IMPROVING DRINKING WATER QUALITY
Reduced PCC with Enhanced Environmental Incentives for Developers
Despite the focus of the media on ‘sewage spills’ and the highlighting of Event Discharge Monitoring (EDM) reports, the longer-term environmental impact of the water deficit can have an equally damaging impact on the natural environment.
Combining the increasing Per...
Rising Legionella risk in a warming world
By Greg Rankin, CEO at Hydrosense
Warming temperatures increase the risk of spreading bacteria, so it’s easy to see why our warming climate correlates with an upward trend in instances of Legionella in water sources.The threat to public health will...
Emerging PFAS destruction technologies
By Sona Dadhania, Senior Technology Analyst at IDTechEx.
The presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in global drinking water sources is raising huge concern, as evidence of negative health and environmental effects grow.
The problem can’t be ignored in the...
Water efficiency savings around the home – cutting out the customer
Running taps, leisurely showers and using hosepipes all contribute massively to the use of water within the home - usage that could use that could be significantly reduced to meet demands by Ofwat to achieve water neutrality.
to achieve behavioural...
How much Fluoride is in your water?
Fluoride will be added to drinking water for millions of people in the UK under new legal powers. It will be the biggest expansion of the health measure since the 1980s.
Around 1.6 million people in the North East could...
The Vital Role of Water Quality Management in Distribution Networks
The journey of water from its source to our taps is a testament to the intricate and robust management systems designed to ensure its safety and quality.
The water quality management process, involving a vast network of treatment plants,...
Pioneering research examines plastics risk to drinking water
A pioneering new UK knowledge transfer research project has been launched to examine the impact of microplastics on human health as a crucial forerunner to the regulatory powers needed to tackle plastic’s presence in our drinking water and food.
Leading...
New low-carbon, chemical-free technology to mitigate phosphorus contamination
The detrimental impact of excessive phosphorus concentration on water ecosystems, leading to harmful algae blooms, is a well-recognised environmental challenge. It has become a major environmental challenge for water companies and local government. Salinity Solutions successfully conducted a field...
Continuous monitors help protect world-famous rivers
Renowned for crystal clear water and trout fishing, the rivers Test and Itchen are renowned chalk streams.
Their ecology is extremely important, which is why Southern Water has recently established a network of 21 continuous water monitoring stations, in compliance...
Nature drives water quality improvements at Durleigh
New wetlands next to Somerset’s Durleigh Reservoir are delivering significant biodiversity and water quality improvements, as Wessex Water continues its industry-leading drive to find nature-based solutions to some of our biggest environmental challenges.
The two new habitats, constructed to the...
Advanced water quality monitor installed in the Serpentine
The popularity of open water swimming has led to increased awareness of water quality issues. For this reason, Meteor Communications was asked to demonstrate its remote water quality monitors to the UK Government’s Environmental Audit Committee. The same technology...
Anglian Water submits plans for 57km pipeline to keep taps running
Work is expected to start later this year on the new water mains.
Anglian Water has submitted plans for the most northernly section of its new multi-million-pound strategic water mains network.
The £400 million scheme, which will deliver hundreds of kilometres...
FREE WEBINAR: IC-ICP/MS Analysis of Trace Chromate
Wednesday 27th July 1pm
Metrohm USA will host a webinar titled IC-ICP/MS Analysis of Trace Chromate. This webinar will contribute to addressing the public health issue by presenting a robust and sensitive method for the determination/speciation of chromium(VI) and chromium(III)...
Monitoring fluoride in drinking water
Fluoride is a natural mineral found in rocks, soil, water and air. Although it is an organic mineral, it is also added to everyday items like toothpaste, mouthwash and water supply.
Fluoride helps prevent tooth decay and cavities. The enamel...
Making raw surface water drinkable: innovation for Scotland’s peaty water
AQR has succeeded where others have failed by treating peaty Highland water to a standard suitable to drink. The low carbon, sustainable technology company has proven their AQR Safe Water® system in a three-year project, culminating in a pilot...
Watershed celebration for Irish project
Drinking water protection across Ireland has reached a ‘watershed’ moment with the culmination of five years’ work to improve river water quality.
The €4.9m Source to Tap project explored sustainable, cost-effective catchment management measures designed to protect source drinking water...
Building resilience with sustainable SMART solutions
Pioneering technological innovations, along with collaborative partnerships, are leading the way in the future of water treatment. ATi discusses the most creative approaches that are delivering resilience and sustainability within the water industry to proactively safeguard water quality.
Over the...
Tackling the scourge of ‘forever chemicals’: changing PFAS guidelines in the UK
Water Industry Journal talks to PFAS scientific expert Marcus Chadha about the tough challenges that lie ahead for UK water measurement companies.
How many PFAS have been identified globally? Which ones present the most serious risk to health / the...
Ice pigging significantly increases flow rates in rising sewers
A case study with SUEZ and Wessex Water
Ice Pigging is well established as an effective and low risk method of cleaning drinking water pipes. Not so well-recognised, is the significant benefits it can bring for wastewater applications, particularly in...
Online drinking water analysis
In drinking water plants and beverage bottling companies, determination of disinfection by-products (DBPs) like bromate is crucial due to their carcinogenic properties. The carcinogen bromate (BrO3–) has a recommended concentration limit of 10 μg/L of in drinking water set by...
Smart Metering across urban, suburban and rural areas
A case study with SUEZ and Severn Trent.
The issue
Severn Trent’s strategic drinking water plan is to balance supply and demand, investing wisely to safeguard the water supply for future generations. One of the first steps in their AMI journey...
What accurate methods are available for monitoring Chlorine as a disinfectant in drinking water?
The disinfection of drinking water with chlorine must be at levels high enough level to kill any harmful pathogens present, but not too high where it could cause adverse health effects if consumed. Water must then be monitored during...
LEAD Pipe Replacement – the impact on the network
Throughout the UK water companies are aware of the risk of lead contamination, and the potential of acceptable lead levels in drinking supplies being further reduced from the current 10 micrograms per litre. Lead location and replacement programmes are...
£20M IT UPGRADE FUTURE-PROOFS LONDON WATER SUPPLY
The complex computer systems which control London’s drinking water supplies have been upgraded while keeping the taps running in a “monumental” £20 million project by Thames Water.
Moving from the 25-year-old RTAP system to the new ClearSCADA platform saw the...
Welsh Water’s smarter catchment management
Esri builds the world’s most powerful mapping and spatial analytics software. In the process, this global market leader in geographic information systems harnesses the concept of location, location, location to drive both efficiency and digital transformation for its clients.
Welsh...
VICTORIAN KATRINE AQUEDUCT UPGRADE COMPLETED
A major upgrade to the Katrine Aqueduct, which was built in Victorian times and serves more than 1.3 million people in parts of Greater Glasgow and the central belt, has been completed.
The £20 million project to improve and refurbish...
Makeover of the century for Lancashire water works
A water works built to quench the thirst of Lancastrians during the roaring 1920s is getting a major makeover in the 2020s.
Hodder, built near Slaidburn village in the Forest of Bowland in 1927, contributes to the tap water enjoyed...
State of the art Mayflower sails into service
Today, a quarter of a million people in the Plymouth area are drinking water produced by a new, state-of-the-art treatment works.
South West Water’s Mayflower Water Treatment Works at Roborough, just north of Plymouth, is the first of its kind...
Safeguarding water quality with WRAS approved technology
Drinking water quality is of key importance to public health and the provision of safe drinking water has been recognised as one of the greatest technological and public health advances of the last century. Due to the strict standards...
Data logger measures level, conductivity and temperature
With the new CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) versions of the high-precision DCX level data loggers for depths of up to 200m, KELLER AG offers a highly integrated, complete pressure measurement solution for water management.
This data logger for long-term monitoring...
