Turning sewage sludge into concrete
Dried sewage sludge could be an alternative cement material for concrete, researchers in Malaysia have found.
€7m+ EU open data project to provide one-stop shop for water info
Freely accessible online tools to enable sustainable and efficient water resource management are being developed by the €7. 7million+ EU-funded SWITCH-ON project.
UK pavilion at European Utility Week to promote UK-Austrian collaboration
The UK is hosting a pavilion at European Utility Week 2015 taking place in Vienna from 3 to 5 November.
£1m Skanska research project could significantly improve construction efficiency
Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, has awarded Skanska funding towards a £1million project to research real-time ‘tag and track’ methods. It has the potential to significantly improve the efficiency of construction programmes.
Sonar technology for sewer surveys to save Thames Water £1m+ a year in CCTV costs
The use of sonar technology to assess the condition of sewers is set to save Thames Water more than £1million a year.
China to build underground utility tunnels in major cities by 2020
China is planning to build and put into operation several world-class underground utility tunnels - a network of pipes for power, water, heating, telecommunication, gas and other systems crucial to urban life - by 2020. The plan aims to guarantee pipeline safety and disaster-resisting capability.
WavePOD project secures £2 million from Wave Energy Scotland
The goal of a standardised offshore electricity generator for the wave industry has taken a major step forward with the announcement of £2 million new funding for a project run jointly by Aquamarine Power, Bosch Rexroth and Carnegie Wave Energy.
Wales hosts workshop for UK wave and tidal demonstration zones and test sites
Leading organisations and figures for wave and tidal current energy gathered in Cardiff earlier this month for a workshop to facilitate better collaboration across the sectors and help the development of demonstration zones and test sites across the UK.
Innovate UK awards £770k funding for tidal energy projects in Canada
Five British companies have received £700,000 in grant funding from the Government’s innovation agency Innovate UK to develop tidal energy projects with Canadian businesses and universities.
Hanovia awarded €3.9m for EU UV disinfection development project
UV disinfection technology company Hanovia has been awarded €3.9 million by Horizon 2020, the EU’s biggest ever research and innovation programme,for the Eco- UV development project.
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Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development. -
Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality. -
Kohtari CEO says joined-up water intelligence needed to predict, not just react - not more data
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react. -
IED compliance – using automated sliding floodgates to support secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.
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