Yearly Archives: 2023

Minimal site installation time, but new screens revitalise inlet works

A prefabricated packaged treatment plant (constructed offsite) from SPIRAC has enabled a water company in the north of England to make much-needed improvements to...

Yorkshire Water investing £36m to improve Pudsey Beck water quality

Yorkshire Water is investing £36m in six projects in west Leeds and Bradford to improve water quality within Pudsey Beck by reducing storm overflows...

Environment Agency finds out what’s beneath surface in Ventnor

The Environment Agency, working on behalf of the Isle of Wight Council, will repair and replace coastal defences in Ventnor and Bonchurch. These repairs will...

Water Companies to return £114m to customers for under-performance

Under-performance by the majority of water and wastewater companies in England and Wales, will mean companies have to return £114m to customers next year. The...

AI analytics transforms water management in Norway

The water-rich municipality of Lillestrøm was looking for a way to acquire more useful data to ensure decision-making and use of resources were as...

SEEPEX innovative pump solutions power sustainable sludge treatment at Thames Water

Thames Water owns and operates Basingstoke Sewage Treatment Works. This regional sludge treatment centre processes sludge from various locations in either liquid or cake...

Nottingham City Council makes water savings through self-supplier model

Nottingham City Council has been supplying water services to its own buildings for four years. The Environment and Sustainability division set up a Water...

Smart standpipe KTP supports PhD first for Aquacheck

Aquacheck Engineering is celebrating the graduation of the first student to be awarded a PhD via its partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University and Innovate...

Innovation Festival creates a pipeline of brilliant ideas

Thousands of people came together at Northumbrian Water’s Innovation Festival in July to look for new ideas and solutions to challenges faced by the...

Changes announced to better protect England’s chalk streams

The Government has brought forward changes to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill (LURB) to help better protect England's chalk streams. The proposed amendments would...

Practical solutions for nutrient neutrality: Marsh Industries launches Aqua-Puratine range

Marsh Industries is leading the way in environmental best practice with the launch of the Aqua-Puratine system, a groundbreaking UK-based solution designed to enhance...

Positive cooperation between two major water companies and Sulzer helps solve aeration challenge

Working together and creating a collaborative approach in the water sector can be beneficial to successful project delivery. The recent need for additional aeration...

SuDS Tips: Regular columnist Stuart Crisp looks at looming legislation for SuDS

In January 2023, the Government announced plans to finally implement Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, which will make the...

Data analytics builds organisational resilience in backup power systems

Electrical assets are important to the everyday functioning of an organisation, none more so than at waste or clean water treatment works where many...

Tackling the challenges of AMP8 and beyond

Mark Pye, Director for Strategic Advisory, Aqua Consultants, discusses the considerations for procuring, delivering, and making a step change as we head into the...

Telling Tales – Designing infrastructure for people

“So what are you going to do with that?” asked the manager of the IT suite at Edinburgh University as I completed the dissertation...

Puraffinity, the PFAS removal specialist, raises $13.9m in Series A funding led by Octopus Ventures

Puraffinity, which develops precision technology for the removal of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ across multiple water treatment applications, has raised $13.9m in Series A funding. The...

Government announces £25 million funding for projects using nature to increase flood resilience

Environment Minister Rebecca Pow has announced a £25 million fund to be invested in projects that use nature to protect communities from flooding. The ring-fenced...

Bee-killing pesticides found at wildlife-threatening levels in rivers around the country

Wildlife campaigners are warning that harmful neonicotinoid pesticide levels can be found in rivers around England, according to new research published today.  The warning comes...

Housing estate pollution sanction sees environment charity get funding boost  

A housing construction company and its contracted engineers will donate a total of £135,000 to the Aire Rivers Trust after polluting Pitty Beck multiple...

Bentley Systems announces the finalists of the 2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, has announced the finalists of the 2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure. The annual awards program...

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