Southern Water has awarded an AMP8 contract to upgrade two major wastewater sites to boost wastewater treatment at two major works in Hampshire and West Sussex worth an estimated £15.8 million.

NI Water has completed a £3.5 million programme of improvements at Newcastle Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) ahead of the start of the bathing water season on 1st June.

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has visited United Utilities' Carlisle water treatment works to see how ultraviolet LEDs are making advances in the field of low energy water treatment.

United Utilities is using pioneering technology to transform a Cumbrian water treatment works into a world first – the utility is installing six ultraviolet (UV) LED reactors at its site in Cumwhinton, near Carlisle, after teaming up with innovative local engineering firm Typhon Treatment Systems.

A fledgling Cumbrian company whose innovative technology with the potential to be up to 90% more energy efficient which could help slash the cost of water treatment worldwide has won its first major contract with United Utilities.

The next decade will see an increase in indirect potable reuse (IPR) projects as marginal costs stimulate IPR market growth and impending regulation affect future IPR applications and markets, according to BlueTech® Research.

The 2013 BlueTech Forum, a water industry conference focusing on innovative and disruptive water technologies, has announced the winners of its BlueTech Showcase.

The sixth largest water company in England and Wales, Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, has taken a top prize at this year’s prestigious Business Commitment to the Environment (BCE) Environmental Leadership Awards for developing the first successful commercial application of ultraviolet (UV) disinfection technology to treat poor quality sewage.