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Largest ever CHEMUK 2025 Expo returns this May

The CHEMUK 2025 ‘Group of Events’ Expo will return this 21st & 22nd May at the NEC in Birmingham, hosting over 500 exhibitors and...

Construction without consequence: Sounds great, but is it possible?

The government has ambitious plans to deliver vital infrastructure and homes, and they seem determined to achieve it. But it's a tough ask, leaving...

Saxony-Anhalt funds innovative phosphorus recovery plant in Schkopau, Germany

The Saxony-Anhalt Ministry of the Environment has granted funding of 27.1 million euros to Phosphorgewinnung Schkopau GmbH for the construction of the world’s first...

EPA publishes early insights into last year’s nitrogen levels in Ireland’s rivers

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published early insights into nitrogen levels in Ireland's rivers in 2024. The Early Insights Nitrogen Indicator 2024 has been...

New water quality data sheds light on health of rivers in Wales

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has published new data on phosphorus levels in Welsh Special Area of Conservation (SAC) rivers. The data shows small improvements,...

Manchester scientists develop ‘molecular trap’ to clean pollution from water

Scientists from The University of Manchester have developed a new material that could help reduce water pollution caused by harmful chemicals, such as from...

IDTechEx explores sustainability trends

IDTechEx, a research and tech analysis company is exploring sustainability trends and regulations for PFAS chemicals. PFAS are a family of synthetic compounds, comprising thousands...

Innovative timber kiosks helping Scottish Water cut carbon on site

Scottish Water has teamed up with RSE to trial an award-winning low carbon approach to housing equipment on site, by replacing traditional kiosks with...

Curio to build a UK fleet of micropollutant testing plants using Veolia ozone systems

Curio Water has announced plans to build ten pilot plants that will allow water companies to test for a wide range of micropollutants in...

Puraffinty appoints Neal Megonnell as Chief Commercial Officer

Puraffinity, a developer of precision technology for the removal of PFAS 'forever chemicals' across multiple water treatment applications, has announced the appointment of Neal...

Dairy producer earns additional revenue from effluent thanks to Veolia Water Technologies

Veolia Water Technologies has successfully optimised an effluent treatment plant (ETP) for butter and cream producer Kerry Foods. By switching to a plant-based coagulant,...

Procure early to secure delivery, says supplier   

The massive scale-up of work across the UK’s water and wastewater companies in AMP8 is no secret, but the way projects are delivered will...

New online tool will help researchers to study the impact of pollution on water fleas

A new online tool will help researchers to study the impact of pollution on Daphnia or water fleas - tiny freshwater crustaceans that are...

Key considerations for a dosing pump in 2025

For water and wastewater companies to achieve cost savings, a reliable operation and meet compliance regulations, there are some crucial priorities to consider when...

Oxyle raises $16m to lead the fight against ‘forever chemicals’

Swiss startup Oxyle has announced a $16m funding round to scale its breakthrough solution to destroy, not just relocate, PFAS from wastewater. This builds...

Yorkshire company fined for polluting river with bleach

Specialist packing company Liquipak Ltd, based in Huddersfield, appeared at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 9 January 2025, where it pleaded guilty to an...

Phosphorus project finds alternatives to chemical treatment

A major collaborative study into alternative approaches to phosphorus removal at rural wastewater treatment works has delivered promising results, with one new method already...

Barking up the right tree – another first in phosphorus removal for United Utilities

United Utilities has become the first water company in the UK to adopt an innovative plant-based method of phosphorus removal. Excess phosphorus remains the most...

Nutrient neutrality requires package treatment plant upgrade

With nutrient neutrality requirements being enforced at off-mains properties in areas of England, homeowners need to understand the benefits of non-chemical package treatment plants,...

IN FULL FLOW: Low phosphorous consents being achieved at scale

Water company expenditure to reduce nutrients in UK rivers is likely to double in the 2025-2030 investment period, with funding expected for around 900...

Veolia Water Technologies launches mobile water services to support pharmaceutical and life science companies in Europe

Veolia Water Technologies has launched its mobile water services offering to the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and life science industries across Europe. This initiative provides a...

AI-driven approach reveals hidden hazards of chemical mixtures in rivers

Artificial intelligence can provide critical insights into how complex mixtures of chemicals in rivers affect aquatic life – paving the way for better environmental...

SEPA unveils new method to detect chemicals in water environment

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has introduced an innovative new approach to water sampling to improve the identification and monitoring of chemicals in...

Waters Corporation opens state-of-the-art precision manufacturing facility in Longbridge, UK

Waters Corporation has announced the official opening of its new 45,000 square foot manufacturing facility at the Longbridge Business Park in the West Midlands....

Highlighting the multi-billion dollar need for PFAS treatment

"Forever chemicals", the family of chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), are coming under regulatory pressure as concerns over the negative effects...

New process maximises material recovery in water treatment plants

A research and innovation project funded by the Re:Source strategic innovation has made significant progress in transforming water treatment plants into resource plants. The...

Successful pesticide amnesty helps protect natural water quality across Devon and Cornwall

Over 840 litres of harmful pesticides and chemicals from farms across Devon and Cornwall were safely collected and disposed of last year to help...

CIWEM urges action on PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ in UK’s water systems

Following the launch of a Policy Position Statement (PPS), CIWEM, the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, has issued an urgent call...

New study shows Sudoc catalysts efficiently break down pharmaceuticals in polluted waters 

Carnegie Mellon University scientists have found that Sudoc’s patented NewTAML catalysts and hydrogen peroxide effectively degrade several antibiotics and other drugs found in municipal...

Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence holds business showcase with Arup and Bruntwood SciTech in Birmingham Tech Week

Aston Institute for Membrane Excellence (AIME) has hosted a business showcase in collaboration with Arup and Bruntwood SciTech as part of Birmingham Tech Week...

Microplastics and PFAS – combined risk and greater environmental harm

The combined impact of so-called ‘forever chemicals’ is more harmful to the environment than single chemicals in isolation, a new study shows.  Researchers at the...

Clean up half-hearted approach to PFAS regulation to protect public health and our environment

As MP Munira Wilson reads her Private Members Bill on PFAS, we can now confidently say that health concerns surrounding these so-called ‘forever chemicals’...

BarhaleEnpure to deliver vital P-removal schemes near Barnsley and York

Yorkshire Water has appointed BarhaleEnpure JV to deliver two key projects as part of its £500M investment in phosphorus removal under the Water Industry...

Puraffinity appoints new Chief Technology Officer

Puraffinity, which develops precision technologies to remove toxic “forever chemicals” perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water, has appointed Jessica Middlemiss as Chief Technology...

Marsh Industries launches unique sequential batch reactor sewage treatment plant and phosphate reduction system

Marsh Industries has launched a unique sequential batch reactor (SBR) sewage treatment plant and phosphate reduction system, the Marsh Nutra-Lite and Marsh Phos-Lite. When combined,...

Domestic action needed to get UK back on track as international nature leader at COP16

With the doors soon to open at COP16, nature groups are warning in a new progress tracker that inadequate action from the previous Government...

Micropollutant removal pilot plant will be first to pioneer new wastewater technology

Curio Group has relocated its UK headquarters to Cranfield University's campus to strengthen research into micropollutant removal from wastewater. The UK’s first pilot plant aimed...

Scientists find chemical cocktail of micropollutants amplified the effect of algal toxins to cause mass fish mortality on the River Oder in Germany

Tonnes of dead fish, mussels and snails were seen floating on the River Oder (Germany) in early August 2022. It soon became clear what...

De Nora to launch line of optimized SORB FX vessels for PFAS removal

De Nora, an Italian multinational company listed on the Euronext Milan, specialized in sustainable electrochemical technologies and in the emerging green hydrogen industry, is...

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