Draft versions of the Horizon 2020 work programmes for 2016-17 which have now been published by the European Commission include water and climate services across a wide range of issues the Commission wants to address.
The European Innovation Partnership on Water (part of the European Commission’s 2020 Innovation Union Initiative) has published a new report looking at barriers and bottlenecks for innovation in the water sector.
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.