BIM Building Information Modelling (BIM) can improve efficiency of the water sector, but the utilities need to work together and share information to get the maximum benefit from (BIM) water according to industry data expert Andrew Cowell.
Key players in the ocean renewable energy sector have met at the Australian Maritime College, a specialist institute of the University of Tasmania, to observe a world-first trial testing the performance and impact of wave energy farms at model scale.
As the Chancellor prepares to deliver his budget statement this morning, the anaerobic digestion industry is calling for him to recognise the global opportunity for UK companies and researchers in biogas, digestate and bioproducts.
The successful testing of key components of a pioneering wave powered renewable energy technology at Pembroke Port has led to the signing of an agreement of closer collaboration between developers Marine Power Systems (MPS) and the facility’s operator, the Port of Milford Haven.
EU-funded researchers have conclusively shown that large-scale, cost-effective manufacturing of graphene is possible, opening up new product possibilities and ensuring that Europe remains at the cutting edge of applied nanotechnology.
Engineers at United Utilities are trialling a new technology to reduce the risk of odours from the firm’s Davyhulme wastewater treatment works.
Green energy company Ecotricity believes it can build tidal lagoon energy sites in Britain for almost half the price currently proposed for Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon.
The UK Space Agency says the UK’s routine access to important environmental data is set to take a major step forward following the launch of EU satellite Sentinel-3A.
The innovative use of DNA testing by South East Water has seen the company win the Institute of Water South East Area Innovation Award.
South West Water is using satellite-derived data analytics to understand the location, structure and function of peatland as part of its Upstream Thinking Programme to improve drinking water quality and reduce treatment costs through improved catchment management around Bodmin Moor and Exmoor.
South West Water has hosted the first municipal trial of the Fournier Rotary Press in the UK, assessing its potential to improve sludge dewatering performance and support future biosolids standards.
Uniwater has acquired Hy-Ram Engineering, a specialist in tooling, products and hire for the water sector, based in Mansfield, England.
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd have announced a collaboration agreement to bring Clean TeQ Water's Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal technologies to water utilities across the UK.
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies.