Global water technology firm Xylem has tested its Sanitaire Gold Series membrane at a wastewater treatment plant in the Netherlands, with energy use at the plant being reduced by up to 22 per cent while delivering high quality aeration.
Work on a prototype device for harvesting energy and clean drinking water from human waste has got the go ahead this month in the UK.
Scientists at Pennsylvania State University have developed an innovative process of obtaining energy from sewage.
The smart water meter trial, currently being carried out in Reading to test the suitability of a long-range radio-based communications network for connecting smart water meters, has now been extended to include London.
New Government grant funding totalling nearly £3 million for four major collaborative projects to develop and demonstrate technologies to tackle CO2 emissions will include wastewater treatment plants.
The Technology Strategy Board has awarded a £250,000 grant to Xeros for research and development to accelerate development of a domestic laundry machine capable of reducing water consumption by up to 80 per cent and slashing energy use by half. The grant, the highest that can be awarded through the Board’s Smart scheme, will be match funded by shareholder funds following a successful private equity funding round in 2011.
Southern Water has been testing out a quicker and safer method of excavation on the streets of Southampton as part of its programme to install thousands of water meters across Hampshire, Sussex and Kent.
A £75 million boost for high tech small and medium sized businesses is part of a package of measures announced in the Government’s new Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth.
A new £3.5 million odour control unit which Yorkshire Water believes will significantly help to reduce odours from its Hull waste water treatment works in Hedon, is now up and running.
United Utilities has installed a membrane bio reactor for the first time at a Cumbrian sewage works which is significantly improving water quality in a tiny village beck.
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets.
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.
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.
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.