Welsh Water has secured £167k of funding for an innovative research new project to develop a rapid early detection process solution to address the problem of blue-green algae before it reaches the treatment works.
An UKWIR-commissioned comprehensive study of microplastics for the UK and Irish water industry says that sampling at water treatment works and wastewater treatment works found 99.99 per cent of microplastic particles detected were removed prior to treatment.
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.