Graphene water & wastewater tech secures £4m funding
Innovative water and wastewater treatment company ArviaTM Technology has secured £4 million in its latest round of investment funding. The company is now embarking on a series of demonstration installations in industrial treatment facilities.
Severn Trent Water tests new wind turbines
Severn Trent Water’s new wind turbines, Winnie and Tony at Derby, yesterday started turning intermittently, as the world’s first 3D holographic radar system is brought into operation to support them.
DECC says England's waterways could heat 1 million homes
The Department for Energy and Climate Change says that a new online tool for communities has revealed that at least one million homes and businesses across England could be tapping into clean renewable heat embodied in the country's waterways.
Wave Energy Scotland: first £7m innovation competition opens to UK and EU technology developers
Wave Energy Scotland (WES), a new research and development body funded by the Scottish Government, is open for business with the launch of its first international technology innovation competition for developers in the UK and across the EU.
New joint industry initiative to support UK wave and tidal energy
The Crown Estate, Marine Scotland and the Welsh Government have announced they will be funding Aquatera Ltd and their delivery partners MarineSpace and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) to run a secretariat function for the new Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme (ORJIP) for Ocean Energy.
Sensing in Water Conference 2015 issues call for papers on AMP6
The Sensors for Water Interest Group (SWIG) has issued a call for papers for its upcoming Sensing in Water Conference in September - the main theme is how using sensors and instrumentation can help to deliver water company outcomes in AMP6 and over the next 25 years.
UKTI webinar to help UK firms export to French water market
UK Trade & Investment is running a webinar tomorrow afternoon at 2pm designed to help UK companies who want to find out more about export opportunities in the French water sector.
Veolia: €5m energy efficiency WwTW project to deliver €600k savings pa
An energy efficiency and effluent quality improvement project being carried out by the Spanish subsidiary of Veolia Water Technologies at the La Cartuja Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Zaragoza will save 600,000 euros a year in energy costs on a total investment cost amounting to nearly 5 million euros.
£1m funding secured for UK R & D project to develop next generation membranes
Researchers from the University of Bath have been awarded a £1m Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant to research and develop the next generation of long lasting ‘immortal membranes’ that will be able to separate water from problematic particles such as pharmaceuticals or pollutants.
IET conference to focus on key control and automation engineering challenges in AMP6
The Institution of Engineering and Technology has announced details of its forthcoming keynote conference for the water sector Water:Process Control & Automation.
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Barhale completes two Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects for Severn Trent
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent. -
Börger UK relocates to larger premises as sales continue to grow
Börger UK, which has firmly established itself as a leading pump brand since it was set up in Staffordshire in 2004, has moved into bigger, brand-new premises in Shrewsbury. -
Register for HUBER Technology UK webinar on water intake screens for municipal and industrial applications
HUBER Technology UK & Ireland are inviting people to register for their March webinar where they will be providing information about HUBER water intake screens for municipal and industrial applications. -
Sulzer launches global Water Treatment Center of Excellence for integrated water solutions
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.
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