Belzona Makes Clarifier Maintenance Clear and Simple

Water Management is an essential part of many industries, for which clarifier and settlement tanks play a crucial role. Whether it is for a pharmaceutical site, a mine or a wastewater treatment plant, ensuring...

Taking the ‘waste’ out of wastewater

With so much of our most precious resource simply thrown away… how can we collectively re-evaluate, recycle and re-use our ‘waste’ water more effectively? Heather Smith, Cranfield University Interest in moving towards a “circular economy” has...

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...

Beach Landing for Harris Water Works

A new Water Treatment Works that will serve three small communities in North Harris has been delivered by sea to one of the island’s most spectacular beaches. The new Scottish Water plant was loaded on...

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...

Selwood’s leading pump technology provides robust overpumping solution for water company

A reliable and trustworthy overpumping solution that would perform over an extended period of time was required during major repair works at a wastewater treatment works in Scotland.   Kelda Water Services, a leading water and...

Pump problems: wet wipes, sanitary products, and textiles causing trouble for operators

People’s bad habits of flushing wet wipes and other unwanted items down the toilet, are causing more and more problems for waste water treatment companies. Clogged pumps and other equipment are becoming a common...