A record number of representatives from the water industry are expected at UK AD &World Biogas Expo 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham (July 11th& 12th), the largest global trade show dedicated solely to anaerobic digestion and biogas.
Ofwat has published far-reaching proposals which include opening up the market for sludge – flagging up forecasts which suggest the bioresources market could produce benefits of up to £780 million.
The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association has expressed its relief that the Department for Energy and Climate Change has listened to industry on their planned reforms to the feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme.
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.