The government says water companies who broke environmental rules are now funding the recovery of England’s waterways by local communities and environmental groups.
Northumbrian Water is progressing further work on the North East Catchments Hub in partnership with The Rivers Trust.
The Cumbrian River Restoration partnerships programme to restore and improve rivers in the Lake District has beaten competition from across Europe to win the prestigious European Riverprize.
Thames Water and Affinity Water have helped to launch an ambitious new initiative that aims to improve the health of local chalk streams, starting with those in the Chilterns.
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner.
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and can do odd things,” says Stuart Chatten, Lead Bioresources Technician at Whitlingham Water Recycling Centre (WRC), one of Anglian Water’s principal centres for processing sewage, serving a population of 400,000.
Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group.
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets.