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.

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has gone out to tender with a contract for soil sampling and analysis at 170 farms across the UK for an Environmental Baselining Pilot (including analysis to inform the risk of runoff) worth an estimated £2 million.

The government has announced the recipients of awards to improve lowland peat soils, including over £1.3 million to projects across the North.

Scottish Water has made a big dent in its greenhouse gas emissions by deploying advanced technology at 200 pumping stations across its network.

Scottish Water has published its the second annual update of its Net Zero Emissions Routemap which shows that exactly half of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the delivery of Scotland’s water and waste water services have been cut.

Ofwat has published a Net Zero Technologies Review to identify technologies and interventions likely to be capable of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during the AMP8 investment period 2025 – 2030. 

A consortium led by Thames Water has won more than £6 million from Ofwat’s first Water Breakthrough Challenge to help decarbonise wastewater treatment via the innovative use of cold anaerobic digestion processes.

The World Meteorological Organization(WMO) is warning that a new record level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in 2020 is jeopardizing the prospect of achieving the Paris Agreement temperature targets.

South East Water has published its routemap detailing how it is making significant shifts in its operations to meet its target of achieving net zero carbon across all operations by 2030.

Northumbrian Water has joined the world’s largest alliance on climate change after being approved by the United Nations to become part of its Race To Zero campaign, together with setting out its plan to achieve Net Zero by 2027.