Jan 29, 2025
Fish waste becomes fuel with Borger Multicrusher
Water/Wastewater News
Jan 24, 2025
Pipelines
Thames Water has announced the first section of GRP lining has successfully been installed in the NOS in Stratford in the UK - marking a pivotal moment in the upgrade of the Victorian sewer. This milestone comes as part of the company’s £70 million (€82 million) upgrade of the NOS to improve its resilience for generations to come.
The NOS is built above ground... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jan 6, 2025
Pumps
A pump expert has predicted that 2025 will be the year that smart monitoring and digitalisation in IoT pump monitoring will come to the fore across the sector.
Smart pumps have seen a significant increase in demand, with forecasts predicting growth at a CAGR of 8.5% between 2023 and 2028 and this growing adoption could help the global pumps market reach £72.7 billion... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Jan 2, 2025
Pipelines
Global water solutions company Xylem has acquired a majority stake in Idrica - a leader in water data management and analytics, to empower water utilities with intelligent solutions for their most critical challenges.
Xylem Vue, which combines Xylem’s existing digital water solutions portfolio with Idrica’s technology platform, empowers customers to address critical... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Dec 18, 2024
Pipelines
Drinking water-only company SES Water has appointed Zero Trust Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) vendor, iboss as part of its five-year, £413.9 million (€498 million) strategic business development and investment plan.
SES Water supplies drinking water to over 750,000 people across Surrey, Kent and South London.
Every five years, utility and water companies submit... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Dec 12, 2024
Pipelines
A £77 million (€93 million) project to upgrade Burnley Wastewater Treatment Works in the UK is nearing completion.
As part of its commitment to improving river quality, United Utilities has carried out a major upgrade at the treatment works. The project which began in 2021 will play an important role in improving water quality in the River Calder which is a tributary... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Dec 3, 2024
Pumps
A number of Tsurumi pumps have contributed to The Clean Rivers Project in Washington DC - a massive infrastructure project that will capture the combined sewer overflows (CSOs) that are damaging the region’s waterways.
The project involved the construction of four tunnels that will divert the CSOs for wastewater treatment before they reach the capital city’s rivers.
The... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 21, 2024
Pipelines
Benson Sewage Treatment works recently completed a £9.7 million (€11.6 million) upgrade project.
This has increased the sites capacity by 29% which will reduce the need for storm overflows during heavy rainfall and produce a higher quality of effluent.
This is part of Thames Water’s plan to upgrade 250 of their wastewater sites to help manage demand due to population... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 11, 2024
Pipelines
In replacing its ageing stirring equipment, a major chocolate factory in Cote d’Ivoire has reduced its energy consumption for the process by more than 70%.
Serving eight tanks from 500-litres up to 30m3, agitators made by Mixel is successfully homogenising, mixing, holding and suspending highly viscous products up to 6,300 cps across process temperatures of 95C... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Nov 5, 2024
Pipelines
Dutch startup SeaO₂, specialising in innovative carbon (CO₂) removal technology from seawater, has received over €2 million in new investments.
Utilising its breakthrough Direct Ocean Capture (DOC) technology, which efficiently extracts CO₂ from seawater, SeaO₂ aims to mitigate climate change by returning carbon-free water to the ocean, enhancing its ability... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 23, 2024
Pumps
In Northern Lincolnshire, a chopper pump made by Landia has completed five years of continuous service at the main.
The 2MW biogas plant run by Singleton Birch, who for over 200 years, has produced high quality lime products.
Working underground as part of an automated system for dirty run-off water, the Landia pump chops up maize and other particles that end up in the... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 14, 2024
Pipelines
Most new water mains are installed by digging a trench in the road – but when a water main under the M6 in the UK needed replacing that wasn’t an option.
Instead, the water company for the North West brought in specialist contractors to go under the busy stretch of motorway near Standish using ‘no dig’ technology to bore under and install a new 10ins water supply... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 9, 2024
Pipelines
Manchester City Football Club has announced a reduction in water consumption by 50 million litres this past season, with the club attributing a substantial share of this success down to the water technology solutions and technical advice provided by Xylem.
Central to achieving this reduction was an improved attenuation tank that enables the safe reuse of rainwater for... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Oct 7, 2024
Pipelines
A water sector business has signed an innovative five-year partnership to help keep Yorkshire Water’s customers connected during unforeseen events.
Interruptions to the normal supply of water from the tap – which could be caused by burst pipes, unexpected asset failures, or planned maintenance – can have a significant impact on households and businesses.
In... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 27, 2024
Pipelines
New proposed investment of more than £150 million (€180 million) will help improve and protect water quality at England’s most iconic lake.
United Utilities had previously put forward plans to invest more than £41 million (€49 million) which would tackle and reduce spills from four storm overflows in the Windermere catchment.
Now, as part of the water company’s... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 19, 2024
Pipelines
Northumbrian Water, which supplies water to 2.7 million people in north-east England, is aiming for an 8% reduction in leakage in AMP8 - 2025-30 - with a long-term target of 55% by 2050.
The company’s revised draft Water Resources Management Plan 2024 said innovation is key to achieving its goals and pledges to use new technology to make its network smarter to identify... [Read More]
Water/Wastewater News
Sep 6, 2024
Pumps
United Utilities has created additional storage at two of its sites around Windermere to help improve water quality.
The company has repurposed tanks at its Ambleside and Windermere wastewater treatment works to create an additional 2.6 million litres of storage across the two sites – the equivalent of around 33,000 bathtubs or just over an Olympic size swimming pool.
As... [Read More]
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