The Canadian feed company Friesen Group has expanded its collaboration with Swedish environmental company Ragn-Sells and its innovation subsidiary EasyMining which has developed a method to recover over 90 percent of the phosphorus in the ash from incinerated sewage sludge.
Ireland-headquartered engineering company Glanua has today announced that it has acquired UK-based Marches Biogas, an engineering and services firm that specialises in anaerobic digestion and biogas production.
Royal HaskoningDHV is to implement the UK’s first-ever Kaumera pilot plant to extract biopolymers from sewage sludge at United Utilities’ Blackburn wastewater treatment works (WwTW) as part of a groundbreaking circular economy-inspired project funded by Ofwat’s Innovation Fund.
The economist Dan Corry has been appointed to carry out an internal review into the regulation and regulators at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra).
Trials of a cutting-edge fats, oils and grease (FOG) Recovery Hub at Yorkshire Water’s wastewater treatment works in Hull, UK, are helping the utility improve environmental performance while lowering costs, says Chris Clemes, chief executive of engineering technology company EcoClarity.
David Tompkins, Associate Director at WSP, considers the transformative potential of the Circular Economy - from rethinking business models to resource recovery, he highlights the water sector’s role in aligning economic activities with global limits.
Water UK has published a new report on developing a long-term strategy for bioresources in England, working collaboratively on the project with regulators and stakeholders across the industry to develop a common understanding of the challenges and opportunities for bioresources.
Water UK has published a new report on developing a long-term strategy for bioresources in England, working collaboratively on the project with regulators and stakeholders across the industry to develop a common understanding of the challenges and opportunities for bioresources.
Yorkshire Water is funding Fera Science Ltd to deliver a three-month preliminary research programme to determine the ability of black soldier fly larvae to manage sewage sludge, using a process called insect bioconversion.
Uisce Éireann has completed Ireland’s first ever facility to recover valuable phosphorous from wastewater, contributing to a more sustainable approach to wastewater 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.